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How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 13, 2022, 9:22 PM

watched the entire 45 minute press conference he did today?

I’m not just talking about reading selected quotes in the TigerNet article, but actually heard everything he had to say?

If you didn’t, you should. It was a great press conference.

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"All those 'Fire Brownell' guys can kiss it." -Joseph Girard III

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what are the main takeaways***


Apr 13, 2022, 9:26 PM



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Said he's going to Final 4 OR


Apr 13, 2022, 9:37 PM

bust or be fired..

and whatever of these 3 things happen hopefully he's taking Judge Keller with him!

LOL JK!!

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Didn’t think so.***


Apr 13, 2022, 9:39 PM [ in reply to what are the main takeaways*** ]



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Re: what are the main takeaways***


Apr 13, 2022, 9:42 PM [ in reply to what are the main takeaways*** ]

I think JK’s main takeaway is to listen to the whole interview. I saw parts of it but intend to watch the whole thing tomorrow. Like most on here I would love to see a more successful BBall program at Clemson with or without the current coaching staff. Unlike many here I believe Brownell could be part of that equation. It wont hurt me at all to listen to his statement.

Go Tigers!

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I think you will enjoy it.


Apr 13, 2022, 9:44 PM

He was very candid and is excited about next season.

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Re: I think you will enjoy it.


Apr 14, 2022, 12:00 PM

Did you expect him to say his 2022-23 team was going to be average? After the 1992 football season, Hatfield said he was going to beat FSU in 1993. Final score FSU 57-0.

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Of course not, but it was obvious that he’s genuinely excited


Apr 14, 2022, 2:23 PM

about next season and the future if the program.

That should be pleasing to the posters here to say he is boring/milquetoast/doesn’t show enthusiasm.

Not really sure what Hatfield has to do with this conversation.

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Re: Of course not, but it was obvious that he’s genuinely excited


Apr 14, 2022, 2:58 PM

He ought to be excited about the future…it will be a different coach at Clemson!

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Re: what are the main takeaways***


Apr 14, 2022, 8:36 AM [ in reply to what are the main takeaways*** ]

That the stakeholders should be satisfied with the effort displayed by Mr. Brownell’s teams.

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Who wants to watch a 45 minute BB...


Apr 13, 2022, 9:35 PM

...press conference?



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At least you’re honest about not caring enough to watch.***


Apr 13, 2022, 9:39 PM



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I kedd you Judge, couldn't resist...


Apr 13, 2022, 9:48 PM

...but that puppy's cute ain't he?

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Adorable.***


Apr 13, 2022, 9:49 PM



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Win big next year or resign.


Apr 14, 2022, 12:23 AM [ in reply to At least you’re honest about not caring enough to watch.*** ]

Right now he is stealing from Clemson.

He is one of the longest tenured coaches of the last 50 years at Clemson and hasn’t done a d@mn thing! Any school that cared about basketball would have fired him years ago.

And don’t give me your regurgitated BS. He has had more university support and better facilities than any basketball coach in Clemson history. At the same time the ACC has been at near historic lows in basketball and the NCAA tournament has never been easier to get into.

So now he has a press conference and after 12 years he’s committed to going to the final four. He’s committed to winning at all. Then why hasn’t he done anything even remotely close to that over the past 12 years at Clemson?

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Re: Win big next year or resign.


Apr 14, 2022, 6:56 AM

It's ok to say that brownell hasn't done "a d@mn thing" as long as you admit that not a single coach in the history of Clemson basketball has won a d@mn thing

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Don't you think it may be important to continue to search


Apr 14, 2022, 12:37 PM

for a coach that can do 'a #### thing' when we've found out that the current coach can't

Or should we accept that we will never be able to 'do a #### thing'

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Re: Win big next year or resign.


Apr 14, 2022, 5:43 PM [ in reply to Re: Win big next year or resign. ]

We need to quit referring to the past as an excuse for current weaknesses. If GN is looking to the future so should we all.

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Class of ‘71. Went through “rat season” and glad I did.


Re: Win big next year or resign.


