🏀 Alabama hires Nate Oats as new basketball coach

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

 

[TUSKtimes]

As soon as coach turns on some tape, he'll find it's not really that hard to figure out.

 

[JoshB]

Oh snap!

Petty, Giddens

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

I am happy with the selection of Nate and I wish him all the best. Pearl is the toast of the state as of today yet he has a 6-5 record vs Bama since he arrived. He was broomed by Grant on his way out the door and by Avery last year. Hopefully Nate can coach up his current roster and cull some of the others in addition to signing some talent that want to get better. Addition by subtraction could be helpful of the current group.

We'll see.

 

[OldPlayer]

Clearly you missed this quote that I posted above...

Didn't miss it. I'm just clarifying that at the time, he had met with some but planned to meet with all.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

Didn't miss it. I'm just clarifying that at the time, he had met with some but planned to meet with all.

Well clearly the obvious is lost on you in this case... Lol

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

 

[footballer]

CNO is very passionate about his craft and very personable. He has had a great start to his career in Buffalo and I think and hope he will continue his success here. I like him and thank AD GB for his work.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

T-Relly also telling a couple guys in the transfer portal "buh-bye"

 

[TerryP]

Just a thought considering Byrne came from Arizona.

What do you think the chances are he saw this game? NCAA tournament, last year.

Buffalo vs. Arizona - Game Summary - March 15, 2018 - ESPN

Just came across this quote:

Byrne said that he’d had his eye on Oats for a while.​

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“I’d been watching (Oats) for four years,” he said. “Seeing a guy only a couple of years removed from high school ball become a Division One head coach is not common at all, so I started watching him. Two years ago when they beat Arizona (in the NCAA tourney), that was the first time I’d watched an entire game. They played like they had their hair on fire on both ends of the floor. They were executing and they had passion. I was like, ‘That’s impressive.’​

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“Part of your job as an AD is you have to watch. You don’t want to have turnover if you can help it, but when that time comes, you have to be prepared for that.”​

 

[TerryP]

They could turn out the lights in this press conference and you could immediately pick out Nate Oats by accent alone.

I'm sure many of you guys thought the same thing I did, "he and his family will deal with some cultural shock." If they didn't get their first taste before the presser, it had to happen right here. This is as southern as it gets.

 

[TUSKtimes]

I think he was talking so fast he was skipping through some of the enunciations. Nerves and adrenaline were probably pretty high.

 

[#80]

I'm glad he at least played DIII ball that means something to players.

 

[JoshB]

That accent is going to take some getting used to lol

 

[TerryP]

@BamaBoyJosh, I'll bet his youngest daughter is saying y'all by the end of the week.