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Rama Jama said:
I said at the begging of the season that Coach Johnson had a zero chance of losing his job this year. It turns out when you lose your team and choke every time the game is on the line that is not true. I wish Coach Johnson well and hope he has much success in the future. He was a good man and great ambassador for UA.

UA needs a guy who can literally change the culture of basketball at Alabama. I trust Greg Byrne to make the right hire. He knows basketball and will find the right guy. I'd like to have a game changer. Whoever it is, we need him to visit Watford day 1. I hope they find a job for Coach Pettway. No one loves UA more than he does.
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Agreed. This is a big hire for Byrne at UA and I think he is just the man for the job.
 
Here's a wild card... Cecil Hurt is saying on Finebaum that it could be until April 15th for a resolution. So I present to you Sean Miller.... He could be fired by then. Byrne knows him... It's definitely controversial, and I would be shocked if we went after him, but I would like it. Heck, I would love it
 
CrimsonTitles said:
Here's a wild card... Cecil Hurt is saying on Finebaum that it could be until April 15th for a resolution. So I present to you Sean Miller.... He could be fired by then. Byrne knows him... It's definitely controversial, and I would be shocked if we went after him, but I would like it. Heck, I would love it
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Yeah, and my Zona buddies would never talk to me again! (They have been very quiet, the last few months. I am starting to worry about them.)
 
CrimsonTitles said:
Here's a wild card... Cecil Hurt is saying on Finebaum that it could be until April 15th for a resolution. So I present to you Sean Miller.... He could be fired by then. Byrne knows him... It's definitely controversial, and I would be shocked if we went after him, but I would like it. Heck, I would love it
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Would need plenty of clearance as far as the FBI investigation goes.


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If Miller came to Bama and Pearl remained at the Barn, the NCAA would have open a branch office in Birmingham just to save on travel expenses from Indianapolis.
 
What in Byrne’s background makes him a basketball expert? Serious question, I have seen several people say he is a big basketball guy.


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imauafan said:
Coaching trees are over-rated IMHO. Just hire the best coach available regardless of who he worked under in the past.
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In basketball, I think that is an unreasonable expectation at Alabama. We are a solid, midrange program with great tradition but cannot expect to attract a top shelf coach IMO. Until we bulldoze Coleman, at least, I’ll continue to feel that way.
 
deliveryman35 said:
In basketball, I think that is an unreasonable expectation at Alabama. We are a solid, midrange program with great tradition but cannot expect to attract a top shelf coach IMO. Until we bulldoze Coleman, at least, I’ll continue to feel that way.
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I tend to agree. We are not Kentucky Basketball. Can we have a really good program that sometimes makes a decent run in the tournament? Yes.


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deliveryman35 said:
In basketball, I think that is an unreasonable expectation at Alabama. We are a solid, midrange program with great tradition but cannot expect to attract a top shelf coach IMO. Until we bulldoze Coleman, at least, I’ll continue to feel that way.
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The two points don’t really go together.

One can argue the program’s place in the national landscape and still acknowledge a coaching tree doesn’t matter one bit.


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mlingerfelt31 said:
doesnt he make 3 million at Texas Tech
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He makes $3.2MM AND has a $12MM+ buyout. No way BAMA would even consider that cost. Even if they negotiate a $4MM buyout with Avery paid over 4 years and could work with Tech to pay his buyout over 4 years, you are talking $4MM a year in buyouts. Add in the fact it will likely take a 6yr $25MM to get him, that is over $8MM a year for the next 4 years.
 
RTR91 said:
The two points don’t really go together.

One can argue the program’s place in the national landscape and still acknowledge a coaching tree doesn’t matter one bit.


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No problem with that, as far as I’m concerned. But tell that to the fans that want a big name coach, not me. Otherwise we continue to be a black hole for up and coming coaches....
 
Tide&True said:
I tend to agree. We are not Kentucky Basketball. Can we have a really good program that sometimes makes a decent run in the tournament? Yes.


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Wimp proved we can have a solid—albeit not great—program. It
CAN be done.
 
If I controlled the purse strings, I’d go after Mark Turgeon at Maryland. Offer him a Sabanesque deal worth @ $32Mil/8yrs guaranteed with no buy out with the promise of a new bball facility within 3 yrs. He has Kansas roots under Larry Brown and has exp at Jax State on his resume. He knows the state and has exp in big time college basketball.
 
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