Cecil Hurt is not Avery Johnson's friend.
https://www.tidesports.com/cecil-hurt-its-deja-vu-for-alabama-basketball/
Says what's been written here a fair amount since the sleepwalking performance against Florida -- essentially that we're not one whit better today than we were at the beginning of the season, or last year, or the one before that, or any of several dating back to Anthony Grant.
Cecil doesn't elaborate a whole lot, but I agree and find some more damning factors: the same things bedevil us again and again, game after game, year after year...slow starts, a guaranteed 5-minute scoring drought somewhere in the game, defensive lapses, turnovers (especially in the clutch), horrendous free-throw shooting, all leading to a jaw-dropping propensity to yak up big leads late.
Greg Byrne has a tough call to make. He could fire Johnson and pay the buyout. He could keep him another year. Or both sides could acknowledge that neither is happy, and reach a negotiated settlement. There are big risks to any of them, complete with exposure to all sorts of second-guessing....naturally, by those with the benefit of hindsight who give the slipstream when the decision has to be made.
The question looming over it all is, if we and Johnson part ways under whatever circumstances, how sure are we that the next guy will be better? This is where the AD earns his seven figures.