🏀 Oats: "I'm not going to give you coach speak. We're going to be good."

[18Champs]

An excerpt from the athletic

“I could sit here and downplay expectations because that’s what coaches try to do. We’d be lucky to get 20 wins and all that coach-speak garbage. I’m not going to do that,” he says. “That’s a coach trying to protect himself. No, we’re going to be good. Anything less than a high seed in the NCAA Tournament, we’re going to be disappointed. I don’t see any need in trying to downplay it: We should be competing for an SEC championship and making a run in the NCAA Tournament.

 

[#80]

I LIKE IT !!

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

 

[BamaFan334]

love it! I get so sick and tired of the bullshit coach speak. Tell me how it is.

 

[ColAngus]

Screw poor-mouthing your team. I like his style.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Screw poor-mouthing your team. I like his style.

The BEAR was the best at poor mouthing.
his teams never had a chance

 

[planomateo]

If the coach speaks...it's still coach speak right?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

If the coach speaks...it's still coach speak right?

Thats the same as saying. If the offensive tackle is holding on the defensive tackle and there is no penalty. Is it still a foul?

answer... only to lsu fans

 

[TerryP]

 

[XXL TideFan]

All that is left to do now is just do it.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

JMO but I believe Bama fans will get out in force to support a winner but they want to see it on the court instead of the microphone.

 

[planomateo]

JMO but I believe Bama fans will get out in force to support a winner but they want to see it on the court instead of the microphone.

Won't happen this year.

 

[TerryP]

Won't happen this year.

Don't bet against social media

 

[252BAMA]

The BEAR was the best at poor mouthing.
his teams never had a chance

Bear was the best? Vince Dooley would like a word with you.

 

[planomateo]

Don't bet against social media

Coleman won't be packed is what I'm referring to.

 

[mando]

Not something I would do or want a coach to do but I like his enthusiasm. Curious about his motives behind this. Show his team he believes in them? Trying to raise the teams confidence in themselves? Recruiting?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Not something I would do or want a coach to do but I like his enthusiasm. Curious about his motives behind this. Show his team he believes in them? Trying to raise the teams confidence in themselves? Recruiting?

I think he's just go that HS coach mentality built into his DNA and lacks a filter. Not to compare him to Gus in any other ways, but coaches that make accelerated high school coach to college head coach jump, often times have that mentality. Some are more brash than others, and some are actually able to back it up. As for the latter, we will find out soon enough with Oats.

 

[mando]

I think he's just go that HS coach mentality built into his DNA and lacks a filter. Not to compare him to Gus in any other ways, but coaches that make accelerated high school coach to college head coach jump, often times have that mentality. Some are more brash than others, and some are actually able to back it up. As for the latter, we will find out soon enough with Oats.

I guess that is possible but with my crimson glasses I do not want to put him in the Gus bus bucket. That would make him pathetic.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I guess that is possible but with my crimson glasses I do not want to put him in the Gus bus bucket. That would make him pathetic.

It's not my favorite style either, but I do appreciate the honesty he gives. And like he alluded to, he has to back it up, so we can expect him to work towards that. It's a better mentality than we got from lots of other coaches. I think we (I know I have) have gotten spoiled to a guy like Saban who doesn't talk about expectations, but just goes out there and kills it year after year. And the poor-mouthing generation is dying off, so we have all kinds now I guess.

 

[mando]

It's not my favorite style either, but I do appreciate the honesty he gives. And like he alluded to, he has to back it up, so we can expect him to work towards that. It's a better mentality than we got from lots of other coaches. I think we (I know I have) have gotten spoiled to a guy like Saban who doesn't talk about expectations, but just goes out there and kills it year after year. And the poor-mouthing generation is dying off, so we have all kinds now I guess.

Lets just hope he does back it up!!! I really would love to see some great bama basketball again. It has been way to long.