If you’re fourth-year basketball coach Avery Johnson, waking up on Championship Saturday brought some unwelcome press from the local beat.
Venerable Tuscaloosa News sportswriter Cecil Hurt has always been known for his biting sense of humor, made all the more sardonic because it actually takes a great deal for him to openly call for the loss of someone’s job. Call it his basic sense of decency; decades spent in a small city with a micromanaging press access at the University; the go-along-to-get-along nature of being a beat writer; or Cecil’s laid-back personality, but when he’s seen enough, he’s seen enough.