Dabo Swinney is not only one of the best head coaches in college football right now, he’s one of the best in college football history.
Recently, ESPN released their top 10 head coach rankings, with Swinney naturally making the cut. Swinney is lower than usual this year, landing at No. 4 in their rankings. Lower than usual and at No. 4 isn’t a bad thing as a top 5 coach in the game is a label that is more than acceptable, especially considering Clemson’s struggles of late.
One ESPN analyst, Harry Lyles Jr., felt this was too high for Swinney and argued that He might not be a top-10 head coach today.
Dabo Swinney at No. 4 feels high to me, given his unwillingness to adjust to today’s game. I think he’s a great coach, and what he has done at Clemson is legendary work. They need to build a big statue of him on that campus at some point. But if you aren’t willing to do all the necessary things to compete at the highest level of the game, you can’t be top five. There’s a great argument you can’t be top 10 either, especially when one considers what those below Swinney have done and are doing.
Lyles Jr. wasn’t the only one to do this. Bill Connelly also made the case for Swinney to not be a top 10 head coach at this point.
It all depends on the statute of limitations, right? If we’re judging coaches by their résumés, Swinney should be second on the list at worst. It’s hard to beat two national titles and seven ACC championships. But while he remains a very good head coach, it’s extremely difficult to make the case that he has been anywhere close to one of college football’s 10 best over the past three years. Clemson has finished 14th, 13th and 20th in the past three final AP polls and has retreated from national title contention to one conference title in three seasons and wins in the…
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Author : Clemson Wire
Publish date : 2024-04-06 15:21:19
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