By Reice Shipley

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The Clemson Tigers have not lived up to expectations through the first three weeks of the season. But despite this, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney still believes he is clearly the right man to lead the program for the foreseeable future.Swinney’s resume speaks for itself. In addition to winning two National Championship at the program in 2016 and 2018, Swinney has helped Clemson win the ACC in eight of his last ten seasons.However, the program has fallen on hard times early on in the 2025 season, dropping games to both LSU in Week 1 and Georgia Tech in Week 3 on a game-winning field goal.More news: Texas Fans Send Brutal Message to Arch Manning After Rough PerformanceClemson came into the season with CFP aspirations. But after the rough start, unless we see a near-flawless remainder of the season from the Tigers, it seems like those hopes have drastically fallen off a cliff.Ahead of Clemson’s Week 4 matchup against Syracuse, Swinney addressed those calling for his job, challenging his critics to “send him on his way” if the Clemson program is “tired of winning”.”If they want me gone, if they are tired of winning, they can send me on my way,” said Swinney while speaking to reporters on Tuesday. “Because that’s all we have done is win. So if they are tired of winning… By the way, we have won this league 8 of the last ten years. Is that not good? I’m just asking, is that good?”I don’t know if that’s good or not. To win your league 8 of ten years. To go to the playoffs 7 out of ten years. Be in four National Championships and win it twice. Yeah, we’re a little down right now. Take your shots. But I have got a long memory in case y’all don’t know. We’ll be alright, we’ll bounce back. This is a program built to last. Always has been, always will be.”More news: Michael Vick Dismisses Rumors of Virginia Tech Coaching ReunionSwinney clearly doesn’t believe that Clemson can do any better than him with any other coach. And when you look at Swinney’s track record, it is hard to argue with him.That being said, there is perhaps more pressure on Swinney than ever to right the ship at Clemson. So Saturday’s matchup against Syracuse will certainly be under a microscope for critics of Swinney who potentially want to see him move on from the Clemson program.For more on the Clemson Tigers and all things college football, head to Newsweek Sports.