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CCTider
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re: NIL has neutered the SEC in the 2 big money sports
Posted by CCTider on 3/30/26 at 12:36 pm to TTOWN RONMON
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unless Trump can get something done.
Somebody tell Trump that NIL is gonna release the Epstein Files.
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re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by CCTider on 3/30/26 at 10:36 am to Amarillo Tide
There's great news to hear. No I'm surprised they have the specific number mentioned. If we can get our nil up into that range, that will be huge in attracting top talent. It might have helped us the land a couple freshmen we had hoped to get in this class.
re: Oats should hire Mallete in some capacity.
Posted by CCTider on 3/29/26 at 11:44 am to crimsoncoded94
I wouldn't really worry. There's a few that still have hang ups. But if you wanna suck your buddies dick, have at it. Whether you're giving head to your girlfriend or boyfriend, I'd honestly rather not hear about it.
Hate that it's over, and Philon has played his last game for Bama. But it's been a pretty solid year. Especially for what was considered a rebuilding year. I said back in early February I thought we had a ceiling of a sweet 16 team. So I'm definitely glad we accomplished that.
Unfortunately we ran into a monster of a team. But they still fought like hell, and gave them a good scare. So they've got nothing to be ashamed of in that loss. To get to the sweet 16 is always a great accomplishment.
Now let's plug a few holes in the portal, and tear shite up next year.
Unfortunately we ran into a monster of a team. But they still fought like hell, and gave them a good scare. So they've got nothing to be ashamed of in that loss. To get to the sweet 16 is always a great accomplishment.
Now let's plug a few holes in the portal, and tear shite up next year.
Wally Szczerbiak picked us to win.
re: Give Oats a lifetime extension
Posted by CCTider on 3/27/26 at 5:17 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Oats seems like such a based dude. He's in it for the right reasons. Foes love to act like he's a big piece of shite, but in actuality he's a really solid guy who cares about his players, the school, and the game. He's not some paper chasing whore like many coaches out there.
He reminds me of a bunch of guys I've known from that Wisconsin/Chicagoland area. They're blunt as hell and don't hold back their opinions. I bet even Nate calls himself an a-hole to his friends. But they just didn't do BS customary niceties. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "I may be an a-hole, but ......" and then they give a brutally honest opinion.
It can rub people the wrong way. I usually like them, even when we are pretty different kinds of people. But on jobsites, you'll meet people from everywhere. I'll take that over someone who's fake.
re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by CCTider on 3/25/26 at 8:34 am to ChauvinisticPigAttit
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and 97% will say "who the frick is Fatt Macc".
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Conference or country? If you’re saying conference we’re definitely higher than that
Not this season. Here are the numbers that have been going around...
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– Kentucky: $20 million
– Vandy: $10 million +
– Florida: $10 million +
– Texas A&M: $10 million +
– Arkansas: $10 million +
– Missouri: $10 million +
– Tennessee: $10 million +
– Auburn: $10 million +
– Texas: $10 million +
– Georgia: $8-10 million
– LSU: $8-10 million
– Mississippi State: $8-10 million
– Alabama: $8-10 million
– Ole Miss: $8-10 million
– Oklahoma: $6.5 million
– South Carolina: $5.5 million
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This puts us at between #10-14 in the SEC in NIL budget for 25-26.
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Mo D wanted more money than Oats thought he was worth. If we had 100 million budget he wouldn’t have paid him what Kentucky offered.
If we had a $20 million budget like Kentucky, we might've paid him. At worst, we'd have been able to replace the loss. But yeah, they offered him an absurd amount, 3-4x what we offered (supposedly he got $1.6 million).
quote:definitely the most likely scenario. But UNC also threw around big money in a last ditch definitely to save Hubert's job.
And Stevenson just wanted to go home. That wasn’t NiL related.
Either way, I can't blame either guy for doing what they did. But losing them hurt us badly, since everyone was getting overpaid, and we couldn't replace them properly.
He's said numerous times that they don't give a shite about the arena. The facilities and areas that the players use are to knotch. What we need is NIL money.
Supposedly this season, we are, AT BEST, the #11 in NIL spent, maybe even lower than that. And we managed to finished 2nd in the SEC and are back in the sweet 16. What if we had the money to keep MoDi or Stevenson? Our front court would be much stronger.
Guards and wings are lining up to play for us. We will get quality players, most that will be here for at least 2 years. But being able to pay top dollar is keeping us from landing the truly elite recruits, the The Caleb Holt type recruits. You don't have to have that guys, but they help. Especially if you have senior leadership, and aren't running your entire offense through your freshmen.
And big men want to get to the NBA too. So we need to be able to recruit them, instead of seeing all of our top targets go elsewhere. If our NIL is close, then you're gonna start see us winning those battles.
So yeah, let's give him what he wants. Because he's not been shy about telling us what he needs.
Supposedly this season, we are, AT BEST, the #11 in NIL spent, maybe even lower than that. And we managed to finished 2nd in the SEC and are back in the sweet 16. What if we had the money to keep MoDi or Stevenson? Our front court would be much stronger.
Guards and wings are lining up to play for us. We will get quality players, most that will be here for at least 2 years. But being able to pay top dollar is keeping us from landing the truly elite recruits, the The Caleb Holt type recruits. You don't have to have that guys, but they help. Especially if you have senior leadership, and aren't running your entire offense through your freshmen.
And big men want to get to the NBA too. So we need to be able to recruit them, instead of seeing all of our top targets go elsewhere. If our NIL is close, then you're gonna start see us winning those battles.
