AURandy56 148 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 247 is reporting that Anthony Grant has been fired by AD Bill Battle. Mods can move this to another thread, or delete if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Not surprised. I was actually surprised he wasn't fired last year. He had a similar run like Barbee. Had a good track record coming in and just never was able to get it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 18,418 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Who they go after?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
around4ever 4,133 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I am a little surprised because I had a guy "close to the program" who seemed to think he would not be fired. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTiger 3,578 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 moved to non-auburn sports forum since, well you know it has NOTHING to do with Auburn basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 The only reason why they fired him now is because of Bruce Pearl. The Bammers now knows what kind of coach Bruce is and they also know what he has instore for the turds starting next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfernoOrangeSS 319 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Who they go after?????? Tony Barbee is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 123 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Who they go after?????? Tony Barbee is available. Right, he sits next to calipari on the kentucky bench and doesn't seem to have anything to do. I wonder if the guy feels bad siting on the bench watching his old team play against UK twice this year. Somehow I doubt he cares at all about the shape he left auburn in last year. Thank goodness for Bruce Pearl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Who they go after?????? Tony Barbee is available. Right, he sits next to calipari on the kentucky bench and doesn't seem to have anything to do. I wonder if the guy feels bad siting on the bench watching his old team play against UK twice this year. Somehow I doubt he cares at all about the shape he left auburn in last year. Thank goodness for Bruce Pearl. Hard to know what condition Barbee left the team in....BP opted to try and win immediately and booted many of TB's younger players except KTH, TSD and Granger....brought in some one and done guys. JMO but this is BP's team...and it s kinda lame to keep blaming TB for this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 18,418 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Still asking who they go after......I'm assuming someone that's in the tourney coaching now. Some up and comer or someone more established. As for how barbee left the team I would just say not very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Still asking who they go after......I'm assuming someone that's in the tourney coaching now. Some up and comer or someone more established. As for how barbee left the team I would just say not very good. Of course, that is why he got fired....'nuff said far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mojo 0 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Now this is going to sound wierd, but I hope they go out and get a dynamic coach who can sell the program, recruit and motivate his players. Why? Because it can help Auburn. Look at the situation between UNC and Duke. They have fed off of each other for years, and while I don't see basketball in the state of Alabama reaching that level, it can be much better than it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ATX 13,653 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Still asking who they go after......I'm assuming someone that's in the tourney coaching now. Some up and comer or someone more established. As for how barbee left the team I would just say not very good. The list I've seen is as follows: Ben Howland (Former UCLA coach) Bobby Hurley (Buffalo) Gregg Marshall (Wichita St) Steve Prohm (Murray St) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 18,418 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Still asking who they go after......I'm assuming someone that's in the tourney coaching now. Some up and comer or someone more established. As for how barbee left the team I would just say not very good. The list I've seen is as follows: Ben Howland (Former UCLA coach) Bobby Hurley (Buffalo) Gregg Marshall (Wichita St) Steve Prohm (Murray St) That's probably a realistic listing ....but I bet the bammers are not excited about the prospects of a single one of them. Their list: Mike K, Roy Williams, Bill Self, Sean Miller, Rick Petino. If I were a bammer, I would settle for nothing less than one of those guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ATX 13,653 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Still asking who they go after......I'm assuming someone that's in the tourney coaching now. Some up and comer or someone more established. As for how barbee left the team I would just say not very good. The list I've seen is as follows: Ben Howland (Former UCLA coach) Bobby Hurley (Buffalo) Gregg Marshall (Wichita St) Steve Prohm (Murray St) That's probably a realistic listing ....but I bet the bammers are not excited about the prospects of a single one of them. Their list: Mike K, Roy Williams, Bill Self, Sean Miller, Rick Petino. If I were a bammer, I would settle for nothing less than one of those guys. If I were them, I'd do backflips to get Gregg Marshall. Been to the tournament 10-of-16 years as a coach, including getting a #1 seed at WSU last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Still asking who they go after......I'm assuming someone that's in the tourney coaching now. Some up and comer or someone more established. As for how barbee left the team I would just say not very good. The list I've seen is as follows: Ben Howland (Former UCLA coach) Bobby Hurley (Buffalo) Gregg Marshall (Wichita St) Steve Prohm (Murray St) That's probably a realistic listing ....but I bet the bammers are not excited about the prospects of a single one of them. Their list: Mike K, Roy Williams, Bill Self, Sean Miller, Rick Petino. If I were a bammer, I would settle for nothing less than one of those guys. Knowing them that may just be their attitude. This is basketball not football. BP just sort of fell into our lap. It was the perfect situation for that to occur. There is no coach like that who is currently unemployed. Marshall at Wichita State would be good if he were willing to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 3,686 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Probably one year too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weegle777 63 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) You know bama, they will offer: John Calipari Rick Petino Bruce Pearl Shaka Smart I think it will be Petino, but Shaka Smart wouldn't surprise me. Edited March 18, 2015 by Weegle777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCrazy 885 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) I don't know why a coach would go to Alabama, a team that has not invested in it's program like Auburn has. With that said, the rumor today was Tom Creame from Indiana. He would be a very good hire for Bama. Indiana Alum are ready to run him out of town, so this may depend on how Cream does in the tournament. I would also HATE to see Alabama be able to land Shaka Smart or Gregg Marshall. Edited March 18, 2015 by CameronCrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) You know bama, they will offer: John Calipari Rick Petino Bruce Pearl Shaka Smart I think it will be Petino, but Shaka Smart wouldn't surprise me. It would me. He has a good gig now. He's already turned down better jobs than that. Same goes for Marshall. Edited March 19, 2015 by cooltigger21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weegle777 63 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Auburn hiring Pearl upstaged the turds and you know how they HATE to be upstaged by AU. Wouldn't surprise me if they threw the bank at Pitino. But, with the Grand Canyon sized egos of saban and Pitino, that would be a huge pissing contest there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Auburn hiring Pearl upstaged the turds and you know how they HATE to be upstaged by AU. Wouldn't surprise me if they threw the bank at Pitino. But, with the Grand Canyon sized egos of saban and Pitino, that would be a huge pissing contest there. They aren't going to invest that much in basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weegle777 63 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 What makes you so sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 What makes you so sure? I just don't think they care about it that much. It's still essentially a distraction between the end of football season and spring practice. Quite Frankly I was surprised that Auburn decided to make the investment they did with the Arena and going after BP. I'm tickled they did it but still was surprised. I could be proven wrong but I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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