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Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!
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Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 9:14 AM

Could he take our current roster and incoming recruits and get us to the postseason for the next 7 years like he did before with nowhere near the facilities?


;)

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 9:16 AM

He is probably available since he is unemployed....... for a reason

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Wouldn't it be great to return to that level of success


Feb 26, 2017, 9:18 AM

for the next 7 years! Plus, since Brownell took over for Purnell and had success with his players, it would be interesting to see what Purnell could do if the shoe was on the other foot, so to speak.

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Probably not much. Purnell isn't the kind of coach that


Feb 26, 2017, 1:08 PM

turns lemons into lemonade. If he were to be successful at Clemson (again) it would start on the recruiting trail and pay off in 2-3 years.

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I'm just having some fun with those who say our expectations


Feb 26, 2017, 2:10 PM

are too high when you consider where we were just one coach ago. Of course, Purnell is not an option. The Purnell years are the minimum of what our expectations should be and we aren't even close to that after 7 years. Our facilities are much improved from the Purnell years and the football success should both be having a positive effect on basketball recruiting.

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look at OP's record with Shaka Smart,then without***


Feb 26, 2017, 9:58 AM [ in reply to Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old! ]



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Shaka Smart was at Clemson for 2 years: 06-07 and 07-08


Feb 26, 2017, 10:07 AM

THis is Purnell's Clemson record:

2003–04 Clemson 10–18 3–13 9th
2004–05 Clemson 16–16 5–11 9th NIT First Round
2005–06 Clemson 19–15 7–9 9th NIT Second Round
2006–07 Clemson 25–11 7–9 T–8th NIT Runner-up
2007–08 Clemson 24–10 10–6 3rd NCAA First Round

2008–09 Clemson 23–9 9–7 T–5th NCAA First Round
2009–10 Clemson 21–11 9–7 T–5th NCAA First Round

It looks like OP's record sans Smart is pretty darned impressive.

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his two best years were undeniably with Smart, the year we


Feb 26, 2017, 12:28 PM

started 17-0 and missed the NCAAs and the year we blew an 18 point lead to a 12 seed in the NCAA

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What exactly is so darned impressive about that?


Feb 26, 2017, 4:48 PM [ in reply to Shaka Smart was at Clemson for 2 years: 06-07 and 07-08 ]

Sure it's decent relative to Clemson history, but hard to call it "darned impressive" when he didn't win a single tournament game his entire career.

You must be joking.

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Re: Shaka Smart was at Clemson for 2 years: 06-07 and 07-08


Feb 26, 2017, 9:56 PM [ in reply to Shaka Smart was at Clemson for 2 years: 06-07 and 07-08 ]

He had the players that Shaka Smart recruited, after Shaka left. When he didn't have Shaka, the cubbard was getting bare.

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 4:20 PM [ in reply to Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old! ]

### straight.

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Uh, no!


Feb 26, 2017, 10:25 AM

Let's not go back to our previous mistake.

I know we're struggling, but he left because he knew he was going to be fired.

He was not going to take our program anywhere.

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So what coach would come to Clemson.........


Feb 26, 2017, 10:43 AM

OP left after the best 4 straight years in the Tigers history....he was going to be fired???? HA

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monter le cheval de fer
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Re: So what coach would come to Clemson.........


Feb 26, 2017, 4:26 PM

OP left bc he hit his ceiling
He builds it up but can't sustain

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Fake news


Feb 26, 2017, 11:00 AM [ in reply to Uh, no! ]

OP fired?

Clemson Tigers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2003–2010)
2003–04 Clemson 10–18
2004–05 Clemson 16–16
2005–06 Clemson 19–15
2006–07 Clemson 25–11
2007–08 Clemson 24–10
2008–09 Clemson 23–9
2009–10 Clemson 21–11
Clemson: 138–90 (.605)

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Re: Uh, no!


Feb 26, 2017, 11:07 AM [ in reply to Uh, no! ]

He leff because it was that he was caught screwing a lady not his wife wife gave him ultimatum!

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Swimming Coach?***


Feb 26, 2017, 3:12 PM



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NO FARMERS NO FOOD


Re: Swimming Coach?***


Feb 26, 2017, 3:20 PM

let's hope not... the swimming coach was a GUY.

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I meant an assistant but who knows


Feb 26, 2017, 3:30 PM

Maybe he would've been happier at an Atlanta school or San Francisco if he wanted to go out to the west coast

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NO FARMERS NO FOOD


Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 11:54 AM

Rick Barnes is only 61

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 3:22 PM

Let's not even go there.....we know better, don't we?

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 3:24 PM

better question is could he keep his pants zipped

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 3:47 PM

NO

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How did he do at a Basketball first school in the middle of


Feb 26, 2017, 3:59 PM

a basketball recruiting hotbed?

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 4:34 PM

Please tell me that this is a joke of a post.
I hope he never sets foot back on our campus again.

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March 4th 2016- "Lee won't be here 4 years from today" - Viztiz


Oh it's a joke alright..


Feb 26, 2017, 4:53 PM

Just not sure the OP realizes it.

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Would you like to win an NCAA tournament game?


Feb 26, 2017, 4:45 PM

Guess not.

Heck even Brad did that.

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No he didn't. He won a play-in game and then


Feb 26, 2017, 8:32 PM

lost when the tournament started. To state that was a tournament win is a stretch that only his wife would make, Mrs. Brownell.

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So more mediocrity... got it. That's why we're used to mediocrity in basketball


Feb 26, 2017, 8:05 PM

Brownell wasn't that much worse than him.

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The only thing worse than keeping someone who can't


Feb 26, 2017, 8:16 PM

get it done is rehiring someone who couldn't get it done.

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 9:39 PM

If OP could bring-in Shaka Smart as his main recruiter (like before) then I think they could develop a winning team in 3 years.
But I doubt Shaka Smart would leave his head coaching position at the Univ of Texas to come back to Clemson as an assistant.
When Shaka Smart left Clemson, OP's recruiting fell to "very poor." Within 3 years OP was gone.
OP was not the main reason that CU had several good seasons in a row.

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Re: Oliver Purnell is only 63 years old!


Feb 26, 2017, 9:42 PM

If OP could bring-in Shaka Smart as his main recruiter (like before) then I think they could develop a winning team in 3 years.
But I doubt Shaka Smart would leave his head coaching position at the Univ of Texas to come back to Clemson as an assistant.
When Shaka Smart left Clemson, OP's recruiting fell to "very poor." Within 3 years OP was gone.
OP was not the main reason that CU had several good seasons in a row.

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