It is being reported that Kira has entered his name in the transfer portal. I had heard that rumor during the season. Hopefully the new coach can convince him to stay.
Bama Players in the Transfer Portal (UPDATE: Petty & Kira Returning!!)
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Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
Yes. I felt like the last couple of weeks of the season he wasn't the same. I thought it might be due to him wearing down physically and mentally due to his age. Perhaps he was becoming more and more frustrated with everything going on and that was reflected in his play. Depending on who we get, it would be much better for Kira to stick around than have to sit out a year while transferring. He is too talented to consider sitting for a year.
Yes. I felt like the last couple of weeks of the season he wasn't the same. I thought it might be due to him wearing down physically and mentally due to his age. Perhaps he was becoming more and more frustrated with everything going on and that was reflected in his play. Depending on who we get, it would be much better for Kira to stick around than have to sit out a year while transferring. He is too talented to consider sitting for a year.
Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
Just double checking:
It just means he can be contact by other schools but doesn’t mean he will actually transfer.
Hopefully, a new coach can real him back in. Maybe Byrnes can step in and reassure him.
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Just double checking:
It just means he can be contact by other schools but doesn’t mean he will actually transfer.
Hopefully, a new coach can real him back in. Maybe Byrnes can step in and reassure him.
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Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
With the way the ncaa is granting waivers for coaches leaving, I suspect he wouldn’t have to sit out a year.
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With the way the ncaa is granting waivers for coaches leaving, I suspect he wouldn’t have to sit out a year.
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Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
Correct he can come out of the portal. We had a guy do this in football recently. And yes the new coach will be a big factor. Hope Bama does get the right guy and it doesn't take to long to hire him.
Correct he can come out of the portal. We had a guy do this in football recently. And yes the new coach will be a big factor. Hope Bama does get the right guy and it doesn't take to long to hire him.
Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
I'm not worried about this stuff because a coach is more important than a player in our current place in the pecking order. We made the right move. We need to make the right hire. Whoever is onboard after all this is what it is for next season.
I'm not worried about this stuff because a coach is more important than a player in our current place in the pecking order. We made the right move. We need to make the right hire. Whoever is onboard after all this is what it is for next season.
Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
I was worried this would happen.
If Alabama makes the right hire, it won't matter in the long term. However, Alabama has to make the right hire....
It's a safe bet that whoever is coming in probably won't have the problem with a real talented team underachieving because he probably won't have the real talented part. This sort of thing does fly in the face of the notion that Avery had to be replaced in order to salvage things next season. The move absolutely shouldn't have been about next year in either case.
I was worried this would happen.
If Alabama makes the right hire, it won't matter in the long term. However, Alabama has to make the right hire....
It's a safe bet that whoever is coming in probably won't have the problem with a real talented team underachieving because he probably won't have the real talented part. This sort of thing does fly in the face of the notion that Avery had to be replaced in order to salvage things next season. The move absolutely shouldn't have been about next year in either case.
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Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
Many players look to transfer during a coaching change. We usually don’t find out about it until after the fact. Now we have the portal. I think that the new coach can recruit him back to the team. Maybe Dazon too. The latter seems unlikely though.
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Many players look to transfer during a coaching change. We usually don’t find out about it until after the fact. Now we have the portal. I think that the new coach can recruit him back to the team. Maybe Dazon too. The latter seems unlikely though.
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Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
It didn't help that he felt the fans turned on him for one comment.
It didn't help that he felt the fans turned on him for one comment.
Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
I don't recall anyone saying next season had to be salvaged at all. It was never about next year. It was always about the overall health of the program.
I don't recall anyone saying next season had to be salvaged at all. It was never about next year. It was always about the overall health of the program.
Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
I remember a time when I spent many a year coaching youth baseball and softball. There were times it was difficult to get kids to show up for practice (example: trying to get any practices in during spring break was near impossible). Understand also that I told my parents baseball/softball fell in as a priority behind Family, Faith and Academics. If there was an outage/issue/conflicts in those areas, those took priority over practice. Still it was very frustrating when kids weren’t there to practice until my wife started “bending my ear†(and she was absolutely correct). “You are NOT there for the ones that DON’T show up. There isn’t a darn thing you can do about that. You ARE there for the ones that DO show up.†I’ve never forgotten that.
I look at Kira, Dazon and others in the same way. I wish them the best, whether it is here or elsewhere. I’d like for it to be at Alabama, but if it isn’t that’s okay. The new coach coming in is going to be there for the ones STAY, not for the ones that DON’T. It isn’t about where the program is next year, or maybe even the next. It is about the program long term.
I remember a time when I spent many a year coaching youth baseball and softball. There were times it was difficult to get kids to show up for practice (example: trying to get any practices in during spring break was near impossible). Understand also that I told my parents baseball/softball fell in as a priority behind Family, Faith and Academics. If there was an outage/issue/conflicts in those areas, those took priority over practice. Still it was very frustrating when kids weren’t there to practice until my wife started “bending my ear†(and she was absolutely correct). “You are NOT there for the ones that DON’T show up. There isn’t a darn thing you can do about that. You ARE there for the ones that DO show up.†I’ve never forgotten that.
I look at Kira, Dazon and others in the same way. I wish them the best, whether it is here or elsewhere. I’d like for it to be at Alabama, but if it isn’t that’s okay. The new coach coming in is going to be there for the ones STAY, not for the ones that DON’T. It isn’t about where the program is next year, or maybe even the next. It is about the program long term.
Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
It was an incredibly immature comment and if this is indeed his rationale then it’s another tremendous show of immaturity. Then again he is really young.
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It was an incredibly immature comment and if this is indeed his rationale then it’s another tremendous show of immaturity. Then again he is really young.
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Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
I'll add that if his reaction is to run from any negative comment instead of learning from his own mistakes (if that is what really prompted him to act and not the obvious coaching turmoil) he will never reach his full potential and he will need to tuck tail and run a lot throughout his life. I wish him good fortune either way and growing up is hard, but coddling isn't going to make a better basketball player or a better man out of him.
I'll add that if his reaction is to run from any negative comment instead of learning from his own mistakes (if that is what really prompted him to act and not the obvious coaching turmoil) he will never reach his full potential and he will need to tuck tail and run a lot throughout his life. I wish him good fortune either way and growing up is hard, but coddling isn't going to make a better basketball player or a better man out of him.
Re: Kira Lewis in the transfer portal
I know that none of us need to be remind of this but let's keep in mind that Kira is only 17 years old. I'm willing to cut him more slack than I would someone that is a little older. Based on what I had already heard (internet gossip) Kira was unhappy and considering leaving one way or the other and quite frankly I felt like his body language near the end of the season indicated that on several occasions although I could say that about most every player on the team. No doubt there was a toxic environment that had developed and CAJ had completely lost the team. If he will be patient and at least see who the new coach is I'm optimistic that he will stick around and be a great player next year.
I know that none of us need to be remind of this but let's keep in mind that Kira is only 17 years old. I'm willing to cut him more slack than I would someone that is a little older. Based on what I had already heard (internet gossip) Kira was unhappy and considering leaving one way or the other and quite frankly I felt like his body language near the end of the season indicated that on several occasions although I could say that about most every player on the team. No doubt there was a toxic environment that had developed and CAJ had completely lost the team. If he will be patient and at least see who the new coach is I'm optimistic that he will stick around and be a great player next year.
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