I have a feeling that if Duke had played in Coleman the last twenty-five years while Bama had played in Cameron that people would say nice things about Coleman and terrible things about Cameron. Cameron is too small. We can't attract top recruits with this outdated little high school gym. It looks like a regular building while UNC plays in a palace. Yeah, I don't think the building is the problem. I'm sure that newer and nicer facilities would help in the future, but I don't think Coleman Coliseum is why we have been very, very average for the last twenty-five years.
And if we had Mike K we wouldn't have been one and done in the first round of the NIT.
We do not have the cache of Duke, UNC, UK, etc. A new arena for them doesn't make sense. Like Coach Saban they can show plenty of hardware to get recruits. We can't.
I've been inside Coleman since the last "renovation" and there's really not much difference in the before and after. Yeah, if we want to step it up and up our program we need a new arena. That's not the end all be all and won't cure all our woes but you can't keep putting a band-aid on a ruptured artery and call yourself a good physician. You want to get a good/great coach and players to come to Bama you gotta first indicate that the program is important. If not, just go and beg Avery Johnson to come back.