Think it's hard to get to or want to go to Norman on a weeknight? Try Stillwater, especially when the team is mediocre.
The Thunder has hurt the programs at both OU and OSU, without a doubt. People prefer the NBA product, especially when the team is good.
Berry Tramel writes about the difficulty of the OSU job today. He's an OSU basketball homer, as that was his first beat many years ago when he went to work for the Oklahoman. He's one of those guys that equates OSU basketball with OU football (It's not...it's not even equal to OU basketball). His point, though: only two coaches have ever been successful at OSU: Henry Iba and Eddie Sutton. Outside of those two coaches, they're very mediocre.
The deeper we go into the 21st century, the more we realize Sutton’s truth. It takes a great coach, who arrives at the right time, to make OSU a winner.
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