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Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years
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Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 9:27 AM

.611 winning percentage is better than any coach since 1920.

Feel free to argue the definition of winning, but please don't argue the math.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Clemson_Tigers_basketball_head_coaches


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If there is no minimum number of years coached,


Feb 17, 2020, 9:33 AM

why did you exclude Larry Conover?

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I didn't.***


Feb 17, 2020, 9:44 AM



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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 9:50 AM

Barnes had a .607 winning percentage and actually won games in the NCAA tourney. Not to mention, Barnes made the freaking NIT with the Slab Five (and Greg Buckner) his first year. Personally, not a fan of Barnes, but I'd argue he was the best basketball coach Clemson has had.

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I agree. Barnes was the best we've had here.


Feb 17, 2020, 10:02 AM

Purnell and Brownell are about the same. They both had/have their limitations. Purnell could recruit but his gimmick syle of full court pressure tended to leave our guys legs lifeless at the end of the year and thats why we would lose in the tourneys. Brownell has a more straight forward approach to coaching like a Tony Bennett but Brownell has had a tougher time recruiting difference maker type players. And i think you gotta factor in the change in conference teams for the Brownell era. Playing Syracuse, Pitt, and Louisville every year didn't make it easier to get to the tourney.

If you honestly assess Brownell's results he has done alot with lesser talent. If he ever gets over the hump in recruiting he will get us to that place we all want to be. HAd he somehow pulled off the Zion thing that would have kickstarted our recruiting like no other. Solid coach, mediocre recruiter (to this point)

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i always thought


Sep 29, 2014, 8:26 PM

Joe Davis had the best W/L percentage. Guess I am wrong.

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Barnes was a great fit for Clemson***


Feb 17, 2020, 10:44 AM



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Re: Barnes was a great fit for Clemson***


Feb 17, 2020, 10:47 AM

Oliver could not get a consistent offense going. And his missing on the non-recruitment of Seth was tragic. And he left; we did not let him go.

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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 5:13 PM [ in reply to Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years ]

I vote Rick Barnes but also a big Tates Locke fan

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Look at our Out of Conference scheduling during his tenure***


Feb 17, 2020, 11:17 AM



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Re: Look at our Out of Conference scheduling during his tenure***


Feb 17, 2020, 1:18 PM

Not saying our OOC opponents were easy, but this was the best team we faced before the ACC season started.




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Re: Look at our Out of Conference scheduling during his tenure***


Feb 17, 2020, 5:02 PM

What kind of celebration did you have that called for K k K cupcakes

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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 11:26 AM

Rick Barnes

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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 11:31 AM

Should of paid him to stay!

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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 12:13 PM

Doesn’t matter how much you pay if he is looking for somewhere to go besides here.

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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Sep 30, 2014, 12:12 AM [ in reply to Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years ]

Barnes was the most prolific coach here. You had a sense you could win at any time. But don't leave out Foster. he at least got us farther than any coach has in history . .to the final 8.

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I think he's the best program builder we've had.


Feb 17, 2020, 1:23 PM

He had a great track record of taking struggling programs and making them competitive. He pulled us out of the depths of the Larry Shyatt era and showed consistent improvement. He made us an NCAA Tournament team, which was great. I appreciate what he did while he was at Clemson.

I don't appreciate how he left. Very unprofessional.

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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 2:09 PM

Good grief, this is getting old. If you're going to keep talking about this, why not Bill Foster? Only Clemson coach to get to Elite 8.

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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 3:21 PM

I already posted this above.

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Are you young?


Feb 17, 2020, 2:48 PM

You seem young.

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If BB averaged 1 more win per year, his winning percentage


Feb 17, 2020, 3:19 PM

would be higher than oliver and rick barnes

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Cue the "but the ACC was tougher then!" and


Feb 17, 2020, 3:20 PM

"but those coaches took over for bad teams!" comments.

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Re: Cue the "but the ACC was tougher then!" and


Feb 17, 2020, 3:50 PM

The style of play that OP ran could only take you so far. When it worked it was fun to watch but it seemed to fail in the big games

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Exactly. His winless record in the NCAA Tournament


Feb 17, 2020, 4:15 PM

in his career speaks for itself.

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Thanks for the "tallest midget" stats


Feb 17, 2020, 7:22 PM

Ollie couldn't advance hardly anywhere in the NCAA tourney even if he made it at all.

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OP was done when Smart left him***


Feb 17, 2020, 9:26 PM



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Re: Why OP is the best Clemson basketball coach in 100 years


Feb 17, 2020, 9:38 PM

He left us for the first school with a larger check.

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