re: Is Anthony Grant the best Alabama can do?

quote:

---

Obviously it's not an exact science in hiring a great coach, but accepting mediocrity is always worse.

---

I agree. But this is one season of regression and it was caused by his roster management error that will be mostly fixed with this incoming class. Most Bama fans who actually follow the team, knew we were skating on very thin ice and couldn't afford any injuries to our big men with only 3 posts, and 10 scholarships total. We return everybody except Steele and add two new posts and return one injured post. Bama should be a top 25ish team next year, and if he fails to achieve a quality team of that kind of caliber then we need to part ways. Firing a coach prematurely is ALWAYS a mistake.

quote:

---

Sanderson, Hobbs and Gottfried had periods where they made the NCAAT more than not. Gottfried most recently made it 5 years in a row.

---

The talent the state of Alabama was producing at that point was absurd. It is ridiculous that we weren't national contenders with the talent we had on those teams. The state of Alabama has been going through a massive talent drought since Grant has been here. 2013 C Jimmie Taylor is the first and only D-1 post prospect Bama has produced in 4 years.