CLEMSON BASKETBALL

ESPN lists Clemson basketball as a "bad job"


by - Assoc. Editor -

ESPN analyst Myron Medcalf lists his college hoops bad jobs and has Clemson ranked as one of the eight worst jobs in the entire country.

Clemson is a football school. Basketball is not the priority. Never will be. Littlejohn Coliseum is a 10,000-seat arena, but the school's average attendance was 7,743, 61st nationally in 2012-13. Plus, Frank Martin's move to South Carolina has made recruiting within the region more competitive. The university just signed Brad Brownell to a six-year extension after the Tigers reached the NIT semifinals in March. He's 74-58 overall in four seasons at Clemson. The team hasn't earned an invite to the Big Dance since 2011, yet the program will reportedly owe Brownell between $3 million and $5 million if it fires him before his contract expires. That doesn't sound like a school that's committed to basketball as much as a university that just doesn't want to deal with any major changes in basketball anytime soon.

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Subject (Replies: 40) Author
spacer BKB Update: ESPN lists Clemson basketball as a "bad job"
TigerNet News®
spacer Sour grapes from not fulfilling their last place prediction.
cutigersJD
spacer Re: Sour grapes from not fulfilling their last place prediction.
allorangeallthetime52®
spacer They misspelled "Moron"***
tatertot3
spacer Except we weren't supposed to get near the
6317forever
spacer So, it's a bad job
tiger_thom®
spacer Yep, this article is the standard I'm used to from E$PN.
cutigersJD
spacer Evidently the eSECpn staffers are ignorant about
argonaut1992®
spacer eSECpn staffers are ignorant about a great many things***
BigCUFan®
spacer Yellow journalism is what old folks called it.***
argonaut1992®
spacer Does "yellow journalism" mean that normal people
CUTiger1989®
spacer So 3 ACC teams are bad jobs
IPTAY FAMILY
spacer LOL and the argument is Clemson is a football school.
cutigersJD
spacer Yea, you could include many SEC schools
ClemfanWV
spacer Vandy and Kentucky are bad football jobs***
PenthouseTiger
spacer Based on tradition, facilities, and non-NIT fan support
PenthouseTiger
spacer I think what they are missing here is that while
Smiling Tiger®
spacer reno thejohn plus brownlee at the helm will hopefully turn
deadsolidperfect®
spacer It's not a bad job... it's a TOUGH job
beaufort_tiger
spacer Tough = bad to a large extent. Don't win, get fired.
TigersAndCubs
spacer Depends on what you are measuring
IPTAY FAMILY
spacer Re: BKB Update: ESPN lists Clemson basketball as a "bad job"
JohnFBell®
spacer While I appreciate fan enthusiasm on this board...
fchrisgrimm®
spacer Littlejohn terrible?
cu1981fans
spacer CLA has a terrible main entrance
daveo79
spacer Clemson isn't big enough
TX Tiger®
spacer No research done by writer at all***
Hi Cotton Tiger
spacer Re: No research done by writer at all***
71PR
spacer Lost credibility with the Frank Martin comment
cu1981fans
spacer Re: Lost credibility with the Frank Martin comment
robbensdale
spacer It was a "bad job" when little book and jennings were
daveo79
spacer Totally Agree!
Clemsondds
spacer After reading the thought process behind your
tigrjm76®
spacer Re: BKB Update: ESPN lists Clemson basketball as a "bad job"
JohnFBell®
spacer It's a matter of perspective - with our focus being on......
Tiger77
spacer It IS a horrible job ... always has been, but not for
apextiger
spacer This is another example of his fine work... Link:
SOLOS®
spacer Re: This is another example of his fine work... Link:
2000®
spacer Absurd. Clemson is a great job.
Swarley
spacer Re: BKB Update: ESPN lists Clemson basketball as a "bad job"
TigerSpain
spacer Tell me whoexactly is Myron Metcalf? Brownell makes..***
turf2