Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has heard the criticism earlier than.
Positive, it wasn’t all that loud and even existent when he had the Tigers on prime of the school soccer world, however instances have modified.
After a run that noticed Clemson make the Faculty Soccer Playoff in 4 out of 5 seasons — profitable nationwide championships in 2016 and 2018 — Clemson hasn’t been again to the CFP since.
That is nonetheless a legendary run, and Swinney has put collectively three double-digit win seasons since then. However the Tigers had been solely 9-4 final season and so they began 2024 by wanting utterly outmatched by No. 1 Georgia.
The Tigers got here into the matchup ranked No. 14, however they did not even seem like a High 25 program in opposition to the dominant Bulldogs, as they misplaced 34-3.
Swinney has justifiably confronted criticism because the loss, however whether or not it is good press or dangerous press, one will get the sense that it is all the identical to him.
“Y’all gonna write cr-p, y’all gonna write horrible stuff…and after we do nice, y’all gonna write nice stuff. That’s OK,” Swinney stated at a information convention on Tuesday, in keeping with Fox Carolina’s Carmine Gemei.
“All people’s received jobs to do. I do not take it private. I do not learn it or take heed to it,” he continued. “This does not have an effect on me. I like my job, I like what I do. I like all of it. Y’all cannot change that. Nothing you write, nothing you say can change that.”
