Well, things certainly have escalated for the Alabama Crimson Tide (2-4), as they head into Friday night’s 7th Place game against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-5) just looking to get a win of any kind in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Let’s not sugar-coat the situation: the Tide look really bad. The roster already was a bit of a square-hole, round-peg situation, but the number of injuries and the NCAA’s incompetence have really hurt this team. They are simply too thin to play at Nate Oats’ preferred pace.
But, what can you do? Oats is trying to rebuild this program into his image, so changing up his style for this year’s team is grossly short-sighted.