Re: So here we are again today...

Everyone complaining about Brad Brownell, fire him, his brand of basketball is booooring, he can't recruit, he can't coach, he should have a practice where they shoot the basketball, etc,, etc., etc,
But when I ask for the name of a big time coach who Clemson CAN hire to turn the program around all I get is crickets.
The truth is that the Clemson basketball job is no better than the USUCK football job. No power 5 coach will come here to end his career and that is what it will take to change this program.
Rick Barnes came and left with the first big offer, OP came and left for another school that ended his career.
One of the best coaches to ever coach at Clemson Cliff Ellis got run off by a bunch of wahoos who thought we should compete for the ACC crown every two years (his teams were very good every 3 to 4 years).
So the question is back for at least the fourth time without a single answer.

Power 5 coach
Clemson CAN hire
Has the name to recruit top players
Experience in turning around failing programs
(You can't hire Coach K)
Give me a specific name!

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Feb 18, 2019, 10:55 PM

It sounds like Waterboy does not really have a lot of business experience making huge decisions that affect a lot of people. Not really trying to dis you or anything, but saying we can't hire a BB coach with a proven track record is simply not true.

What you should have said is - CLEMSON Admin typically does NOT hire coaches with proven track records, but prefers to try finding the 'diamond in the rough' HC that will possibly be successful. It worked out it football, but continues to fail in BB. I've been around a long time, and it seems to be the M.O. of the CLEMSON Admin to always do that. They got lucky with Danny Ford, and failed repeatedly for 30+ years before hitting the jackpot with Dabo. Unfortunately, they simply do NOT understand that this method does not work as well in BB because of the one-and-done players. The great, proven coaches get the one-and-done guys and win games easily with future NBA players.

I know he will never leave Gonzaga, but I would love to have someone like Mark Few come to CLEMSON. I would actually start watching CLEMSON BB again. Until they get a coach that can win games, then I will continue to pay as much attention to CLEMSON BB as I do their golf, tennis, swimming, track,... Football and baseball are still fine.

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