re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting

Sounds about right. The biggest difference between Ware and Clowney is that Clowney plays hard every minute he's on the floor and Ware does not. He's a lottery pick if you can bring out his potential for 25+ minutes a game, but that's a big if. That's why I'm not really enthused by the idea of bringing him in to be honest. Altman is a good coach with a pretty solid track record of sending guys to the NBA. It's not like he was playing for some dipshit who doesn't know what he's doing and ran a shitty program. I mean you never know I suppose. Maybe he just didn't vibe well with such a big culture change going from Arkansas to Oregon. Just doesn't strike me as a situation where a guy with an inconsistent motor is suddenly going to turn it on with a change in scenery.

A change of style will though. Our style is DIFFERENT and like I've mentioned earlier... Coach Oats allows his players to play freely and maybe Ware needs just that.

Just my honest opinion.

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Ware didnt get a ton of minutes at Oregon he only averaged 16 minutes a game for whatever reason.

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Because he doesn't play hard all the time. If you got a ton of effort out of the guy he's 17/10 with 2+ blocks every night waiting to happen.

Pettway hired to be head coach at KSU

All 3 assistants have to be replaced now

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A guy said on another site that Griffin and Burnett did an Insta live last night. They were ripping Oats pretty bad. Said he would be shocked if Griffin returned based on what was said. I did not actually see it.

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Can you copy and paste the post? I'm curious what they supposedly said. Because there's joking around, and there's talking shite. And with as much as rival fans and media have been loving fricking with Bama basketball lately, you'd think it would be the top post on Reddit or the rant.

Personally, I find it hard to believe Griffen is looking to transfer. If he was, it seems like he'd already be in the portal.

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Unless he is smart and thinking more about his NBA future and our style getting him drafted high

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I've thought that's our greatest strength in the portal. Scouts probably love us, since they know exactly how our guys will fit into an NBA system.

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instead of NIl.

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But money does talk. And it's not like Purdue (the anti NBA system) has never had high draft picks.

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Griffen

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Was a fricking ball hog at the end of the year, and missed everything. He wants to blast coach, but I never saw him do anything to earn playing time at the end of the year. He fell off a cliff after the Auburn game. Kid has loads of potential, but isn't near it yet.

Regarding Pringle, he showed why he didn't play much early in the year. He fouls constantly, and isn't near the defender Bediako is. Practice is not a game.

I did notice at time we got stuck with a certain rotation, even when they weren't playing great. There were games where we would have backups in and they would pull away from opposing teams. I do think Oats should have managed the rotation a bit better late in the year. But you can't pull Miller for long stretches, nor could he pull Bediako and Clowney against top teams. Not for long. I do think Sears at the end of the year could have used some more bench time. His head wasn't there. Burnett probably could have used some more minutes instead.

I dunno. That sounds a lot like sour grapes. Also, coaches shouldn't be "players coaches". You think Wooden, Knight, Krzyzewski...etc, we're player's coaches? frick no.

I'll agree that Coleman is a dump. Though surely the player's spaces are nice.

I also refuse to believe Rojas can dominate anyone at a top half P5 school. Not a chance. Dude barely knows how to run.

All of those definitely sound like they could be true. I noticed the quick pull on our backup 2&3 guards and thought the same thing about getting in the flow of the game. Heck, Nate talks about playing defense and letting the offense come to you. That’s really hard to do in 4 min stretches where you might touch the ball only twice before back on the bench.

Losing all 3 coaches at the same time, and all three to relatively lower tier programs isn’t a great look, but Oats is the best coach we’ve had in a long, long time. So he gets time to figure things out and adjust if needed.

We need the new arena and good NIL, though! Can’t have a Saban like coaching personality at a program with lower tier resources. That won’t work for recruiting or getting good coaches.