Former Clemson Players Saying That Dabo Didn’t Do Anything After Assistant Coach Used N Word

Submitted by HelloHeisman91 on June 2nd, 2020 at 2:23 PM
https://twitter.com/redditcfb/status/1267875912047038464?s=21

matty blue

June 2nd, 2020 at 3:06 PM ^

man, i don't know...between kids staying closer to home for covid reasons and racial issues everywhere?  i'd be surprised if zero five-stars don't at least have that conversation with their families.  not saying it would be the only factor either way (i have no idea, as a middle-aged white guy)...but those guys can still play for national championships and get drafted in the first round without going to clemson.

Perkis-Size Me

June 2nd, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^

Maybe I'm just a cynic, but I hardly see COVID having any kind of long-term effect on where the top players want to go play. I could see a short term aberration over the next year or two, but this virus isn't going to all of a sudden make a bunch of 5 star players not want to go play football in the South. They want to go somewhere with more lax academic requirements that allow them to focus much more on football. 

And to your point on kids wanting to play closer to home....where do you think the majority of 5 star recruits are coming from? They're coming from the South anyway! If anything, I see COVID giving 5 star players even more of an excuse to keep staying and playing where they are. 

I'd argue COVID hurts northern schools much more than it does southern schools. 

matty blue

June 3rd, 2020 at 8:44 AM ^

i'm pretty sure i didn't say this would have any long-term effect, or that kids would stop playing for southern schools (!) or anything to that effect.  what i said was that if you are a five-star considering clemson and you hear that coaches are using racial slurs, it's part of the decision-making process.  suggesting that it will have no effect on a single clemson recruit is kinda silly, particularly in the current racial climate.

justin fields left georgia because a baseball player used a slur towards him...it's really hard for me to believe that it wouldn't have been part of his process if he'd known that was a possibility.

MGlobules

June 2nd, 2020 at 4:17 PM ^

Don't think you're right about this one. Talented Black players don't want to spend time in an environment tinged with racism any more than you would if you felt yourself the object of it. And their parents don't want them to, either. I know whereof I speak, because I've got a brown daughter who is D1 scholarship material and this is at the top of the list of concerns. Four years wondering if people are dumb enough to be down on you for what you look like? No thanks.

Bill Brasky

June 2nd, 2020 at 2:37 PM ^

I really want to like Dabo because of his strong "faith." I'm hoping it's not just a false image. But I'm old enough not to trust everything I hear anymore.

bronxblue

June 2nd, 2020 at 2:46 PM ^

I'm not surprised.  I've also seen that a number of Pitt players report that Narduzzi called guys "thugs" a good deal and it was rather clearly being used as a proxy for some more offensive terminology.