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How Nate Oats went from high school math teacher to the country's hottest coach
Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:50 pm
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When Buffalo coach Nate Oats' team upset Syracuse in the Carrier Dome earlier this year, he acted like there was nothing to be surprised about. He declared postgame that Buffalo had "better players," a "better team" and they "play harder." When No. 13 seed Buffalo stomped No. 4 Arizona in the NCAA tournament last season, Oats declared he'd gotten sick of "soft" Pac-12 teams failing to pressure the ball on game film.
His old boss at Buffalo, Arizona State's Bobby Hurley, told him the remark irked Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott. "But you know what?" he told Yahoo Sports in his office recently. "They're worse this year than last year. Did I lie? Did I lie? I told the truth."
Oats, 44, has emerged as the runaway coaching star in college basketball this season. With Buffalo (29-3) poised to set the modern record for NCAA tournament seeding by a team from the MAC, Oats has built the runaway best team in program history. The twin storylines of underdog coach and the improbable power he's built – No. 18 Buffalo has been ranked for 18 consecutive weeks – have Buffalo poised to be March's most improbable story.
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Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:51 pm to SXV
Dude is going to work his arse off.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:52 pm to SXV
I heard he runs a fast paced, Mickey Mouse offense.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:54 pm to SXV
So after he succeeds at Bama which ACC school will he be going to?
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 3/27/19 at 3:55 pm to SXV
Gimmicky high school offense.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 4:10 pm to SXV
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country's hottest coach
Posted on 3/27/19 at 4:20 pm to SXV
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the country's hottest coach
i never knew much about the guy until today
Posted on 3/27/19 at 4:23 pm to SXV
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country's hottest coach
If true, he had better options.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 4:23 pm to SXV
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Nate Oats
Posted on 3/27/19 at 4:28 pm to SXV
Good hire by Bama.
Of course folks here were gonna shite on the hire no matter who Bama hired.
Of course folks here were gonna shite on the hire no matter who Bama hired.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 4:30 pm to SXV
Never heard of the guy until today.
Like any mid major coach he’ll be boom or bust
Like any mid major coach he’ll be boom or bust
Posted on 3/27/19 at 5:23 pm to SXV
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Buffalo stomped No. 4 Arizona in the NCAA tournament last season, Oats declared he'd gotten sick of "soft" Pac-12 teams failing to pressure the ball on game film.
His old boss at Buffalo, Arizona State's Bobby Hurley, told him the remark irked Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott.
Imagine your conference being so bad that the Buffalo coach trolls you in a press conference, and it upsets your commissioner.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 5:30 pm to SXV
So Bama is interested in another sport not called football now?
Posted on 3/27/19 at 5:33 pm to SXV
Who?
Never heard of him.
Never heard of him.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 5:35 pm to SXV
From what I’ve read, it sounds like a great hire for Bama.
It’s a relatively lower pressure gig (no offense to Alabama; but c’mon, football is king), so he’ll likely be amped about putting the program on the map.
Plus, the guy’s gotta be pleased about going from this:
to this:
Hope it works out for y’all!
It’s a relatively lower pressure gig (no offense to Alabama; but c’mon, football is king), so he’ll likely be amped about putting the program on the map.
Plus, the guy’s gotta be pleased about going from this:
to this:
Hope it works out for y’all!
Posted on 3/27/19 at 7:59 pm to SXV
Hottest??? LMAO
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