Pollack details what Swinney needs to say to his players heading into the 2024 season

As we all know, Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program have a huge 2024 season ahead of them.

The 2024 season is the first year of the expanded, 12-team playoff. With the expansion comes more opportunities for powerhouse programs like Clemson, which has struggled to achieve its goals over the past few seasons. 

College football analyst and former Georgia All-American David Pollack appeared on a recent installment of OutKick’s Hot Mic. He discussed Swinney and the Tigers and shared what he would say to the Tigers if he were in Dabo Swinney’s shoes.

“Clemson, man, I’m so interested to watch Clemson,” Pollack said. “If I’m Dabo Swinney right now, by the way — I can give you the best Dabo Swinney speech known to man, if you want me to right now. I’m just telling y’all, like I’ve been waiting to say this to somebody that will actually listen. If I’m Dabo Swinney, like I’m literally walking in this locker room at Clemson and I’m going to be like this to all of my guys.

“I’m going to close the doors and be like, ‘Guys, here’s what I want you to keep in mind. People keep talking I need to change, like I need to do things different. I’m one of three active coaches with a national championship, and I’ve got two national championships, and I’m not going to change the way I do things. And here’s another thing, guys — they’re telling me I need to go in the transfer portal to replace you. That’s what they’re saying. They’re saying you aren’t good enough. They’re saying I need to continue to go in because I’m not recruiting at a great level. Guys, we’re getting top-10 recruiting classes, and they want to get more people to replace you. Are you going to step up? Like, that’s on y’all.’ And I think Dabo’s going to use that and I think he’s going to talk…


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Author : Clemson Wire

Publish date : 2024-07-19 17:00:37

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