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Unlikely but possible: Is this BB's last game as our HC?
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Unlikely but possible: Is this BB's last game as our HC?


Mar 14, 2013, 3:05 PM

Don't think one can ever know in these situations, but this possibility does exist.

I think it would be pretty unlikely (less than 10 % chance) as most fans are okay giving him another year with the youth and injuries.

However, the new AD isn't a fan, paid big bucks to make the tough calls, and has already pulled the trigger once regarding basketball.

I for one am glad he appears more serious about the basketball program, and for that reason, would not at all be disappointed if this is Coach Brownell's last game as head coach.

Why:

-no excitement from fans
-mediocre recruiting
-hard to watch style of play
-dry personality as a coach
-still miss FT's
-still lose close games
-no post season play 2nd year straight
-imbalanced roster next year with no bigs
-really bad losses (?coastal ? senior night ? 10 point halves)
-one win since Jan 29th???

C'mon man.

We need a new start.

Agree that the facilities need an upgrade, but that and that alone will not make up for the above deficiencies.

May be a nice guy but that shouldn't be enough to be a HC in the ACC.

Just my opinion.

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FIne if you have a home run hire in the wings


Mar 14, 2013, 3:06 PM

Wait, what, we would only have to roll the dice on another mid-major coach. No thanks, I'll give BB another year or two to try and develop his program.

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Mar 14, 2013, 3:07 PM



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No, he'll still have a game vs. UNC this year


Mar 14, 2013, 3:10 PM

and then he'll be back next year.

HTH

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The new AD isn't a fan of what? And no this won't be his


Mar 14, 2013, 3:10 PM

last game as our HC.

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How many people said this about Coach K after his 3rd year?


Mar 14, 2013, 3:10 PM

Look up the Duke numbers from his first 3 years (keeping in mind that the ACC was an 8-team league at the time), look up the success they had prior to that.

I hate Duke and Coach K, but Brownell deserves at least the same chance here at a school with almost no basketball tradition that K got at a school with as much winning tradition as Duke has.

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Re: How many people said this about Coach K after his 3rd year?


Mar 14, 2013, 5:57 PM

24-10 and .500 in the ACC next year sounds good to me.

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I agree, but......


Mar 14, 2013, 3:11 PM

We don't want to get the rep that we had with Football. You have to give a coach at least 4 years to turn it around.

If we fire Brownell after year 3, it will make it even harder to hire someone.

My 2 cents, there is a 0.000001% chance he will be fired soon. Unless he pulls a Coach Knight on Milton tonight!

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Re: I agree, but......


Mar 14, 2013, 3:31 PM

who hacked your account?

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peters jokes are awfully popular if you want to try again?***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:12 PM



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I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:14 PM



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Don't stop him...He's on a roll...***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:15 PM



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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:16 PM



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NO!!!***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:18 PM



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Free Walken!***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:14 PM [ in reply to peters jokes are awfully popular if you want to try again?*** ]



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I would not be surprised if he walked away


Mar 14, 2013, 3:15 PM

if he got a mid major job at this point it's a better job than this one.

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I would think that is more likely than getting fired after 3


Mar 14, 2013, 3:16 PM

seasons...

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completely agree...I could see him getting fed up & walking


Mar 14, 2013, 3:19 PM

away...realizing we aren't serious about the sport and if someone came to him that was he might walk away.

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I could also see him getting fed up about the


Mar 14, 2013, 3:22 PM

upper decks being taken down.

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they've got to come down....too steep...too empty....too


Mar 14, 2013, 3:23 PM

expensive...they've got to come down

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think about it from his perspective...


Mar 14, 2013, 3:21 PM [ in reply to I would think that is more likely than getting fired after 3 ]

1. He got hired by a guy who isn't here anymore
2. He's seen football have millions and millions of dollars spent on it...pretty much zilch since he started here
3. He's seen fan support fall off even during his brief time here.
4. He's seen the type of competition he's facing and the players he can recruit here.
5. He gets offered a job in the A-10 or something similar he would have to think about it.

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Yep, that A-10 conference is chomping at the bit to get to..


Mar 14, 2013, 5:10 PM

...Brownell.
:-|

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Re: BB leaving for a mid-major job


Mar 14, 2013, 3:24 PM [ in reply to I would not be surprised if he walked away ]

Not to be overly harsh about my alma mater, but unfortunately BB already has a "mid-major" job ... his problem (like every other Clemson hoops HC for that matter) is that he's having to compete in arguably the premier conference in the entire country.

