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Can Nate Oats recruit well enough to be elite?
Posted on 2/5/20 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 2/5/20 at 4:04 pm
He’s a great coach. Can he sign the players he needs to truly turn this into an elite program? How good of a recruiter was he at Buffalo in relative terms?
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Posted on 2/5/20 at 4:47 pm to Goldtide1
Hodgson was known as one of the best JUCO recruiters in the country.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 5:06 pm to Goldtide1
One of his old assistants said that if he could recruit to Buffalo with their crappy facilities, he'd be a huge success recruiting at Alabama. I won't be surprised to see some "Frank McGuire style" talent coming to Alabama from the New York/New Jersey area in the next few years.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 5:14 pm to Goldtide1
Nate Oats is a fantastic coach and is going to do great things at Bama. Really like him. Hate that he has to share the same state as Pearl.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 5:17 pm to Goldtide1
We'll see how he finishes with this class. We badly need Charles Bediako. That Wisconsin transfer would be nice as well.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 5:24 pm to Goldtide1
As long as Pettway is on staff, our recruiting should be fine.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 6:46 pm to coachcrisp
Well Avery and Grant have proven that you ain't going to get far by sticking with talent from Alabama. You might get some athletes that play basketball but you need more if you intend to get out of the NIT booth.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 6:51 pm to Gary Busey
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We'll see how he finishes with this class. We badly need Charles Bediako
Bediako would be an awesome pickup.
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That Wisconsin transfer would be nice as well.
Absolutely not. He quit on his team mid-season.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 8:15 pm to Goldtide1
Need the kid out of Lowndes County
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:06 am to Robot Santa
Yeah true. Was just thinking because he said it wasn't a good fit that maybe he'd like the environment at Bama more with Oats. Players seem to love him.
But that is a concern.
But that is a concern.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:44 am to Gary Busey
The kids in the transfer portal are coming with some type of warts and blemishes. It's not always going to be about playing time. Kobe King is a long way from Tuscaloosa at this point but Oats is going to have to be extra creative about getting his roster flipped and headed in the direction he wants it.
Gene Bartow at UAB, once upon a time, brought in a lot of transfers and had his program in the NCAA tourney quickly. Just have to be creative with a healthy balance of homegrowns.
Gene Bartow at UAB, once upon a time, brought in a lot of transfers and had his program in the NCAA tourney quickly. Just have to be creative with a healthy balance of homegrowns.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 12:26 pm to Goldtide1
I see Nate Oats being Alabama's Billy Donovan
Posted on 2/6/20 at 3:02 pm to biggsc
Nate needs to really up the game in recruiting for next years team. It must be hard as hell to get good BB players to come to Bama (not athletes that play BB).
Posted on 2/6/20 at 4:19 pm to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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Nate needs to really up the game in recruiting for next years team. It must be hard as hell to get good BB players to come to Bama
Donovan had the same problem at UF. Get the best basketball talent to a football dominant school.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 10:24 pm to Goldtide1
No
Posted on 2/12/20 at 11:01 pm to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
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It must be hard as hell to get good BB players to come to Bama
It really is.
A. It’s a football school in a football state
B. Coleman Coliseum is a depressing, cavernous dump
C. We have a well earned reputation for mediocrity and lack of player development
Posted on 2/12/20 at 11:09 pm to Capstone2017
What makes you say that?
Posted on 2/13/20 at 8:47 am to JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
Nate was about to put a really good basketball team together this season. We might even be a top 25 team if the NCAA hadn't blocked a key transfer, and we suffer some key injuries.
I think he's gonna do a great job recruiting. Hopefully he can get some transfers in as well
I think he's gonna do a great job recruiting. Hopefully he can get some transfers in as well
Posted on 2/14/20 at 12:24 am to Goldtide1
He will recruit well..and also DEVELOP the players he signs. We haven't really had that since they fired Wimp
Posted on 2/14/20 at 8:26 am to cmayes56
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He will recruit well..and also DEVELOP the players he signs. We haven't really had that since they fired Wimp
I honestly think we need (as most schools, too) more of the career players, rather than the one and dones.
Good coaches can develop players, but it doesn't just happen in one season.
In a different rant, I wish college basketball would change to the college baseball format, where you have to stay at least 3 seasons if you go to college.
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