Apr 14, 2022, 8:20 AM [ in reply to Win big next year or resign. ]

Isn’t he the first coach since Rick Barnes to get us to the sweet 16? And beat UNC in Chapel Hill? That’s something

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Yes, but in the minds of many people here on TNet


Apr 14, 2022, 11:22 AM

he should be winning big simply because we finally updated our archaic facilities after he had been here 5 years (which he largely raised the money for, by the way).

Yes, we are supposed to be really good at basketball even though we don’t financially support basketball as well as most other ACC teams or even as well as some mid-major teams.

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Re: Yes, but in the minds of many people here on TNet


Apr 14, 2022, 12:22 PM

You keep repeating the same ole stuff…Dabo raised his money by winning and winning big. Brownell, not so much. Kids everywhere have heard of Clemson now from our football program. Applications skyrocketed from students wanting to go to Clemson, as did tuition. Dabo even bet his on money on Clemson, by taking less and paying his assistants more. Has coach B done that, if he uses that as an excuse?

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We paid Kevin Steele a very high salary before Dabo had won anything.


Apr 14, 2022, 2:40 PM

We paid Venables a very high salary before we ever came close to being a top team.

We had new facilities already in place when Dabo was hired, and plans we being made for new ones before Dabo won anything of significance.

Dabo has done a phenomenal job, but the revisionist history here which claims that he won and then got loads of support is incorrect. He got plenty of support early because Clemson’s administration and fans cared a lot about being really good at football. The same isn’t true for basketball, which is why our program is expected to pull off the impossible before the program is supported well.

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Re: Yes, but in the minds of many people here on TNet


Apr 14, 2022, 1:53 PM [ in reply to Yes, but in the minds of many people here on TNet ]


he should be winning big simply because we finally updated our archaic facilities after he had been here 5 years (which he largely raised the money for, by the way).

Yes, we are supposed to be really good at basketball even though we don’t financially support basketball as well as most other ACC teams or even as well as some mid-major teams.




How many times have you resuscitated this horse you keep beating? And why do you keep choosing the wrong horse?

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Re: Win big next year or resign.


Apr 14, 2022, 12:01 PM [ in reply to Win big next year or resign. ]

Give Brownell a chance. He was just warming up his first 12 seasons.

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He Has Done A #### Thing


Apr 14, 2022, 5:13 PM [ in reply to Win big next year or resign. ]

11 winning seasons in 12 years. Beat North Carolina in Chapel Hill. World University Games gold medal. Sweet 16 appearance. The Lunatic Fringe needs to dial it back. Brownell deserves respect and you need to start giving it to him.

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Re: He Has Done A #### Thing


Apr 14, 2022, 5:29 PM


11 winning seasons in 12 years

Being better than .500 is not an aggressive enough goal



Beat North Carolina in Chapel Hill

This was sweet. It was also an awful, awful UNC team that only won 6 conference games all season. Brownell is 1-5 in Chapel Hill and you want to give him a medal.


World University Games gold medal

Does anyone outside of Clemson even remember this "tournament"? It's completely irrelevant in the college basketball landscape.


Sweet 16 appearance

One time in 12 years, and regression since.


You and your fellow CBB sunshine pumpers keep cherry picking from minimal accomplishment to justify a dozen years of mediocrity. Why? Why are you satisfied with the state of the program?

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Pretty bold to assume we can’t


Apr 14, 2022, 1:06 AM [ in reply to At least you’re honest about not caring enough to watch.*** ]

Predict what’s gonna happen next year without listening to the press conference

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I happen to like him the best of all


Apr 13, 2022, 9:44 PM

Clemson coaches. He just seems like the most genuine of them all. But, man, he’s starting to sound like Tommy Bowden did near the end of his time at Clemson.

I hope he’s able to accomplish the goals he announced today. It just seems to me that those goals should have been there all along. In fact, they probably were, and if you’re not even approaching them after twelve seasons, there’s some serious question as to whether you’re on the right track.

I wish him and the team all the success in the world next season.

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Those goals were there but the administration wasn’t behind them.


