CLEMSON — Brad Brownell does not want to be the mean coach who comes into the locker room following a 20-point win and makes his team feel bad.
However, Clemson’s head coach had to be that “negative guy” Monday night after the Tigers’ 81-61 victory over North Alabama at Littlejohn Coliseum.
“That is not what I am trying to do, but I am also a realist of what this means, and this is not acceptable,” Brownell said.
Brownell was right, Clemson’s performance in the second half against an inferior opponent was not acceptable. This is part of the reason why the Tigers lost at Georgetown over the weekend and it will cost them again, as early as this weekend, if they do not get it corrected against better competition.