David Hale Latest To Criticize Swinney Over Optimistic Comments

After stating an overly optimistic view last week regarding the college football season being played, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was on the receiving end of some fairly harsh criticism. Some from his own fan base.

On Tuesday, Swinney was on ESPNU Radio and doubled down on his original comments.

Dabo Swinney told @MarkPacker why he believes that his @ClemsonFB will be playing games this fall. pic.twitter.com/cLBRcNFXag

— College Sports on SiriusXM (@SXMCollege) April 7, 2020

This brought on even more criticism, including from ESPN”s David Hale.

He is being purposefully obtuse here. People are mad bc he’s been flippant about an issue directly impacting millions of lives, physically or economically. It’s not hard to revisit his words & say “I’m optimistic but I didn’t intend to undercut the severity of the situation.” https://t.co/NhMnzPkOQJ

— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) April 7, 2020

For the record, Hale is a very respected, longtime member of the media and has been very supportive of Swinney in the past,