Avery Johnson out.

[Shmuley]

nm

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Stansbury to Alabama!***

Somebody had to do it.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

That’s kind of surprising to me.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

For Real?

How so?

 

[msstate7]

That’s kind of surprising to me.

Gotta figure fbi scandal tie in or something, maybe?

 

[Cow College]

They just weren’t very good in his years there. One tournament bid in what 4 years? Not getting better but getting worse

 

[Bucky Dog]

I called it the other day. The program has under delivered under him. I expect Anderson out unless they make the NIT finals.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Gotta figure fbi scandal tie in or something, maybe?

Or more likely they’ve had some good players but they’ve sucked.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

How so?

They did just go to the tourney last year and barely missed it this year. It's not a for sure that he should be fired.

I can also see where he could turn into a long tenure of mediocrity. If the AD believes that, I can see him getting fired.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I think the fans have spoken

they had a home NIT game last night.

The fans stayed home.

 

[msstate7]

Or more likely they’ve had some good players but they’ve sucked.

Maybe so. I just think it was a little quick on the trigger. They have Lewis, Ingram, and petty back and 3 top 100 players signed.

 

[GTAdawg]

Ninja shows no mercy.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Yeah I forgot the Ninja was AD. I am changing my prediction:

Rick Ray to Alabama!***

 

[Shamoan]

Kind of a quick trigger eh?

 

[lasher8]

I just gave you a “Left Field Lofts”...not quite sure how I feel about that...regardless, I think you got it right.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

"AweBurn, won dat SEC Turnomentz." - says some Sidewalk Bammer fan. That's all the reason Bamma needed to fire Avery Johnson.***

 

[stateu1]

When has Alabama done **** in basketball anyway? I remember that one time.

 

[Drewbowski]

Gottfried's elite 8 is the last time. Very mediocre otherwise. Before that, Wimp was solid in the 1980's.

 

[G-Dawg]

Bleacher Report is reporting that they are currently negotiating his buyout.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Alabama fans only care about 2 sports...football and Spring football.

 

[Mayor of Little London]

Probably a mistake

 

[hatfieldms]

Depends on who they bring in

 

[rem101]

Spring football may be more important when they all get to line their fat asses up and "sprint" across the field to see who can hop on saban's nuts first.

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

This one really surprises me. He is an excellent coach, probably too good for bama bball. They are the one team that is always a dangerous one. Yes, they under-performed this season overall, but he routinely has them playing tough basketball. Probably a good thing for MSU though, one less team to worry about for awhile.

 

[DAWG61]

Bama isn't SEC elite but they've been a top 6 SEC basketball program for three decades now. This is a surprising firing and imo too quick on the trigger.

 

[johnson86-1]

They just weren’t very good in his years there. One tournament bid in what 4 years? Not getting better but getting worse

Why do they think they should be better? Bama basketball has the same problems UK football has. People mostly aren't going to be fired up about a program that will always be a distant second to the "important" program.

I haven't watched them, so there may be reasons beyond the record to think they need to pull the trigger sooner rather than later, but he was successful in Dallas and showed improvement with the Nets before injuries derailed his last season. Granted NBA coaching and college coaching are very different, but seems like he has enough of a track record that another year would have been prudent.

 

[Dawgzilla]

The Running of the Gumps has been discontinued. They now give out wristbands and everyone lines up.

 

[The Usual Suspect]

IMO Byrne probably already has someone in mind and will probably be a good hire. That guy always has a plan.