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I didn’t realize how inexperienced and exclusively “Clemson grad” Dabo’s staff was.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:36 pm
Below is list of his staff. Does nobody else want to work for Dabo? Does he sacrifice experience for only yes men? Does he not want to bring in other cultures or ideas?
WR Tyler Grisham. Former player and never coached anywhere else.
RB CJ Spiller. Great player. No coaching experience.
QB Tahj Boyd. Great player, time in the NFL. No coaching experience.
TE Kyle Richardson. Only high school coaching before being a Clemson lifer.
DT Nick Eason. Some NFL experience but a Clemson grad.
CB Mike Reed. Good coach. Clemson since 2013.
LB Ben Boulware. Great player at Clemson. Young and zero previous coaching exp.
S Nolan Turner. Very young, zero previous experience. Clemson grad. (Still has nightmares of Chase burning him in 2019)
Nickelbacks Corico Wright. Clemson grad. Second stint with Tigers.
Def pass game coordinator Thomas Allen. DC’s son.
OL Matt Luke. Fired HC
OC Chad Morris. Fired HC
DC Tom Allen. Fired HC
WR Tyler Grisham. Former player and never coached anywhere else.
RB CJ Spiller. Great player. No coaching experience.
QB Tahj Boyd. Great player, time in the NFL. No coaching experience.
TE Kyle Richardson. Only high school coaching before being a Clemson lifer.
DT Nick Eason. Some NFL experience but a Clemson grad.
CB Mike Reed. Good coach. Clemson since 2013.
LB Ben Boulware. Great player at Clemson. Young and zero previous coaching exp.
S Nolan Turner. Very young, zero previous experience. Clemson grad. (Still has nightmares of Chase burning him in 2019)
Nickelbacks Corico Wright. Clemson grad. Second stint with Tigers.
Def pass game coordinator Thomas Allen. DC’s son.
OL Matt Luke. Fired HC
OC Chad Morris. Fired HC
DC Tom Allen. Fired HC
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Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:39 pm to laneinMississippi
Even if you look at their roster they have a lot of preppy looking baws with names like “Wells Tomlin” that seem like they would just be Dabo’s friends/football colleagues’ sons or nephews. All 3 of Dabo’s sons have also played for him at Clemson.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:47 pm to laneinMississippi
Uewza troll.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:49 pm to laneinMississippi
Clemson had an incredible run of college quarterbacks with Boyd, Watson, and Lawrence essentially succeeding each other, and venables had fantastic defenses.
Dabo gets credit for getting them there and the success of the program during that time, but unless he was always going to have one of the best qbs and dc in the country there has never been much indication he’s anywhere near one of the top coaches on the sport.
Dabo gets credit for getting them there and the success of the program during that time, but unless he was always going to have one of the best qbs and dc in the country there has never been much indication he’s anywhere near one of the top coaches on the sport.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:50 pm to lsudave1
I counted 9 players on the roster from D.W. Daniel High School including Clay Swinney. He must just take everyone with a pulse from that school.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:52 pm to laneinMississippi
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OL Matt Luke. Fired HC OC Chad Morris. Fired HC DC Tom Allen. Fired HC
just because they were fired as a head coach does not mean they’re not a good coach.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:57 pm to LSU75
Clempson is faymuly
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:00 pm to LSU75
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I counted 9 players on the roster from D.W. Daniel High School
Daniel Lions, made famous for Louisiana millennials from The Pistol: Birth of a Legend
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:00 pm to Stevo
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just because they were fired as a head coach does not mean they’re not a good coach.
True. But they can’t coach the whole squad. The positional coaches got taken to clinic on Saturday.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:07 pm to laneinMississippi
Holy crap I didn’t realize it was that bad for position coaches. That’s embarrassing.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:12 pm to laneinMississippi
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Does nobody else want to work for Dabo? Does he sacrifice experience for only yes men? Does he not want to bring in other cultures or ideas?
I don't think it's that unusual for a coach to give opportunities to "his guys". Particularly as positional coaches.
Plus, Dabo didn't job-hop around to a bunch of different programs like a lot of coaches do. Gene Stallings kept him on staff as a WR coach at Bama after he was done playing. Then he got hired at Clemson as a WR coach because Tommy Bowden also coached him at Bama. That's all he knows.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:19 pm to nvasil1
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That's all he knows.
You’re right. And it’ll get him fired.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:27 pm to laneinMississippi
Matt Luke is a good OL coach. Surprised at how poorly. his line played.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:28 pm to laneinMississippi
That’s too Clemson heavy. The “one of us” strategy doesn’t work.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:33 pm to nvasil1
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I don't think it's that unusual for a coach to give opportunities to "his guys". Particularly as positional coaches.
That many being alums is very unusual and only one of them has coaching experience away from Clemson.
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Plus, Dabo didn't job-hop around to a bunch of different programs like a lot of coaches do. Gene Stallings kept him on staff as a WR coach at Bama after he was done playing. Then he got hired at Clemson as a WR coach because Tommy Bowden also coached him at Bama. That's all he knows.
He's been a head coach for almost two decades now. He should have connections outside his immediate circle.
Their safeties coach graduated in 2022. Like imagine if Jay Ward wasn't in the NFL and was the safeties coach at LSU and something like this happened?
This post was edited on 9/7/26 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:35 pm to laneinMississippi
So we suck again?
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:42 pm to laneinMississippi
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OC Chad Morris
Man this screams Les Miles/Cam Cameron type of situation. What the hell was Dabo thinking.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 10:53 pm to saintsfan22
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Their safeties coach graduated in 2022. Like imagine if Jay Ward wasn't in the NFL and was the safeties coach at LSU and something like this happened?
Holy crap what a good point.
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