re: Anthony Grant who?

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Roll damn Avery Johnson.

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Damn straight! I knew Grant was bad but after seeing what Avery is doing with this team, it really puts into perspective how truly awful he was. It's so nice having an offense instead of just one guy dribbling for the entirety of the shot clock before passing it off for a shite shot. Can't wait until he brings in more talent. Buckle Up!

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a new arena has worked well for the boogs. With so much construction on campus, where would you build it.

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The parking lot next to Coleman. You can still keep the practice facilities for Basketball and Gymnastics. Rebuild parking lot where Coleman sits now. Would be a nightmare for parking while under construction though. Prob would have to turn law school front yard into a parking lot as well.

Grant just seemed to suck the life out of the program.

Put a new arena downtown. Work a deal with the city and use it for concerts, events, etc.

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Put a new arena downtown. Work a deal with the city and use it for concerts, events, etc

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Then we couldn't use it as a recruiting tool to bring football recruits to games, plus would hurt student attendance. I agree to a new arena is needed, but on campus. The University's athletic department can afford it.

The problem will be that $33 million we recently spent sprucing up Coleman Coliseum. You don't just bulldoze $33 million.

You can't bring FB recruits to a BB game in downtown Tuscaloosa?

Hurt student attendance? I said downtown Tuscaloosa not Moundville. How many students walk across campus now to attend the games now? I sure didn't. We drove and parked by Coleman.

Somehow they make it downtown to go bar hopping I believe they could do the same for a BB game.

There are good bit of students I know that walk to Coleman. Hell, I live right off the Strip, so I walk to it.

You can't do an arena downtown. There isn't enough space for one and the parking would be horrendous. I highly doubt the city council would approve of an arena downtown. It would be much better to keep everything around around Championship Plaza.

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Put a new arena downtown

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You can't bring FB recruits to a BB game in downtown Tuscaloosa?

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You can, but the convenience of Coleman being right next to the football offices and across the street from the Hotel Capstone is a nice benefit.

But there's not really any space downtown to put an arena. I guess you could maybe fit one near the amphitheater but there would then be no parking. It'd be a mess, both for the arena and the amphitheater.

The best spot is probably Coleman's current location. Tear it down, and rebuild. Play a season at the BJCC in the interim. I wish they had moved the baseball stadium down by the river to free up some space. Unless there's space at the old Bryce property, but haven't they started developing out there already? I haven't been in that area in some time. They're not going to take students into consideration at all when the location discussions start, so not sure why we're bringing that into discussion.

as others have said, where would you build it. I think all things like this should be on campus unless there is no more room.

I don't think student attendance would suffer at all having it downtown. There are tons of bars and restaurants downtown, and it's really not that far from campus. It's not like we're talking about putting down 69 South or something.

The problem is space downtown. Unless they're willing to buy an entire block or two, or use the politically risky eminent domain, there's just nowhere to put it downtown, while still allowing for ample parking. It can be done, but I think there are better options already on campus.