Grant Out At Bama

[GoHogs1091]

Shaka or Marshall current odds on favorite.

HELL NO on Rick Stansbury!

Ultimately, I could see them either hiring the Murray State Coach (Steve Prohm), or the Louisiana Tech Coach (Michael White).

The main problem with the Alabama Head Basketball Coach job is Coleman Coliseum.  That arena in its current condition doesn't help with recruiting the necessary high level players.

[Cresthog]

Fred Hoiberg is a Iowa State alumn, and wouldn't take a step down job.

That dude would only take a top 3 job from there. If at all.

He'd be pretty scary as Coach Ks replacement, or Roy or Cal.

Don't see him being interested in UCLA.

[passinghog]

Keep an eye on Steve Prohm, Murray State HC. Former Alabama student manager and a degree from there

[alaback]

And they get in the NIT...

Nice move bammers. They couldn't wait a couple of hours?

[alaback]

Think I heard on TV he has a $4 million buyout? That has to hurt, even with football money.

The football program made 35 million this year. It doesn't hurt.

[High Octane Hog]

I remember the days of worrying about that stuff.

Yep, I remember some fans sending him emails at VCU asking him to take our job opening. Wow!
We got through the Pel scare and glad that Mike came home!

[westside_player]

isn't billy gillispie looking for work

[chortle]

isn't billy gillispie looking for work

And a 6 pack.

[clutch]

Hasn't smart turned down quite a few jobs that are better than Bama over the past few seasons? I don't see that happening.

[ErieHog]

isn't billy gillispie looking for work

And for a brown paper sack to hide his lunch in.

[ghostzapper]

Hurley at Rhode Island would be a good hire.

[jfred59]

Another Asst coach for Billy D

[TomBigBeeHog]

Another Asst coach for Billy D

Now that Pel has collected all of his buyout money, he can bring in another buyout baby on the cheap.

[WilsonHog]

Here's my favorite part about the firing of Anthony Grant:

In his six seasons at Alabama, Anthony Grant was 116-83 (.583) overall and 53-47 (.530) in thee SEC, with one NCAA appearance.

His predecessor, Mark Gottfried, was 210-131 (.616) overall and 83-82 (.503) in the SEC, with five NCAA Tournament trips in 11 years.

Since Gottfried left the announcing chair for NC State, he is 90-53 (.643) overall and 39-31 (.557) in the ACC. The Wolfpack are about to make their fourth trip to the NCAA Tourney in four years.

And Anthony Grant is looking for work.

[texhog]

Hurley at Rhode Island would be a good hire.

Thought Hurley was at Buffalo??

[ErieHog]

Thought Hurley was at Buffalo??

He is.

[jbcarol]

Andy Katz @ESPNAndyKatz  ·  44 minutes ago
Alabama officials are still deciding who will coach the Tide in the NIT now that Anthony Grant has been fired. Odd situation.

NIT acting chair Reggie Minton told me Alabama was in the field prior to knowing Grant had been fired.

[jbcarol]

Trevor Lacey @TrevorLacey5  ·  57 minutes ago
Not fair to blame me !!!

Bo Black ‏@Bo_Black_  53 minutes ago
@stevenmaccall @TrevorLacey5 @CecilHurt not sure it's all that professional for a UA faculty member to tweet that to a student-athlete..

Steven MacCall ‏@stevenmaccall  55 minutes ago
@TrevorLacey5 @CecilHurt LOL #GoToHell LOL!!!

[jbcarol]

Matt Zenitz @mzenitz  ·  2 hours ago
Poll: Who do you want to be Alabama's next basketball coach? http://s.al.com/WfYTOhB

Ben Howland

Bobby Hurley

Gregg Marshall

Steve Prohm -- An Alabama graduate, the 40-year old Prohm was a student assistant coach and student manager for the Tide for five seasons. Murray State is 102-27 since Prohm took over as its coach in 2011

[Hawg Red]

Hasn't smart turned down quite a few jobs that are better than Bama over the past few seasons? I don't see that happening.

Sometimes, it's more about timing with coaching hires. Buzz Williams no doubt turned down better jobs than Virginia Tech in the seasons before he took that job.

[Hawg Red]

Thought Hurley was at Buffalo??

Bobby Hurley coaches Buffalo, younger brother Dan coaches Rhode Island.

[Kevin]

Wish we would hire grant as an assistant   

[Nuttcracker, Sweet!]

He always has been better than Pel. That's just not saying much.

Even Heath was better than Failphrey. Gabe Kaplan would be better than Failphrey even though his only bball experience is from the movie Fast Break...

Horrible head coach. He may be a good assistant, but how far up Eddie Munster's backside must his nose be for him to call Failphrey a "great coach?"

Maybe that "warrior" just needs more time to lie there and "have a good bleed."

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Makes you wonder who they will reach for this time.  With Pearl's little tournament run, I bet there is a little more pressure on Alabama basketball than usual.

Larry Brown?

[Deeznutts]

I'm not sure why we care.

[jackflash]

To me for Alabama to hire a big time coach. Will depend on the commitment they make to having a basketball program. I don't see that their now..

[z1on]

Shaka or Marshall current odds on favorite.

HELL NO on Rick Stansbury!

lmao

Alabama will end up hiring an up and comer. No good coach will go to a place that plays second fiddle to football and will have the most outdated arena in the league once Ole Miss completes their new gym.

[PoormansRobbyHampton]

Not unexpected. A few years back, there were some on this board crowing about how much better Grant is than Pel. He isn't any better and never has been.

