🏀 Coach grant......

[TerryP]

It's maybe a little early, but Grant's super awesome top 5 class was overrated and we have zero players committed for next year. The only remarklable player whose radar we are even on is Pollard and most believe he's headed to State.

A couple of points to ponder.

We are two months away from the first day a kid can sign. We have a total of ONE spot open at this point. Just how many commits do you want? I'd suggest waiting to you get to the edge of the precipice before trying to jump. Right now, you aren't doing anything but stomping your feet.

His last recruiting class is doing exactly what it was forecasted to do at this point.

Lacey, the highest ranked player of the group, is contributing this year. That's exactly what a 5* ranked player is supposed to be able to do. Contribute his first season.

Cooper, Gueye, Jacobs, and Randolph were all considered 4* prospects. They are supposed to contribute their second year in the program and they've been forced into action a year early. Are they inconsistent? Yes. Should they be? Yes.

You, at least as it seems to me, are too caught up in what happened last season. I understand, but I don't find myself in the boat, water, country, hemisphere...as you.

Est quid est.

Just as a last point: IF I were a coach facing the Tide I would do the same thing, defensively, as we've seen them do this year. Cut out the lanes for driving. As soon as that happens you take Green and Mitchell out of the picture. Neither are mentally mature enough to handle being shut out of a game plan. And that's just ONE area they aren't mature enough.

 

[TerryP]

I'll just never understand the hate for Mark Gottfried that most Bama fans seem to have. He's a pretty good coach who had a solid run at Bama and then flamed out. I was 100% for his firing when it happened too.

I also don't understand how everyone can dislike Gottfried and love Sanderson. I'll admit that I wasn't a Bama fan until I attended the university and that was after Sanderson's time. But didn't he get fired for hitting a woman? That's actually worse than what Gottfried did.

I don't hate him. I don't respect him.

He was more interested in "dipping his wand" in a co-ed during his last year at the Capstone than he was interested in keeping his house—both at home and at work—in order.

I guess you and I are going to get into a morality discussion? It's worse to slap a women than it is to violate the sanctimony of marriage?

Hey, maybe it is my age. I didn't realize there were different degrees of being wrong.

I supported MG longer than 90% of the people on this forum. Until...

You get a person that cheats on his wife and you'll find a person that will do almost anything without the regard for those it affects.

That's exactly the kind of person I want in charge of our team. :lance:

 

[TerryP]

I'd have to say the hate comes from underacheiving for Gottfried. He consistently recruited well, got a couple of big wins, went beyond Sweet 16 once, then rested on his laurels and his azz thinking he was untouchable. I was there during Sanderson's tenure and he was nothing but consistent. He recruited well, won big games, got the team in the NCAAs regularly, and had discipline. I think what got Sanderson put out was the fact he tried to end a relationship with his secretary. She took exception to it and slapped him and his response was the same.

And it was time for him to go as well.

The firing of MG, and the way Moore handled it, was the right thing to do.

Like you, I remember what that was like in Sanderson's last season. That story started to hit the news wires and the University didn't react pro-actively like it should have. With MG, the move could have happened sooner but in retrospect the timing was still correct.

 

[TerryP]

OH, 05.

Don't misunderstand any of this exchange here. I appreciate your passion for the program.

 

[TideAlum05]

It's all good Terry. I just want to win. I'm rooting for Anthony Grant. I hope he has ridiculous success at Bama.:elephant:

 

[shipley00]

It's maybe a little early, but Grant's super awesome top 5 class was overrated and we have zero players committed for next year. The only remarklable player whose radar we are even on is Pollard and most believe he's headed to State.

Overrated? Based on their play as freshmen? I think we were all hoping for more, but you'll pardon me if I wait until they are upperclassmen to decide if they were overrated. Fact is, due to numbers, several of them are being forced into more action than they would normally see if this were a team with more upperclassmen, which is depleated due to the last to years of Gottfrieds classes.

For the record, I was always a Gottfried fan, all the way back to his playing days. Still, his efforts slowed during his last two seasons.