For those totally still against Coach Brownell's future?

I object more to the people here that have their noses stuck in BB's rear than I do to him as the coach.

He has done fine.

I don't expect a national championship or final four with him but we could do a lot worse.

I haven't bothered to do it, but I'd guess if you tracked the talent level of the team with respect to having a professional career in NBA/Europe vs the rest of the ACC we'd see his results are outperforming our talent level.

He has graduated players and we aren't hearing about any disciplinary or legal issues.

The free throw percentages are good and that really has won us games we've lost in the past.

As much as we hated seeing us lose to BC by 20+ in the ACC tournament, I've seen us lose by 50+ to Duke and those types of blowouts haven't happened under Brownell.

My goal for Clemson basketball is to usually compete for spots in the NCAA tournament and occasionally do more. It's ok to also occasionally do less.

It would be awesome if we could get to the point we expect to make the NCAAs most of the time.

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Re: For those totally still against Coach Brownell's future?

Mar 28, 2024, 3:23 PM

I read this question as "What do I think Clemson basketball should be capable of under a good coach?"

Recognizing that no coach will run up undefeated seasons over and over...

Improve NCAAT appearance rate: 4 times in 14 years (.285), never having consecutive bids is not what I would like to see. Something more like 3 times in any 5 year period (0.600), including consecutive bids.

NCAA win rate: Brownell is actually doing fairly well in terms of winning games in NCAAT once he finally reaches the NCAAT (he's won 5 of the 8 games played so far), but a Final Four would be sweet.

Improve ACCT seeding and win rate: not a lot of success. Finish in top 5-6 most years, get double-bye every 3-4 years. Get to the ACCT championship game. Win an ACCT championship.

Don't lose any Quad 4 games...ever. Or at least no more than once every 3-4 years in an unexpected squeaker. Losing more than 1 in any year is inexcusable.

Stop allowing players on the other teams to have a season or career high in almost every game.

For those saying "Browell is winningest...Brownell has 2 Sweet 16s..."

"Under Leggett, the Tigers reached the College World Series six times.[2] As of the end of the 2012 season, he had a career record of 1,224–694–1, with seven conference tournament titles and 23 NCAA tournament appearances. He was named Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Coach of the year in 1994, 1995 and 2006.[3] In 1994, his team won 57 games, a record for the second most single-season wins in ACC history (behind the record 60 wins set by the 1991 Clemson team).

But HE got fired, while Brownell coasts along with much, much lower level of success.