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TideEngineer08 said:
That is indicative of youth. Thats a lack of maturity and pride in performance.
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We had veteran teams under Grant who lacked consistency and pride in performance. We get it, we're playing a lot of freshman. Mostly freshman. But we're now roughly 30 games deep into the season if you count the preseason exhibitions. I concede that part of the problem is a team full of younger guys but letting the team shoot 22 3s when we're the worse 3 point shooting team in the conference is a fault in the game plan. Not having proper spacing on the set play when we were down 54-55 is either a bad play design or poor execution. Yea, the teams young but games like these could be won even with a young team..
 
CrimsonForce said:
We had veteran teams under Grant who lacked consistency and pride in performance. We get it, we're playing a lot of freshman. Mostly freshman. But we're now roughly 30 games deep into the season if you count the preseason exhibitions. I concede that part of the problem is a team full of younger guys but letting the team shoot 22 3s when we're the worse 3 point shooting team in the conference is a fault in the game plan. Not having proper spacing on the set play when we were down 54-55 is either a bad play design or poor execution. Yea, the teams young but games like these could be won even with a young team..
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We are 302 of 351 teams in 3 point %. Petty is at 36.1%, Sexton 33.7%, Ingram 20.6%:frown:
 
RTR91 said:
Former Bama player Rod Grizzard gives his take:

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What was that take in response to? If it was firing CAJ then I completely agree. I don't think it's time to reconsider starting over yet. Let's see how this year plays out and then see if there's some improvement next year. I have to say though, if we go 4 years without making the NCAA tournament I don't know how the AD couldn't at least consider a change. But, if Rod's responding about the teams performance so far this year then I guess I kind of disagree. I've already stated my reasons why plenty of times so won't go through it all again..
 
Philippines said:
We are 302 of 351 teams in 3 point %. Petty is at 36.1%, Sexton 33.7%, Ingram 20.6%:frown:
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Exactly my point. Petty and Sexton are the only 2 players who should have a green light for open 3s. It's going to be hard without any pure shooters but CAJ has to come up with a gameplan / lineup that isn't contingent on making outside shots. I'm not sure how you do that but I'd take my chances on that route rather than keep on doing what hasn't really worked all year..
 
He has a contract of nearly $3 million a year through 2023, so I doubt firing him is even a consideration right now.

But another one and done in the NIT should warm up his seat a bit. Let’s hope we see some ROI on him soon. We have some good wins but also some bad losses. I know we are judged on one season in getting an at-large bid, but not being in the tournament lately means they won’t be as likely to give us the benefit of the doubt.




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Still at a 9 seed and not moving up or down. I think 3 more wins gets us in, but I just want to beat our main rival on Saturday.


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CrimsonForce said:
What was that take in response to? If it was firing CAJ then I completely agree. I don't think it's time to reconsider starting over yet. Let's see how this year plays out and then see if there's some improvement next year. I have to say though, if we go 4 years without making the NCAA tournament I don't know how the AD couldn't at least consider a change. But, if Rod's responding about the teams performance so far this year then I guess I kind of disagree. I've already stated my reasons why plenty of times so won't go through it all again..
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RTR91 said:
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My take - the basketball team is underachieving this year but it's to early to say the recruiting class is over hyped. I think a lot of it has to do with putting the players in a position to be successful. Continuing to allow the team to shoot 20+ 3s per game when we're one of the worse 3 point shooting teams in the country does not help player development. It's obvious this recruiting class is talented but they have not become better basketball players this year. I think that's why most people are disappointed and these questions are being asked pretty regularly now. I think the lack of development has a lot to do with coaching whereas most other people here think it's because of their youth and they'll get better in the coming years with more experience. Time will tell..
 
Most fans either don't realize or haven't paid attention to our injuries. We have lost our only 2 seniors for the year basically before the season began, our top returning player for half the season, our PG for 3 or 4 games, and Donta Hall has been playing with a broker wrist the last 2 weeks. Also, Petty's ankle he hurt in the Minnesota game is still bothering him. This may be why we can't seem to get into a rhythm. Injuries are part of the game, but we have had more than our share this year.
 
Rama Jama said:
Most fans either don't realize or haven't paid attention to our injuries. We have lost our only 2 seniors for the year basically before the season began, our top returning player for half the season, our PG for 3 or 4 games, and Donta Hall has been playing with a broker wrist the last 2 weeks. Also, Petty's ankle he hurt in the Minnesota game is still bothering him. This may be why we can't seem to get into a rhythm. Injuries are part of the game, but we have had more than our share this year.
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Heard some of the pregame show Tuesday on my way home from work. Bryan Passink said something similar. Mentioned Alabama has had 10 different starting lineups this year. Plus the 50+ missed games due to injuries.

Add that to the youth of the main contributors, and we get inconsistency and not meeting many's preseason expectations.
 
UTK, LSU, Arkansas and UF. You have to believe that with who we have left on the schedule if we finish with 19 total wins, 10 in the league, we have a very good shot at making it into the Big Dance. Losing to Missouri was crippling but can be overcome. They just have to win those four games.

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RTR91 said:
Add that to the youth of the main contributors, and we get inconsistency and not meeting many's preseason expectations.
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This is it exactly. The thing is about saying that we aren’t meeting preseason expectations. I think that we are exactly what the national media predicted us to be. I’m pretty sure that Joe Lunardi had us at about a 10 seed in his preseason bracketology. I think that we as fans are so hungry for us to be great that we probably had some unrealistic expectations.



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BamaMike05 said:
This is it exactly. The thing is about saying that we aren’t meeting preseason expectations. I think that we are exactly what the national media predicted us to be. I’m pretty sure that Joe Lunardi had us at about a 10 seed in his preseason bracketology. I think that we as fans are so hungry for us to be great that we probably had some unrealistic expectations.
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I'm thinking the same. Some folks expected all of the new recruits to be able to excel as freshmen. I have high expectations for a couple of them as they gain experience, mature and hopefully work hard with strength and conditioning during the off-season.
 
Only bringing this back up from another thread because I'm curious how this is continuing to develop as the season progresses...

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CrimsonForce said:
What are the records of the other teams that are around Alabama in this experience ranking? I looked and could not find his rankings. May be behind a pay wall or maybe I was looking in the wrong place..
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From the P5

339. Texas (0.96 yrs) 14-8
346. Pittsburgh (0.86 yrs) 8-15
348. Alabama (0.77 yrs) 14-8
350. Duke (0.61 yrs) 19-3
351. Kentucky (0.19 yrs) 17-5
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[TD]Pittsburgh[/TD]
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[TD]Kentucky[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]17-7[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
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