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Posted on 3/15/15 at 7:49 pm to Irons Puppet
Posted on 3/15/15 at 7:49 pm to Irons Puppet
I'm sorry Bama absolutely has a better basketball infrastructure than Auburn. Of course AU has an elite coach now, something Bama has to go get if they want to maintain the natural basketball advantage.
Look all things equal if Pearl was at Alabama he could make them a force with much more ease than he has to Auburn. Alabama has a decent history basketball wise compared to the SEC. Besides UK, UT and Alabama have the most conference championships all time. I think Pearl at Alabama could have been deadly for the SEC.
Let's not pretend like Auburn gave a flying crap about their basketball program before they magically had an elite coach back into their laps. Alabama has made an elite 8 this century, while AU has spent the majority of this century playing horrible basketball in front of hundreds a fans each night. Alabama has a higher ceiling long term in basketball in my opinion. Agree to disagree.
Don't get me wrong though, Pearl whether he leaves in 3 years or 20 years from AU, he will have left the program in a much better place than what he got. I'm still jelly yall have our coach.
Look all things equal if Pearl was at Alabama he could make them a force with much more ease than he has to Auburn. Alabama has a decent history basketball wise compared to the SEC. Besides UK, UT and Alabama have the most conference championships all time. I think Pearl at Alabama could have been deadly for the SEC.
Let's not pretend like Auburn gave a flying crap about their basketball program before they magically had an elite coach back into their laps. Alabama has made an elite 8 this century, while AU has spent the majority of this century playing horrible basketball in front of hundreds a fans each night. Alabama has a higher ceiling long term in basketball in my opinion. Agree to disagree.
Don't get me wrong though, Pearl whether he leaves in 3 years or 20 years from AU, he will have left the program in a much better place than what he got. I'm still jelly yall have our coach.
This post was edited on 3/15/15 at 8:13 pm
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Posted on 3/15/15 at 8:02 pm to psk_Vol
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I'm sorry Bama absolutely has a better basketball infrastructure than Auburn. Of course AU has an elite coach now, something Bama has to go get if they want to maintain the natural basketball advantage. Look all things equal if Pearl was at Alabama he could make them a force with much more ease than he has to Auburn. Alabama has a decent history basketball wise compared to the SEC. Besides UK, UT and Alabama have the most conference championships all time. I think Pearl at Alabama could have been deadly for the SEC. Pearl himself ranked Auburn as the WORST potential basketball job in the conference before he was hired by AU last spring. Here is a link to that ranking he made.
Auburn Basketball was bad because of apathy by the administration for years. They hired the cheapest and desperate coach available to rein over an infrastructure that was 30 years beyond a dump. That changed when they built the Arena over needed Football improvements. It elevated when they hired Pearl and paid him beyond the going rate.
With the exception of KY, Duke and NC, 18 year olds do not care about what a program did 50 years ago. They want a great coach they can relate to and get them to the Pros, and a nice place to live and play. AU now offers all three.
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