MOO U News: Clemson offers Ray Tanner $10 million to Coach Tiger Baseball for 1 season

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AUTHOR: RUSTY CRANKSHAFT --

In the spirit of the movie “Indecent Proposal,” Clemson has approached USC about borrowing Ray Tanner to coach Tiger baseball for one season in 2012, while in return sending ten million dollars to Columbia.  Clemson Athletic Director Terry Don Phillips explains.  “We really would like to win a national championship in a men’s major sport for the first time in 30 years, and if we could get Ray up here to get us one, we’d be happy.  Our plan in football is to ignore the annual rivalry beating and pretend being the 7th ACC team in 20 years to win the weakest BCS conference is more important.  So on top of that, we have to find a way to win a meaningful title too.  Baseball is our best bet.” 

Current Tiger Baseball Coach Jack Leggett is uncomfortable with the idea but knows how badly Clemson needs a championship.  “As long as it is only 1 season and I get to go back to getting us ‘almost there’ every few years we’ll make it work.”  Belton resident Monty Bennett, aka “Tiger Paw Pete,” says Clemson fans have secretly been in love with Tanner for a while anyway.  “We like old Jack Leggett.  He’s okay and does a good job for us.  But to be able to actually have a fling with a rock star like Ray would be a dream come true.”  If the arrangement with the Gamecocks works, Phillips says Clemson may consider a similar proposal for basketball with Mike Krzyzewski at Duke or Roy Williams in Chapel Hill.  “We’ll see how this goes with the real sports, and then we can talk about bucketball.”