Well. I wouldn't say all that.

[ErieHog]

Larry Brown?

Nah.  SMU is paying him decently, and I don't think he wants to start over yet again.

[bigdaddyhawg]

lmao

Alabama will end up hiring an up and comer. No good coach will go to a place that plays second fiddle to football and will have the most outdated arena in the league once Ole Miss completes their new gym.

Alabama recently completed an upgrade on their arena.  It's still not large, but it's nice, by all accounts.

[k.c.hawg]

Larry Brown?

Larry Brown might be fixing to get a show cause from the NCAA. I would be stunned if Marshall or Smart took that job. Both have turned down much better jobs, both have been very patient with their career and are unlikely to commit career suicide by going to a football school when they have both turned down destination basketball schools.

[Dwight_K_Shrute]

Alabama recently completed an upgrade on their arena.  It's still not large, but it's nice, by all accounts.

Unless you have ever been to Coleman you cannot appreciate it's level of crap.  It would be kind saying it is the basketball equivalent of War Memorial.  It's a giant Quonset hut and no level of upgrade will change that.

[hoghiker]

I'm not sure why we care.

Uh, maybe because Bama is in our division and we play them twice every year. It's not just who coaches your team, somewhere in the dynamic it's also about whose coaching your opponent. That's just off the top of my head.

[Hawg Red]

Uh, maybe because Bama is in our division and we play them twice every year. It's not just who coaches your team, somewhere in the dynamic it's also about whose coaching your opponent. That's just off the top of my head.

Neither are true.

There haven't been divisions in SEC basketball since Anderson's first season at Arkansas, and we only played Bama once this year. Missouri is the only school we play twice annually. The rest of them rotate between home, away, and home-and-home.

But I do agree with your point on why this is relevant to the Hogs. Auburn likely put a lot of pressure on Bama by hiring Pearl. Interesting to see what they do.

[Breems]

It will be an up-and-comer, no doubt.

[HotlantaHog]

The former Mississippi State coach who did well there and who shouldn't have been fired at Starkville might be a good fit. Though he is older.

[TomBigBeeHog]

Not unexpected. A few years back, there were some on this board crowing about how much better Grant is than Pel. He isn't any better and never has been.

comparing their head coaching records in the SEC, looks as if Grant was much better than Pelphrey although that's not saying much.

[k.c.hawg]

Watching Grant's teams play was worse than watching paint dry. I can't imagine a skilled basketball player wanting to go play for him. I can't say I've watched one Bama basketball game since he has been there unless Arkansas was the opponent. I tried many times but had to turn it off. They were usually good defensively but the offensive end was awful made for TV basketball.

[HF#1]

The next job Gregg Marshall takes will be a blue blood kind of job.  Kentucky, UNC, etc. 

[jesterzzn]

Here's my favorite part about the firing of Anthony Grant:

In his six seasons at Alabama, Anthony Grant was 116-83 (.583) overall and 53-47 (.530) in thee SEC, with one NCAA appearance.

His predecessor, Mark Gottfried, was 210-131 (.616) overall and 83-82 (.503) in the SEC, with five NCAA Tournament trips in 11 years.

Since Gottfried left the announcing chair for NC State, he is 90-53 (.643) overall and 39-31 (.557) in the ACC. The Wolfpack are about to make their fourth trip to the NCAA Tourney in four years.

And Anthony Grant is looking for work.

Gottfried recruits every other year it seems like.  Which makes sense when you look at his records.  One bad year, two good years, rince repeat.  His run at NC State is anything but great.  No way Bama should have fired him, but lets not pretend he is elite.  He's not.

Bama can get an elite coach.  History suggests they won't, but if they want to they probably could.  That's the thing that kinda worries me.

[MikePiazza]

Neither are true.

There haven't been divisions in SEC basketball since Anderson's first season at Arkansas, and we only played Bama once this year. Missouri is the only school we play twice annually. The rest of them rotate between home, away, and home-and-home.

But I do agree with your point on why this is relevant to the Hogs. Auburn likely put a lot of pressure on Bama by hiring Pearl. Interesting to see what they do.

Didn't have them that year, either.

[MikePiazza]

Maybe Seth Greenberg wants back in?

[Hawg Red]

MP, you're right. They did away with divisions MA's first year, but they still played a division schedule. That's where I got hung up.

[GuvHog]

comparing their head coaching records in the SEC, looks as if Grant was much better than Pelphrey although that's not saying much.

Overall Grant had the better record but how many times did his Tide beat Pel's Hogs and vice-versa???

[HotlantaHog]

Overall Grant had the better record but how many times did his Tide beat Pel's Hogs and vice-versa???

Grant had a fabulous record before Alabama too as I recall...

[TheRazorbackGuy]

Overall Grant had the better record but how many times did his Tide beat Pel's Hogs and vice-versa???

I'm hearing Mike Dantoni and Avery Johnson are interested

[GuvHog]

Grant had a fabulous record before Alabama too as I recall...

Good, yes, but calling it fabulous is a major league push.

[moses_007]

And to think there was a large contingent of folks here calling for Pel's firing, and Grant's hiring.  We better be glad we didn't hire him.

[GuvHog]

And to think there was a large contingent of folks here calling for Pel's firing, and Grant's hiring.  We better be glad we didn't hire him.

My point exactly, but they'll never admit that they were wrong.

[GoHogs1091]

If they are looking for someone with significant experience, their best options would be the following.

Ben Howland
Leonard Hamilton
Lon Kruger (might could get him to leave Oklahoma)