Greatness is a decision and not an event...
You try to be patient. You hope to find progress. You desire to be a good and loyal fan. You want to do what is right for your school. Regardless of how many of us feel at any given moment, we want is best for your program. We anticipate the program becoming better. But exactly what is being a good fan and what is a fair level of success? I read the 'fire Avery' postings, as well as those who believe he is making things headway. 'Give him time' is their mantra. Avery Johnson is going to be here next year. That is a given. The Athlete Director has no inclination to firing Avery Johnson. The AD makes some hard decisions. That's his job. Fans have no say-so. That doesn't mean that hundreds of letters to the AD urging him to keep or fire Johnson will be ignored. That is about all fans can do. I guess you could fail to show up for games or something like that. That would be distasteful to most fans who love the basketball team and the players. Stop buying tickets is an option. I don't think that is fair to the players.
So what do we do? I have blogs that reach several hundreds of fans daily. You might not always like what I write, but I don't think you can question my love for Alabama basketball. I hope Coach Johnson decides to leave at the end of this season. And while the decision is out of our hands, we deserve better. I see no definitive evidence that things will be better. The team is falling apart or perhaps it is fair to say seems to have fallen apart. In watching the Florida game on Saturday it was clear that the Coach seemed to lack the ability to do anything about another meltdown. It appeared to have no idea of what to do. It didn't help that his comments were on an open microphone. He sounded like a father who couldn't discipline his children. The best indication of future behavior is past behavior and present behavior. We can't keep making excuses for a man most of us really love. He tries hard to be a salesman for Alabama. He ends each interview with "Roll Tide." All of that is nice. I am sure he is sincere. He promotes the brand named Alabama basketball. The phrase "buckle-up" was catchy. All of us buckled. Few of us are satisfied. Is there any real hope that Alabama will improve? After watching several horrible games, it is amazing a team could play so poorly and be coached so badly. There is not one thing that leads me to believe next season will be better, but we will probably get to watch what happens. Hope doesn't always spring eternal. The team on the floor exemplifies the personality of the coach.
Avery Johnson can spin all the "season is not over" stuff to anyone who listens. It won't be. The product he puts on the floor convinces me it won't ever improve. The recruiting is not working. The offense doesn't work. We cannot make free throws. The shooting is horrible. Our rebounding is a joke, and it looks like we are not prepared to play. You can deny those observations if you wish, but you would be lying to yourself. I wrote a post earlier saying that I have quit hoping. I have. When you compare Coach Johnson's squad with other coaches who came into the league under similar circumstances we are just losing ground. Hopefully, we can win a few more games. How many of you believe we will enough to make the NCAAT.
Mainstream media could not write an article like this. They are too close to the coaches and depends on their relationship with the higher-ups to pen a column something like this. I wish they would but please don't blame them. Several people have said they should. They can't. When Johnson is fired, and he will ultimately be fired, or find a better job, then the mainstream will do a yeoman-like job in telling us exactly what happened. Many print media types are gifted writers. But for now, it is okay to voice our opinion. If the University of Alabama wants to have one of the top athletic programs in the NCAA, or do they want to rest on laurels from the football program. Greatness is a decision and not an event. If Alabama aspires to be a national program in other sports the leadership needs to start today.
The only thing consistent about Alabama is their inconsistency. We may well turn around and beat Auburn and LSU. I doubt it. That may put a bandaid on a knife cut. Something is wrong with what Johnson is doing. We seemingly have no fundamentals at times. We are like a blind man with a wallet full of cash on a street full of pickpockets. What Mississippi State and Florida did was embarrassing to our University. I love my Univerisity and I really like Coach Johnson. I think Johnson would honestly tell all of us something wrong. Have the players quit? Maybe not, but how long will they continue to play when they have no winning gameplan. Sure, they might hustle more. If they are not doing their job put them on the bench to help their collective perspectives. I don't sense that is the truth. I hope we win enough games to earn our way into the NCAAT. Who knows? We might beat LSU and Auburn at home. We could take Carolina on the road. Those wins will not fix our problems, however. They only make us feel better until the next humiliation. I like Coach Johnson but this isn't working. Ultimately, all coaches leave, are fired, or retires.
The University of Alabama is becoming a bottom feeder in college basketball. Yes, we are...
