Is Leggett a hero or a villain?

With all that has gone down with Clemson baseball coach Jack Leggett in the last two seasons, I have wondered to myself at times, would Frank Howard have lasted 30 years at Clemson in today’s sports culture?

Howard was a good ole boy from Alabama that did things his way. He never backed down from a fight and from what I have heard about Coach Howard, he stood up for what he believed in and the way he did things.

That, plus 10 straight mediocre seasons before he retired in 1969, might not have rubbed off in today’s sports world where some fans, not all, simply feel they are entitled.

You can ask the same question about longtime baseball coach Bill Wilhelm. Would he have lasted 36 years when his…