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Grant will be back next year...
Posted on 2/18/15 at 9:43 am
Posted on 2/18/15 at 9:43 am
This is a message from Bill Battle to a fan... "Hey Greg, thanks for your interest in Alabama basketball. I agree with that we need to improve the atmosphere around our basketball program. I don't agree with your assessment of our coach and I need to learn how to better provide support to aid his program and I am working on that. Constructive ideas are welcome. Bill"
Sorry I couldn't just screen shot the tweet. Looks legit hope its not.
Sorry I couldn't just screen shot the tweet. Looks legit hope its not.
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Posted on 2/18/15 at 9:46 am to Tide or Die87
An AD will always publically give a coach his full support right up until he fires him
Posted on 2/18/15 at 9:51 am to sarc
Yea your are right. Not expecting him to throw him under the bus just doesn't sound like he is going anywhere to me.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 9:52 am to sarc
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An AD will always publically give a coach his full support right up until he fires him
Agree and if I had to wager, Grant is gone. However, Battle effectively married himself to Grant last year and has been very supportive publicly. Couple that with the still rather large buyout and I wouldn't be shocked that Grant is retained if we look "respectable" by the end of the season.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 9:57 am to FairhopeTider
Agreed. Have to wait and see. Battle is a businessman first and foremost and may decide to squeeze one more year out of the contract.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 9:59 am to FairhopeTider
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Battle effectively married himself to Grant last year
This. Unfortunately, he will be back.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 10:01 am to sarc
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Battle is a businessman first and foremost and may decide to squeeze one more year out of the contract.
Agree he is a businessman. As a fellow businessman I can tell you the "squeeze one more year out of the contract" was THIS year. His buyout is cut in half at end of this year compared to end of last year. Also, if you have an employee that is not producing for you the cost of their continued employment is most always greater than the cost of replacement.
(not the case with high producers who have job offers elsewhere..you usually match to keep that employee b/c hard & soft cost or replacing talent is almost always greater than cost of keeping talent)
Posted on 2/18/15 at 10:11 am to bamasgot13
If Grant comes back I'm done.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 10:30 am to Bryant91092
I really like Grant and if our kids could shoot we would be a perennial tournament team. We should be known as the Great Wall due to our defense and relentless ability to lay bricks.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 10:39 am to bamasgot13
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Also, if you have an employee that is not producing for you the cost of their continued employment is most always greater than the cost of replacement.
While true, you have to figure out the mindset of the admin has towards basketball. Right now, it is still producing money and isn't interfering with the top priority which is football. Maybe Battle is very content with the status quo in basketball and views any change as unnecessary until there are real tangible losses. Basically my point is maybe to Battle, Grant is "producing."
Not advocating we keep Grant. Just trying to figure out Battle's thought process.
This post was edited on 2/18/15 at 10:40 am
Posted on 2/18/15 at 10:43 am to Robin Masters
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I really like Grant and if our kids could shoot we would be a perennial tournament team. We should be known as the Great Wall due to our defense and relentless ability to lay bricks.
Bama has had two guys shooting over 40% from threes all year. Levi, Tarrant and Hale are also decent shooters. Having guys that can't shoot is not Bama's problem
Posted on 2/18/15 at 11:07 am to bona fide
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Bama has had two guys shooting over 40% from threes all year. Levi, Tarrant and Hale are also decent shooters. Having guys that can't shoot is not Bama's problem
We are like 150th in FG % at 43.9 and 276th in 3 point shooting at 31.5.
Shooting is most definitely our problem.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 11:17 am to Robin Masters
I'm just gonna assume Grant is going to be back next year, so when it happens I won't be as depressed
Posted on 2/18/15 at 11:30 am to Robin Masters
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We are like 150th in FG % at 43.9 and 276th in 3 point shooting at 31.5.
Shooting is most definitely our problem
Hard to have a good shooting percentage when the offense runs a five man perimeter weave until a player is forced to take a contested shot. Bama has plenty enough shooters, they will excel if put in a decent offensive set.
You say Bama can't shoot well, I say they do very well considering the restraints they have to deal with
Posted on 2/18/15 at 11:46 am to Robin Masters
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Shooting is most definitely our problem.
Bama has so many bricklayers Coleman Coliseum should be turned into a Masonic Lodge.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 11:52 am to Spread
Offensive philosophy is our problem. Lack of developed talent is our problem. Lack of an inside presence is our problem.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 11:58 am to Swm323
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Offensive philosophy is our problem. Lack of developed talent is our problem. Lack of an inside presence is our problem.
Agree with all. I seriously wonder what our guys practice because it sure isn't shooting, passing, or rebounding.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 12:03 pm to Spread
We try to be a half court team but we don't have the personnel. We should be running and running and running. full court trap every made basket. We don't ha e the shooters or bigs for a successful half court offense.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 12:19 pm to sarc
quote:That's bullshite at this point in the contract IMO.
Agreed. Have to wait and see. Battle is a businessman first and foremost and may decide to squeeze one more year out of the contract.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 12:22 pm to bona fide
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Hard to have a good shooting percentage when the offense runs a five man perimeter weave until a player is forced to take a contested shot. Bama has plenty enough shooters, they will excel if put in a decent offensive set.
You say Bama can't shoot well, I say they do very well considering the restraints they have to deal with
Oh, well just tell Grant to just run the "Open shot offense" ...That dumb arse is running the "Blocked shot/no offensive rebound" offense!
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