re: tOfficial Alabama Basketball Season Thread | 19-15 (10-8) | #BuckleUp

Interesting quote from Avery Johnson on his message to the team this week / how they responded after early struggles at Missouri:
“I don’t think coaching is always Xs and Os. I think sometimes coaches get too much credit, but I will say this: I totally changed their routine, OK, whatever difference that made. After practice yesterday, we checked into a hotel, OK. We didn’t go home, OK. We went to a hotel, we checked in and this is the first time that they’re going to go home, after this game. So we spent the night in a hotel, we had meetings last night in a hotel, we watched video, we had a team meal, we got up early this morning, about 6:30, and came to the gym. We got some shots up, we shot for about an hour then went back, rested and we watched some more film. So we just had to radically kind of change our program because I didn’t like the looks in their eyes after our last couple of home games. And we’re going to maintain that program. I liked the way we shot the ball today. We’re a much better shooting team than what I’ve seen all year, and I’m glad we shot it better today and I’m glad we took better care of the basketball. Twenty assists on 10 turnovers, pretty good for our team, for those of you who have been watching us all year.”