Re: Terry Don Philiips stayed on as AD...

TDP didn't fire Dabo after a 6-7 campaign, and football has WAY higher expectations than men's BB.

This year -- I'm not so sure and I can see both arguments (I mean, who couldn't, especially if you frequent the boards at this point).

However, my question is...who are you bringing in if you fire BB?

Like it or not, dude has left his mark on Clemson Men's BB.

--Beat UNC at their house (NO OTHER COACH DID THIS)
--Sweet 16 Appearance (First time since 1997)
--Winningest Coach of All Time (Yes, I know it's not a tall mountain but he's at the top)

Again, I definitely can understand the frustrations here -- he's basically the Tommy Bowden of BB but with a Sweet 16 (so NY6 in Football Equivalent?).

I just want to hear who they actually would consider and not just "anyone" or some outlandish claims like a Rick Barnes return, taking a chance on a Bruce Pearl-type figure just for the hype, or luring Jay Wright from Villanova [or insert some big-name coach at a well-known basketball school because...well, we're Clemson].

My guess is if there's not a sure thing or something that is going to resonate/gas up the fanbase, outside of the Clemson BB team nose-diving or major fan support loss, he probably gets one more year.

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Feb 10, 2022, 9:27 AM

The ADs answer to the BOT and there is a fine line for pressuring a coach to win or get fired and maintaining integrity in their approach to recruiting and running an honest program. I think our BOT value running a clean program vs winning at all costs. I think there is a real amount of apathy toward BBall overall from the University community so they are very patient with a basketball coach compared to Football.

Clemson is a great spot for a coach to take advantage of that patience....a little Dabo'in would make some coach a legend in BBall. Heck most of you look at OP that way and he was not a "good" coach but he got some flash and that is all anyone remembers. But he still did not move the bar for the program.

It may be past the window of opportunity for Brownell considering how long he has already been coach, but if he cannot change himself to recruit better he surely needs to hire a Dabo type personality that brings in the players.

An interesting analogy is the FSU program. Their Head Coach has always bee a great recruiter but is not as good in scheming game plans and game management. He had talent but they were still up and down. He goes out and hires an older assistant and since then that older guy runs the timeouts and gives the players their assignments. The Head Coach steps back away. Interesting situation.

Brownell needs some of that.

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Terry Don Philiips stayed on as AD...