Why we deserve a crappy BBall team..

after the miserable shyatt era we went out and hired Oliver Purnell. THe first few seasons were rought but steadily improved in the win column year to year. After a few years in Purnell turned Clemson into a consistent top 3-4 acc team which is unheard of for Clemson. We beat some big names like Cincinatti, Syracuse, Butler, etc. We massacred duke at home blowing them out to the tune of 30+ points. We made 3 strait Ncaa tourneys! and yes we did lose in the first round those three years but the fact that we made it is huge in the realm of things. But that wasn't good enough for some of the whiny Clemson fans. After the third loss in the first round Clemson fans especially on tnet were outraged. They called for purnell to quit, some even questioned why his wife did not leave him (don't believe search the boards) Earlier in Purnells last year fans at littlejohn were booing Milton Jennings which is just a plain embarrassment and struck a nerve with Oliver Purnell. Our administration did little to improve our bball program while purnell was here. We had a scheme that worked here and kept us competitive against anyone we played. Then due to lack of support and unrealistic fans Purnell left Clemson. Many say Purnell left us in disarray although, Brownells best season was with purnells players.
Now we sit here as one of the worst teams in the acc with no hope of improvement in site. The games are unbearable to watch and our scheme is a joke. We have no talent whatsoever especially on offense except for mcdaniels. Players are dying to get out of this dumpster fire ie: dante hill, noel Johnson, devin coleman, even the recruit brad brought when he got here transferred. Now we are talking about a new arena for Brownell? why not 4 years ago when we were relevant? Some fans are too dumb to realize how good we had it with Purnell and if he had the support I feel he would still be here

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I was with you until this part...

Jan 10, 2014, 11:56 AM

"Now we sit here as one of the worst teams in the acc with no hope of improvement in site. The games are unbearable to watch and our scheme is a joke. We have no talent whatsoever especially on offense except for mcdaniels. Players are dying to get out of this dumpster fire ie: dante hill, noel Johnson, devin coleman, even the recruit brad brought when he got here transferred. Now we are talking about a new arena for Brownell? why not 4 years ago when we were relevant? Some fans are too dumb to realize how good we had it with Purnell and if he had the support I feel he would still be here."

Let's parse this out:

"Now we sit here as one of the worst teams in the acc..."

Is that true? I suppose it's true if you were to divide up the conference and say that the every team in the bottom half is "one of the worst teams in the acc," but I don't really think it's true if we're saying that Clemson is one of the worst 3-4 teams in the league. We're clearly better than BC, VT, and Miami, and I think we're competitive with GT, Maryland, ND, and FSU (even though we stunk it up against them last night). That doesn't tell me that we're clearly "one of the worst."

"... with no hope of improvement in site [sic]."

This is just flat out, obviously, wrong. Clemson has improved from last year to this year, and a number of young players are showing promise. This team has also built some quality young depth. What's more, we've got a pretty dynamite couple of players coming in next year with Grantham (a SF who can score) and Devoe (a big SG who can REALLY score). As far as I can tell, the future of Clemson basketball is bright.

"The games are unbearable to watch and our scheme is a joke."

Good gosh. No. The games might not be full of scoring like an NBA game (which, in my opinion is unbearable to watch because of the lack of defense), but they're fun to watch because they're usually close. At any rate, calling our scheme a "joke" is silly. Brownell is a highly respected coach that has taken a bunch of young guys and made them competitive with... his scheme.

"We have no talent whatsoever especially on offense except for mcdaniels."

I will admit that we don't have a ton of scorers, but I'd hardly say that Blossomgame, Roper, Harrison, and Hall lack any "talent whatsoever."

"Players are dying to get out of this dumpster fire ie: dante hill, noel Johnson, devin coleman, even the recruit brad brought when he got here transferred."

First of all, Noel Johnson left because the coach that recruited him left. Then he never really played wherever he was recruited. The other guys you mentioned left because they weren't going to get playing time.

"Some fans are too dumb to realize how good we had it with Purnell and if he had the support I feel he would still be here."

This, I agree with. However, I don't think the fact that we had it good with Purnell means that we don't have it pretty good with Brownell. You need to take another look at the improvement of this team over the last couple of years and at the guys we currently have, and you need to be a little more aware of who we're bringing in.