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The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

May 25, 2023, 9:09 AM

And they were singin', bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ol’ boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die." ------- fr. American Pie (1971)

…so, the Brownell sycophants have nothing left to argue now. Nevermore.

what you know / synopsis

What you know: The improbability of Clemson not making the NCAAT in 2014 was astronomical. And the last sequence of the 2023 Pitt game lays the responsibility purely at Brownell’s own feet. Neither Brownell nor the Clemson Admin ever acknowledged this responsibility, nor acknowledged how KJ McDaniels and his teammates had been let down.

Simply put, Clemson no longer has the goal of making the NCAA Tournament.

What you don’t know: Nuance. Preparation.

Synopsis: Clearly, Don McLean was so very much more prescient than the rest of us.

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Clemson’s 2014 team had one final chance to garner an NCAA invite after the pivotal Pitt game, but they fell to Duke, 63-62, in the 1st round of the ACCT. Trailing by 1 with 3.8 seconds to traverse the full-length court, Brownell sent Rod Hall off on a 1-on-3 dash that ended with the ball poked harmlessly away in the lane. That Hall lay prone beyond the baseline afterwards seemed to call to the Faithful that yet again Clemson had been wrongly denied by the referees. “Controversial” was the term routinely offered up in both conversation and web reporting about the ending.

Not a single one of the contemporary Clemson commenters noted however that Hall had traveled on the play. He had picked the ball off the dribble before his left foot hit the 3-point line. He then re-planted the left foot again on the edge of the paint with his 3rd illegal step, just immediately prior the Duke player reaching in. It’s not a Euro-step. It’s traveling.

In any case, since Rod Hall’s back is turned to the camera, you can’t actually see if Hall is physically contacted. What you can determine is that Hall’s left hand (on the defender’s side) stays to his front and out of sight of camera angle throughout the entire sequence. It isn’t pulled behind him, or in the direction of the defender. Thus, when the ball pops both forward and right into another defender, it appears that there was no grabbing or physically downward blow. It appears that the poke from visual left to right was at least reasonably clean.

KJ McDaniels stands helplessly open at the right wing.

***ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4JcUIU3p8

nuance

That ending ironically reminds this author of another NCAAT game barely two years later. Villanova sat at the far baseline then too, with something more than 4 seconds left to wrest a Championship from UNC. Head Coach Jay Wright authored a less direct plan than Hall and Brownell, one that had his driving guard kick the ball back to an unobtrusively trailing shooter, who in turn was stealthily using the point guard as an effective moving screen. Laughably, Kris Jenkins’ amazingly open, straight-assassin’s 3 might be remembered as much for the “cryin’ Michael Jordan” meme as for the sainted hardware it won. Notably, that was only the first of two Natties that the recently retired Wright won in his 21 seasons at Nova, nuance and preparation earning their hallowed due.

***ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7FFJUz0tdo

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sad, repeating refrain – bye, bye

Unfortunately for Clemson, 2014 wasn’t a lone occurrence.

In the ten full years since, Clemson has only received two (2) NCAAT invites, fewer than all but three (3) of the other fourteen (14) ACC schools. As each unsuccessful year passes, it feels more and more like the Green Mile, for the day where it can all finally, mercifully die never actually arrives. For the day we can move on from Brad Brownell is never here. Until then, we’re all just good ol’ boys condemned to helpless, unending "overtime” of Hades.

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acknowledgement

As for “American Pie”, poet and songwriter Don McLean was only 25 when it was released in 1971. The rolling, catchy, yet haunting tune would easily become his signature piece. It topped the US charts for 4 weeks, making it to #1 in record time. Ultimately, it was named the #5 song in all the 20th century by the RIAA. It has been alternatively interpreted as an ode to either the original King of Rock and Roll, Buddy Holly, or possibly to McLean’s own Father, both sadly taken too young.

For a generation of young listeners though, its repetitive “bye, bye Miss American Pie” perfectly fit various ‘failed coming of age’ themes, and was co-opted even to the Vietnam War, may they never be forgotten. One hopes the estimable Mr. McLean will forgive this “author” for using his words as allusion to Clemson Basketball, who likewise “never got to Dance”.

***ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpiBpDy7MQ

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very few if any have argued the basis of the posts. Instead, I get the snark from Board egoists about how long the posts are ( as if I personally made them read anything), the dismissiveness of Brownell supporters who attack personally but not the points in the posts, and then finally, those like TigerDave, who join the fray as little more than political mercenaries supporting the other side. These last are purely personal attacks in that they’re intended to belittle me as part of a side argument and specifically not as part of review of the points of the posts.

Again, few if any have argued the statistics I have provided, nor the logic associated. Basically, it has just been the varied types of personal attacks by those who seek to limit the effectiveness of the message, but don’t have the supporting facts to argue the message.

This what the Left has been taught to do in modern America: if the message cannot be effectively limited, then attack the messenger. I tend to fight this method just on principle alone. That’s because the method is almost always counterproductive to the clarity of the issue at hand, and any possibility of real movement forward.

It seems it’s this last bit that you are making comment on, and while I appreciate the comment and the apparent intent, I will just politely disagree. I am indeed tired of supposed liberal “thinkers” winning the day, not because they have solid points, but instead simply because no one would take them on. The resultant farce is often equitable to having a Coach who personally blows his team’s chance for glory, instead of leading them to new heights. The stupidity of such is simply too much to let go unchallenged anymore. Best.

The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Are you channeling

I'll stop writing when they fire that A-Hole***

Unlike You

I represent Clemson in the Business world every dang day

Godwin’s Law

this is LOL stupid...

as above since you replied

whoever made the comparison loses the debate

dear, dear Dave, so just because you and this

Bro, you brought up the low IQ mention

You distort why and how I used the example

Another sign of low IQ is bringing politics into a discussion

Like I said, "I'll meet you any day"... just T-mail me, lady***

Re: Like I said, "I'll meet you any day"... just T-mail me, lady***

There's Clover65, and there's little Internet SHI*T's like

This is his most talented team if Hall comes back

Unless he fails THIS year? What about the previous 13??

Re: Are you channeling

I didn't make you read one line. Not one. It cost you $0.

Thank God this is over

Why don't you return to the Basketball Trophy case room

The irony of your post is, undoubtedly, lost on you

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

After 13 YEARS and I write 11 posts?

The best part about this series

13 long, tedious, boring, unsuccessful, monotonous,

Don McLean deserves a bump

No.

I know that this must be difficult for an Einstein like you

Laughing at you missing the forest for the trees again

“Isn’t attractive”? LOFL

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

I'm sorry that you didn't read enough of my posts to truly

Interesting. And Credibility.

Actually, I’d say my ire comes in large part because

TigerBoard POTD

The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Are you channeling

I'll stop writing when they fire that A-Hole***

Unlike You

I represent Clemson in the Business world every dang day

Godwin’s Law

this is LOL stupid...

as above since you replied

whoever made the comparison loses the debate

dear, dear Dave, so just because you and this

Bro, you brought up the low IQ mention

You distort why and how I used the example

Another sign of low IQ is bringing politics into a discussion

Like I said, "I'll meet you any day"... just T-mail me, lady***

Re: Like I said, "I'll meet you any day"... just T-mail me, lady***

There's Clover65, and there's little Internet S*H*I*T's like

This is his most talented team if Hall comes back

Unless he fails THIS year? What about the previous 13??

Re: Are you channeling

I didn't make you read one line. Not one. It cost you $0.

Thank God this is over

Why don't you return to the Basketball Trophy case room

The irony of your post is, undoubtedly, lost on you

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

After 13 YEARS and I write 11 posts?

The best part about this series

13 long, tedious, boring, unsuccessful, monotonous,

Don McLean deserves a bump

No.

I know that this must be difficult for an Einstein like you

Laughing at you missing the forest for the trees again

“Isn’t attractive”? LOFL

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

Re: The Day Clemson BBall died – Final chance {part 11}

I'm sorry that you didn't read enough of my posts to truly

Interesting. And Credibility.

Actually, I’d say my ire comes in large part because

TigerBoard POTD

There's Clover65, and there's little Internet SHI*T's like