I didn't expect Dabo to fire Steele after we won the ACC.

To evaluate someone you need to see where he is resourced to finish.Clemson Athletics is resourced to be 6th in the conference.Football is resourced to be 4th.Baseball is resource to be 6to 8 depending on the year.Some of the shortfall can be offset with special admission players.Clemson has none. Player amenities at the stadium have been in the bottom of the conference per Mahoney.Player amenities are being fixed.ACM is used by nearly every one except Clemson.This next year clemson is participating in ACM.Cicumventing the 11.7/34 rule occurs at nearly every school Clemson plays.The issue is not going to be fixed.When you look all of these factors, Clemson needs the AD to address how the program is to be resourced to be successful regardless of who the coach is.The resource regarding dollars spent is in the Knight Commission report.The info is revealing.

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I agree.

May 23, 2015, 9:11 AM

I don't follow Tiger baseball very close but enough to know how they are doing. I've been critical of Jack at times. I realize coaches are judged on wins and losses. Jack is a fine coach. Yes he has his weaknesses but so does every coach in every sport. As a coach he has to re-enforce fundamentals, recruit the best possible players (which is a catch 22 in this era), make pregame/ mid and post game decisions. Much like Tommy Bowden, this is IMO is his biggest flaw. He seldom makes in game decisions and adjustments. At times he is willing to risk things when there is little or no need. But other times he will not risk it when the moment calls for it.

Another thing to take into account is that if we recruit players at the very top of the food chain, it is very likely that player will never touch the field for the Tigers because they go high in the draft. Sure the same thing applies at every other school, but Clemson program has struggled to get a good share of the top tier guys that didn't go pro.

Another fault is his unwillingness to play "small ball". Ray Tanner when he was at Sakerlina, was the master. Small ball with a couple of power hitters along with great defense = national championships. IMO Tanner was far and away the best college baseball coach in the country. If Jack were to critique and study Tanner's methods. Try to incorporate his philosophy.

In Jacks's defense, he is not on the field making throwing errors, fielding errors, not catching foul balls, walking back to back hitters, getting late jumps on steals, striking out, etc. I think everyone would be in agreement that Jack, at the very least was at some point a good coach. He's had some great teams and well coached teams. He didn't suddenly forget how to be a successful coach