I spoke with a former Clemson assistant basketball coach last night. He has always told me that Brownell is an excellent coach. He said is recent success is due to not having to recruit against Duke, UNC, etc. for high school players. That is not is strong suit. He said from a coaching standpoint he is one of the best though. The ability to see players with experience and not have to out recruit other schools has been the key.
That's great. Clemson has the longest tenured coach in the ACC who can't recruit high school players. Who has cost Clemson two ACC regular season co-championships with losses to a terrible Louisville team and a Georgia Tech team who lost to Wake yesterday by 26.