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re: ESPN ranks SEC basketball jobs 1-14 in 5 tiers with input from group of coaches in league
Posted on 6/28/21 at 2:44 pm to volfan30
Posted on 6/28/21 at 2:44 pm to volfan30
quote:Fair enough- mostly bc of the back-to-back titles. But- Arkansas is ahead of them and Florida should be 4- behind Tennessee, too.
I think Florida would be hard to keep out of tier 2 even with their issues with facilities and fan engagement. It’s still a huge name brand with recent success in a great location. Where they have it is fair imo.
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Posted on 6/28/21 at 2:49 pm to volfan30
Pretty fair list - as others have said, I think Florida clearly has to be behind Arkansas and Tennessee.
Auburn is difficult to rank because you don't know what a post-Pearl world will look like there - but he's established some things that will continue to work with or without him. A fanbase, nice facilities, pipelines in Georgia and specifically Atlanta, etc. So I think that Tier 3 category makes sense. I'd also probably have Missouri in that tier.
Tier 1 - Kentucky
Tier 2 - Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida
Tier 3 - Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Missouri
Tier 4 - Texas A&M, Georgia (the "sleeping giants" tier)
Tier 5 - Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss
Auburn is difficult to rank because you don't know what a post-Pearl world will look like there - but he's established some things that will continue to work with or without him. A fanbase, nice facilities, pipelines in Georgia and specifically Atlanta, etc. So I think that Tier 3 category makes sense. I'd also probably have Missouri in that tier.
Tier 1 - Kentucky
Tier 2 - Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida
Tier 3 - Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Missouri
Tier 4 - Texas A&M, Georgia (the "sleeping giants" tier)
Tier 5 - Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss
This post was edited on 6/28/21 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 6/28/21 at 3:22 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I think your tiers may be a little better than the article. I think Mizzou is tough to rank as well. Nice facilities, solid history, decent recruiting area. The move to the SEC just seems to have really hurt them in hoops.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 3:35 pm to volfan30
thanks rick ray.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 3:38 pm to volfan30
This seems to be a well thought out article. History has proven that when Alabama recruits the talent, and has quality coaching, the support is excellent. I expect news on decisions concerning our facility a little later this year.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 4:00 pm to volfan30
Whats with the TN love?
They legit have one Elite 8 appearance in program history. That is it. Nothing else besides one in 2010.
Kentucky, Arkansas/Florida then a good drop off
They legit have one Elite 8 appearance in program history. That is it. Nothing else besides one in 2010.
Kentucky, Arkansas/Florida then a good drop off
Posted on 6/28/21 at 4:08 pm to MullenBoys
Lol at them saying our program is a distant 2nd to ole miss.
We did go through a rough patch after Stansbury but since 1990 have been a solid program consistently. We do need to upgrade our facilities though
But we have far more accomplishments than ole miss in basketball. And they seem to forget how awful the Sad Pad was there until they built the new arena recently
We did go through a rough patch after Stansbury but since 1990 have been a solid program consistently. We do need to upgrade our facilities though
But we have far more accomplishments than ole miss in basketball. And they seem to forget how awful the Sad Pad was there until they built the new arena recently
Posted on 6/28/21 at 4:15 pm to volfan30
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13. South Carolina
Accurate.
SC seems like a program that should be so much better than it is.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 4:28 pm to Golfer1
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Whats with the TN love?
good recruiting area, top shelf facilities, good support, pay their coaches a lot of money. As far as SEC programs go, not sure why you'd put them in a lower tier
Posted on 6/28/21 at 5:08 pm to volfan30
Georgia basketball might be the least relevant SEC program among the big 3 sports. I’d have them tier 6.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 5:12 pm to volfan30
Bottom tier checking in
Posted on 6/28/21 at 5:19 pm to volfan30
LSU has everything in place to win.
Tier or no Tier
Tier or no Tier
Posted on 6/28/21 at 5:36 pm to lsusteve1
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LSU has everything in place to win.
Tier or no Tier
LSU had talent last year. Defense and coaching staff was pathetic. Will that change this year?
ETA as —> was
This post was edited on 6/28/21 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 6/28/21 at 5:37 pm to AUCE05
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You're not getting kids out of the state of Alabama because they're all going to Alabama.
The take on Auburn is ignorant af. Okeke, Okoro, Cooper, Thor, Smith, Kessler...
Posted on 6/28/21 at 5:42 pm to volfan30
Posted on 6/28/21 at 5:50 pm to RumHam
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LSU had talent last year. Defense and coaching staff was pathetic. Will that change this year?
Defense wasn't good, agreed
Posted on 6/28/21 at 6:50 pm to volfan30
Arkansas tier 2
Bama overrated
Bama overrated
Posted on 6/28/21 at 6:52 pm to volfan30
Tier 3 BABY!!!!
Posted on 6/28/21 at 7:09 pm to PubeCrab
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You're not getting kids out of the state of Alabama because they're all going to Alabama.
The take on Auburn is ignorant af. Okeke, Okoro, Cooper, Thor, Smith, Kessler...
None of them are from Alabama.
Posted on 6/28/21 at 7:13 pm to lsusteve1
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Defense wasn't good, agreed
WW can recruit, no doubt, I’m just saying,
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