Well . . . . it’s okay to dismiss their comments as “negativity” or it’s possible to say: these are two people who have devoted their entire adult careers to Clemson in the hopes of making it the best institution it can be. Sadly, Clemson has fallen short in several areas, as happens at virtually all institutions in one way or another. After years and years of these people bringing in millions of dollars in outside funding (to make up for profound shortfalls in their different departments despite football getting funding galore), mentoring students, giving up their own interests to serve the students and community, and otherwise being productive, devoted members of a place that they have loved enough to spend their entire lives in, it remains that Clemson has some things that could be balanced better.
It’s possible to listen to the comments or dismiss them as griping, but I think that it’s worth at least reviewing their comments.
Also, the topic of this thread is Yankee experience at Clemson. It’s worth noting that there are cultural differences–one isn’t necessarily better than the other (which is how my comments have been interpreted here) but a Yankee ought to be prepared that they are entering a profoundly different world from that of, say, the Midwest or Northeast or Pacific Northwest.
For the record, I’m from the South originally.