Dabo Swinney reportedly traveled on private plane to vacation; gets ripped by fans on Twitter
This week, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney gave a rah-rah speech in which he said he has “zero doubt” the 2020 season will start on time with fans in the stands.
However, it appears Swinney isn’t exactly taking the social distancing guidelines seriously.
Per CBS Sports reporter Dennis Dodd, Swinney recently traveled by private plane to a vacation home in Florida. He also said he might travel for Easter:
Dabo has traveled by private plane to vacation in Florida. May travel next week for Easter. Says plane was sanitized. https://t.co/4cGEkUa9yH
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) April 4, 2020
Here’s the paragraph in question from Dodd’s article:
The coach also noted that his family has traveled once to Florida via private plane for vacation and may do so next week for Easter. “The plane was sanitized,” he said. “We don’t have any concern.”
At the very least, this sort of attitude seems to be tone deaf in the midst of a pandemic. Plus, the plane may have been sanitized, but that means people had to put their health at risk to sanitize it.
Fans were quick to pounce on the Clemson coach for his cavalier attitude on Twitter:
Coach O doing PSAs and showing up to press conferences with the governor > Dabo vacationing and defying stay at home order. O is better on the field and off.
— Ric (@Ric_in_NO) April 4, 2020
Cool. Don't complain when your season is postponed.
— Travis Henry XVII (@XviiHenry) April 4, 2020
TIGERS FIGHT
This
Is
Gonna
End
Real
Soon(But)
First
I’m
Gonna
Hazardously
Travel— Chene Exotic (@CheneGizik) April 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/LorieBama/status/1246411717644562433
Dabo Swinney having “no doubt there will be a college football season” while traveling on his private plane to vacation in Florida and then going to use it for Easter.
Lol.
All this is going to drag out so much longer because of this line of thinking.
— Kyle G (@TheRealCagey) April 4, 2020
The vast majority of college football coaches getting COVID-19 media coverage are out there trying to get people to follow instructions and hang in there. Meanwhile Dabo Swinney is out here putting himself and others at higher risk. https://t.co/zWgAJcHQmU
— StrawberryTea (@JawjaJenn) April 4, 2020
Giving a cutesy speech about how we’re gonna play football this year because MERICA, then going off and unnecessarily endangering lives. Just amazing work by Dabo Swinney https://t.co/PpUZaKG4g1
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) April 4, 2020
When there is no college football in 2020, it will be in part because too many people acted like Dabo Swinney for too long and didn’t listen to experts. Remember that, not his lil speech about Normandy and iPhones
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) April 4, 2020
Will Swinney come out and publicly say he won’t travel for Easter? We’ll see over the next few days.