Clemson’s begin to the 2024 faculty soccer season couldn’t have gone any worse. The Tigers have been blown out by their SEC rival, the Georgia Bulldogs, 34-3, Saturday afternoon.
And social media wasn’t variety to Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.
Swinney has not embraced the evolution of school soccer’s switch portal, which has allowed packages to enhance rapidly by bringing in new expertise annually.
After seeing the outcomes Saturday, followers instantly pointed to that as the explanation for Clemson’s lack of success towards the No. 1-ranked crew within the nation.
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Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney earlier than a sport towards the Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis/USA In the present day Sports activities)
Swinney responded to a query concerning the switch portal after the loss.
“Individuals are going to say no matter they need to say,” Swinney mentioned, through ClemsonWire. “It doesn’t matter what I say. Individuals are going to say no matter they’re going to say. And once you lose like this, they’ve acquired each proper to say no matter they need to say. So, say no matter you need to say, write no matter you need to write. That comes with it. That’s simply a part of it.”
Georgia head coach Kirby Good made feedback about Swinney’s program-building technique just a few days previous to their matchup, saying “I’m like Dabo” in that he desires to maintain his complete roster. Nonetheless, Good has completed job of using the switch portal since its inception, resulting in nice Bulldogs groups the previous few years with nationwide titles.
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Swinney’s thought course of wouldn’t matter if Clemson, the No. 14-ranked crew within the nation coming into the 12 months, carried out higher towards Georgia. However that wasn’t the case, and fingers have been pointed immediately at him by critics on social media.
“Dabo Swinney’s job is to do the whole lot he can to assemble a crew that may compete on the highest degree of school soccer,” one X person tweeted. “He’s not doing his job and shall be criticized accordingly and it’s fully truthful.”
One other X person wrote, “Dabo Swinney’s refusal to make use of the switch portal, detrimental stance towards NIL is on full show in the present day. The expertise Georgia has in comparison with Clemson is night time and day. Swinney is a VCR caught in a Blue (sic) Ray world.”
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney reacts on the sideline through the second half of the Aflac Kickoff Recreation towards Georgia in Atlanta Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (IMAGN)
There was far more, with social media customers posting memes to convey their ideas about Swinney.
Whereas Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik struggled, going 18-for-29 for 142 yards, one interception and no touchdowns, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck was electrical for the Bulldogs.
Beck, anticipated to be a Heisman Trophy candidate this season, threw for 278 yards on 23-for-33 with two touchdowns. Operating again Nate Frazier additionally scored on the bottom, main the Bulldogs in speeding with 83 yards on 11 carries.
Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney reacts after a name by an official through the first quarter of the 2024 Aflac Kickoff Recreation towards the Georgia Bulldogs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Ken Ruinard/USA In the present day Sports activities)
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Clemson’s begin was lower than splendid, however it would have an opportunity to bounce again subsequent week in its house opener towards Appalachian State.
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