🏀 Is Bama destined to mediocrity in basketball?
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To answer your last question, yes. Michigan, Ohio State, Florida, Texas, I could go on...Alabama used to be a pretty good team back in the 80s and 90s...Hell even Gottfried had us number 1 for about a week back in 03 before going up to Ole Miss and losing by 34.
I think Grant has 2 years before we can think about firing him..I'll use Tom Crean, the Indiana HC, for example. Before last year, he head been there 3 years, all which were losing seasons...Then the next year, BOOM Indiana is back to its usual national prominence, beating number 1 Kentucky and making it to the NCAA tourn...Now this year they're one of the teams that could make a big run in come March...Grant has us in the right direction, I know this year is tough, especially with the way we're playing and the injuries piling up (Releford is doubtful for tonight's game versus Miss State btw..). If there is one thing that really stands out about Grant, that you could say its a con, its his offense...
I think Grant has 2 years before we can think about firing him..I'll use Tom Crean, the Indiana HC, for example. Before last year, he head been there 3 years, all which were losing seasons...Then the next year, BOOM Indiana is back to its usual national prominence, beating number 1 Kentucky and making it to the NCAA tourn...Now this year they're one of the teams that could make a big run in come March...Grant has us in the right direction, I know this year is tough, especially with the way we're playing and the injuries piling up (Releford is doubtful for tonight's game versus Miss State btw..). If there is one thing that really stands out about Grant, that you could say its a con, its his offense...
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It's all about coaching in college sports. Bama fans absolutely hate Gottfried for whatever reason, but people forget that he was a hot commodity here for a while when he had the program winning. Sanderson was before my time, but he was successful here even though we never really had that great run in the tourney under him.
The bottom line is that Anthony Grant can't coach offense. That is painfully obvious. He also hasn't recruited a quality big man since he's been here (maybe Taylor or Hale change that). If we miss the tourney this year. Next year should be do or die for Grant. Make the tourney or get canned.
We've proven we're willing to spend money on a basketball coach and to me that in itself says a lot. Grant makes insane money for what he has produced here so far.
The bottom line is that Anthony Grant can't coach offense. That is painfully obvious. He also hasn't recruited a quality big man since he's been here (maybe Taylor or Hale change that). If we miss the tourney this year. Next year should be do or die for Grant. Make the tourney or get canned.
We've proven we're willing to spend money on a basketball coach and to me that in itself says a lot. Grant makes insane money for what he has produced here so far.
Gottfried's career at Bama progressively got worse....He had a great run back in the early 2000s, then really didn't do much after that but a NCAA appearance in 2006..If I remember he hadn't beat Auburn in a while, and that really stuck with Bama fans because it was also in the same years the Barn put 6 straight years on us in football.
I always thought it looked like Gottfried ran out of gas. He looked drained on the sidelines. It just seemed like he had nothing left. I saw him smiling on the sidelines watching NC State earlier this year, and I said to my wife, "I don't remember that much when he was with Bama."
I know Mississippi State's terrible, but Bama looked like a "team" beating them. Alley oops again. Passing the ball with some authority. It looked like they were running plays on offense. They had some movement. It didn't hurt to knock down some shots either.
I know Mississippi State's terrible, but Bama looked like a "team" beating them. Alley oops again. Passing the ball with some authority. It looked like they were running plays on offense. They had some movement. It didn't hurt to knock down some shots either.
One thing that hasn't been said, that IMO, needs to be said,is WE ARE A VERY YOUNG TEAM. If memory serves me, we only have one senior and the vast majority of our team are freshmen and sophmores.
Yes, we struggle on the offensive end of the floor. IMO, Randolph must look to score more than he does because we are not going to get much from the post. Yes, we have had a lot of injuries but that is part of the game AND something the coach has no control over. Someone must step and and be the man when we have to have a bucket or draw a foul to get to the line.
The defense is a staple almost every single game. The tempo of the game, right or wrong, has to be controlled because we play very few off the bench.
Yes, we struggle on the offensive end of the floor. IMO, Randolph must look to score more than he does because we are not going to get much from the post. Yes, we have had a lot of injuries but that is part of the game AND something the coach has no control over. Someone must step and and be the man when we have to have a bucket or draw a foul to get to the line.
The defense is a staple almost every single game. The tempo of the game, right or wrong, has to be controlled because we play very few off the bench.
We've picked it up in the second half offensively, and as Joe said in another post, Engstrom was no Jamychael Greene, but he got the job done..He could score offensively, played physical and boxed out players.
I expect big things next year, hopefully we can continue this streak and beat Tennessee this Saturday
I expect big things next year, hopefully we can continue this streak and beat Tennessee this Saturday
Regarding post play, I thought it ticked up versus UK. We created situations where Jacobs had a chance to do well and he came through, especially in the second half. The shots our guards were putting up in the paint then, as Noel came over to block them, were almost like passes high off the glass. We adjusted to Noel by having Jacobs crash the boards when Noel left him to get the driver, a very nice move indeed. Jacobs apparently had conditioning issues in the early season which have since been resolved.
Tomorrow's game will look a lot like our first meeting with the Vols. It will be an ugly game.
Tomorrow's game will look a lot like our first meeting with the Vols. It will be an ugly game.
Small mistakes, fouls...I'd like to say the refs but that would be a typical excuse of a basketball fan after a loss....
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