re: Do we even need a Game thread vs Ole Miss

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We will find players.. plenty of decent basketball players who will take the NIL or want to play in the SEC for a chance to get noticed a go pro. That's not a question. The only question that will matter.. will the players we get actually play like a team and mesh or will it be another year of 11 individual players.

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Bruce was a great coach, but more importantly, he was one of the best motivators in the game. Through the power of his personality, he sold Auburn basketball to recruits, boosters and fans.

Steven is not his father in this respect and he's learning on the job in a big shadow. His dad did him no favors. He SHOULD be cutting his teeth at a smaller program and we should have tried to find a replacement that could keep our level of play on some relatively comparable level to where we were. I don't see why we would keep Steven another year. This roster is largely out the door and he's going to have a very hard time bringing in enough difference makers in one year to improve things. And he's not a dynamic personality, so there's always the risk of losing our traditionally fragile non-football fan support when both the wins aren't there and there isn't a coach actively selling the program like Bruce could. I know we'll give him another year, but in the NIL world, I'm not sure it makes sense.

Steven gets another year but we’ll know the trajectory of the program based on replacing this roster. I’m not optimistic.