So yeah, let's give him what he wants. Because he's not been shy about telling us what he needs.
quote:he supposedly already turned down the Syracuse job, and USF was working on a big upgraded contract, like St Louis did with their coach.
McGregor
Hodgson may have a new job next week.
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a big as useless as Noah Williamson?
He's the basketball equivalent of Ron Jeremy with erectile dysfunction.
quote:Bars do need bouncers. Especially in Eastern Europe.
Williamson is just big for no reason I guess…
re: Hofstra 70 @ Alabama 90 Final - TruTV
Posted by CCTider on 3/20/26 at 2:42 pm to Kcstills17
How the frick is it, in every game this season, we play like absolute dogshit in the middle of the first half. Without fail, we are the worst team for about 8-10 minutes in the middle of the first half. Every game, same point in the game, without fail. It's insanely consistent.
What's wild is how Kennesaw is giving them a helluva game, but they're shooting like shite . He's got a 14 seed bodying up a team that pushed us around and embarrassed us.
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I’m just waiting for someone to get aliens involved at this point.
I've been waiting for Oats to recruit some aliens out of Eastern Europe. They don't develop big men passing skills in the States.
re: What’s the point of NATO?
Posted by CCTider on 3/18/26 at 8:40 am to ItTakesAThief
I'm not sure why the question is "why won't they help when we didn't involve them in any preliminary discussions" instead of "why the hell did we let these idiots start a war that's been a known geopolitical and economic clusterfrick?" Israel is getting us to do their dirty work. Russia gets to start selling oil again and at a highly inflated cost. Meanwhile average Americans are the ones who're gonna suffer economically.
You should be mad at the pedophiles who started this war, not the countries that want nothing to do with shooting themselves in the dick.
You should be mad at the pedophiles who started this war, not the countries that want nothing to do with shooting themselves in the dick.
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Text the biggest pot head you’ve ever known and ask him if hes ever had a pound on hand for recreational use
No need to text, I'm right here. Since the statue of limitations has expired, I'll tell. The most I've had ever for personal use was about 2-2.25 lbs of weed and an ounce of dabs. Second most was 7-8 ounces. Both times I was moving from a wonderful weed city to somewhere I had zero connections. So I stockpiled. The reason I had pounds was I grew like 3 pounds that summer (legally), and had about 1.5 lbs left at move time. I also hit some dispensaries before I moved. It started with a couple ounces of fire. But then I got a little crazy and ended up buying like 12-14. So I ended up with a ton of weed. I'm glad I did, because even when I found someone I could get weed from, my homegrown was usually better. I didn't have to buy weed for like a year and a half.
But those are rare instances in decades of heavy smoking. Depending on the price and quality, the most I would considering buying as a smoker would be a QP (4 ounces). But I wouldn't buy 4 ounces of the same strain. Even the best in the world can get boring.
Though with a good, reliable connection, I only buy 1 ounce at a time. But I'm also not young or trying to show off to friends, like a rich college kid might.
re: Basketball Championships, Bracket Talk Etc..
Posted by CCTider on 3/15/26 at 8:20 pm to Diego Ricardo
I heard something about a Michigan injury. So it might not be the worst 1 to get. And Iowa St is my favorite 2 to play.
Funny enough, we kinda got screwed with Hofstra, as they're much better then the other 13s (they're 91,Troy is like 150ish). But you can't really bitch about your 13 matchup without sounding like a pussy.
Funny enough, we kinda got screwed with Hofstra, as they're much better then the other 13s (they're 91,Troy is like 150ish). But you can't really bitch about your 13 matchup without sounding like a pussy.
I think that looking at the current recruiting class vs this year's roster, that Oats has made a slight philosophy change at guards/wings. This current team is full of snipers. But with these great shooters, we're giving up something else, either size or athleticism.
The new crop seen very athletic, but not as much of natural shooters. I'm thinking Oats feels it'll be easier to teach an athlete how to shoot, than it is to teach a shooter how to play good defense. Similar to the NBA philosophy of draft on potential instead of current skill levels.
We know how our system is effective, because it's what every NBA team is running. I guess the million dollar question is, our college players skilled enough to win in this system at this level. Especially when the championship is a single elimination versus a best of 7.
This year was a perfect storm of injuries and missed evals in the front court . It'll be interesting to see what kind of tweaks oats makes. And if we were really in the bottom third of team salaries like had been reported, we've actually been pretty damn successful. That said, we should never be that low in team salary either.
The new crop seen very athletic, but not as much of natural shooters. I'm thinking Oats feels it'll be easier to teach an athlete how to shoot, than it is to teach a shooter how to play good defense. Similar to the NBA philosophy of draft on potential instead of current skill levels.
We know how our system is effective, because it's what every NBA team is running. I guess the million dollar question is, our college players skilled enough to win in this system at this level. Especially when the championship is a single elimination versus a best of 7.
This year was a perfect storm of injuries and missed evals in the front court . It'll be interesting to see what kind of tweaks oats makes. And if we were really in the bottom third of team salaries like had been reported, we've actually been pretty damn successful. That said, we should never be that low in team salary either.
re: Ole Miss 80 @ Alabama 79 Final - SECN
Posted by CCTider on 3/13/26 at 8:01 pm to ChauvinisticPigAttit
quote:it's always been my only real complaint. I can understand early in the year, as teaching moments. But not at the end of the year.
Oats is the best coach we've ever had - and I appreciate all he has done - but he can be beyond idiotic with his stubbornness to call timeouts and his lineups when momentum starts to shift in the wrong direction. It killed us vs San Diego State, UCLA, and Duke.
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Hope yall hopped on
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