When Buckling Up Goes Bad

I had to quit caring about Alabama Basketball about 20 years ago. It is too painful.

We have had a few recruiting classes here and there. We get excitrd. We think we have finally turned the corner. But we continue to be lucky to be mediocre.

Why?

I think it’s pretty damn simple. We haven’t hired a coach that has any sense of how to teach basketball. We can’t block out. We can’t run an inbound play. We can’t switch on defense. We can’t set a proper screen. We can’t use tow hands to catch a damn rebound. We can’t do the basics. Let alone run an offense that moves the ball and puts pressure points on a defense. We never have big time shooters.

We have these problems even when we have “good” players. Most of these problems are pretty fixable. We need an X and O type coach. Failing that we need a coach that will have his assistants be in charge of the X and O shite.

I have a simple test on each new coach.

I watch the inbound plays. If we run these properly it’s easy to get the ball in. You run a play that threatens the D. They react to it. Then someone is usually wide open if you can’t give it to a cutter under the basket. You give the ball to him and set up your offense. It’s easy.

It’s that simple. Every new coach I watch and see if we can run an inbound play. If we can’t, I know we are doomed because our new coach can’t teach the basics. If we can’t do that, we are going nowhere.

It’s been over 20 years. I am tired of this shite.

I find losing to northeastern to be even more tasteless. That shite makes me sick.

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It could be worse,we could have Gus for a coach!!

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You know what? You're right. Gus would be a terrible basketball coach!