re: UA Basketball (16-15, 8-10)

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Bruce Pearl won 9 total SEC games his first two years, I assume some bandwagon Auburn bball fans were down on him.


Seems to have turned things around just fine.

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This is such a false dichotomy that I don't even know where to start.

LINK ]Daybreak: NSD (Podcast)

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Three times per week, BOL Daybreak is part of the process for Crimson Tide fans looking to get their day off to an informational and entertaining start.

On a Wednesday edition of Daybreak, we talk about Alabama men's basketball seeing a 15-point lead wither away in a Tuesday night loss to Tennessee; what missed opportunities during an ongoing four-game stretch mean for Nate Oats' team moving forward; and a look at how National Signing Day might unfold for the Crimson Tide football team.

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5 days now with No George. Hope he is alright.

We thought Bama Basketball had driven you to Hang yourself like Brooks did in Shawshank.

This is Alabama basketball...……..not even the NIT this year.

IF Nate can't recruit some players with basketball mojo then he will be just another Grant/Avery failure.

Hopefully he didn't watch last night.

I understand depth and adjusting to a new offense is a big issue, but some of these losses could be avoided if they are smarter with the basketball. The turnovers are one things. Guys not playing smart is another. Reese and Davis with both four fouls and committing their 5th when they're not even remotely close to the basket; Kira and Petty dribbling into double and even sometimes triple teams; Beetle not looking for the outlet pass. It's infuriating.

That 7 or 8 game stretch we had from Samford to Missouri was fun though. I hope that’s what we look like when Oats gets it rolling.

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I just vividly remember having similar feelings about how refreshing things were during the stretch from Wichita State to the end of the non-conference in Avery's first year too (beat #20 Wichita, #17 Notre Dame, @ Clemson, lost to Oregon by 4). I vividly remember being excited about how much toughness Grant had instilled through the first 15 games of his first season (11-4, 1-0, beat Michigan and lost close to Purdue, actually tried to play real defense).

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Yep. People are going out of their way to make every excuse in the world that absolves the coaching staff of responsibility, but the bottom line is that the past two staffs that everyone now agrees were totally incompetent had the players they inherited looking pretty good for 10-12 game stretches during their first seasons before totally collapsing too. Does this staff have more things outside of their control going against them? Sure, I'll give them that. Will Oats be the same story? I really can't even begin to form an opinion on that at this point. I hope not. For all the different ways he seems to go about running a program than his predecessors this team is still just as mentally weak and prone to playing some of the absolute dumbest basketball you will ever see as most of the last 20 have been though.

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I've also seen a lot of stuff that I really hate, to be frank, especially the last 14 days (dating back to pre-Herb injury, FYI).

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We've played pretty poorly since the Missouri game. To make it worse, the body language of the team has been dreadful the past 2 games. They look like they've checked out. I hope that's not the case and they're just frustrated, and/or physically worn down. Unfortunately, given the roster situation I don't see it getting any better the next couple of weeks.

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Oats knows exactly what his problems are, but he doesn't yet have the manpower to fix it. We'll see (barring any other major setbacks) a different Tide team out there next year, and if Lewis stays, we should be a top tier SEC team in '21.

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Not sure what massive influx of manpower you are seeing outside of just adding bodies. If we have a big improvement next year it's going to be mainly on the backs of guys already on the roster, unless you think Quinerly, Rojas, Gary and Ambrose-Hylton are gamechangers.

Hopefully more depth and another year in the system makes everyone more comfortable. Not sure how anybody can say with 100% certainty it absolutely will, though. We'll just have to wait and see.