re: I will pay good $ for "fired" level dirt on Anthony Grant

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I am sure this team's play would make Robert Horry turn over in his grave if he was dead.

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It may yet. If he's watching, he may die of a broken heart.

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we just look totally unprepared and lost (and did against Auburn too).

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Look at the bright side. Auburn will destroy Bama at their place in a few weeks so we got that going for us.

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Bama should get a good coach for their program. Like a Mark Gottfried from NC State.

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Gottfried's career at NC State is looking a lot like his career at Alabama - a big splash to mask what was otherwise the very definition of mediocrity. He got Bama to the Elite 8, but wrapped around that he missed the tourney in 5 of his 10 full seasons, only had winning conference records in 3 of 10 full seasons, and had an overall SEC record of 83-82.

At NC State, he made a splashy run to the Sweet 16 his first year, bowed out in the first round his second season, and lost in the first four play-in round last year. This season, he's sitting at 13-7 and 4-3 right now having beaten Duke but lost at home to Wofford and sits behind Georgia, aTm, LSU, and Ole Miss in RPI rankings. Unless they make a run, even the ACC 'bounce' probably doesn't get them in the tourney.

As painful as it is to say, I'd rather have Grant than Gottfried. While the games aren't pretty, at least with Grant you're probably going to win more SEC games than you lose and he's a lot more likeable - you'll just never be more than mediocre.