re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

I just want to say that a player like Griffin is worth different amounts for different teams. Every player in the portal has a different value for every major school. Just because a player leaves it doesn't automatically mean the school that gets him has deeper pockets. It may just means that he has greater utility for that school at this particular time.

My understanding is that oats has been working with slightly under 3 million in annual NIL. Big Boy... blue blood money is considered to be 5 million. When Kentucky approached Oats, there were discussions about NIL and assistant coaching salaries. One assurance that was made was bumping NIL into that top tier category.

But regardless of your NIL, you have to optimize your spending. It may make more sense to double up on a Sears than spend on Griffin. It may make sense to reserve more for a Grant Nelson, who flashed in the tournament and may ultimately be great.

You can't just try to hold onto everyone.

I sleep good knowing that massive fireworks are shooting off in that big Nate Oats cranium. He's optimizing all this and I'm sleeping well.

Bama's final four and Nate Oats dramatic show of loyalty to the University has really supercharged the program. We're going to do what we have to do.