Greg McElroy opened his radio show Wednesday morning with a powerful, 16-plus-minute monologue about the latest revelations regarding the January shooting incident in Tuscaloosa that left Birmingham resident Jamea Jonae Harris dead and former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles held in jail without bond.

In the latest edition of “McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning” on Birmingham’s WJOX-94.5 FM, the former Alabama quarterback touched on the story from all angles, first expressing sympathy for the victim and her family and then discussing the facts of the case. But he also directed a great deal of ire toward Crimson Tide basketball coach Nate Oats, who fumbled through an answer about the situation at his Tuesday press conference. It came to light in court Tuesday that Miller had delivered to the scene the gun, which police say Miles then gave to friend Michael “Buzz” Davis, who is accused of shooting and killing Harris, a 23-year-old mother.

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“I’ve been on the radio nine years,” said McElroy, the quarterback on Alabama’s 2009 national championship team who has also been a college football analyst for the SEC Network and ESPN in recent years. “I’ve had to cover some very difficult and uncomfortable stories. This is the worst. It’s the worst for a whole bunch of reasons — one, a mother is dead in her early 20s; two, it involves my school. I’m a proud graduate of the University of Alabama. I have multiple degrees from the University of Alabama.

“… I think what Nate Oats said yesterday was despicable — despicable. I can remove my allegiance from what was said yesterday. It’s an embarrassment. And this whole situation, for all involved, is tragic.

“… He is a phenomenal basketball coach — operative word there, basketball coach. Phenomenal. But what he said yesterday in the press conference was flat-out embarrassing. Absolutely uncalled for, completely unsympathetic. And completely ridiculous.”

Miller, the top player for the second-ranked Crimson Tide and a likely Top 5 NBA draft pick this summer, was not charged with a crime by police and was not publicly disciplined by the university or the Alabama team. When asked Miller’s about apparent involvement in the incident, Oats gave a rambling answer that many have criticized as tone deaf to the gravity of the situation.

“We’ve known the situation since [it happened],” Oats said. “We’ve been fully cooperating with law enforcement the entire time. The whole situation is sad. The team closed practice with a prayer for the situation today, knowing that we had this trial today. We think of Jamea and her family, Kaine. Really think about her son, Kaine, that was left behind. So it’s sad.

“We knew about that. Can’t control everything anybody does outside of practice. Nobody knew that was going to happen. College kids are out, Brandon hasn’t been in any type of trouble nor is he in any type of trouble in this case. Wrong spot at the wrong time.”

McElroy played the clip of Oats’ comments on the air, then unloaded again on the Alabama coach.

“‘Wrong spot at the wrong time.’ It makes my blood boil. It really does,” McElroy said. “You know who was at the wrong spot at the wrong time? The victim. That was who was at the wrong spot at the wrong time. Not Brandon Miller, not Miles, not Davis — the victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time. You are minimizing the seriousness of what went down in Tuscaloosa involving some of your current and former players. It’s painfully bad.”

Police additionally revealed Tuesday that a third Alabama player, freshman guard Jalen Bradley, was also present at the scene (Bradley has also not been charged by police or publicly disciplined by the team or university). Oats released a statement through the Alabama athletic department late Tuesday evening, in which he apologized for his “unfortunate remarks.”

“This entire time I’ve tried to be thoughtful in my words relative to this tragic incident, and my statements came across poorly,” Oats said. “We were informed by law enforcement of other student-athletes being in the vicinity, and law enforcement has repeatedly told us that no other student-athletes were suspects — they were witnesses only.

“Our understanding is that they have all been fully truthful and cooperative. In no way did I intend to downplay the seriousness of this situation or the tragedy of that night. My prayers continue to go out to Jamea Harris’s family.”

McElroy noted Oats’ apology, but argued that it was “too late” after his initial comments earlier in the day.

” I saw his comments after the fact,” McElroy continued. “And to be honest with you, why those weren’t his comments and why he wasn’t prepared to deliver that statement initially, it just makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. You’re the fourth-highest paid person in the state. Choose your words carefully. And understand your words carry weight. He embarrassed himself yesterday. And his statement after the fact was terrific. But guess what? It’s too late.

“I don’t care how good a coach you are. I really don’t. You’re amazing. And as an Alabama fan, I have been so proud of the product you’ve put on the court. I have thoroughly enjoyed every second of Alabama basketball this season. It’s been terrific. But it was all wiped away with your comments yesterday. It was embarrassing, it really was.”

You can hear McElroy’s entire monologue HERE.