Stark Raving Brad - November 29

Nov 29, 2023, 4:37 AM

Opponent: Alabama.

Narratives. Everybody has one, it seems. Least surprising of which would be that abidingly over-zealous troll, Judge Keller.

Indeed, it’s sad really, to see a supposedly adult person unravel in real time. So, instead of celebrating the BBall team’s weighty win over a Top 25 opponent on their own home court, the final whistle had hardly blown when there was Jester Keller trying his hardest to take a back-handed TNET swipe at the Football Program – and Dabo Swinney in specific. Something about “glad to see one program at Clemson utilizing the Portal.... maybe Dabo forgot the password.” Yada, yada. You see, this is where the "stark raving" part comes in.

But this is merely habit at this point, and if you go back to last Saturday, not one hour after the Clemson Football Team’s latest win over South Carolina, he’s on TigerNet with a post that’s Bold Print entitled, “Our Program has issues....”

Really?

Clearly, it’s not difficult to develop a case otherwise, and most Clemson fans get it without prompting. As example, we see that in Dabo Swinney’s last three years, he’s gone 29-10 (74%). Further, in those 3 years, Swinney has the same number of Conference Championships as in all of South Carolina’s 116 football seasons - 1. That’s also actually 1 more even than North Carolina and NC State have over their last 85 football seasons, combined.

But what’s really key for Clemson fans is that in the 17 years prior Swinney, Clemson’s own BEST 3-year period showed a record of 24-10 (71%, Ken Hatfield). Notably, there was again only 1 ACC Championship during this time.

Worse; historically knowledgeable Clemson fans will no doubt take umbrage at the Swinney-Hatfield comparison, as Hatfield came on board in the wake of Danny Ford’s departure having left ol’ Ken a roster fully stocked of NFL talent. Hatfield’s record seems dubious then, and the fact that Hatfield would be gone within a year of his 3-year anniversary is telling.

Tommy West’s best 3-year record was 22-14 (61%), with no Championships. Similarly, Tommy Bowden’s best 3-year record was a paltry 25-13 (66%), with again, no ACC Championships.

Indeed, no matter how you slice and dice it, Dabo Swinney’s most recent three years, this highly-publicized “down” period after the 6 straight CFP’s, is still better in record than the any of the three Clemson Head Coaches prior. Pointedly, again in these 3 years, Swinney is also 1 Conference Championship to the good on not only UofSuC, UNCheat, and DaveDoerenU, but also to the good of his predecessor Clemson Coaches, save Ford’s gift to Ken Hatfield.

Whatever Swinney is doing then, it’s simply undeniably better than what Clemson ever had before.

Yes, Swinney has clearly upgraded the Clemson Football Program from its past. You might guess that like comparisons for other Clemson Coaches don’t go so well. You'd be well right.

For all his plaintive politicking then, Judge Keller might as well be the proverbial legless Snake, cajoling, “Hey Eve, I see some Issues with your Garden....”

Really?

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I’ve been labeled part of the “lunatic fringe” on here simply because I don’t have the same level of optimism regarding our bball team as I do with our football team. I don’t have any issues with Coach Brownell. I support all of the Clemson coaches and understand it is not my job to decide who should coach any sport at Clemson and who should not. My caution regarding becoming too optimistic about Clemson basketball comes from history and started way before any of us knew who Brad Brownell was (except maybe JK). We have a very long history of playing teams way below our league in November and December, so we start out looking like a great team. Then we move into conference play and don’t do as well. This has been the MO for most of my 60 years and I have learned to temper my optimism until we see how we fare once we get into conference play. I will always support the Tigers and hope we win them all. I really wish we would play more opponents like Alabama in the early part of the season. I think that would help us prepare for conference play and give a better feel for how good we really are or aren’t. The game last night gives us reason to have a lot of hope for this year. I have just become cautious over the years based on our historical results. Hope I’m still this optimistic in late February.

Stark Raving Brad - November 29

Re: Stark Raving Brad - November 29

If you're gonna suck up bandwidth

Re: If you're gonna suck up bandwidth

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Re: Stark Raving Brad - November 29

I dont care where we end up this season. One more year

Re: Stark Raving Brad - November 29

seems to be the thing to do

Please quote me where I said JK wrote the post

Re: Please quote me where I said JK wrote the post

I said "quote me" - where did I say he did anything but TU a post?

Just realize judge is a shill

It's posts like these that remind me why you're banned.***

well, if it isnt ol Bad Body Odor himself

Re: Stark Raving Brad - November 29

Gosh this is fraught.

LOL - you're a "pro"? LOFL again.

45 words. That's better.

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