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Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:08 am to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:08 am to SummerOfGeorge
It likely won’t be ready until next week, gotta lot of data cleaning to do, then designing the dashboard. So feel free to do your own thing in the name of expediency 
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Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:09 am to Cobrasize
quote:Another potential problem would be if Lewis (or any others) were denied immediate playing time and decided to stay, how does that look to everyone involved regarding their attitude about the program?
Sure sounds like it will be difficult to hang on to Kira. Dang
If I'm Coach Oats, I'd think long and hard about wanting a player under those conditions....and from what I gather about him, I wouldn't be surprised if he told them to take a hike!...I probably would if they couldn't convince me otherwise.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:21 am to coachcrisp
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What’s going to matter most, though, are the rest of the days in this week, the ones after the press conference, the ones where the real work gets done. Oats has to stabilize the next season’s roster to the extent that he can — re-recruiting players that he wants to keep, current members of the squad as well as recruits.
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Then there is adding more recruits, if possible in the late period. There is the critical work of re-establishing a culture of accountability that seemed to have vanished like melting ice on Lake Erie — the new coach will find out soon enough that Lake Tuscaloosa doesn’t freeze — as the 2019 season wore on. He will also learn that football matters here but, contrary to some outside perceptions, that doesn’t mean basketball doesn’t matter, too.
Cecil article
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:22 am to Cobrasize
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Alabama people know good basketball — and hard work.
Having a team that wins is the ultimate measure of success for any coach but having a team that gives consistent effort is the foundation of winning.
That requires teaching, too. It’s an overstatement, and unfair to the previous staff, to say that there were no fundamentals last year. Alabama was good defensively in 2019, the best in the league against the 3-point shot. Offensively, there has been an eight-year wait to see an often-promised uptempo style that didn’t result in more turnovers than layups. There are opportunities to work with players in various ways in the off-season. Those are the days where Oats needs to work magic, moreso than at Thursday’s podium.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:27 am to Cobrasize
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a midwestern style that emphasizes fundamentals over pure athletecism.
This quote above is one of the key reasons I'm excited to have Oats. Alabama is much better off with a coach who can evaluate talent, recruit and develop fundamentally sound basketball players. If they happen to be great athletes as well, then fine. But they better be basketball players first.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:33 am to Cobrasize
He'll undoubtedly have individual interviews with each player very soon (I suspect he's been inundated with watching game film), and I'd guess that he'll take a position of strength with each kid, pointing out their strengths and weaknesses, and explaining to them how he's gonna make them and the team better. After this is completed, he should have a pretty good feel for who he can depend on ...and who he can't.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:39 am to TiderNAL
quote:AMEN!!
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a midwestern style that emphasizes fundamentals over pure athletecism.
This quote above is one of the key reasons I'm excited to have Oats. Alabama is much better off with a coach who can evaluate talent, recruit and develop fundamentally sound basketball players. If they happen to be great athletes as well, then fine. But they better be basketball players first.
As we all know, the very highly recruited kids are the athletes who can play basketball. Since Alabama isn't an elite basketball powerhouse program, pickings are always slim. A coach with an eye for talent and excellent developmental skills has a much greater selection of kids to pick from.....Btw, this is Pearl's strong suit.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:50 am to Cobrasize
Hope they had some Zyrtec on that plane.
"Mommy, why is everything yellow in Alabama?"
"Mommy, why is everything yellow in Alabama?"
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:51 am to mistaken4193
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Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:56 am to Cobrasize
Madonna Thompson would be a hire that fits his MO perfectly. Right in his wheelhouse. Do it!!
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:04 am to Cobrasize
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no telling what his final numbers will be
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#KHOU11 Arkansas A.D. Hunter Yurachek was at U.H. when Kelvin Sampson was hired so when Mike Anderson was fired earlier this week, it was assumed #Arkansas would target Sampson. It appears that U.H. has done all it can to keep Sampson, offering multi-year deal worth $3million per
Looks like they aren't willing to go past 3M and we are
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:06 am to rockiee
Well I think you can pretty much lay out the welcome mat for him in NW Arkansas, then. $3M is chump change in the post-SEC Network landscape of SEC Basketball salaries.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:07 am to DLev45
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Hope they had some Zyrtec on that plane.
"Mommy, why is everything yellow in Alabama?"
I have horrible allergies and this year is worse than I can remember. I'm dying
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:08 am to rockiee
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Looks like they aren't willing to go past 3M and we are
Sounds like they are happy to just move on to his son but required to give a token offer to say they tried
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:09 am to rockiee
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Looks like they aren't willing to go past 3M and we are
If that's all Houston is willing to throw at him, then he gone
Congrats hogs, that's a program changer
This damn league will be brutal
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:10 am to Cobrasize
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horrible allergies and this year is worse than I can remember. I'm dying
After 5-6 years I'm finally adjusting a little. My dogs however are absolutely miserable
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:20 am to GenesChin
Quick question to anyone:
Who the heck is Mark Jennings? I assumed he was a Twitter troll because he posts in all caps, but I keep seeing other people reference him.
Who the heck is Mark Jennings? I assumed he was a Twitter troll because he posts in all caps, but I keep seeing other people reference him.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:21 am to Teague
Its soo odd that our football players from Alabama are dogs...then the basketball players are laid back. Maybe J. Green was the last guy who didnt take shite.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:22 am to GenesChin
Are we hoping he brings Brian Hodgson with him?
I am certainly still hoping that Bucky will be on the staff.
Very interested in seeing who the new S&C coach is.
When do we expect to hear about Pett, Pelphrey, and Ya?
I am certainly still hoping that Bucky will be on the staff.
Very interested in seeing who the new S&C coach is.
When do we expect to hear about Pett, Pelphrey, and Ya?
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:26 am to Tide or Die87
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Its soo odd that our football players from Alabama are dogs...then the basketball players are laid back. Maybe J. Green was the last guy who didnt take shite.
That would be Retin.
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