And who do you recommend Clemson hire? I am curious. Please explain to me who you think, seriously, would drop whatever they were doing, wherever they may be, and come coach the Clemson Tigers in basketball. This must also be someone with a proven track record of winning, not just “program building.” I ask that it not be some assistant coach who has not ever been a head coach, be allowed in your application pool (because we don’t want to gamble here. We want to guarantee, as much as we can, vastly superior performance than what we and our Clemson fan ancestors have observed in the last 110+ years). This must also be someone who is most likely to stay, caveat being that Clemson is willing to pay the going rate to keep them. Who is the most likely person? Furthermore, define “success” at Clemson for this Coach. I kindly ask that you not resort to the “more than three NCAA Tournaments in 13 years” statement. What would success look like that would warrant: a.) this coach being willing to stay, b.) entice consistent, four star and occasional five star, high school talent to want to play, and now with the NIL garbage, remain at Clemson, c.) justify the increased salary level of this coach in order to retain them, and d.) how long does he get before you start running “fire so and so” avatars on this message board? Finally, how much, per year, would the initial accepted applicant have to be paid in order to make all this happen? Again, I ask that you not resort to the “well, so and so at Po Dunk U only makes xyz $, and look at them” standard, canned answer. Honest questions.

P.S. One other thing you may or may not have thought of before: why is it that we never have seemed to hear about coaches just chomping at the bit to come to Clemson or on the few occasions that Clemson has had runs of success with “good coaches,” why these “good coache seem to leave Clemson with sudden, rapid deportment at the first opportunity? And, if you know the answers to these questions, I’m sure you have already answered the several questions I posed above.

Then explain our rise in football? The coach makes the difference.

Columbia absolutely sucks and should not appeal to anyone and yet Beamer has drastically improved SC recruiting. The coaching staff makes more of a difference than the location.