casatiger

All great coaches adapt.

One of the things I liked about CBH was that I thought he would not be so worried about hiring high caliber assistants. With the hiring of Mason and to a lesser degree Bobo, it appeared he was a pretty secure dude. That was one of the things that I felt Gus did poorly as far as the hiring of offensive assistants. However, I give Gus credit for leaving the defense alone and our defense was excellent. CBH just won't leave anything alone. He's just blowing it all up. Disappointing.

Definitely Flan's offensive confidence with the ball in his hand. The shot will come, but he seems to take about 8-10 minutes to get into the flow of the game. Not used to that with him and hope he is going to be close to 100% by tournament time. The good thing is that he is driving to the basket some, hitting his free throws, and defending well. Honestly, that is enough right now for this team but at some point he may be called on to put this team on his back and would love to see him rise to the occasion.

Our history shows we overpay for mediocrity and underpay greatness. I hope we don't screw this up but have absolutely no trust in our decision makers.

They played well. Will be a tough opponent.

Nothing wrong with that approach.

Their players are talking too which is awesome. Cause we just might see them again come SEC and/or NCAA tournament time. Our guys play well with a chip on their shoulder. Keep it going KY. Loving it.

Hope he's happy. I worried we would miss him. We don't.

Yes, not suggesting a coordinator change but wondering about the position coach as are most on here. If we are all thinking Friend is a short timer, then recruits may be thinking the same thing. Wonder if our competition is pointing that out? Nah, they probably don't do things like that.

It has been going on for a while over two coaching staffs. I think the last time we had a good OL class(from a ratings perspective) signed was the class where we got Brahms and Troxell. These are the 6 year guys we are discussing now. That's a long time to go without signing needs at a position. It reminds me of our inability to get highly rated linebackers a decade or so ago. All of that changed with a change at coordinator and position coach as I recall.

I like the idea of us at number 2 heading into the Kentucky game Saturday. Keep winning and the poll will take care of itself.

Lambda Chi is sitting on a fortune.

That is over all of college football. Power 5 is actually a little better for the athlete but your point is still valid.

Yep.

Need an NIL package for these 3.

That Kentucky game might be a challenge but I like your thinking.

Watched it again tonight to take the emotion out of it. I thought Kessler's 2nd foul was the only one that was really a no brainer bad call. The other 4 were fouls but a couple of them had very little contact. Refs were very inconsistent. Would let them play for a few and then call it real tight for a few. Overall I credit bama for getting back in the game by hitting some big shots when they had to have them. Going forward Kessler needs to stay a little more disciplined on the defensive end and hope the refs will let them play and stop getting in the way of a good game.

We had a 14 point lead and lost our mind from a shot selection standpoint. To me this is what let them back in the game. We need to talk to the SEC office about Kessler though. One of the most impactful players in the sec and nation is being relegated to the bench for phantom fouls. That hurts the sec basketball product.

With NIL (and expanded playoff hopefully) we really can only look to our own creativity/support or lack of to make excuses going forward. Unless the NCAA comes in and regulates like saban and smart are "begging" them to do (the reason is not for the good of the game but for the good of their programs to keep the playing field unlevel and tilted just towards them), then it comes down to how agile are you as an athletics department at making it happen.

Can I get a badge? Someone said they were giving out badges.

Tennessee without 2 starters almost wins in tuscaloser.

Lost by 17 to Gardner Webb. Bad news. They may fire our best recruiter.

LETS GO TJ.

That was ugly.