Apr 13, 2022, 9:49 PM

In other words, Brad can’t talk about goals and a vision for the program when the willingness to support those goals isn’t there by the administration.

Brad now feels that the support is there, so you’re hearing more about it.

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I don’t disagree with any of that.


Apr 13, 2022, 9:56 PM

I guess I just think it would take a lot of time to turn things around. We’ll see.

It’s kind of ironic that there’s so much demand for him to be fired from a fan base that, let’s be honest, doesn’t give a #### about basketball.

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Re: Those goals were there but the administration wasn’t behind them.


Apr 13, 2022, 10:01 PM [ in reply to Those goals were there but the administration wasn’t behind them. ]

He sucks as a coach and the administration has nothing to do with that….the only thing I blame the administration with is not firing his butt years ago!

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Re: Those goals were there but the administration wasn’t behind them.


Apr 14, 2022, 6:47 AM

Why did it take Neff’s letter for BB to see the light? Shouldn’t the Final Four or success in the ACC have always been his goal? Heck, the NCAA Tourney period has been a far stretch, not even the NIT. I hope he does well and our Program becomes relevant. He should have had a fire lit under his a$$ for years. Time to walk the the walk, we’ve heard enough of the talk.

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It wasn’t about Neff’s letter.


Apr 14, 2022, 5:35 PM

It’s about Brad finally having an AD who truly cares about basketball.

If you think Brad is just starting to care, you’re really misguided.

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Re: Those goals were there but the administration wasn’t behind them.


Apr 14, 2022, 7:54 AM [ in reply to Re: Those goals were there but the administration wasn’t behind them. ]

Please explain yourself, beyond "he sucks as a coach"

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How has the Admin not supported the program exactly?


Apr 14, 2022, 8:22 AM [ in reply to Those goals were there but the administration wasn’t behind them. ]

I mean, they made Shyatt play in the Anderson Civic Center for goodness sakes.

CBB gets paid quite nice, something like $5 grand a day?

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Oh and I forgot the generous contract extensions and buyouts


Apr 14, 2022, 8:25 AM

that the previous AD gave out like free money.

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 13, 2022, 9:44 PM

Let me guess,

“The season didn’t go as we expected

We’ve done a lot of great things since I’ve been here

Next year will be better”

Did I miss anything? Isn’t this the same thing we heard since year two?

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 13, 2022, 9:48 PM

Exactly what he said but it’s must watch as “The Judge” said . Just to hear it gives it so much more meaning .

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My take….


Apr 13, 2022, 10:01 PM

‘Winning is hard, man!’

No really, he seems like a man who knows what he has to do but is running out of time.

I think Neff read him the riot act.

Good luck to CBB, but losing players and staff makes this an uphill pull.

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 13, 2022, 9:58 PM

I have a better chance of walking on the moon next year than Brownlee making it to the final four….he should have been fired years ago!

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 13, 2022, 10:05 PM

I'm sure it was very informative, but the proof's in the pudding. With Clemson basketball I hope for the best, but expect a lot less.

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 13, 2022, 10:13 PM

Its hard enough to watch him coach for 45 minutes

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I was thinking 4 OR 5 minutes


Apr 14, 2022, 5:16 AM

Bad years happen and you sit through it

This is a bad career

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Re: I was thinking 4 OR 5 minutes


Apr 14, 2022, 6:23 AM

It’s not a bad career. He cleaned out clock for lifetime dollars. I’d say he’s made more money in 12/13 years than the average Clemson Student does in their lifetime. I’d say that’s not a bad gig for average results. I think it’s safe to say, he has lost the fan base!


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Re: I was thinking 4 OR 5 minutes


Apr 14, 2022, 6:56 AM

Now he's wanting more money... And will probably get it. We'll make A tournament this next season and it'll be hyped to the max that he and neff turned the corner, claim success, give him another huge buyout and more years. Then year 14 will come knowing he's locked in for more $$$ and we'll miss the tourney because pj and Tyson will be gone. On to year 15 because we can't afford the buyout. Crazy.

