Cited in a fatal shooting incident near the University of Alabama campus on January 15, Brandon Millerlike all of his teammates, had not appeared in front of the media since February 21, when his involvement in the shooting was revealed.
Almost two weeks later, here he is again at the microphone of the journalists, on the occasion of the press conference of the tournament of the SEC conference, which started this night. Obviously questioned about the case from the first seconds, the star “freshman”, unsurprisingly, did not expand too much on the subject.
” Rest assured that I keep in mind that during this evening, a family lost a loved one. And this whole situation breaks my heart » so he said. ” You will understand that these are the only comments I can make on this subject. »
Author of particularly clumsy comments, when he explained that Brandon Miller had ” found at the right time at the wrong time “, before apologizing for his” unfortunate choice of words “, his coach Nate Oats took care this time to be well understood by all.
” I’ll be honest with you: [Brandon] takes this situation very seriously, and has done since day one “he assured then. ” This is a difficult situation for our program. It’s really very sad. But as far as our life, as a team, off the pitch, we are not changing anything in particular. Because I did not consider it necessary to upset anything in particular. »
In other words: always business as usual for the Crimson Tide. SEC regular-season champions Nate Oats and his men are the clear favorites to win the conference tournament this week, and are even a contender for the national title, on paper.
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