Dabo Swinney's Stock Value

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I personally think Venables has more to do with Clemson's success than Dabo, and Dabo is just incredibly lucky he has a really good DC who (for some reason) doesn't seem to want to be a head coach.

Dabo was 29-19 at Clemson before Venables got there. Since Venables has gotten to Clemson, they've went 115-17.

We saw how Clemson was in 2017 when they didn't have a 1st-round QB. They scraped out a 12-1 record before bowl season almost solely due to their defense. Then when they played Bama in the Sugar Bowl, they could barely gain a yard against y'all.

Their defense has had some bad luck with injuries this season, yet their defense is the only reason they have any wins and have kept all of their losses close.

I'm not trying to be that guy who acts like Brent Venables is the greatest thing ever, but I still think he deserves more of the credit for Clemson's success than Dabo.
 

CB4

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Dabo was already considering leaving to go to the ACC Network. They wanted to team him up with Mark Richt in studio but, after consulting constitutional legal experts, most felt it would fall in the realm of “cruel and unusual punishment” so the idea was nixed.
 

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Venables may be similar to Bud Foster, who was the defensive coordinator at Virginia Tech under Frank Beamer for over 30 years. Whenever he was considered for a head coaching position it was rumored he didn't interview well. Some coaches are destined to always be a number 2. If Smart doesn't win a NC this year, I will believe he should have stayed as an assistant. I'm not convinced he can win it all.
 

AlistarWills

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You know, it's a fair point - roughly around the time that news broke and became known wide-spread we've seen a distinct downturn in the apparent genius of Vulnerable.
Could it be that teams have learned to disguise their signals and/or change them so that Venables can’t know what they are running which has led to their fall?
 
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