Nate Oats to Alabama

[syrBossHogg]

 

[syrBossHogg]

 

[samspann1]

what's the buyout?

 

[SUOrangeSU]

Wow. i wonder why

 

[jdubs30]

Buddy graduates in 2022 tho

 

[EastCoast2]

Eyes on the Syracuse job? Buyout can't be that much.

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[Entropic]

Maybe he is vying for Syracuse? Staying close, biding his time with expectation that he will continue to be successful and Syracuse will eventually come calling?

 

[OrangeDW]

I wasn’t sure if I cared for him until I found out he was a huge late 80’s fan of Syracuse. That automatically makes him a good and smart man who knows good hoops.

 

[Trueblue25]

You guys know its cuse, he grew up a big fan.

 

[CuseMan4]

Well if he can keep the UB program as consistently good as it is the last 2 years or better until Boeheim retires...I will gladly roll out the carpet for him.

 

[walsh2012]

If he signs a 3 year deal it will keep him employed until our job is available

 

[SUOrangeSU]

But it doesnt make sense to stay since he’ll lose all of his players and they will be really bad for a few years. You tend to get forgetten in mid major life and you should strike when the iron is hot

 

[syrBossHogg]

Bullish on UB: How Nate Oats got his start and sustained Buffalo basketball’s success

“Ironically enough I grew up a Syracuse fan. Wisconsin wasn’t very good when I was younger,” Oats said in a telephone conversation Monday afternoon. “I graduated from eighth grade in ‘89, so go back to late 80’s when they had Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas throwing lobs to Stevie Thompson, Ronnie Seikaly, Billy Owens came in. I was a huge Syracuse fan. I had the Syracuse Starter jacket, the whole deal. I remember when Matt Roe transferred to Maryland I was all upset because all we needed was a shooter to win the National Championship.”

 

[Trueblue25]

Guy has a lot of respect for what the dome means. I think a lot of the meat head dumb stuff he’s said in his interviews was just playing into the underdog scrappy culture he’s trying to build at UB

 

[Trueblue25]

But it doesnt make sense to stay since he’ll lose all of his players and they will be really bad for a few years. You tend to get forgetten in mid major life and you should strike when the iron is hot

Good coaches reload, lets see what hes made of.

 

[SUOrangeSU]

Good coaches reload, lets see what hes made of.

Yes but those are at P5 conference teams. He’s in buffalo. He got extremely lucky with this class of seniors to peak as juniors

 

[Trueblue25]

Something also to consider. He just closed on a million dollar beachfront home. His wife is either recovering or still suffering from a form of cancer. He may actually be in buffalo or planning upstate for a while.

 

[Trueblue25]

Something also to consider. He just closed on a million dollar beachfront home. His wife is either recovering or still suffering from a form of cancer. He may actually be in buffalo or planning upstate for a while.

She’s in remission

UB hoops coach Nate Oats drops $1M on waterfront 'dream house'

 

[FllCrtPrss]

Wow. i wonder why

He and his family love the city. And UB is recruiting really good right now.

 

[syrBossHogg]

 

[dan7800]

See what this guy can do long term (see Turner Gill). He beat a down SU team this year and that's it. The MAAC is a backwater league. Pitt could likely go undefeated in that league.

 

[Trueblue25]

See what this guy can do long term (see Turner Gill). He beat a down SU team this year and that's it. The MAAC is a backwater league. Pitt could likely go undefeated in that league.

He slapped Ayton last year and nearly beat Coach Cal in the next round. Same team’s back this year. There’s 0 question in my mind, 2019 UB basketball is very legit.

He took over and continued a new annual tourney tradition. The question now is what happens when the seniors graduate and he has to recruit? I think UB would have been a 20-25 win team in the ACC this year as well. Reminds me of the old Marquette teams under buzz with juco and senior talent.

If he wins less than 18 next year we’ll have our answer. Not ready to name him the son in waiting yet.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Regrettably, Honey Bunches is leaving University of Rochester though.

 

[jgeorge322]

i don't think ub is in a position to demand a substantial buyout. oats really has all the leverage. oats gets more money and ub gets a larger buyout for when he inevitably leaves.