You try to be patient. You hope to find progress. You desire to be a good and loyal fan. You want to do what is right for your school. Regardless of how many of us feel at any given moment, we want is best for your program. We anticipate the program becoming better. But exactly what is being a good fan and what is a fair level of success? I read the 'fire Avery' postings, as well as those who believe he is making things headway. 'Give him time' is their mantra. Avery Johnson is going to be here next year. That is a given. The Athlete Director has no inclination to firing Avery Johnson. The AD makes some hard decisions. That's his job. Fans have no say-so. That doesn't mean that hundreds of letters to the AD urging him to keep or fire Johnson will be ignored. That is about all fans can do. I guess you could fail to show up for games or something like that. That would be distasteful to most fans who love the basketball team and the players. Stop buying tickets is an option. I don't think that is fair to the players.
So what do we do? I have blogs that reach several hundreds of fans daily. You might not always like what I write, but I don't think you can question my love for Alabama basketball. I hope Coach Johnson decides to leave at the end of this season. And while the decision is out of our hands, we deserve better. I see no definitive evidence that things will be better. The team is falling apart or perhaps it is fair to say seems to have fallen apart. In watching the Florida game on Saturday it was clear that the Coach seemed to lack the ability to do anything about another meltdown. It appeared to have no idea of what to do. It didn't help that his comments were on an open microphone. He sounded like a father who couldn't discipline his children. The best indication of future behavior is past behavior and present behavior. We can't keep making excuses for a man most of us really love. He tries hard to be a salesman for Alabama. He ends each interview with "Roll Tide." All of that is nice. I am sure he is sincere. He promotes the brand named Alabama basketball. The phrase "buckle-up" was catchy. All of us buckled. Few of us are satisfied. Is there any real hope that Alabama will improve? After watching several horrible games, it is amazing a team could play so poorly and be coached so badly. There is not one thing that leads me to believe next season will be better, but we will probably get to watch what happens. Hope doesn't always spring eternal. The team on the floor exemplifies the personality of the coach.
Avery Johnson can spin all the "season is not over" stuff to anyone who listens. It won't be. The product he puts on the floor convinces me it won't ever improve. The recruiting is not working. The offense doesn't work. We cannot make free throws. The shooting is horrible. Our rebounding is a joke, and it looks like we are not prepared to play. You can deny those observations if you wish, but you would be lying to yourself. I wrote a post earlier saying that I have quit hoping. I have. When you compare Coach Johnson's squad with other coaches who came into the league under similar circumstances we are just losing ground. Hopefully, we can win a few more games. How many of you believe we will enough to make the NCAAT.
Mainstream media could not write an article like this. They are too close to the coaches and depends on their relationship with the higher-ups to pen a column something like this. I wish they would but please don't blame them. Several people have said they should. They can't. When Johnson is fired, and he will ultimately be fired, or find a better job, then the mainstream will do a yeoman-like job in telling us exactly what happened. Many print media types are gifted writers. But for now, it is okay to voice our opinion. If the University of Alabama wants to have one of the top athletic programs in the NCAA, or do they want to rest on laurels from the football program. Greatness is a decision and not an event. If Alabama aspires to be a national program in other sports the leadership needs to start today.
The only thing consistent about Alabama is their inconsistency. We may well turn around and beat Auburn and LSU. I doubt it. That may put a bandaid on a knife cut. Something is wrong with what Johnson is doing. We seemingly have no fundamentals at times. We are like a blind man with a wallet full of cash on a street full of pickpockets. What Mississippi State and Florida did was embarrassing to our University. I love my Univerisity and I really like Coach Johnson. I think Johnson would honestly tell all of us something wrong. Have the players quit? Maybe not, but how long will they continue to play when they have no winning gameplan. Sure, they might hustle more. If they are not doing their job put them on the bench to help their collective perspectives. I don't sense that is the truth. I hope we win enough games to earn our way into the NCAAT. Who knows? We might beat LSU and Auburn at home. We could take Carolina on the road. Those wins will not fix our problems, however. They only make us feel better until the next humiliation. I like Coach Johnson but this isn't working. Ultimately, all coaches leave, are fired, or retires.
The University of Alabama is becoming a bottom feeder in college basketball. Yes, we are...
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