Bucky McMillan under fire from misinformed Alabama fans for Charles Bediako rant

As was likely all along, Alabama's Charles Bediako's appeal for injunctive relief against the NCAA was recently denied, meaning he can no longer play college basketball. Bediako, who forewent his remaining NCAA eligibility after two seasons in Tuscaloosa, had a very different case than many other athletes who have challenged the NCAA in court— and, to that point, was challenging a different NCAA bylaw than a guy like Rashaun Agee.

Given that Bediako played for the Tide in the Aggies' game against them a few days ago, recording five points in a game that ended in a three-point win for the Crimson Tide, Aggie fans are, understandably, hoping that consideration will be given to these extenuating circumstances when it comes time to evaluate resumes. Bucky McMillan himself chimed in on the situation in his recent press conference, and the viral clip of his well-earned rant has led to him coming under fire from Alabama fans who— apparently— don't understand the situation.

Alabama fans stung by Bucky McMillan's well-placed criticism try to hit back and fail miserably

You can view Bucky's comments below— comments where he does a good job of riding the line, not being overly critical towards Alabama, but sticking up for his team:

Despite not being the target of this answer, Alabama fans were clearly so stung that they felt as though they must respond. Sadly, many of them displayed that they clearly don't quite understand the situation.

Just as a quick rundown, Rashaun Agee's case was based on the fact that he was misinformed about when his eligibility clock started— the NCAA began that clock when he was playing for a junior college while he was still enrolled at a D1 institution, while he was informed that this would not be the case. Bediako publicly forewent his eligibility when he declared for the NBA Draft; Agee has never done that.

The only similarity was that the NCAA status quo at the beginning of each case was that the player in question was ineligible. However, what this Alabama fan fails to understand is that Agee was not only granted a TRO (temporary restraining order, or an emergency, 'band-aid' style preservation of the status quo, occurring before a hearing, that usually only lasts a matter of days), but an injunction by a judge following an evidentiary hearing.

Bediako, on the other hand, was denied such an injunction by a judge following his TRO. In other words, when the higher standard of evidence was required in Agee's case, the judge ruled in his favor; when it was required in Bediako's case, the judge did not rule in his favor.

It's also worth mentioning that the judge that granted Bediako's original TRO eventually had to recuse himself due to the fact that he was an Alabama donor. This, of course, will not be mentioned by any of the Alabama fans who are attempting to levy criticism at Bucky, but it's clearly relevant.

Does any of this nuance manifest itself in the Tide fans' responses to McMillan? This may come as a surprise, but the answer is an unfortunate no.

"A court order" is doing a lot of work here. The whole point is that Agee received a kind of court order based on his case that Bediako was denied based on his case.

Not the same!

For some reason this guy thinks Jeff Goodman can do something about this. In any case, he still doesn't get what the point is.

Is it any surprise that Alabama fans are clearly so uncomfortable with the slightest level of nuance? I won't dare to answer that here. But what is evident is that Bucky's point, despite carefully crafted to not criticize the Tide, still struck a nerve with the fanbase— which perhaps speaks to a guilty conscience.