🏀 Nate Oats had some strong statements in his meeting with the press today.

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[TerryP]

I was really upset with our effort at LSU," Oats said. "It’s just not who we’ve tried to be. I mean I’ve told our guys all this blue-collar stuff and hard-hat – it’s all fake if this is the effort we’re gonna get, and I don’t really want to be associated with a fake team. We’ve got to bring it every night or that ain’t who we are." ​

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“It’s disastrous," Oats said. "I told our guys it speaks to toughness. You know, as a player, you’ve got own individual resume as a player. Whether you’re trying to play in the NBA or whether you’re trying to go overseas or you just trying to – I mean, it’s what they speak of you as a person sometimes. There’s a few things you don’t want to be labeled as. One is lazy. That’s a label that’s hard to shake. Okay? Soft is another label that’s hard to shake. Selfish is another one that’s hard to shake. If you’re out rebounded by 20 two games in a row, all of a sudden if you’re tough that doesn’t happen. ​

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"So unless we want to be labeled soft like we’d better get this thing fixed because this is not what tough teams do is get their butts kicked on the glass like this back-to-back games so I don’t care if you’re small, big, whatever.” ​

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Shaking Labels: Nate Oats Demands Toughness from His Team Following Loss to LSU

The Crimson Tide basketball head coach was adamant that his team needs to exhibit more toughness if it wishes to succeed

www.si.com

 

[UAgrad93]

Tough Love!!! Guys need to be slapped in the face with a good dose of reality. No sense in sugarcoating it. Rebounding is all about desire and want to.

 

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