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

I get that and I kinda agree with you, but we have to take a look at the team performance without him this season, and when he's on the court. I think it's uncomfortable narrative we're establishing here, but we have to at least entertain that right now.

Against UF, Petty didn't start.. and the team went on 6-0 run. When Petty came in.. Things fell apart. That was when they were on court together. To fix the scoring issue, Petty needs to come off the bench from now on, and allow Sexton to truly run the offense. When Petty comes in, take out Sexton and let Petty create his shot in some ways.

I'm glad he wrote it, and you're right - Cecil doesn't write these types of articles unless there are real issues.

What pushed Grant over the she was Pearl having success in the SECT that year. If Pearl & AU has not made it to Saturday, people don’t freak out and Battles takes the easy way out by keeping Grant.

Spot on by Cecil, as usual. He's the best sportswriter in the state, in my opinion. He doesn't get swept up in overreactions one way or the other, and is very good at pointing out actual issues rather than just regurgitated talking points that may have no real basis.

And, I agree with him completely - it's poor coaching.

That’s the scary thing about that article. Like you said, he doesn’t just write these type of articles for views and to get people talking. He writes these when there’s a serious problem. Maybe he knows something we don’t

It's pretty clear to me from reading his article that he is aware of 2 problems:

1) There is indeed inner turmoil on the roster. Players either don't know their role or refuse to play their role.

2) The coaching staff is not doing its job to either ensure players understand their role or worse actually accept the role they've been given.

I'll talk some of you off the ledge. I heard the exact same problems regarding the Auburn team at the end of last year. You won't find articles on it because AU beat writers suck

It shouldn't be shocking that this sentiment exists. Right now, you have a lot of new puzzle pieces that unfortunately fit different puzzles. When you start losing, young guys get frustrated and upset

I've said it up and down this thread, Bama needs to teach kids how to shoot or more likely just recruit better shooters considering Avery Jr is 21 and still can't shoot.

When you run an uptempo pick & roll offense, you need to spread the floor with shooters. Ya the Butler kid coming in may be a good shooter (tho FR typically struggle before improving YR2) but I'm talking about catch & shoot options on the wing.

I'm not convinced Petty is that guy, he seems better creating a shot rather than catch & shoot. The rest of the wings in Ingram/Key haven't been good their entire careers while Herb Jones may get respectable but he doesn't have a shooters mentality

JMO but Avery is maxed out as a HC. He is a pretty good recruiter and a great salesman for Bama. The only problem is he is an average coach and it appears his assistant coaching staff don't add much to help him or maybe he doesn't allow their input. Perhaps the one and done player should be avoided at Bama and by that I mean you need several on the team to keep things level..(kentucky).There seems to be some resentment by a player or two on this roster regarding Sexton.

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I feel like we've been saying this for a decade....

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I think we do recruit guys who can shoot, but then we coach it out of them.

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The consistency is maddening as fvck.

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I blame Pettway and the terrible lighting & sightlines in Coleman. Someone prove me wrong....