re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

Would be nice to have him...but we re in great position with Lewis and Watford so no worries.

Jeffries picked Kentucky

Crean is going to hurt at UGA

Will get Watford. Was hoping he would go to Pitt

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C'mon we re in great shape with Watford

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You really underestimate how big of a deal having a connection is. You were dismissing the Hardaway hire and now the Crean hire.

And u are underestimating the connection Watford has with herb Jones and btw I'm not the only one questioning Penny's hire so it's funny you choose to single me out lol.

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 u are underestimating the connection Watford has with herb Jones 

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I'm not saying g Watford is UGA bound, but to suggest that Watford is in "great shape" after Crean is hired at a SEC school is a head scratcher

Until further updates from Watford camp re Crean, his recruitment is wide open

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btw I'm not the only one questioning Penny's hire so it's funny you choose to single me out lol.

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I'm pointing g out that you downplayed his connection to his AAU/HS players. Similar to the Watford situation, you are suggesting a coach w a long positive connection to a player isn't huge

I don't think it's a great hire either

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Crean does go way back but didn't offer trendon while he was coaching IU as was mentioned.

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He didn't offer a 15 year old a scholarship when he was clearly about to be fired... That angle is very overplayed

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Connections help but they don't guarantee anything.

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That's why I said his recruitment is wide open and no one is truly in "great shape"

Bama may be in as good as shape relative to rbe situation, but not "great shape" near lock right now

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but he was behind the eight ball with Wiseman because Wiseman played in Nashville until this past year.

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If Penny gets hired, UK would be pulling an upset to get Wiseman

It will get very interesting with Watford if Crean hires Seltzer. I think that’s his name. He has the connection with the Watford family if I’m remembering right.

I believe we are gaining enough momentum as a program and herb is clearly gonna be a fixture in our future. He's like another part of the Watford household and I think playing here with Kira Lewis will be even more appealing to trendon. It seems like the last few crops of instate kids wanna make Bama relevant again . Just don't think Georgia offers the same stage Bama will.