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If he wants more money he needs to start mowing lawns..


Apr 14, 2022, 8:14 AM

Some fresh air and perspective to what it means to work for a living versus draining the golden goose might just do him some good.

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Brad wants more money for the program.


Apr 14, 2022, 5:37 PM [ in reply to Re: I was thinking 4 OR 5 minutes ]

He isn’t asking for more money for himself.

Where do you people get this stuff?!?

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Please post a link if you have one...


Apr 13, 2022, 10:19 PM

I will watch it.

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Re: Please post a link if you have one...


Apr 13, 2022, 11:01 PM

https://youtu.be/2LMeKAoT36A

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Good Lord, so he basically said we did the best we...


Apr 14, 2022, 12:33 AM

...could do and we should accept it. We're doing more with less and you fans should be happy. Took about 3 minutes to figure that out. Tommy Bowden 2.0.

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Re: Good Lord, so he basically said we did the best we...


Apr 14, 2022, 12:53 AM

But did you watch the whole 43:23? The other 40+ minutes are key, supposedly.
Ignore the first several minutes where he listed a bunch of excuses, didn’t you hear him say told the kids that we have to win more games? What more can a coach do?

- - - - -

More insights gleaned by continuing to watch:

PJ saved his bacon by helping with those late wins.

Not many top teams play freshmen. Clemson needs to develop players. So once Brad gets his players here then we’ll see, I guess. Maybe by year 15 or so. But transfers he didn’t develop will help.

Then some more excuses during the questions part.

“We’re in the middle” he says unironically. Isn’t that the definition of mediocre? Anyway, apparently people don’t appreciate enough how great it is to be “in the middle.” At least we are consistent. We should be proud of our consistent mediocrity.

Brad can just go to the portal and get a guy whenever he wants. We’ll get the benefit of The Princeton System, so there’s that.

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At least we got a great opportunity to see Brad’s personality shining through. I mean, this dude’s phone is blowing up.

This was 43 minutes and 23 seconds of my life I won’t ever get back, but I did enjoy a nice cigar and did some crosswords while listening so not a total waste of time.

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I know, I know, I'm totally confused and feeling...


Apr 14, 2022, 1:06 AM

...guilty about it all at this point. My head hurts. And I'm pretty sure it's my fault or something.

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He did NOT say that we did the best we could do.


Apr 14, 2022, 5:39 PM [ in reply to Good Lord, so he basically said we did the best we... ]

He said he was proud of his team for showing such grit, but also said that last year was disappointing.

I know it’s easier to dislike the guy and criticize him if you say he said things he didn’t, but come on. No need to misrepresent what he said.

He wants better for Clemson basketball. That’s a good thing.

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This is a MULTI-MILLION dollar paid leader and


Apr 14, 2022, 2:18 PM [ in reply to Re: Please post a link if you have one... ]

representative of Clemson University . . . . and this is what we get after a MONTH of preparing for it ?


Uhhhhhhh . . . . I'm not gonna Coach Swinney and talk for half an hour, but I DID make a coupla notes . . . . chuckle, giggle, chuckle . . . .


You have GOT to be kidding . . . . .


Dude - you have perhaps one of the best examples of leadership, media presence, vision sharing, public speaking folks on the planet in the office across the street from you and the first thing you say is . . . . uhhhhhhh - I've made a few notes ? ? ?


He couldn't have looked any more uncomfortable up there if he tried.


Good Lord . . . . . what a doorknob.

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Brad Brownell: Only Larry freaking Shyatt has a WORSE overall winning percentage among Clemson basketball coaches since 1975. Let that sink in. It's Larry Shyatt & then Brad Brownell.


Talk is cheap - Brownell talks about.....


Apr 13, 2022, 10:54 PM

what he's GOING to do but doesn't follow through.

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Bobby Knight had empowering, and great interviews....


Apr 13, 2022, 11:57 PM

Right before he was fired out of necessity. To name one.

He better get ir dun

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Bobby Knight also choked a player.


Apr 14, 2022, 12:09 AM

Not sure why his firing over unacceptable behavior has anything to do with Brownell.

