re: Alabama @ Florida - ESPN 2:30 CDT

We had a lot go right to make ours last year. We were in the weakest 1 seed’s bracket caught a pretty light path by seeding other than that upset of UNC.

We better hope Nelson is going to be fine.

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Nate went the douche route instead of admitting a huge blind spot

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Gosh, that’s so disappointing. Nate, you aren’t the smartest coach in the history of the game and all the coaches that have won NCs used timeouts to stop runs. What stubborn idiotic take from an otherwise good coach, and I hope this doesn’t keep him from ever getting over the hump.

Not knowing how to use a timeout isn’t a new thing for Oats

We can't all be timeout PhDs.

Is that advanced timeout knowledge or timeouts 101? And are you suggesting that our High D1 coach, the savant of analytics and planning, the man who has revolutionized basketball at the college level, somehow doesn’t know timeouts 101?

What’s more likely, 1. The accomplished coach, whom blue blood programs want to take from us and 348 D1 programs would take in a heart beat somehow doesn’t know the basics of basketball, or 2. The savant has figured out that the old truism of stopping a run can go the way of the mid-range jumper?

When Oats sees an adjustment that can be made he calls timeout. Otherwise, he expects his players to stay in flow and to make their own adjustments. And be tough. I would suspect that he also was sending a message. “You guys want to play soft? I will leave you out there to get your butts embarrassed!” Dude is hard nosed. He sat Sears for an entire second half to send a message. We struggled a bit in that game, but he didn’t relent.

We got beat yesterday by maybe the best team in the country, and in the second half we did not play tough enough. Let’s, just accept these things like grown men and quit trying to relitigate matters in order to soothe ourselves.

This is all I am going to say on this matter. If some of you want to remain in fetal position rocking back and forth muttering about tactical timeouts, that will be up to you.

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Is your goal with every post to be a bigger douche than you were in the previous comment?

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Look I know you are a self annointed hall monitor of this board, but I don't give a damn so how about you just go piss right off.

I don't think oats could of changed the outcome of yesterday's game with any timeout called . He knows Florida is a bad matchup for us, they are longer than us and way more skilled at the 5 than we are. Their guards are long and give sears, Holloway, problems getting clean looks. Plus let's face it they are way more gritty and tougher than us. They play better as a team and don't try as much one on one street ball.

Bama is really good for long periods of time and can beat 99% of teams we play , but teams like Florida, auburn, duke are more efficient than bama right now .

I agree the outcome would not have changed but to admit he had nothing to tell the team sounds lame when TO's at that point are called to hopefully put a bandaid on the bleeding.