What would it take?

#102
#102
UT IE 95 said:
Given the choice, who you got: Anthony Grant or cuonzo?

And I think UT could beat UAT, but winning on the road is hard.
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Grant has made the dance, with multiple schools.

However, I started thinking about Grant yesterday when looking at the talent in the SEC. This guy has the second most talent in the SEC on paper, and is struggling this season. He likely is going to miss the dance this year, so he'll have made the tourney 1 of 4 years at Bama, is his seat getting warm?
 
#103
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Chris4Vols22 said:
Even with all of our suckitude, I also think Bama is a winnable game.
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They're really a mirror image of TN.
All the same problems.
3 guards that score and big men that play lazy on the glass.
Even play the same tempo.
Tn could win if they show up.
 
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#104
Correct me if I'm wrong but they don't have anyone that averages more than 5 rebounds a game?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Grant has made the dance, with multiple schools.

However, I started thinking about Grant yesterday when looking at the talent in the SEC. This guy has the second most talent in the SEC on paper, and is struggling this season. He likely is going to miss the dance this year, so he'll have made the tourney 1 of 4 years at Bama, is his seat getting warm?
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I was a huge fan of Grant coming out of VCU, but he has underacheived at UAT. His seat would be warm, but Saban is diverting alot of attention.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
I was a huge fan of Grant coming out of VCU, but he has underacheived at UAT. His seat would be warm, but Saban is diverting alot of attention.
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I don't know any Bama fans, so i really wasn't sure of the vibe. Does a great job recruiting, but has really underperformed badly.
 
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#108
Hasn't Grant also had a number of injuries to deal with? He did make the dance last year and was one and done if I remember correctly.

I think I'd rather have Shaka Smart out of Grant, Martin and Smart. According to Drew Maddux of CPA, UT didn't even give Smart a look when they went looking before they hired Martin. Maddux and Smart keep in touch pretty frequently. That would be right up Hammy's alley not to have even given him a call though. We are still paying for his reign of ineptitude.
 
#109
#109
Bama got screwed a few years ago from going to the tourny by being in the West division that was extremely crappy. I think they went 12-4 in the SEC, and had a weak OOC schedule. RPI was too high but still should have been in the NCAA tourny. So realistically Grant should be 2 out of 4 years in the tourny.
 
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johnnybravo said:
Bama got screwed a few years ago from going to the tourny by being in the West division that was extremely crappy. I think they went 12-4 in the SEC, and had a weak OOC schedule. RPI was too high but still should have been in the NCAA tourny. So realistically Grant should be 2 out of 4 years in the tourny.
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And Martin should have made it that same year at Missouri State.

Missouri State RPI was 38, Bama's was 78.
 
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golfballs said:
His talent-laden teams underperform more often than not
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Hasn't been the case the past few seasons.

And we'll be losing a lot, but we'll still have veterans like Wilbekin, Yeguete, and Prather. Frazier looks like he'll be a great shooter for us as well. Young's not guaranteed to leave either. His stock has been falling for whatever reason (not having a breakout season, I guess).
 
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#115
i kinda hate to ask this,since everybody seems fired up at the moment,but,how many years should it take a basketball coach to turn around a program or show marked improvement ?is it like football where i expect around 4 years or more or is it less? I'll just be honest and say i don't weather CCM is doing a good job or not,the results are a little bleary,had a decent year last year and seems to be struggling this year,i know Maymon is injured,but one player missed,shouldn't have turned into what we are seeing now,of course there is all ways for improvement the rest of the year,I'm just curious to know
 
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governmentmule said:
i kinda hate to ask this,since everybody seems fired up at the moment,but,how many years should it take a basketball coach to turn around a program or show marked improvement ?is it like football where i expect around 4 years or more or is it less? I'll just be honest and say i don't weather CCM is doing a good job or not,the results are a little bleary,had a decent year last year and seems to be struggling this year,i know Maymon is injured,but one player missed,shouldn't have turned into what we are seeing now,of course there is all ways for improvement the rest of the year,I'm just curious to know
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Really just depends on the situation you are walking into.

People also have different expectations...I didn't expect a NCAA tourney last year, I did this year, but with Maymon going down thought we'd be a bubble team. So IMO Martin has met my expectations, but not exceeded them, hasn't been very long though either.

If next year this team isn't dancing and doesn't have a good regular season, and thr offense is still struggling....I will seriously question if Zo is the man for the job.
 
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#117
What would it take?

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Don't get me wrong..I love my Vols and would cheer for them even if they didn't win another game for the rest of my life but we sure do need some extra pep in our step or something. It's just ugly.
 
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