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Ya know every time someone posts in this thread I get worried im about to read a decomittment 😂

The idea that our ex coach had to get on a plane right away without speaking to his players is asinine. Makes it much easier to get over him leaving IMO. I don’t want a snake oil salesman as my coach

Hey I was the first purge! Yay! Seriously though, I loved Turner Battle as a player but if he’s going to bring the 290th ranked pace of play than sorry but not interested. Alnutt taking his time, sure hope he makes the right choice here.

Great post. Donations are great and I’m sure the success of the past couple seasons have helped fans like yourself step forward to contribute. I think the biggest hurdle the program has to get over is becoming a brand and a logo that the community and alumni become invested in. We have the population and the alumni to become a major sports school but the history and tradition is not there yet to keep people engaged. The more people jump on the bandwagon the quicker the train moves. I don’t know how to keep the momentum going other than keep winning and as individual fans keep talking proud about the program trying to get others interested.

Oats and Hodgson will be great recruiters, they’ll sell the program well. Uptempo fun basketball that kids will want to play. It will be sloppy, but it will be exciting sloppy. The plan worked great in the MAC, I don’t see a reason why it won’t in the SEC unless he can’t recruit at the level of guys like Pearl and Calipari.

Well this is a tease! Edit: it doesn’t surprise me though, all our “news” has come from people with an agenda so far

No, he accepted the position before he left

Lol is he surprised by that? He’s posing with recruits in Bama gear. Either he’s a few cans short of a 6 pack or he wanted to stay with our ex coach all along.

He improved the team’s record every year he was there, and he did it at 25 years old!

Fife has not failed at anything he’s done

Any thoughts about us waiting for Michigan state to lose so we can interview Fife? Rumor has it he’s turned down head coaching gigs before (Duquesne), but maybe he listens to Alnutt’s pitch and gives us a go

I don’t at all mind Alnutt taking his time. This is the most important hire in program history

Hahahahaha yeah Hodgson better not be our coach at this point. Hopefully it’s better than it looks (maybe UB already told him they’re moving in a new direction).

Obviously we don’t know the whole story or timeline of things but from an outside perspective and speculation it sure seems like Hodgson has had one foot out the door since oats left. Not the look you want if you’re trying to become the next coach here. Do we know for sure he flew down to bama with Nate?

That’s nice to see. Graves also posted on Twitter some pictures of him in a UB uniform. Hopefully these guys give the new coach an opportunity to come in and sell them on their vision.

Need some more rumors! Was hoping something would leak out today

I’m sorry John but this is absurd

I’m mostly concerned with Graves, Jordan, Segu, and Jeenathan. Hopefully Alnutt ur talking to them about how they feel about things

And if Hodgson is named head coach, Hawkins goes to Alabama anyway.

Bucky? Is that you? In all seriousness though, the school understands fully what big time athletics can do for its public profile and enrollment. President Tripathi has said as much himself

You’re probably right. But if people expect us to become a big time program we have to be able to compete like one. Unless our donor base and boosters increase, we honestly don’t deserve to be in a different class than the rest of the MAC. Can’t think big if we don’t act big.

If they can bring in a name like that they should offer them everything our ex coach was getting.

I’m starting to lean towards a bigger name. Mike Anderson, Tim Miles, Avery Johnson 😉 unfortunately we haven’t heard anything except a rumor that we reached out to Anderson. It sounds like Lanier could be a good get, but I’ll admit failing at sienna scares me off a little. The fact that he spent the next decade learning from the biggest names in the business could serve him well though, and all indications are he’s a great recruiter

What does any of this have to do with my point. You blamed Alnutt for signing Oats to an extension, which is crazy. You feel betrayed? Fine. That’s your prerogative. But don’t blame the AD for doing what he could given the circumstances

No. Wrong. Without the extension his buyout is WAY less. I’m sorry but I’d rather the team have an extra 300k to work with than protect some fans hurt feelings.