News Article: Alabama Hires Nate Oats From Buffalo

[imauafan]

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Weren’t we told the same thing about CAJ?

No.

 

[AlexanderFan]

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And you hire him for THAT? As much as I didn’t want Prohm, HE would have been a better hire than this.

This isn’t the football program. You think big proven names are coming here when we just renovate the gym instead of build a better one?


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[KrAzY3]

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His career is projecting upward, which gives reason to believe it will continue.

Doesn't that sound a lot like Gottfried, and Grant, and a lot of other guys that have been on previous Alabama lists? Sounds like Shaka Smart, sounds like just about any up and comer. May be he worked out, may be he doesn't, but he's darn sure not a been there done that coach. He is a typical Alabama basketball hire.

 

[CajunCrimson]

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I may have underwear older than him -- but I'm on board.....good luck Coach!

We've never had a coach go 32-4.....I'm in!

 

[JustNeedMe81]

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Weren’t we told the same thing about CAJ?

No. That was not what we were told.

 

[Leeroy]

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Solid hire. Gut feeling tells me he will be much better than some think.

 

[CrimsonForce]

Re: Alabama Set to Hire Nate Oats From Buffalo

Weren’t we told the same thing about CAJ?

No, because Avery had never been a college coach before..

 

[RKel32]

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You did and had it pegged, RK32. Byrne probably had his hands tied, and maybe this was really the best he could do with resources that he had.

Very disappointed but by no means surprised.

The thing is, Nate Oats is a GOOD coach. He's a risky stock to buy into, but has potential for huge upside. I'm in a wait and see mode at this point, but he was THE hot mid-major name this offseason.

I'm a little surprised if we were going the mid-major route that we didn't go after Brannen due to his ties to the program. Recruiting and familiarity with the recruiting landscape is the main concern that I have at this point, but he's proven he could recruit well at Buffalo, so we'll see.

This sure puts Byrne's comments in perspective regarding the geographic footprint....

 

[JustNeedMe81]

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He has to keep the kids we have now and then get a few more to come to Alabama. My question is can he recruit? I think we'll be able to tell pretty quickly if he deserved a seat at the big boy table. Lots of guys can coach X's and O's.

Are the recruits we signed obligated to come here after Coach Johnson left?

I think he can recruit. The players he signed are the reason why they won so many games.

 

[imauafan]

Re: Alabama Set to Hire Nate Oats From Buffalo

Even if he doesn't work out as the basketball coach we can always keep him around to run the concession stands. Sounds like he has a real knack for raising money by selling snacks so maybe he could raise enough to replace Coleman with a new arena.

 

[BAMAVILLE]

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I'm sure he's a good hire and we will be singing his praises sooner rather than later. I think the "look" of the hire is underwhelming because what we've grown to expect with the football program. Most of the fans were expecting a more established/bigger name to move the needle. The truth is, we need someone to come in and develop a winning program in a conference that's steadily improving ... looking at his credentials though, he may very well be that guy.

I'm still like :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: though lol

 

[FThomas]

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Lots of folks sounds like Vols fans talking about Gruden on this board.

 

[CrimsonEyeshade]

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A friend of mine and longtime supporter of the program has been on Oats since the beginning. He's fiery. He's known as a great teacher, and he's also had to build. A gamble, sure? But the idea of him and Pearl going head to head is like nitro meeting glycerin.

 

[RTR91]

Re: Alabama Set to Hire Nate Oats From Buffalo

Weren’t we told the same thing about CAJ?

Lol. No. Where the heck did you think you heard that?


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[deliveryman35]

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Doesn't that sound a lot like Gottfried, and Grant, and a lot of other guys that have been on previous Alabama lists? Sounds like Shaka Smart, sounds like just about any up and comer. May be he worked out, may be he doesn't, but he's darn sure not a been there done that coach. He is a typical Alabama basketball hire.

Definitely a lot of similarities to Gottfried, as I see it.

I’m done being negative about it. It is what it is.

 

[CajunCrimson]

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A friend of mine and longtime supporter of the program has been on Oats since the beginning. He's fiery. He's known as a great teacher, and he's also had to build. A gamble, sure? But the idea of him and Pearl going head to head is like a crimson nitro meeting blowhard dung farmer.

FIFY

 

[AUDub]

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Solid up-and-comer hire. Hope he stops the transfer bleeding here soon.

 

[CrimsonForce]

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Definitely a lot of similarities to Gottfried, as I see it.

I’m done being negative about it. It is what it is.

It’s not that you’re negative but that you’re uninformed. You thought Oats was a high school coach and that Avery had college experience. There’s plenty of reasons to be skeptical but someone uninformed on the basics doesn’t add much to the discussion..

 

[Rama Jama]

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I think he can recruit. The players he signed are the reason why they won so many games.

Huge difference between recruiting in Buffalo NY and Tuscaloosa. He has zero ties here in the southeast. He may blow us a way at the press conference, but from the outside looking in, it feels like we whiffed.

I've said we need someone to change the culture here. I thought we need a big name to that. As the wise man once said. WE'LL SEE!

 

[KrAzY3]

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Definitely a lot of similarities to Gottfried, as I see it.

I’m done being negative about it. It is what it is.

I'm not happy, it's a been there done that move for Alabama, when it could have been a let's try something new move. I fail to see why Alabama was in such a hurry to make this sort of a move, but yeah it is what it is.

I hope he's successful, I hope he has what ever similar type of hires were lacking. May be Alabama gets lucky, but I have this feeling I need to set an alarm for 4 or 5 years. I hope I'm wrong though, I really hope this is different somehow. It can be, everyone starts somewhere. But Alabama spends too much money on coaches to keep trying this way.

His first big test will be to see what he can do to keep players from transferring and recruiting. So we'll know a lot soon about how he is in terms of building relationships.