Hey Brownell

It’s more than money to attract a coach. Clemson has sold their soul for football. We don’t mind ultimately. And that’s why we don’t demand better. Honestly, I am more willing to give Brownell a pass this season than I was in other seasons. Covid has changed the process. It would be nice to see Radakovich demand the highest quality out of every coach. But he and most fans (sometimes including me) have bought into the ACC basketball blue bloods at the top ideology. We’re just lucky to be here. But the truth is, there’s no reason why we can’t recruit and coach enough athletes to at least make it to the tourney every year. Might not ever be a blue blood. But we could do better. But if we always think we’re doing our best, then this is the best we will do.

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Is it possible that at Clemson football has so much

Jan 23, 2021, 11:20 PM [ in reply to It’s par for the course at Clemson. ]

potential for revenue variability in football, while bball is comparatively fixed?

For football:
- 10,000 season tickets will bring about $5 Million in revenue (add more for iptay, etc, maybe that much again?)
- We are mostly responsible for the football portion of the conference TV contract
- Football notoriety brings more non athletic revenue than bball (I'm guessing).

Bball:
- Less season tix sale fluctuation, and less revenue per ticket sold.
- The TV contract doesn't care what we do.
- We would need several Final Fours for people to associate Bball with Clemson

So, lots of money to be won or lost in football, while bball money is what it is. If money were the only issue, Duke or NC would likely trade their bball for our football without thinking about it. Edit: It is not as night/day as I thought. Clemson brings in about 55M in football, Duke and NC about 30M in Bball. That's a lot, but I was expecting more like 65M vs 30M. And Clemson brings only 12M in Bball, so there is potential there.

But yes, it does seem like another million for an upper tier coach is a no brainer unless, as you say, it's been offered and rejected. One final thought is that there is hardly an upper tier bball program that doesn't have some sort of sleaze around it. If that is what it takes, I'm not sure I want it. The UVAs seem to be unicorns.

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I don’t know. I think he just needs few more years.

This is a young team. They’re learning.***

Exactly.

This is what I don’t get.....

I do understand that. But there is one other aspect.

It’s par for the course at Clemson.

Classic CEO bullcrap.

Is it possible that at Clemson football has so much

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