Sad reality of having to coach in SC - your competing with SEC schools for talent while not being able to offer SEC level exposure to kids or SEC level NIL.
If you got to Clemson - it simply means your options are the premier team in the non dominant conference or South Carolina/Vanderbilt/Ole Miss level 2nd tier SEC schools.
It’s going to be a down year and reality is setting in for Clemson fans. Feels a lot like what Florida State found out a while back - the ACC is not a football conference.
2030 can’t come fast enough for Dabo - I’d expect the goodwill he’s earned can keep him on the job until then - but the runway to return to prominence once in a real conference will be short and he knows it. He might just wind up leaving a little early should the right opportunity present itself.