Re: Firing Brownell now makes no sense whatsoever.

Do you honestly think three years is enough time to give him a fair chance? That is showing a great deal of impatience, especially with the challenging situation he walked into. It's one thing to have concerns at this point, but to actually advocate for his firing now is unreasonable.

Wanting to fire him now shows a strong, unwavering commitment to Clemson basketball - one where standards for success are not compromised under any circumstances. That's great, but I have to wonder if your own level of commitment and support of the program reflects that. If so, I hope you are at the games, cheering loudly, and supporting financially at a high level as well. And even then, I would question your thought process for wanting to fire him.

That line of thinking can be extended to the CU athletic department as well. If the decision is made to fire Brownell now, which I would be shocked by, it would communicate a real (and previously unseen) commitment to basketball. If that were the case, we better see facility upgrades and a top level coach brought in too.

I personally feel that Brownell is a very good coach who, if given time, will turn things around here. I have watched a lot of basketball over the years, both college and pro, and would put BB's basketball knowledge up against just about anyone's. He seems to get good effort out of his players. With a couple more pieces added, I think we will see a great product on the floor - and a consistent, winning program.

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Re: From an outside perspective you see the following...

Mar 26, 2013, 12:38 PM

> ...highly ranked recruits/commits on the team who
> transfer shortly after BB's hiring.
>
> The player exodus continues after the 1st and 2nd
> season of BB's tenure.
>
> An offense that goes into an anemic coma. Players
> with fundamental lack of any adjustment to skill
> development. Although BB assures the fans that he
> unsuccessfully convinced Devin Booker to correct the
> mechanics of this free throws. Do you think Bobby
> Knight would have had problems convincing a player to
> correct some mechanics in his game?
>
> Then we observe a progressive declining rate of
> success year over year.
>
> This isn't football. One phenomenal, or two or three
> great basketball players can make a deep run into the
> NCAA tournament. One CJ Spiller is not going to get
> your football team to a BCS bowl.
>
> In basketball, there should be no reason a great
> coach can't prove his system and show progress in
> each facet of his team's game. This in itself can
> attract good players.
>
> Regardless of how you spin Brad Brownell's resume and
> tenure at Clemson, no matter how you want to put the
> blame on Oliver Purnell for giving Brad a bad
> situation to come into, none of you can escape the
> obvious decline of the program over the past few
> years.
>
> I've always placed the highest expectations of
> Clemson's football program, with what I have always
> hoped was a RESPECTABLE, NOT OVERWHELMING,
> expectations for the basketball team. But what we
> saw last season was the most miserable attempt at
> competing in the ACC that I have ever seen from
> Clemson. All will immediately point to Shyatt's last
> year, and you may be right. But at $1.2M per year,
> that is a lot of moo-lah to see the dumpster fire of
> this last season.

I think the best way to solve this situation, is disband all sports at CU except Football, Golf, Rowing, and Track and Field, that would solve the problem. The rest are dumpster fires including the Baseball Team.

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Firing Brownell now makes no sense whatsoever.

Fortunately the AD has more perspective and rationality

Re: Fortunately the AD has more perspective and rationality

I am not ready to be an arm chair AD

He cant digress again next year. If he does he is gone

he's not getting fired...no way***

Clemson basketball***

^^^^^^^^ what he said...LOL***