Guy on BOL who generally posts decent sourced things say Grant is done

This is SHOCKING news. I really wish we'd give coach Grant a few more years to get his guys in place, and not be judged by all the bad luck he's had to face these first couple of years.

It's over when Cecil sings.

Unless we make the tournament, I just don't see how he can survive. People say he has a chance but I just don't see it. A major program like Alabama can't just continue to flounder like it has.

I've posted this before but to me, its really sad to see Grant fail. He's a class act and I think he's done everything he thinks he can do. Yes, he can go sleep knowing he'll have millions in the bank so its hard to really feel sorry for him. But looking back, so many people wanted him to succeed and for one reason or another, he just can't get us over the hump.

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I love the "idea" of what he wants to do : toughness, treat everyone the same, defense first, etc. It just hasn't worked. It sucks

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Not only that, EVERYONE in basketball said what a sure fire winner we'd be with him, and that he's a can't miss.

Sucks it didn't work. I really wanted it to with him.

Grant's stubbornness is what cost him his job.

I believe his buyout is 1/2 this year what it was last year. He doesn't survive unless, as others said, we make the tourney in a miracle so big it would rival the US beating the Russians in hockey in the 1980 Olympics.

Have to win the SEC. And we ain't going to beat UK.
When he was anounced I was happy-happy. I cain't belive he didn't make it.

Who does Bama hire? Who would want to come coach at Bama? Should have fired Grant last year and hired Pearl. Bama will have to find a unknown coach that specializes in a fast paced offense.

The problem, to me, with a relatively unknown mid major coach is that the chance of getting someone a lot worse than Grant is pretty high. Particularly if they come from a 2-3 year stint at solid smaller programs that were pretty good even before they arrived.

If the AD does go that way, I hope it's not based on a great winning percentage the past couple of years but on a long track record of identifying 3* players of the type profile that our recruiting area offers and consistently turning them into contributors to NCAA caliber teams.

Otherwise, we can much more easily end up with Pelphrey or Barbee instead of Grant.


In a perfect world, I wish Grant would have simply pushed hiring a well paid assistant who's respected enough in developing big men to draw bigger recruits and also turn some athletic 6-9 3* guys into players.

But, it looks as though, as John Lennon would have it, that bird has flown.

Grant is done?