Am i the only one that doesn't miss that we didn't get Marshall?

We could not have found a more exciting coach to lead up forward.
I think it is going to be a fun time in the life of UA bb.

Nah. I got the impression Marshall or his family didn't want to be here. CAJ wants to be here and he's excited. I'm pumped about this hire. I was at A-day with my friend who has zero interest in basketball and even she was excited when they introduced him

Marshall was my first choice and it would've been a grand slam. That said, the minute it was clear that the money was the only thing that would've brought him, I started to have my doubts about him. It was obvious that if all things were equal, he would've chosen Wichita State. We would've been dragging Marshall to UA. When you do something like that, it isn't a recipe for success.

Ideally, I would take Marshall over CAJ if that meant Marshall had jumped on Battle's plane on that Monday afternoon....but that didn't happen and now we have a coach who wants to be here.

Very happy we didn't get Marshall. Never thought much of him though he has had good success at WSU. Need a dynamic leader to lead our sports teams he does not fit the image for me. Extremely happy with Avery; will be shocked if he fails at Alabama.

Either one of them could have been boom or bust at Alabama. The only difference with Marshall is we would have been pretty sure that the team wouldn't have been BAD. But, there was nothing to guarantee he would have been great either. I probably would have been more confident with Marshall, but I'm very excited about CAJ. I think he has the potential to do very well. If nothing else, he's promoting the program which was something sorely lacking in the past 15 years. Of course, he could fall on his face once the games start. But, I'm optimistic.

I'm too dumb when it comes to basketball to know 1 way or the other. I'll never really understand the game beyond the basic rules.

I was never excited about Marshall, except that everyone else was excited and wanted him, so I figure they know better than I did.

But hell, we almost beat him this year. And I always liked looking towards the NBA for a coach similar to that of CAJ.

I don't understand why looking for guy who improves little school is considered better than a former NBA coach - even if the NBA coach isn't named Phil Jackson or Pat Riley.

They have such small rosters, so it's not like a coach taking Troy to the National Championship in football. Get lucky on a few recruits, and next thing you know you find yourself with some success that may or may not happen again.

Not saying that is what Marshall was about, just kind of saying maybe that's what we just had.

Meanwhile, the other guy has coached at the highest level of the game.

So I really don't even know why the coaching search went that direction to start with.

In the end, I'll just be grateful if we don't have extremely long scoring droughts anymore and show some signs of life on offense.