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Die hard basketball fans: I'm sorry nobody told you this

Mar 15, 2017, 8:44 AM

before, but we don't basketball well at Clemson.
Never have, never will.

If you think this is wrong, consider 0-58 all time @ UNC. This is a record built over many decades, by many coaches and many teams. This record reveals our true nature.

But, but, Rick Barnes you say?
Yeah, well he left as soon as he could, and for good reason - Clemson does not basketball well, and he knew it could not be sustained here.

If you think one year in late December that the hoops team looks pretty good and we might be a contender in the conference that year? You are wrong.

If you think Clemson AD should spend a bunch of time or money on basketball - wrong. OK, spend a little time and a little money, but not if it takes away from football or baseball... or soccer or golf, or track or rowing or softball.

If you think just because Clemson won a natty in football then we can win one in hoops? LOL so so so wrong.

Here's a secret: If you want to pull for a winning basketball team, pick someone else. It's OK. You can do it. We don't actually care, because we don't actually care about basketball.

Pull for Duke or Carolina, or if that hits too close to home then pull for Kentucky or some other blue blood. Or if you can't stomach that go with an NBA team. But for the good of everyone involved, don't get worked up about Clemson basketball.

There is something in these hills - and it is not basketball.

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If you're a Clemson fan, you're a fan of all Clemson sports, even rowing. Does that mean you have to keep up with how well we row row rowed our boat? No it does not. However, if there are issues going on in any program that are keeping us from being somewhat successful, they need to be addressed and handled.

I'm 42 years old, I know we're not a basketball school BUT if we're going to spend $63 million to renovate our basketball arena, why can't we spend $3.5 million to eliminate what seems to be the biggest problem? I don't expect us to be Kansas, Kentucky, UNC or Duke BUT I do expect us to have a winning record in conference and make the postseason 4 out of every 5 years with at least 2 of those being NCAA tournament berths. I expect us to have a coach that givesadamn and doesn't stand in the coaches box with his arms crossed waiting for the game to be over. Get fired up, get a T when you think it will light a fire under your players. Get pissed off every now and then and take off your jacket. I don't think it's too much to want a coach with a little passion and fire.

Die hard basketball fans: I'm sorry nobody told you this

Re: Die hard basketball fans: I'm sorry nobody told you this

Agreed, beautiful ending***

In the words of Datboy Swinney,

Well, the answer obvious is...

That last line broseph...

I have to disagree here.

But I did give you a TU for that last line.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Brad. I think we

What would you say average attendance at a game was this

None of the games I attended were at capacity. I'd say every

It'll be even more empty next year. No idea how they're

Correct me if I'm wrong,

I don't think they took that many seats away, but yes there

Re: I have to disagree here. I agree with you!

dear sckkerkrzy

NOPE, I'm a diehard Clemson fan through and through.***

Me too :(***

Me too. Baseball won last night!***

I don't think anybody is asking for Duke or UNC type success

If you think our bball history is bad, look at Northwestern

Stephen Colbert did a bit for CBS about them hopefully

I went to Northwestern too.

HOLD UP! So you're telling me that Northwestern HIGH SCHOOL

NONE OF THAT NIT FECES FOR THE MIGHTY TROJANS, MY FRIEND.***

Never knew that. One of my mostest glorious moments

You probably should have picked up the phone and called him

He knows what a failure he turned out to be

Jeff is actually a really good guy.

I made the ##### with a girl that went to Northwestern...

FAIL...We went to the tournament 4 years straight...

Yeah but OP had horrible halitosis.***

Very true. He also had no chin. ******

Rick Barnes had halitosis as well. He did take us to a..

I don't recall RB's halitosis as much as OP's. I stopped

Haha...He really looks like he would have bad breath.*****

Remind me again how we did in those 4 tourneys?***

Who cares? We went to them. Huge upgrade.******

But we weren't satisfied with just getting there, so we ran

We never ran OP off. He left on his own*****

You are correct, my mistake. There was grumbling about

He made a good choice, as witnessed by the dynasty he

It was Depaul and he was vastly overpaid. Great call if..

oops, that's right.***

Barnes took us to a sweet 16. I think our ceiling is...

Cliff Ellis and Tate George say howdy***

I hope Tate George rots in heck fire forever.

I disagree

Whelp

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