Nice parting gift for Grant

Yeah that was a fun game


Our team showed a little bit of toughness tonight. Not as soft as they have shown all season

I do.

Can you expound on that?

I don't think he'll be back next year unless he wins the SEC tournament and makes the big dance. I don't see how Battle could justify bringing him back. A win against Auburn is nice, but Grant has less than 10% of the baskeball fanbase in his corner.

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Can you expound on that?

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Im with you I really don't know now. I mean its just one win but if they play like that consistently then who knows. I think when we bring back Tarrant it will throw things off. Retin needs to start. If not Retin J Cole.

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if they play like that consistently then who knows.

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He's had 6 years to establish a style of play and tonight wasn't the norm which is why it was even better to watch.

Grant's ultimate firing shouldn't be a one game swing type thing, not this long into a tenure. He is who he is and his record is what it is.

Here's the deal:

OK, we beat a truly pathetic Auburn team twice this year. Even beat ATm (even though they had some injuries IIRC). Bama has won 3, count em, 3 SEC road games this year. I'm not sure Mark Gottfried won three SEC road games during his entire tenure here in Tuscaloosa.
But, we will follow up this win with yet another lack luster performance against somebody we have no damn business losing to.
Vanderbilt? Seriously? They fricking suck.
Florida? At home? I think you could put Florida uniforms on the first group of guys that walk out of your local walmart and Grant will find a way to lose to them.
and trust me, there will be more inexplicable losses to come.

That is Grant's problem.

Nice win. Loved the way we played. It's not a one game season though. Grant's still toast (I think)

Those that have paid attention know that I have always been firmly in Grant's corner up until this season. The continued inconsistency from an offensive standpoint was the final straw for me personally. This team should have been in the running to finish second in the SEC and easily made the tournament, yet here we are in mid February with a 6-7 conference record.


Sweeping Auburn doesn't do anything for me. They are even more irrelevant in the college basketball world than we are and their roster is a complete train wreck. The difference is they have room for growth where I feel like we have reached a plateau with Grant. As much as I hate to say it, he's not the guy to get us to the next level.


This program needs new blood. A coach that is motivated and wants to work his way up the ladder to a destination job like Duke or Kentucky. A coach with a personality that will promote the program and get the fan base excited about the future. And we need to play a more exciting brand of basketball. An offensive oriented coach would help a lot in that regard.

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I do.

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I dont think he will get canned. I wished but it seems unlikey :/