re: 2017-18 Alabama Basketball Season Thread: 20-16 (10-11)

Byrne needs to wash himself of that Arizona shite. Be more on task like he was at Mississippi State.

Bohannon hire looking lights out though.

Do you think the players read this board to hype themselves up before games or something?

I agree with you on the one win part. There I said it. Others and possibly you said we were in and I disagreed. My opinion

Here is my official prediction....


W vs UF
L vs aTm

W on Thursday
L on Friday.

Finish 19-14 get in as 10 seed

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Not my point gene. I ll ask this ...If Avery went now what coach would some of u suggest hiring? I'm not being a smart arse just curious.

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I will commend you for a good effort and consistency of thought.

But this is a lazy argument in my opinion. Reverse it, what school would want to hire Avery right now? Same lazy logic can be applied both ways.

Being AD at Bama, or any P5 school requires more than an aversion to risk. Obviously we could end up better or worse if a change was made. But lets not be content with the status quo just because it involves risk otherwise.

I was excited when we hired Avery. I loved the enthusiasm he brought to the program. However, that momentum is waning and it is evident in all areas, on the court, in the stands and in Avery's recent post game press conferences.

Maybe the season and Avery's time at Bama can be salvaged. But to consider any fan that criticizes the play of this team recently or Avery's performance a bad fan or even a negative fan is also lazy. Something is not right with this team. the reason can not so easily be a result of youth. Youthful players improve over the course of a year. Youthful players learn to give consistent effort. Youthful players learn to be better teammates. Which of those have happened.

I do hope we win out and make a good showing in post season. However, personally I will not be surprised to see the plug pulled on the avery experiment sooner rather than later.

Ever since the second half against Kentucky we have played with zero effort whatsoever. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we don't win another game until November.

I caught hell because I wanted Shula gone. All I kept hearing was he brought stability. I said I'd rather lose trying to win than be content with average.

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What would it take for u to realize that teams this young don't normally beat 5 ranked teams or go to the dance? I certainly don't believe our attitude level makes any difference in the outcome ofany games

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We are in year 3 and are on the edge of making the tournament (given the recent trajectory of this team).

Avery Johnson himself said that year three was his target year for this team to be a tournament team. Yes, we might make it, but after these last few games if you can say with a straight face that you have confidence in this team you’re a damn idiot.

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If Avery went now what coach would some of u suggest hiring?

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I don't want Avery fired, but there are some good names out there.

You've got the unemployed successful coaches Tom Crean and Thad Matta. Maybe we could get a guy like Eric Musselman (Nevada) from a mid major that's had a lot of success. The $3 million could maybe even tempt a guy at a Big East program like Doug McDermott (Creighton). It sounds too bold to say we could the Creighton coach, but we'd be near tripling his current salary.