Alabama @ Arkansas (discussion)

[2Stater]

Bama was down by 2 with about 3 1/2 minutes left. They are now down by 6. Will we not finish yet again?

[Marshal Dillon]

Tide 4/16 3 pointers, Ark. 1/13
FG's Tide 21/56  Ark 22/57



 

[Catch Prothro]

Different game, same story.

[2Stater]

[Marshal Dillon]

Ark 65  Tide 58 FINAL





 

[pmull]

  

[Catch Prothro]

  Took me a while.

[Marshal Dillon]

Well we're 9-13 without a single significant win all year. Anyone ready to jump in and defend Grant and his coaching? It gets worse since we play Florida on Saturday. I have to believe that AD Bill Battle is very unhappy with the BB program and the coach. Battle is a highly successful businessman who is used to achievement and success from those around him in his business. Coach Grant makes $1.9 mil a year to fail, this has to grate on Battle. I don't expect Grant to be fired for one reason only, his long term contract. How long will it be before we start hearing boos in Coleman? Never I hope, but fans will just quit going to games instead. I still think we can win 3 more games this year, not much consolation.



 

[2Stater]

One thing I can say about the game last night is that they played with more intensity. Still can't shoot worth a crap, but they did hustle. Portis was a one man wrecking crew who beat us, down low, on both ends of the court. That's really what beat us. They just can't seem to find a way to finish.

[Marshal Dillon]

One thing I can say about the game last night is that they played with more intensity. Still can't shoot worth a crap, but they did hustle. Portis was a one man wrecking crew who beat us, down low, on both ends of the court. That's really what beat us. They just can't seem to find a way to finish.

Portis is a freshman who scored 35 points while the rest of the team did almost nothing. We are completely snake-bit.

[SUPERCOACH]

I don't care for 9-13 at all.  But I still am not giving up on Grant yet.  I want to see what happens next year.

[Marshal Dillon]

I don't care for 9-13 at all.  But I still am not giving up on Grant yet.  I want to see what happens next year.

Even if we crater out next year, I don't see how we can fire Grant because of his huge contract. It would still be in the area of $7-7.5 million. Any ideas or comments by any folks out there? The problem with keeping him around is the team will only slip further into a deep abyss, like we had with David Hobbs & Gottfried.


 

[Jamos]

If I had to put a finger on the one thing that I think has limited the success of the basketball team it would be recruiting. For whatever reason, there has been only one year so far that the majority of that class is still with the team. There have been many reasons for players leaving the team but I think the players that left, excluding Lacy, left because of a discipline issue or they weren't good enough to get playing time and transfered elsewhere.

This has hurt the team tremendously because they basically start with a new team each year. I have to put some of this blame on CAG and coaches if the players that left the team for playing time elsewhere were not good enough to crack the lineup. Even now after five years at Bama, there is not a quality post man on the team which in my opinion is killing the team.

Four of Grant's last seven recruiting classes at Florida were ranked in the top five nationally. At VCU, his 2007 recruiting class was ranked as the fifth-best in the mid-major ranks.

This is what puzzles me about our coach, I have not seen that kind of recruiting at Bama or it could be that the coaches are not coaching up the recruits to a top program level. There is only one player on this team that could start on a top 10 team and that is Releford. That should not be the case at this point in time. I like CAG but I don't like the results that we are seeing from him year to year. Starting over every year is not a winning program unless he can recruit like Calipari at Kentucky and I don't see that happening at Bama.

Next years recruits are supposed to be one of his better groups since coming to Bama so I'm anxious for this year to get over with and get those young men on campus. I will continue to support the team as I always do and I hope CAG can turn this thing around and give us fans something to cheer about. RTR

[Marshal Dillon]

If I had to put a finger on the one thing that I think has limited the success of the basketball team it would be recruiting. For whatever reason, there has been only one year so far that the majority of that class is still with the team. There have been many reasons for players leaving the team but I think the players that left, excluding Lacy, left because of a discipline issue or they weren't good enough to get playing time and transfered elsewhere.

This has hurt the team tremendously because they basically start with a new team each year. I have to put some of this blame on CAG and coaches if the players that left the team for playing time elsewhere were not good enough to crack the lineup. Even now after five years at Bama, there is not a quality post man on the team which in my opinion is killing the team.

Four of Grant's last seven recruiting classes at Florida were ranked in the top five nationally. At VCU, his 2007 recruiting class was ranked as the fifth-best in the mid-major ranks.

This is what puzzles me about our coach, I have not seen that kind of recruiting at Bama or it could be that the coaches are not coaching up the recruits to a top program level. There is only one player on this team that could start on a top 10 team and that is Releford. That should not be the case at this point in time. I like CAG but I don't like the results that we are seeing from him year to year. Starting over every year is not a winning program unless he can recruit like Calipari at Kentucky and I don't see that happening at Bama.

Next years recruits are supposed to be one of his better groups since coming to Bama so I'm anxious for this year to get over with and get those young men on campus. I will continue to support the team as I always do and I hope CAG can turn this thing around and give us fans something to cheer about. RTR

If the team self-destructs again next year, do you think Battle would fire Grant and take a $7 mil hit on the budget? Would you be supportive of such an expense? Just wondering.

[Marshal Dillon]

If I had to put a finger on the one thing that I think has limited the success of the basketball team it would be recruiting. For whatever reason, there has been only one year so far that the majority of that class is still with the team. There have been many reasons for players leaving the team but I think the players that left, excluding Lacy, left because of a discipline issue or they weren't good enough to get playing time and transfered elsewhere.

This has hurt the team tremendously because they basically start with a new team each year. I have to put some of this blame on CAG and coaches if the players that left the team for playing time elsewhere were not good enough to crack the lineup. Even now after five years at Bama, there is not a quality post man on the team which in my opinion is killing the team.

Four of Grant's last seven recruiting classes at Florida were ranked in the top five nationally. At VCU, his 2007 recruiting class was ranked as the fifth-best in the mid-major ranks.

This is what puzzles me about our coach, I have not seen that kind of recruiting at Bama or it could be that the coaches are not coaching up the recruits to a top program level. There is only one player on this team that could start on a top 10 team and that is Releford. That should not be the case at this point in time. I like CAG but I don't like the results that we are seeing from him year to year. Starting over every year is not a winning program unless he can recruit like Calipari at Kentucky and I don't see that happening at Bama.

Next years recruits are supposed to be one of his better groups since coming to Bama so I'm anxious for this year to get over with and get those young men on campus. I will continue to support the team as I always do and I hope CAG can turn this thing around and give us fans something to cheer about. RTR

Our 3 commitments for next year are not post/inside players.  If Taylor does not develop we are screwed again. Plus, Taylor is just one guy, we need some depth with at least 3 inside players. Does Grant have more scholarships to offer & is he targeting an inside guy, maybe a JUCO?

 

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