Brownell's Decision


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Brownell's Decision

Wednesday morning I found out Milton JenningsMilton Jennings
Sr. Forward
#24 6-9, 225
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was arrested on marijuana charges and he was going to be suspended. My thoughts at the time were that this was Jennings' last chance and he was going to be kicked off of the team.

I was surprised to see Jennings on the bench in street cloths last night and am not sure what that means to his future.

After the game Brad BrownellBrad Brownell
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said he had not made a decision on Jennings but will do so at some point in the future. This also surprised me.

I want to begin by stating that I really like Brownell. I think he is the best X and O coach in Clemson basketball history. In my opinion, Clemson is lucky to have Brownell and I hope he is here for a long time. He is the coach and he is the face of the program.

For the past few years I have been working hard on a character flaw. I used to have a hard time forgiving. The older I get the more I move to the New Testament's powerful lessons of forgiveness. Life is better when we learn to forgive.

I also believe student-athletes are young people who make mistakes and I have made more than my share of mistakes, especially when I was younger.

Finally, I am the last person in the world to tell Brownell how to run his program, but in my opinion, its time to cut ties with Jennings.

It is not Milton Jennings' fault that he was overrated out of high school and expectations for him were too high. He is not the athlete or the basketball player that we expected based upon his five-star status and appearance in the McDonald's All-American game. He is not the first player to be overrated.

However, his three suspensions at Clemson are his fault and it is now time to send a message. You see, a lot of people are watching Brownell on this one.

The fans are watching and fans want to win but fans also want to be proud of the players they pull for.

More importantly, Jennings' teammates are watching. There are team rules. They apply to everyone on the team. Jennings is a senior but there are a ton of freshmen and sophomores that will be around much longer. This next message is sent to them as much as it is to Jennings.

For the third time in the past year he has been suspended. For the third time Jennings let his teammates down.

Last year in a game against Bucknell, Jennings got into a shouting match with Brownell on the sidelines. Players don't yell at coaches. Jennings did not represent Clemson basketball in the proper way and Brownell was right in suspending Jennings for the Hawaii game.

In January, Jennings was suspended for not complying with the academic standards for Clemson athletics. This suspension came due to another blow up. This time it was with someone in the academic field at Clemson. Brownell was once again correct in suspending Jennings for two games (Virginia and Virginia Tech).

Wednesday morning Jennings was arrested in his Clemson apartment. He disabled his smoke detector and Clemson police were alerted as a result. Jennings admitted to the police that he had been smoking pot. As a result of the arrest Jennings did not play last night against Purdue, a game where the Tigers were down by 20 and had been out rebounded 26-6 at the half.

So for the third time in a year Jennings missed games due to a suspension. He has now missed four games as a result of those suspensions. Clemson lost all four games (Hawaii, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Purdue).

I don't care to debate the legal issues about marijuana. I don't care how many students or student-athletes do it. The fact is that currently it is against the law in South Carolina and it is against university and athletic department policies at Clemson.

Milton Jennings chose to disrespect his coach on the floor in front of his teammates last year. Then he chose to get into an altercation with another university employee less than two months later. Tuesday night Jennings had a choice. What he chose to do was to ignore his teammates and the team policies. He put his habit in front of the team. He once again proved that his teammates cannot count on him.

Often fans want to kick off players when legal issues arise. It makes the coach look good when he does. Then when his team loses, the fans jump the coach about the results.

Kicking off your leading scorer and second leading rebounder is a difficult thing to do. Now Brownell can send his team a message. Twice he has sent them a message with regards to Jennings about forgiveness, but Brownell can now send a message to his team about responsibility, dependability and accountability.

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Crump®
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billymac
spacer The time of the incident should have no effect on the
TigersO
spacer Are you serious? Of course it matters
CU2013
spacer Pot doesn't give you a hangover***
CitadelTiger®
spacer True, and the funnier assumptions I've seen from
Filo Betto
spacer Agree--- hes had his chances!***
Prime T. Tiger
spacer Mickey, I don't want to debate pot laws with you either.
Filo Betto
spacer Brownell's job depends on Jennings
tigertrain®
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footballmanager
spacer If his job actually depends on Jennings ...
apextiger
spacer and he should be pissed at OP***
RC Tiger®
spacer It IS a big deal. Brownell has
GrayBengal®
spacer NOT HIS FIRST INCIDENT
Prime T. Tiger
spacer I like Jennings. I have met him twice, both times with my
1994CUTIGER®
spacer Agree***
Prime T. Tiger
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Litefoot
spacer Totally agree and I was
GrayBengal®
spacer Re: Totally agree and I was
allorangeallthetime52®
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lhaselden
spacer Busted when he disabled the smoke alarm in his apartment
clemson_native
spacer I think this is when you have to respect the coach's
Stamos
spacer What bothers me the most about this article is the part
surroundedtiger
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Litefoot
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Prime T. Tiger
spacer Strike three, Jennings is out! He's not what this young...
tigerNnc
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allorangeallthetime52®
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madison76
spacer Free Milton Jennings !
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