Replies: 29
| visibility 1,451
|
Oculus Spirit [81313]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 23724
Joined: 8/21/06
|
Who is the greatest Clemson coach
9
9
Jan 16, 2024, 12:23 PM
|
|
of any sport during your lifetime?
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1133]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 508
Joined: 8/8/17
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
9
9
Jan 16, 2024, 12:26 PM
|
|
Dabo Swinney
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3514]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 2473
Joined: 11/16/09
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
1
6
6
Jan 16, 2024, 12:26 PM
|
|
I'm going with Brad Brownell -- hasn't he won more basketball games than any coach before him ???
GO TIGERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [15549]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 21427
Joined: 9/24/07
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
3
Jan 16, 2024, 12:32 PM
|
|
He may also have lost more than anyone else. I don’t know for sure, but he falls way short of greatness as a winning coach.
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [136058]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 26496
Joined: 9/18/12
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1451]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 850
Joined: 1/18/11
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
6
6
Jan 16, 2024, 12:27 PM
|
|
Do you qualify if you’re the biggest winner but also the biggest loser in your respective sport? 58% of the time, they win every time!
Go Tigers!
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3047]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 3687
Joined: 11/15/09
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
4
Jan 16, 2024, 12:32 PM
|
|
Dabo and that soccer coach from the 60s even if I can't remember his name.
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [15549]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 21427
Joined: 9/24/07
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
5
5
Jan 16, 2024, 12:33 PM
|
|
Ibrahim!
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [8709]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5397
Joined: 9/7/09
|
Mike Noonan
9
9
Jan 16, 2024, 12:33 PM
|
|
Flame away
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [18772]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 14872
Joined: 12/11/04
|
Greatest can have a few meanings here.
5
5
Jan 16, 2024, 12:33 PM
|
|
Greatest as in kick your a$$ is Danny Ford. He set a game plan and beat your brains out with it !
Greatest as in administrative is Dabo Swinney
Greatest as in establishing a program from the ground up is Frank Howard.
We have three coaches who have made Clemson what it is now. Looking at a combination of everything overall I have to choose Dabo !
|
|
|
|
|
1st Rounder [638]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 647
Joined: 6/11/01
|
Re: Greatest can have a few meanings here.
2
Jan 16, 2024, 12:42 PM
|
|
And all THREE were born and raised in Alabama and were graduates of Bama...The lone dud of that combo was Hootie....
|
|
|
|
|
Letterman [288]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 258
Joined: 6/28/08
|
Re: Greatest can have a few meanings here.
1
Jan 16, 2024, 2:03 PM
|
|
While I agree that Hootie didn't have any coaching success at Clemson, he was the one followed the legend. His strengths were in administration, where he was the AD at both FSU and Alabama. While at Alabama he hired Gene Stallings who hired a young coach named William Christopher Swinney. Oh, and the iconic Paw was introduced under Ingram while at Clemson, and no doubt this is the most recognizable logo in all of college sports bar none.
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3195]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 3256
Joined: 10/19/08
|
Re: Greatest can have a few meanings here.
Jan 16, 2024, 6:58 PM
|
|
Wasn’t it Hootie who stopped the team from running down the hill?
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3195]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 3256
Joined: 10/19/08
|
|
|
|
|
Letterman [288]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 258
Joined: 6/28/08
|
|
|
|
|
Team Captain [491]
TigerPulse: 70%
Posts: 1283
Joined: 4/28/04
|
Re: Greatest can have a few meanings here.
1
Jan 16, 2024, 4:23 PM
[ in reply to Greatest can have a few meanings here. ] |
|
Greatest as in kick your a$$ is Danny Ford. He set a game plan and beat your brains out with it !
Greatest as in administrative is Dabo Swinney
Greatest as in establishing a program from the ground up is Frank Howard.
We have three coaches who have made Clemson what it is now. Looking at a combination of everything overall I have to choose Dabo !
Did you forget John Heisman?
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [5521]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4999
Joined: 10/21/15
|
Re: Greatest can have a few meanings here.
1
Jan 16, 2024, 5:10 PM
|
|
You'd have to be 120 years old for John Heisman to be a valid answer to this question
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [6149]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6931
Joined: 11/30/98
|
that's a rhetorical question, i assume***
3
Jan 16, 2024, 12:33 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MVP [507]
TigerPulse: 99%
Posts: 301
Joined: 2/21/22
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
6
6
Jan 16, 2024, 12:35 PM
|
|
Dabo Swinney. End of discussion.
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [15902]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 7720
Joined: 11/30/98
|
CDS would be the greatest, then Ford. Certainly an argument for
5
5
Jan 16, 2024, 12:40 PM
|
|
Noonan as well. I just like American Football better.
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [141033]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 33943
Joined: 12/5/10
|
1) Dabo Swinney
10
10
Jan 16, 2024, 12:41 PM
|
|
2) Danny Ford
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [8591]
TigerPulse: 49%
Posts: 11567
Joined: 9/9/06
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
1
4
Jan 16, 2024, 12:46 PM
|
|
Ib Ibrahim because he built the soccer program from the ground up and took it to the top.
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [41450]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6916
Joined: 12/14/20
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
4
Jan 16, 2024, 12:51 PM
|
|
William Christopher Swinney
|
|
|
|
|
Freshman [7]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 3
Joined: 9/6/23
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
5
5
Jan 16, 2024, 12:52 PM
|
|
Dabo!
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [39547]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 9531
Joined: 6/13/19
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
8
8
Jan 16, 2024, 12:54 PM
|
|
It's all about consistency, longevity, and wins/loses for me.
1. Dabo - Football 2. Ibrahim - Soccer 3. Noonan - Soccer 4. Ford - Football 5. Wilhelm - Baseball 6. Penley - Golf 7. Leggett - Baseball
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [68265]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 115624
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach- Hatfield or Hootie
2
Jan 16, 2024, 1:10 PM
|
|
will not be named in this thread.
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [7105]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4450
Joined: 1/26/10
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
4
Jan 16, 2024, 1:58 PM
|
|
Dabo Swinney is not only the greatest Clemson coach in my lifetime, he is the greatest coach in the 134 year history of Clemson University
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [5521]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4999
Joined: 10/21/15
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
2
Jan 16, 2024, 2:05 PM
|
|
Dabo is the greatest Clemson coach of any sport during anyone's lifetime who is able to respond to this message
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1065]
TigerPulse: 98%
Posts: 798
Joined: 10/12/99
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
1
Jan 16, 2024, 5:03 PM
|
|
Most difficult build for national championship? Noonan and Penley. Great coaches with limited resources who won and won and won. Dabo is greatest coach unlimited resources but he probably could have done it with lot less.
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [8090]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6824
Joined: 10/16/09
|
Re: Who is the greatest Clemson coach
Jan 16, 2024, 8:16 PM
|
|
Larry Penley
|
|
|
|
Replies: 29
| visibility 1,451
|
|
|