My strong dislike for Dabo comes from his aw-shucks, just fell off the turnip truck schtick he spews when I've seen him on TV. The "I don't know much about much" and "we're just little ole Clemson" routine is tiring when you know their facilities are among the best, if not THE best, in college football and their total coaching budget is probably the highest in all of college football. Sports-wise they are all in, top to bottom, to be a football factory (see the small number of varsity sports above for further evidence of their athletic mission), plain and simple and they are succeeding mightily at their goal.
Side note - have visited the campus and, while it is nice, I would in no way consider it the "nicest not on an ocean." I went to Cornell so certainly am not an impartial observer but I would put my alma mater's campus against any in the country (at least from April to September). ;-)