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Every year. Everyone says the above. At the end of the day, we need to fix the root cause of our offensive woes. It all boils down to coaching. Same goes for Free Throws.

Every year as in the 2 (heading into number 3) true off-seasons Avery has had? We weren't left with any shooters other than Norris, who we weren't even sure of.

Avery encouraged our guys to shoot the ball all year. Our shooters were getting several open looks from behind the arc every game. More than I've witnessed any Alabama team get. That's what the coach is supposed to do. If your shooters can't hit wide open shots, then I'm not sure how that is a coaching problem.

Avery's first year we had one player we thought could be a good shooter heading into the year (Norris). Last year we had two people we thought could be good shooters heading into the year (Norris and Davis). This year we had 6 people who we thought could be good shooters, but 4 were freshmen and 2 were injured. For most young players, the last thing that typically comes along is shooting. Some of it is mental and some of it is that the much larger venues throw them off. People wondered why I wasn't jumping onto the Petty bandwagon at the beginning of the year, and that's 100% why. The pure shooters aren't typically the guys who come in their first year and set the world on fire. It takes a very rare and special individual to do that. It's exactly why I hated that Avery chased off Devin Mitchell when he got here. It's also why people want another proven shooter at the collegiate level to go along with Mack.