‘It’s over’: Criticism mounts for Dabo Swinney after blowout loss to LSU

It’s been a difficult few seasons for Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney, with his teams failing to live up to expectations over the past several years. Now, after a blowout loss to the LSU Tigers to open the season, criticism is mounting for Swinney.

Not too long ago, Swinney was at the center of Clemson’s unprecedented run of success, leading the Tigers to two national championships and six consecutive seasons ranked inside the top five of the AP Poll. After yet another season seems to already be headed in the wrong direction, it seems like Swinney’s time at Clemson could be coming to a close.

Dabo’s Recent Struggles

There’s no denying that Swinney is the most accomplished active coach in college football. He has two national championships and 187 career wins at Clemson, making him the winningest coach in ACC history. However, he has fallen short of expectations for five consecutive seasons, and his antics are becoming increasingly difficult to overlook when the wins aren’t following.

After six straight seasons finishing in the top five, Clemson has now gone five years without a top-10 finish. Last season was especially disappointing, as the Tigers went just 7-6, marking the second-worst season of Swinney’s tenure, which began in 2008. Swinney has struggled to adapt to the transfer portal and NIL era, and at this point, that weakness has become increasingly apparent.

On Saturday, those struggles showed up again in a big way as his team was completely uncompetitive against LSU, falling by a final score of 51-10.

‘It’s over’

After the latest loss, influential figures throughout the college football world took to social media to express their displeasure with Swinney.

“DaboSwinney was once like Jesus to Clemson fans. Not sure that still applies,” wrote Mike J. Asti of WV Sports Now.

“After LSU vs Clemson, it’s clear Clemson has a DaboSwinney problem, and they only have themselves to blame,” wrote Cole Shelton of Lindsys Sports.

“We have officially crossed the Rubicon tonight. How much is it going to cost to make DaboSwinney go away?” wrote Rubbing The Rock of Fansided.

“The only question left with Dabo is when Clemson will create an emeritus professor position where all Swinney has to do to draw a salary is teach a class on ‘College Athletics in the pre-NIL era.’ It’s over otherwise,” wrote Neil W. Blackmon of Saturday Down South.

“Anybody can look at Clemson and recognize, ‘it’s over.’ So, it becomes a question of: When and how do you end it?” wrote USA Today columnist Blake Toppmeyer.

“Clemson football is dead. DaboSwinney is a LEGEND at Clemson, and should probably never get “fired”, but a mutual split should be considered at some point. Maybe not this season, but by the end of next season if nothing improves. I don’t even recognize this program anymore,” the College Football Report.

We’ll have to see whether or not Clemson decides to move on from the legendary coach.

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