Any Bigs Available

[boksooner]

Did you miss today's news?

You fired Capel.

Apparently, that wasn't enough. I think he wanted Joe C. to fire all the players, too.

 

[colston15]

Apparently, that wasn't enough. I think he wanted Joe C. to fire all the players, too.

No, i'm just a little down on the whole situation right now. I think in the long run this was probably for the best, but man, next year could be awful.

 

[Sam]

Also, for what it's worth, everything I've read suggests there are virtually no worthwhile bigs out there. Anyone else seems to have major flaws, with a few exceptions.

2011 was a horrid class to begin with for posts. Whats left on the table can't be very good. Gotta hope Fitz and CJ stay, Osby is a good option at the 4 and Goff gives big minutes. While the new coach focuses on 2012 bigs.

 

[boksooner]

No, i'm just a little down on the whole situation right now. I think in the long run this was probably for the best, but man, next year could be awful.

Think of it this way. If Capel could get 14 wins out of these guys, imagine what a good coach could do.

 

[colston15]

Think of it this way. If Capel could get 14 wins out of these guys, imagine what a good coach could do.

I don't want to start a Capel argument, but I thought he did a good job with this team--coaching wise-- talent wise we're horrid, and we lose our best player.

 

[Sawyer]

nm

 

[Sawyer]

I was just messing around about Spangler. We may have to live with Fitz, Goff, Osby and Washington as our big men, unless we can steal someone from one of the schools with coaches that got fired. It may be worth living with wait we have and saving schollies for 2012.

Those four should be good enough for a new coach to bide his time while he gets his guys in here. It will still be a weak link, but you'll have a decent rebounder/defender in Washington, a good scorer in Fitzgerald and a couple athletic wildcards in the other two. As long as the new coach has SOMETHING to work with and isn't forced to play guys out of position, he should be fine (unless you guys screw up the hire...).

Unless you hire a coach who has a guy he's been recruiting for his current school and he brings that guy with him, probably best to just save the spots for later.



Along those lines, let's say you hire Marshall from WSU. He has no big name commitments, but there is a guy from Minnesota (Jake White) who has a few nice mid-major offers and had some high major interest. There's also a guard (not your major need) from Wichita named Wessel. Sounds like a combo guard/role player type, and not a guy that OU would probably typically look at. But he's teammates with Perry Ellis.

Bring in Marshall, bring a couple of his recruits with him, then lure in Ellis next year and that's a heck of a start for a new coach.

I'm sure other coaches have similar situations (Anderson brought Tiller with him from UAB and Carroll from Vanderbilt).