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Re: Bobby Knight also choked a player.


Apr 14, 2022, 1:07 AM

I know he said even some administrators were really admiring the fine work he has done.

So glad he said no to the offers he got. Was it Butler and SMU he turned down?

No he made a lot of excuses. rinse and repeat...

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He couldn’t have said anything yesterday that would have made you happy.***


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Not surprising.


Apr 14, 2022, 12:57 AM

Brownell has lost the fan base.

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He Might Have Lost You


Apr 14, 2022, 5:16 PM

But he has not lost the fan base. And you will be back.

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Re: He’s lost the majority of Clemson fans


Apr 14, 2022, 7:21 PM

The fact that you can’t see that speaks volumes. It seems most of his defenders are either afraid to make a change because we could do worse, or they think this is the best we can do because of our history, or those like yourself that are friends with Brad and will support him no matter what.

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I listened to it before it went public here on T-Net


Apr 14, 2022, 4:21 AM

As someone who has been critical of CBB, I listened to it in its entirety because I wanted to make sure my criticism of him is fair. The biggest thing I gleaned from it from Brad was that he knows and understands fans’ expectations are for him to get us back to the NCAA tournament for only the 4th time in his nearly 13 years. I expect that to mean next season we all should EXPECT a deep NCAA tournament run. Don’t you agree Judge?

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 14, 2022, 6:38 AM

Not going to listen don’t care to listen. I’m wait until March 2023 and see where we are. That’s how a head coach is judged. By wins and losses. Im not going to get hyped up over a press conference because there’s nothing he can say that makes me confident in him right now. Win. just win Brad and fans will be happy.

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 14, 2022, 8:56 AM

23,952.

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Re: How many of you complaining about Brownell today


Apr 14, 2022, 9:34 AM

When you start making comparisons to other schools in your league then thats a problem. The only thing that matters is your program. I could care less about the others. If your having to make excuses thats a problem. Sounds like our leadership in the fantasy land of DC these days. Always blaming others. This makes me want him to go more. Take ownership in what you do.

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I've watched the last 12 yrs of basketball . . . how's that?


Apr 14, 2022, 10:45 AM

No ill will towards BB. I hope he ratchets up the success. I like the guy. He said some good things in the presser (I did not watch all of it). I don't begrudge him a certain measure of defending his program. The positives are real. But the overall critical assessment is not unfair.

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Hey Judge


Apr 14, 2022, 12:46 PM

You'll go off next year when the stands are empty and say lack of support is why we don't have success. Will you accept that Brad is the reason there is lack of support?

By the way, I camped at the front of the line for every single game as a student when Purnell was the coach. I was on the floor for literally every single game. Multiple times I would leave games and literally walk back to re-set up my tent immediately after the buzzer. There was support for the program, tell me why it disappeared.

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Apr 14, 2022, 12:57 PM

The same when I was in school. At that time, some of the students (I was one of them) were right behind the other teams bench. Some exciting basketball, even if we didn’t win.

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Ok, so I watched every minute


Apr 14, 2022, 2:48 PM

Do I like BB - sure.

Not sure what is to be gained by cherry picking stats for the past 5 years - with Clemson being 7th in wins. That was his favorite message.
I also think a poll of admired basketball programs from the ACC would not start with Clemson. Could be wrong, but sure seemed to be an anonymous stretch.

What I did not hear.
Specifically, what he is changing to move us from 10th.
What he felt like he accomplished the first 7 years. Or are they simply to be forgotten?
I did not hear many “I “ pronouns - as in “ I learned and I am responsible”.
I did not hear how he was going to change recruiting.
I did not hear how he plans to engage students.
I did not hear how he was going to put energy back into the program.
I did not hear the “why” our two point guards left the program.

If I had watched this video after year 3-4 - I would have a different reaction than year 13.

Give me exactly the steps, the moves, the changes HE is making and HE himself is changing to change the program. Then tell me why it took 12 years to get there. Remove the blame for things he cannot control. He could control a lot.

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