Re: What is your opinion about Gottfried's NCSU revival of...

Recruiting: Gottfried/NCSt has had several consecutive recruiting years of good to great talent and its finally starting to pay off---although looking at their play over the season, I wouldn't call Gottfried an HOF coach yet---the Wuffies are STILL prone to bad mental gaffes and effort at very inopportune times. IMO, because NCSt's achievements weren't higher this season, I think you'll start to see their recruiting slowing down some--but there's quite a bit of talent coming from that Triangle area since the advent of some of those private Christian academies who specialize in getting talented HS basketball players good enough grades to get into college...I think CJ Leslie took this route

Facilities:----there's no finer arena in the ACC than the one the wuffies share with the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL

Tradition---much to my jealous chagrin,there's no comparison between Clemson's basketball history and NCSt's....dating back even to Everett Case's days in the 40's and 50's--the old Dixie Classic was Case's brainchild and a model for the ACC Tournament

Also IMO, its going to take a long-term commitment from a talented Clemson HC to start a foundation strong enough to build a great basketball program.....and the sooner the better. I went to my first Clemson basketball as child at the old "Cow Palace" (Fike) in 1954 and while I've had a ton of fun as a diehard Clemson basketball fan, the bad games and missed opportunities stick in my mind as well.

If we could just find a bunch of players who could SHOOT FREAKIN' FREE THROWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...:~)

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Mar 18, 2013, 11:20 AM

I think the internet crowd on here is a fairly young. And I believe most young Clemson fans do not have a true grasp of how bad Clemson Basketball has been historically. But I have beaten that horse to a pulp.. So I will move on.
NCSU is part of the old guard. Make no mistake about it, they are a basketball school with National Championships in 73 and 83. They also had arguably one of the all time great basketball players ever, in David "Skywalker" Thompson. They have been down for the past 20 years. However I feel they are like Clemson was in football, ie a sleeping Giant. It just took them getting the right coach. I don’t think their current guy is it. I really thought he would do more this year given the talent he had. And I still would not be surprised if this State team has a good run in the tourney. In fact, it would not surprise me if they reach the elite 8/or final 4. But then again, this has been a real hit or miss ball club and could be bounced in the first round.
What I think most Clemson fans should be looking at is Miami. They came out of nowhere this year. They took advantage of a down league and won the title. It makes me sick that they were able to take advantage, while for all the years Clemson has been trying, we have only been able tie for the regular season in 1990. And come in second place in the tourney in 2008.
It is probably easier to recruit ball players for Miami than Clemson. But I believe that could be arguable point. And maybe it was a result of the rogue booster. But beyond that, I don’t feel like Miami is leaps and bounds better than Clemson in anything. So it is very frustrating when a non basketball school that has only been in our conference a short while, has more basketball trophies than Clemson, an original charter member.
Hope Brownell can right the ship quickly. Because when you see success on the court in Miami, it does not give you much of a leg to stand on when trying to explain poor play here in Clemson.

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