🏀 🏀 SEC Men's Tournament: Tide falls in semi-finals to Florida

 

[PurlJam]

May as well. Would serve some fans well for this program to go back to being a perennial SEC bottom feeder that's rewarded with the "bubble" tag once a decade.

Heh, glad you saw the sarcasm.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Cliff sucked today and Sherrill is still a baby giraffe/elephant. Our guards average 5’11 155lbs. We could win 3 games in tournament, no more.

True. But. Still. Florida may be that good. Sears gotta shoot better. Philon not scoring. What the hell.

 

[64Tide]

It’s.not.the.end.of.the.world.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

It’s.not.the.end.of.the.world.

Its bama bball. We are use to it

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Damn, guess Oats is above criticism.

Nope, criticize him all you wish... I don't care. I'll assure you he doesn't either.

 

[Bammerboy321]

End of the day, I think Golden is one Final Four run from being the best HC in the conference. Said it time and time again, he understands matchups better than anyone.

Oats has yet to figure out how to handle his second half adjustments.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Nope, criticize him all you wish... I don't care. I'll assure you he doesn't either.

I hope to god he doesn't care what a message board says.

 

[EasyTider]

Even let their scrub score. F’ng embarrassing performance.

 

[mando]

Oats should have called a timeout and replaced the entire team on the court when they just let that bench player hit a layup uncontested with 18 seconds to go. If you are going to talk zero tolerance then do it.

 

[PurlJam]

Damn, guess Oats is above criticism.

I don’t think he’s above criticism, but he’s still a damn good coach and IMO the best we’ve seen at Bama…ever.

 

[mando]

I don’t think he’s above criticism, but he’s still a damn good coach and IMO the best we’ve seen at Bama…ever.

We have had really good coaches just not the 20-30 years prior to Oats. CM Netwon and Wimp had really good "tough" teams. Defense and effort were preached under them which is a lot different than Oats. I know he talks and even believes in blue collar but does he know how to mix the two? The UF coach knows how to put both on the court.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Nope, criticize him all you wish... I don't care. I'll assure you he doesn't either.

I have adamant on this board that I want Oats to have a lifetime contract. I've also said Golden and Florida have the best team in the country this season. That said, I don't think this team or Oats are above being critiqued. We were obviously capable of playing with them based on the 1st half alone. Then Florida opened the second half getting four offensive rebounds on one possession and that literally epitomized what would be the rest of the game. And with a team full of talented veterans you expect better play. Only Youngblood was out there being a leader. Sears, Philon, Cliff, Stevenson, and Sherrell straight up quit after Florida went up 13. Oats refused to call a timeout after the momentum took a massive shift in their favor. It's not saying "fuck Oats, fire him!". It's literally just pointing out the flaws.

This is now the fourth straight game Golden has taken us to the woodshed. I think it's okay to be a bit frustrated as a fan. But I can be frustrated and appreciative of where the program is at the moment.

 

[Davestwin]

It will be interesting to see how this blowout affects Bama in the big tournament. If Florida beats the vile’s I don’t know how the tournament selection committee can put anyone including Duke above them.

For me, I want to see how Florida plays in a big game the day after blowing out a team in another big game. From what I’ve seen Bama doesn’t play well in the second game when that happens … do the Gators? It seems to me champions should. Full disclosure though … I’m not much of a basketball fan.

 

[Bammerboy321]

I don’t think he’s above criticism, but he’s still a damn good coach and IMO the best we’ve seen at Bama…ever.

I understand every bit of that. I repeatedly defend him and state we need to lock him up for the future. But I also do wish there were certain areas of his coaching he would tweak.

 

[mando]

I understand every bit of that. I repeatedly defend him and state we need to lock him up for the future. But I also do wish there were certain areas of his coaching he would tweak.

If he is going to get to where he wants to get to he will have to learn and adjust. What he is doing will keep him in the upper echelon but just outsdie looking in. Hope they still find a different gear in the tournament like they did last year. They are going to need to, More importantly right now is health of Nelson and even Sears.

 

[Rolltide24]

Well that was an ass whipping. Easily our worst beating this year, can’t remember if lost any by over 20 last year or the previous year.

 

[Bama Guy]

It’s.not.the.end.of.the.world.

I remember when we hoped to make the NIT.

 

[BamaFan334]

Nope, criticize him all you wish... I don't care. I'll assure you he doesn't either.

I bet if it was said to him he would. I haven't seen him handle criticism well that he didn't create.

 

[UAgrad93]

Let’s just hope Nelson can get healthy. When he went down, you could see the wind sort of go out of our sails. Rest up and let’s go on a run fellas.

 

[Secondand26]

Let’s just hope Nelson can get healthy. When he went down, you could see the wind sort of go out of our sails. Rest up and let’s go on a run fellas.

Any word on Nelson?
Nothing from reporters on X.

Ok, answered my own question:

Grant Nelson injury update: Latest on Alabama forward after loss to Florida

Grant Nelson left with an injury late in the first half of Alabama's game against Florida.

www.al.com