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good point....at a mid major competing against NC, Duke etc


Mar 14, 2013, 3:28 PM

and next year 3 more top 25 schools enter the league and the following year a team has been to the final four in the past few years...easier to win at many other places.

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GT's new BB Coach = HORRIBLE


Mar 14, 2013, 3:20 PM

Hope he makes a better hire than Brian Gregory. That guy hasn't done a thing but make deposits.

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Finished with a better regular season record than us***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:20 PM



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And they lost to CU x's 2


Mar 14, 2013, 3:22 PM

And?

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Re: Finished with a better regular season record than us***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:51 PM [ in reply to Finished with a better regular season record than us*** ]

And they just got killed by BCC!!

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Re: Unlikely but possible: Is this BB's last game as our HC?


Mar 14, 2013, 3:20 PM

Brad deserves at least 2 more years. The so called "senior leaders" aren't his recruits, and with no juniors the gap from leaders to youngens is huge. The biggest concern is the sophomores really stepping up next year, and becoming new leaders. He's recruited some good players, and we lost 4-5 ACC games within 2-8 points. We have never shot free throws well, so don't blame that on him either. I like his coaching ability, he just didnt have many players with much experience this year.

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Re: Unlikely but possible: Is this BB's last game as our HC?


Mar 14, 2013, 3:30 PM

"AD isnt a fan"

Wow are you just pulling stuff out of your ### or do you have a source.

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Who needs a source when you can just make crap up?***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:33 PM



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Re: Who needs a source when you can just make crap up?***


Mar 14, 2013, 3:52 PM

He is not making it up. AD happens to like BB.

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Re: Who needs a source when you can just make crap up?***


Mar 14, 2013, 4:28 PM

The OP who CM Shack is referring to said the complete opposite of that in his original post.

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When did we not miss FTs and lose close games? I'm only


Mar 14, 2013, 3:35 PM

43, so I have only been attending games for 35+ years...Was it before the Mid 70's? I surely missed it...

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I remember that one time.....and then I woke up


Mar 14, 2013, 3:38 PM

...yeah...it was a great dream....

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I agree with you.....


Mar 14, 2013, 3:39 PM

but he deserves another year.

Im just not a fan of him though. All of the reason you listed are valid.

We are worse as a program now than when he took over and I do not see how we can be better next season. Will have absolutely no inside game and adding ND, Syracuse and Pitt next year will only push us further down in the standings. He needs to breathe some life into the program.

Since I live in KY, the Clemson bball situation feels similar to KY football. Many people cried for another year for Joker and that he suffered from a young team and injuries, but that wasn't enough to save him. The AD, Mitch Barnhart, realized the future was dim despite the current situation and made a bold move.

The end result was they ended up with a competitive experience assistant who hired a great staff and is going head to head with the big boys in recruiting. They have already gotten money for facility improvements, have increased tickets sales and distributed over 33,000 tickets to the spring game.

Clemson basketball needs the same jolt of excitement in the program. I just don't see Brownell getting it done.

It'll be next season though...its his do or die year and he knows it.

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The new AD.....


Mar 14, 2013, 3:50 PM

happens to be behind Brownell. If he does leave it will be the worst thing that could happen to Clemson in BKB...every one of the remaining players would walk.

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the players wouldn't walk


Mar 14, 2013, 3:51 PM

if he quit they would play for the next guy just like the vast majority of them did for him after OP left. He should NOT be fired but it's not like the world would end if he quit.

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Style of play is a bogus claim


Mar 14, 2013, 4:38 PM

Have you watched any ACC games this year? Most teams are in the middle 50s to low 60s per game. It aint just Clemson that is slowing it down and fighting inside.

The ACC has turned into a combination of what the Big East defense back when they gave them 6 fouls plus a Wisconsin offense.

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"Unlikely" doesn't cover the absurdity of that suggestion.***


Mar 14, 2013, 5:04 PM



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THIS!***


Mar 14, 2013, 5:07 PM



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That's retarded. Are you retarded?***


Mar 14, 2013, 6:16 PM



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he might leave of his own will


Mar 14, 2013, 5:49 PM

People know the cards stacked against a coach here. He still is highly regarded imho. If a better gig was offered I can see him possibly leaving.

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