Nate Oats and Alabama

[UpstateSM]

If the University of Alabama and the local law enforcement/DA moves mountains like this for the basketball program imagine what they do for the football program

 

[Cuse181]

I stand by “winning cures all” but this might be beyond “all”

 

[cliftonparksufan]

If the University of Alabama and the local law enforcement/DA moves mountains like this for the basketball program imagine what they do for the football program

There are probably a few skeletons buried at a few southern schools. Literally!!!

 

[Cusefan0307]

When Dan Wolken and Clay Travis have same opinion then you might actually be in a weeee bit of trouble here. Nobody outside of the state of Alabama is going to go to bat for Miller or Oats here.

 

[Cuseball]

Awful job by Oats and Bama . You know their motivation to sweep this under the rug but completely tone deaf and dumb. Zero discipline for providing a gun that was used in a murder. If Bama has any pride they suspend miller and oats but they won’t.

 

[Domedude3]

When Dan Wolken and Clay Travis have same opinion then you might actually be in a weeee bit of trouble here. Nobody outside of the state of Alabama is going to go to bat for Miller or Oats here.

To watch the mental gymnastics Alabama fans are performing #online is really something. But not surprising

 

[Cusefan0307]

Awful job by Oats and Bama . You know their motivation to sweep this under the rug but completely tone deaf and dumb. Zero discipline for providing a gun that was used in a murder. If Bama has any pride they suspend miller and oats but they won’t.

I had the same opinion a few hours ago, but every media outlet is on this now. Public pressure is going to be ginormous.

 

[Willy75]

Has Paul Finebaum weighed in yet?

 

[kcsu]

Has Paul Finebaum weighed in yet?

What a strange little twerp Paul is.

 

[althea]

If say "The Second Amendment", can this thread be moved to the OT forum yet???

 

[Charbroil]

In Tuscaloosa? You missed my point completely. If this was big city culture, there’d be no doubt he’d have been charged already.

You clearly don’t know the percentage of murders/shootings that go unsolved in big cities.

 

[longtimefan]

You clearly don’t know the percentage of murders/shootings that go unsolved in big cities.

In this case, they know who was involved. The only questions concern who to charge and for what.

 

[two3zone]

You clearly don’t know the percentage of murders/shootings that go unsolved in big cities.

 

[PoppyHart]

Do we know if Oats was hiding anything from the AD and overall administration?

 

[Charbroil]

Very true. I hate the south.

I’m sure the people who live in the south are devastated to hear this news.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Very true. I hate the south.

Upstate New York is far more southern than southern cities and burbs

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Doesn't matter if Miller was there or not. His gun was used to KILL SOMEONE.

Edit: Looks like the gun was Miles', not Miller's. Miller still brought it though and should be in big trouble.

I mean what kind of pea brain does this guy have? Months away from probably being the number 3 pick in the draft and more guaranteed dollars than he could dream, no matter how bad an nba player he might end up being , and he willingly goes and gives a gun to a guy who he knows is going to use it.

If I’m an NBA front office, that level of judgement is disqualifying to even consider taking him in the top half of the first round. Too much risk. And if it goes bad there is no excuse where you could say “well, he never did THAT before”

Once you get to the latter part of round 1 there is a better risk / reward ratio and the pick becomes justifiable from a basketball (not human ) perspective.

But I’m fairly certain this guy has cost himself a shytte ton of dough already

 

[STEVEHOLT]

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I know we have lawyers here. How is it not a crime to deliver a gun to someone immediately upon request in a situation where the deliverer knows or should have known the weapon was going to be used, in the immediate period post delivery , to commit a crime?

 

[NYCCuse826]

It's not even a gun thing for me. This has all the makings of a town trying to protect a star athlete hence the DA saying she can't say why he's not being charged. If he was on the end of the bench like Miles, they'd be sharing a cell right now.

I hope that when he gets drafted, he doesn't spend his money on jewelry and a car. The family will definitely go after him in civil court. Better preemptively save.

 

[Bulldog04]

I mean just wow. What an insane thing for oats to say and trying to protect him. This will pick up some major steam in next 24 hours. No question. Too many eyes on this now and there should be. Cross him Off every list

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I mean just wow. What an insane thing for oats to say and trying to protect him. This will pick up some major steam in next 24 hours. No question. Too many eyes on this now and there should be. Cross him Off every list

#2 Alabama at South Carolina at 9 pm on the deuce tonight. Interested to see what the narrative will be.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Nate Oats doesn’t sound like much of a “tough guy” anymore.

 

[Orangezoo]

I know we have lawyers here. How is it not a crime to deliver a gun to someone immediately upon request in a situation where the deliverer knows or should have known the weapon was going to be used, in the immediate period post delivery , to commit a crime?

My understanding is proof of intent? Still that seems to be threading the needle here and the irresponsible response from Oats and the University screams of Baylor /NMSU redux.

 

[MSOrange]

I mean just wow. What an insane thing for oats to say and trying to protect him. This will pick up some major steam in next 24 hours. No question. Too many eyes on this now and there should be. Cross him Off every list

Yep - It was the headline on The Athletic daily email I got this morning and hasn’t been hard to find on the other sports websites