Would Anthony Grant be a option for us?

[57stratdawg]

if we were to sack-up on Ray?

 

[msstate7]

If all our targets fell thru. I can't see him being at the top of the list.

 

[121Josey]

Does he run an aggressive offense?

 

[Hammer Down]

He would be well after Dick Williams.

 

[kired]

I watched Bama score score maybe 1 fg in the last 10 minutes of the first half today. Looks like it would be an easy transition for our guys to go from Rays offense to his.

 

[engie]

He's just more proof that the SEC is a different animal in basketball. You can be one of the better midmajor coaches in the country and have trouble getting it rolling in the southeast. Particularly if you aren't an elite academic institution that can pull the type of players that you win with at VCU, generally from well outside the southeast...

The last decade of SEC hoops has a whole bunch of proof that there's no such thing as a sure thing...Even when it is a hot name midmajor coach. That said, I wouldn't complain about rolling the dice at this point. Wanted Ray to get his chance -- and I feel like he basically has at this point...

 

[Dawgzilla]

I don't think he is going to be fired. Bama has an interim AD, and a lameduck President. I don't think they want to saddle their replacements with a new coach.

 

[DAWG61]

Does he run an aggressive offense?

This! Can we please hire a great offensive coach this time.

 

[mstateglfr]

Great offensive coaches simply have players who are capable scorers. Players that can shoot from deep, players that can get into the lane, and players that can post up and effectively pass out of the double team or score.

So even if we hire a coach that has consistently led a team that scores well, next year he will have a team that consists of post players who cant hold onto the ball and like to turn into the double team, players who cant make crap from outside, players who struggle to get into the lane, and Sword.

 

[pmack65]

No way, he's done nothing since he's been at Bama. Just another defensive minded coach.

 

[myusernamesucks]

Exactly. Good God, how on earth would anyone think

for one second we should consider hiring him?

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Great offensive coaches simply have players who are capable scorers. Players that can shoot from deep, players that can get into the lane, and players that can post up and effectively pass out of the double team or score. So even if we hire a coach that has consistently led a team that scores well, next year he will have a team that consists of post players who cant hold onto the ball and like to turn into the double team, players who cant make crap from outside, players who struggle to get into the lane, and Sword.

It really is as simple as your first sentence. Nobody was complaining about Stansbury's offense when he had Bowers, Roberts, Frazier, etal but there were times when he didn't have guys like that where people were screaming about his offense. When Calipari got to Kentucky, he went on and on about installing the "dribble drive" offense. I remember thinking "they are calling that an offense now?". I also remember thinking that he better reel in John Wall because Gillispie didn't leave any guys who could dribble.And then there was Phil Jackson's famous triangle offense in LA. I remember Shaq once saying, "let him take the triangle offense to the Clippers and see how it works"The only chance Ray has of putting up points with this bunch is scoring bunches in transition. And they don't create enough turnovers to do that.

 

[Kicking Bird]

Hell no, same song second verse.

 

[FlotownDawg]

I'd rather us hire a coach like Paul Westhead, recruit a bunch of shooters and fire the ball up every seven seconds like those Loyola-Marymount teams used to do. Westhead's Loyola teams averaged over 100 points per game back in the day. Of course they also gave up around 100 points per game as well, but that would be a hell of a lot more fun to watch than a 55-45 game we are so accustomed to.

Edit to add: Before anyone says anything, I'm not saying we should actually hire Paul Westhead. Just a coach that is of that offensive mold. I'd love to see some games in the 90s or 100s instead of the 40s and 50s.

 

[Dawgbreeze]

Amazing Engie. What changed from a week ago? Ray was not any good then and you defiantly defended him and now you say it is okay. Kind of shows your basketball IQ. Waiting another year is just delaying the inevitable and a strong AD would already have a short list of replacements. Grant isn't one of them and if we are that dumb, then we might as well make the hump a barn and forget basketball.

He's just more proof that the SEC is a different animal in basketball. You can be one of the better midmajor coaches in the country and have trouble getting it rolling in the southeast. Particularly if you aren't an elite academic institution that can pull the type of players that you win with at VCU, generally from well outside the southeast...

The last decade of SEC hoops has a whole bunch of proof that there's no such thing as a sure thing...Even when it is a hot name midmajor coach. That said, I wouldn't complain about rolling the dice at this point. Wanted Ray to get his chance -- and I feel like he basically has at this point...

 

[jakldawg]

You're thinking too small-time

Rick Barnes might be available soon! All you people pining for the days of Stansbury; well he's the high profile, big-money, more accomplished version. He's the Lexus to Stans' Toyota. We could even re-use the stash of Rick's Rowdies shirts you KNOW are lurking in a corner of The Hump somewhere. It's a no-brainer.







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