Alabama’s Nate Oats Needs A Better Response To The Tragic Murder In Tuscaloosa

Police said Tuesday that University of Alabama basketball player Brandon Miller had brought the gun to the “a href=”.https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-247-alabama-s-controversy-continues-guest-josh-pate”>Tuscaloosa Killing a woman This led to Darius Miles’s former teammate and capital murder charges being filed against Michael. “Buzz” Davis.

A report from AL.com This article explains how Miller allegedly took the gun from his car to the scene of the shooting after Miles allegedly sent Miller a text. According to police, Miller’s car was also one of the two vehicles that blocked the Jeep of victim before the shooting.

According to the Tuscaloosa chief assistant district attorney, who is a graduate of Alabama’s Law School and said that there is nothing to be charged him with. While I’m not a lawyer and will not pretend to be one, I can assure you that it isn’t a crime and warrants a suspension from Nate Oats, the coach of Alabama basketball.

Coach Oats is well-known for talking about the ‘hard-hat mentality,’ and how a great culture works, and what holding people accountable means — well it seems his words were just words. Even with all the information that’s been revealed about this case, Nate Oats is still choosing to play his best player regardless of his ‘accountability’ mantra.

We hear coaches talk all the time about doing the ‘right things’ and how their program builds young men up, but it seems that Nate Oats only cares about one thing — winning. 

Now I know people will say, ‘well it isn’t against the law, so why should he sit?’ I have some good news: Most suspensions for players are not due to breaking a law. Being late for practice isn’t against the law; missing class isn’t against the law; hell, making bad grades isn’t against the law — and those infractions pale in comparison to being associated with murder.

It is impossible to convince me that someone would bring a gun into conflict zones without being aware of the potential consequences. What if they were not a celebrity and a potential lottery winner? How would they fare under similar circumstances?

Comment by Nate Oats “You can’t control what kids do outside of practice” isn’t wrong. You can do this Nate. They can be suspended, and you can do the right things. 

If it was Auburn or John Calipari, I would be the same about Bruce Pearl.

Although I’m not a lawyer, I know that the team should have taken action and not just ignored it. Some things are bigger than basketball, bigger than rivalries, bigger than sports — and this is definitely one of them.

We’re already losing college sports with all of the recent changes — like telling players it’s okay to quit and hit the transfer portal the minute they face adversity.

We will lose college sports’ morality if we do not recognize it.

Jake Crain is the co-host “Crain & Company.” Daily Wire’s Sports Show is hosted by Blain Crain, Jake Crain and David Cone, former athletes and coaches. Follow him @JakeCrain_

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