Twitter reactions to Clemson’s improbable loss in the NIT
The Clemson men’s basketball team was defeated by Oakland last night in the first round of the NIT tournament. The Tigers gave up a 20 point lead to lose 74-69. Here are the best reactions that we saw following the game.
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This kind of sums up Clemson's season. pic.twitter.com/0xeRC01oZE
— Matt Connolly (@MattConnollyOn3) March 15, 2017
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I love @ClemsonMBB, win or lose. With that being said, we need change. Sadly, everyone knows program is dead right now @ClemsonDRad
— Bailey Tollison (@bailey_tollison) March 15, 2017
Felt 100% sure that Brownell would be back before this game. Not nearly as certain now.
— Woody Whitehurst - Women’s Lacrosse Supporter (@woodywhitehurst) March 15, 2017
Inexcusable to blow this lead at home.
The consensus among fans is that Clemson blew an inexcusable lead, but, that is obvious. What’s more important is the fact that, for the most part, this loss is being put on head coach Brad Brownell. I don’t see how it could be on anyone else. It was his job to take a time out and make an adjustment somewhere during Oakland’s 36-9 run, but, that never happened.
Clemson is in need of a change, however, I am not sure that it will come. Brownell has a steep buyout despite his lack of accomplishments as a coach. That being said, keeping Brownell because he is expensive to fire is the wrong way of building a winning program.