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re: ***Official Fire Anthony Grant Thread***
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:50 pm to Bryant91092
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:50 pm to Bryant91092
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Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:56 pm to Road to 16
Posted on 2/24/14 at 8:01 pm to Bryant91092
I am surprised no one has done one on Anthony Grant...Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:18 am to Road to 16
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It will be very exciting for you guys, the fans, to watch. It will be a very exciting style of play for the players to play
- Anthony Grant
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:21 am to Bryant91092
When was that quote?
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:29 am to Chadaristic
That is one point I made in this thread at some point. He hasn't kept his promises. We don't run. We don't press. If is was a high school coach in this state I wouldn't steer my guys his way. He hasn't developed his players and his promises to recruits mean almost nothing. When a coach is in this position it is very difficult to turn things around. The roster composition is atrocious. We don't have any bigs to threaten the paint. This leads to terrible spacing because they perimeter guys don't have to play any help defense (let alone an actual double team down low). If u don't get defenders moving it doesn't really matter how well u move the ball because the defenders are still in decent position. Our bigs are so bad it cripples any chance to play a normal style of basketball. We could be a decent team if we pressed and ran and had an aggressive style of defense but we don't. I would much rather just move on and hire a coach that will change his stubborn roster management.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:31 am to Chadaristic
I think from when he first got hired.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:05 pm to Bryant91092
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It will be very exciting for you guys, the fans, to watch. It will be a very exciting style of play for the players to play
- Anthony Grant
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:10 pm to Bama Bird
Posted on 2/25/14 at 4:14 pm to bona fide
His reasoning was the buyout, but I can't see 5 million really forcing Battle's hand if he feels we should make a change. Especially when you know Grant will get another job which will mitigate the payout.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 5:16 pm to bona fide
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Katz believes Grant will be back.
Don't trust Katz when it comes to Anthony Grant...
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Anthony Grant, Alabama: Grant was the most coveted coach in the SEC. He was the one who helped Florida coach Billy Donovan craft the 2000 national runner-up team, and aided in putting together the 2004 recruiting class that won the title in 2006 when he was an assistant. He came onto the floor when the Gators won the title in 2007 after his first season at VCU as a head coach. Grant beat Duke with Eric Maynor's help in the NCAA tournament at VCU. Grant would have been the next coach at Florida had Donovan not flip-flopped on the Orlando Magic. But Grant was patient in seeking the right move. He didn't just jump at Georgia or beg for LSU, but rather found that Alabama was the fit. Nick Saban and football run Alabama. But Grant's even-keeled approach should work well in Tuscaloosa.
LINK
Posted on 2/25/14 at 5:17 pm to Bryant91092
Katz's comments were all speculative. There was zero substance behind his comments.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 6:09 pm to Road to 16
All of what you quoted was accurate. Grant was arguably the hottest young coach in the game when we hired him.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 6:25 pm to Road to 16
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Don't trust Katz when it comes to Anthony Grant...
That's his opinion on Grant as a coach. One that 99% of Bama fans and media agreed with at the time.
The article I linked is his opinion on his job security. His opinion is same as mine on Grant returning, albeit for different reasons.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 8:48 pm to bona fide
I definitely thought it was a homerun hire. At the time I thought he'd bring a fun, fast paced type game and I also unrealistically thought he could recruit with the same success he had at Florida. I wish I had realized the introvert he is personally back then though. That may have changed my opinion a bit.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 9:30 pm to bona fide
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That's his opinion on Grant as a coach. One that 99% of Bama fans and media agreed with at the time. The article I linked is his opinion on his job security. His opinion is same as mine on Grant returning, albeit for different reasons.
Probably would have helped if I read the date on the article
. I did a keyword search of Katz and Anthony Grant and that came up... I thought Grant would be the guy to take Alabama to the next level. I think we were all fooled.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:33 am to Road to 16
Most want him gone. Most thought he was a home run hire.
What happened?
What happened?
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:38 am to Herman Frisco
Posted on 2/26/14 at 11:39 am to Herman Frisco
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What happened?
1 NCAA tournament in 5 years and a poorly managed roster.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 1:33 pm to Bryant91092
Keeping Grant another year would cost much more than his buy out. We will reach David Hobbs level program wise with another year. Next season will be a disaster and his lame-duck status will not allow him to recruit any decent players. A new coach after next season would be re-building from scratch at that point. Expect the curtains to come back next season if Grant returns. UA can't afford not to buy him out.
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