Never underestimate the crying and second guessing after a Bama loss. So many wanna be coaches that missed their calling.
You ain't lying bro. Yesterday, Oats was coach of the year and Herb POTY but tonight Oats is an idiot and Herb shouldn't be on the floor. FT's lost this game, obviously.
FT’s aside, who’s the better finisher around the basket? JQ. Who’s more likely to get a teammate open on a drive? JQ. Who’s the better offensive rebounder? Herb. So who should have the ball in their hands knowing all of that.
I AM A FREAKING FAN, JUST LIKE YOU!
Dude, Bama was up one with the ball in hand with a chance to put it away and Oats took the ball out of your PG’s hand and put it in a player's hand who has been struggling offensively for the better part of a month now. That on no one but the head coach. He also give them all the green light from 3; some should at least have the yellow light
Bruce Pearl would be happy to have you as a fan.
He basically won the SEC tournament himself. Yes, he blew it tonight, but let’s don’t act like he can’t play.
You’re saying Herb won the SEC tournament by himself? You know who the MvP was?
I'm not, I'm a Herb fan. But we all can see how this night was going for Herb. Unless his name is Jordan or Kobe, I'm not giving him the ball in that situation.
I do know Q won it, but Herb made bigger plays in my opinion. Q was great, too.
I hope he has a very long NBA career.. praying for it..He’s a quality rep of the University.
It’s easy to second guess. The guy made big time free throws against LSU with his off hand last year. I was there and it was one the most impressive feats I have ever seen. It didn’t work this time. It sucks, but maybe we will have a new alpha next year that can do it. I am still proud of the kid and he should not be remembered for this game. He has done so much more.
GOAT...while I agree here this is only our 2nd year running Oats’ offense. In his first season the offense was terrible but there was significant improvement in year two. I expect we'll see more improvement in year three, especially with even better players.
I don’t think that is why he will be drafted. I wouldn’t have drafted Rodman, either.
I’ve gotta say even though the OP is a ridiculous post, I agree with GOAT on this particular point. In at least 4 of our losses Oats isolated Herb at the end of the game to make a play and win it. I’m thinking: Mizzou, Oklahoma, WKU, and UCLA. He just ain’t that dude. He’s a phenomenal player and does so many things well... but he ain’t that dude. At some point, you’ve gotta see that and make an adjustment.
He did it against LSU 2 weeks ago is all I will say.
Well you can have the ball in Herbs hands with the game on the line. You’ll get exactly what we got tonight.
That was awesome, but it was also on a fast break in transition. Not a half court set
Down one you have your worst shooter with the ball clearing out for him to shoot the game winner. Love Oats hate herb running point . Great year great job by UCLA . They made big shots.
Here is how I look at it. Herb is a matchup nightmare. Q can be unless there is a shot blocker. He kept getting blocked. Petty can’t take it unless it is a 3. Who else do you give it to? Herb is the only answer and he got to the line. He is usually a good free throw shooter. Just my thoughts.
It's puzzling and for a guy as good and smart as oats it's damn near insanity. I'm so confused about how these things get so screwed up because a guy is favored but is clearly not the best or even second best scoring option. And had already missed numerous free throws and had like 1 point I think.
Yep. Not bad points. I’m not saying Q has to take the shot... but Q has to be the guy initiating the offense. If the shot is there, take it. If he gets doubled, dish it like he did earlier to Gary.
Yes, and Oates did horrible as always with TOs and drawn up plays. The end of the first half, we had almost 30 seconds and it consisted of zero passes or even any attempt of anything other than JQ doing a couple crossovers and taking a fadeaway 3. Pathetic. Then at the end was just a desperation LONG 3 by Reese, who came through like he usually does.
In fairness to many on the board my friend (not me) Herb has been a boob not only yesterday, but for the last month of the season. I will leave tonight’s game to everyone else and I think Oats is a hell of a coach, but no way in hell will you ever convince me that JQ should be coming off of the bench for this team. Great year overall, but I hate it for Herb and Petty who ended their really nice careers playing in their final game and looking like it was their first game of their careers. Hope to see most of you guys on the TOC as football approaches.
This is a fair point, even though still in hindsight, but the OP is the worst kind.
If Bama goes 18-22 from the free throw line then I get your gripe and you can definately blame Oats' offense for the loss. But it's Oats' offensive scheme that got to the ft line 25 times where your players failed to convert. This team has lost 4 games over the past 3 months. 4. At Mizzou by 3, at OU by 5, at Arky during "free throw gate", and tonight. There was a whole lot of awesomeness that we got to enjoy this season and I'll take it. Look on the bright side, if you pegged the Sweet sixteen as the pinnacle for Bama basketball then you really have nothing to be upset about.
When the entirety of the success of the season involved sucking in first halves and relying totally on clutch runs down the stretch and out hustling the opponent, you’ll get that. When you have the ball for 30 seconds at the end of the first half down double digits and run zero offense, attemp no passes or movement and have a desperation fadeaway 3 attempt, there’s something wrong.
I guess my problem is we will look back at this as a golden opportunity lost. This year with COVID wrecking a lot of teams practices, the Blue Bloods like Duke and Kentucky who depend on freshman one and done type players didn't have the time to “coach up” those young guys.
