Dabo adding serious coaching talent....

[TUSKtimes]

For Dabo, this year could be the equivalent of Dennis Erickson's 94 season. Enough to make people think he's still good enough to have a shot at the NFL, but not great so people can see the cracks in the facade.

If there are cracks it won't be the talent available. The team is loaded and more mature this season. It has to be coaching and it's a big year to see if Dabo has a great eye for coordinator talent. He did bring in Venables and Elliot after some serious earlier missteps. I guess everyone wants to know, did he hit the lotto or does he finally get it?

 

[g8rh8rMD]

Why so argumentative?

You think you are smarter than I? I don’t know you so perhaps you are.

At one time, a young Saban lost his people so good thing they didn’t think like you.

IDGAF if you believe me? What are you 13 years old?

You serious, bro? Look, if you want to know more about what I think, I believe my posts speak for themselves. I'm not sure what more I can do for you here. Have a great afternoon.

 

[g8rh8rMD]

For Dabo, this year could be the equivalent of Dennis Erickson's 94 season. Enough to make people think he's still good enough to have a shot at the NFL, but not great so people can see the cracks in the facade.

Thing is, the only way to really judge him at this point is on his hardest game of the year. They've got so much talent, they should win ten games based on nothing but talent and weak competition alone. The real question is in comparing their top gear now to their ceiling of just 2-3 years ago when they could go toe to toe with absolutely anyone in the country.

Dabo has never been known as a great in game coach, he spends more time strategizing how to embarrass the other team by calling time outs after taking a knee with ten seconds left to get some walk on a snap than he does game planning end-game scenarios where the W/L is on the line. That said, they can continue to win 10 games a year basically by default given the division they play in and the talent they've accumulated. But that talent will slowly erode over time if that's their new ceiling and they don't have hot coaches to attract NFL quality talent. I basically see the Coker decline in store for them, unless one of two things happens.

1. They could get fed up after another year of boring mediocre offense or defense and someone insist that Dabo go out and hire elite coordinators. At this point, I'm not sure who that would be at Clemson who would push him on that since he seems to have an ego to rival Jerry Jones and is surrounded by sycophants.
2. One of these in-house hires could work out to be a hidden genius. That could happen either by luck or truly by Dabo's genius. I personally don't think the guy's anywhere near as smart as he or his slurpers think he is, but I can't rule it out.

I don't see the NFL in his eyes as some others do. He's got more of the Joe Pa, Bear Bryant type feel about him. Which is to say, when he looks into his mirror mirror on the wall, that's what he sees looking back at himself - a college football legend. I don't think he's ready to bounce. I just think he thinks really highly of himself and is blinded by his own hubris.

 

[Juancane]

If there are cracks it won't be the talent available. The team is loaded and more mature this season. It has to be coaching and it's a big year to see if Dabo has a great eye for coordinator talent. He did bring in Venables and Elliot after some serious earlier missteps. I guess everyone wants to know, did he hit the lotto or does he finally get it?

i do agree that they are loaded most everywhere but only thing that will really matter is if they fix the QB position. They spent 6+ years with Watson and Lawrence and that masks alot of issues. If DJ doesn't get it together they will turn to a freshman and that isn't easy, even in today's game where freshmen are accelerated. I want them to fall big time.....

 

[g8rh8rMD]

If there are cracks it won't be the talent available. The team is loaded and more mature this season. It has to be coaching and it's a big year to see if Dabo has a great eye for coordinator talent. He did bring in Venables and Elliot after some serious earlier missteps. I guess everyone wants to know, did he hit the lotto or does he finally get it?

FWIW, on that last question - I don't think he gets it in the least. If he did, he would be taking the Mario approach, interviewing every possible candidate across the country looking to find someone not just as good as Elliott and Venables, but someone even better and younger and more dynamic. ****, with their recent success, and the amount of money that football makes for that school, I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be able to pay $3M/year each for OC and DC. Should be able to get anyone he wants, practically.

Instead, he pulled out the Blake James playbook for hiring, looked around the room and pointed at the first guy he saw and said "you, come here! Try on this headset. You're promoted. Do you need a 'get back' coach, or what?" But hey, they're a family and daddy isn't going anywhere and that's all that matters, I guess. Suppose it could work. First time for everything...

 

[The Iceman]

Let’s face it, Dabo managed to thread the needle. He leveraged very targeted bags, hit on some assistants, and absolutely nailed it with the QBs. Can he do it again, we’ll see. He seems to be taking a different approach this time. Transfer portal and NIL might just send Clemson back to the middle of the ACC pack where they were for most of their history.

Where they belong.

 

[BigDikCane]

lol.. Dabo has to really show that he's a good X and O coach now... It's over for Clemson..