re: BREAKING NEWS: The University of Alabama will hire Nate Oats of Buffalo as its next coach

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It's way to early to judge Oats, but he inherited a ton of talent from what Bobby Hurley built at Buffalo.

Hurley is doing the same thing at Arizona St. ASU won 15 games Hurley's first two years, then 20 and 23 games the next two with NCAA appearances.

Im interested to see what Oats can do.

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Yeah in general it's always tough to project mid-major coaches with little experience to major schools. You have your Anthony Grants and Shaka Smarts, then you have Will Wade (all 3 from same mid-major)