In post after post on here, I see Dabo's salary being

Sep 25, 2023, 8:21 AM

brought up as a point of concern, as if we are not getting OUR money's worth. Firstly, I doubt very seriously if anyone on this forum is even contributing one penny toward Dabo's salary.

Secondly, Dabo, like any other Head Coach, is being paid for PAST results, with the HOPE and expectation of continued success. That is the way the free market works in coaching in college football. Now, defining continued success as winning the Natty every year is just ridiculous. Saying that we are not getting our money's worth out of Dabo now is almost as absurd as some on here saying that Brad Brownell would be a better basketball coach if we paid HIM MORE money. Neither is true.

Nobody wants to see Clemson succeed more than Dabo Swinney. He crafted this program, his way, and is very protective of what he has crafted. He WILL make needed changes, but only when HE perceives the need for change. Garrett Riley is proof of that. We can flap our gums on social media until they are all flapped out, and it will concern him nada.

Has the start of this season been what I had hoped for, or even expected? No. But, things are not as terrible as all the Chicken Littles on here would have you believe, either. To say that breaks have not gone our way is the understatement of the century. Butt, here's the thing. We have a very YOUNG starting QB, learning on the job, who is getting better every week. We, and in some glaring instances, our coaching staff as well, have seemed to forget the fact that this is all new to a lot of guys on the team. They NEED to be "spoon fed" information down to the most minute detail, so that they do not make a wrong decision in a critical moment. That much IS on the coaches.

We will not win the National Championship this year. All who are not happy with anything less than that can bundle up their belongings and trundle on off down the road. We CAN still have a very successful season, by any measure other than that. That's not being a sunshine pumper, it is being a realist. There are some very good games left, against very good opposition. This team won't quit, even if their bandwagon fans already have. I, for one, am still along for the ride, just as I have been since 1972. Go, Tigers.