There went coach Nate Oats again Monday, sliding down the pole at the station one more time, rushing off to put out the latest fire within his Alabama men’s basketball program.
Sometimes Oats is the firefighter; sometimes he’s the arsonist. Either way, there has been a constant need over the past three months to keep an extinguisher handy. The sirens keep blaring at Bama.
The latest brushfire occurred when the Tuscaloosa Patch reported Monday that Wichita State transfer Jaykwon Walton, who had committed in March to Alabama for the 2023–24 season, was arrested Saturday night near The Strip, the nightlife district just west of the school’s campus. Walton and another man, Kameron Deshawn Harris, were busted on misdemeanor marijuana possession charges after police approached the car in which they were passengers. In addition to the marijuana, police found three loaded guns in the car.
