Excusing the bipolar nature of Clemson basketball under Brad Brownell is simply inexcusable. Making statements like he didn’t have the support or the facilities to recruit is terrible and does not accurately portray the lack of leadership and development under Brownell.
Brownell being a good guy and well-liked is not enough to justify keeping a guy around at $2 million a season to miss the tournament and lose games they have no reason losing. In recent memory, name one college basketball team to beat three opponents in the Top 6 in the country and then finish at .