Dabo signs $115 million contract

[Freak]

The new deal will pay him $10.5 million in 2022 and top out at $12.5 million in 2031, the final year of the deal. The total value of the contract is $115 million, averaging $11.5 million per season. ​

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Dabo Swinney inks new contract at Clemson

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Can always count on Dabo to be a hypocrite. He's not worth that.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

Can always count on Dabo to be a hypocrite. He's not worth that.

True but if your him are you gonna say NO?

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Can always count on Dabo to be a hypocrite. He's not worth that.

I can see why they paid him. The odds of Clemson finding another coach to keep them in the hunt like Dabo has done are really slim. Winning two titles also helps.

 

[05_never_again]

Can always count on Dabo to be a hypocrite. He's not worth that.

He's won 2 titles and played for 2 others. Who else currently in the game can say that besides Saban? Of course he is worth that.

 

[BearCat204]

He's won 2 titles and played for 2 others. Who else currently in the game can say that besides Saban? Of course he is worth that.

Saban can do it without elite coordinators towing the line.

 

[05_never_again]

Saban can do it without elite coordinators towing the line.

However Dabo has done it, he's done it. He's the one who has hired the elite coordinators. He's done things in the game that no active coach other than Saban can claim.

Also, I would say Kirby was an elite coordinator.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Saban can do it without elite coordinators towing the line.

1981 was the last title for Clemson before Dabo became coach. It is a no brainer to retain the coach that has won two titles over a three year span.

 

[05_never_again]

"Obviously great coach isn't really that great" is such a predictable, funny hot take. I love it.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Ok Dabo has received enough love. Time for them to return to the Clemson of old during my adolescence. They have poached too many players that should have signed with UT over the past few years.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

I think every fan base in America outside of Bama would take 2 titles, and 4 title games in the last few years.

 

[MAD]

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

Clemson AD is in a pinch. In todays recruiting, you HAVE to have a well established coach. At this point in the game, clemson athletics could dive without one.... at least that's what I assume they are thinking.

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

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Grade A douchebag

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Doesn’t like seeing players get paid but has no problem making 11.5 million a year to coach football.

What a hypocrite.

 

[stolitonic]

Weird. They go into the buyout details but I didn't see a mention of whether the entire thing was guaranteed?

Either way, it's a huge chunk of change.

 

[volfanhill]

Doesn’t like seeing players get paid but has no problem making 11.5 million a year to coach football.

What a hypocrite.

Pay him in $115 million worth of scholarships. Goose gander and all.

 

[wmcovol]

Good. They might regret this. He caught lightning in a bottle, a lot to do with Tennessee incompetence. Not sold he can stand the test of time.

 

[05_never_again]

Good. They might regret this. He caught lightning in a bottle, a lot to do with Tennessee incompetence. Not sold he can stand the test of time.

I'm not sure I would call a 6-year run where he won the national title 2x, played in the national game two other times, and finished in the top 4 in the AP every single year "lightning in a bottle." He's no Coach O.

While he no doubt has benefited from Tennessee incompetence with some recruits, he's been more a beneficiary of general ACC incompetence, particularly at FSU.

 

[wmcovol]

I'm not sure I would call a 6-year run where he won the national title 2x, played in the national game two other times, and finished in the top 4 in the AP every single year "lightning in a bottle." He's no Coach O.

While he no doubt has benefited from Tennessee incompetence with some recruits, he's been more a beneficiary of general ACC incompetence, particularly at FSU.

His show got started when Kiffin told TBoyd to take a hike. Without Boyd, I doubt they sign Watson and we all know the stupidity of the Lawrence recruitment. The ACC is very weak and they'll be a national contender for awhile but the expansion of the playoffs is worse for them than it is most schools.

 

[Firebirdparts]

Can always count on Dabo to be a hypocrite. He's not worth that.

Dumb take. I'm not worth what the company pays me, but I do allow them to pay me.

 

[05_never_again]

His show got started when Kiffin told TBoyd to take a hike. Without Boyd, I doubt they sign Watson and we all know the stupidity of the Lawrence recruitment. The ACC is very weak and they'll be a national contender for awhile but the expansion of the playoffs is worse for them than it is most schools.

They probably don't get Lawrence without Watson, but it isn't like Tajh Boyd was an all-world QB. He was good, but they were still very much in their "Clemsoning" days when Boyd was there. They would lose a game or two a year they shouldn't which kept them out of ACC or national title contention, and Dabo had a Gus Malzahn-type "always near the hot seat" thing going on, which didn't go away until they made the title game with Watson then won it the next year.

 

[Dudleys87]

Does Sabans pay bump clause come in play here too?