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re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

Posted on 5/11/18 at 7:50 am to
Posted by BigBird09
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 7:50 am to
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Neither one of these guys were considered elite HS recruits/talents. They weren't even offered by Bama or Auburn


Lee was the only real In-state miss by Grant, and it might have cost him his job. Haas was never going to consider us because of his dad, and he looked like Engstrom 2.0 in HS when I saw him play. Grant wasn't a good coach, but he did have a lot of bad fortune when it came to the in-state talent. Outside of the 2011 class, there was a severe drought in the state of Alabama. Even the 2014 class which we thought would be dynamite, turned out to be not so great outside of William Lee and Haas.

Grant was also the king of second place finishes when it came to top recruiting talents in general, a lot of which weren't his fault. Cauley-Stein would've likely been ours if UK didn't strike out on all their 5-star bigs and Cal offered him last minute without even seeing him play 1 game of basketball (still kills me to this day). And then there was Anthony Barber, who many thought we were in the lead for until he swiped something from a player on a visit to Louisville and got all of his scholarships revoked except for Gottfried's, of course. Barber also caused us to miss out on top 100 PG Pookie Powell, because we made him wait on Barber. Following recruiting under Grant was some very exciting, but ultimately depressing times.
Posted by CrimsonTider98
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 8:05 am to
Oh I agree. I was surprised at how good haas ended up being, but considering our lack of big men he was always worth the risk. Lee was definitely the top player in what turned out to be a decent 2014 class. Say what you want about Avery, but as long as he's here, the top player in the state won't end up at UAB.

Not offering McDaniel or Sword was a bonehead move that was ultimately more frustrating than our misses, especially since we entered the 2012-13 season with only 10 scholarship players. The 2013 team stands out as one that could have been really good. That team was loaded with talent in the weakest SEC I've ever seen, but ultimately poor roster management and coaching did them in.
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