Big Rick has entered Portal Combat

[BigTime]

Go find a good fit big fella

 

[pnkranger]

Go find a good fit big fella

I really, really like Rick. He seems like a great human from everything I have heard. Hope he goes and finds a great situation to get some PT.

 

[Seymore Cox]

Can see him in Omaha with Crutchfield

 

[BoulderSooner]

Can see him in Omaha with Crutchfield

his girlfriend lives in dallas ... so somewhere in that area is also a possibility

 

[skyvue]

He's such an impressive specimen and seemingly such a good guy, I kept hoping he'd be able to improve sufficiently to be a contributor. I wish him all the best wherever he lands.

 

[Sooner04]

This is the one I've been waiting for. Let's upgrade the interior!

 

[hoopsaustin]

I swore he already was but i guess I'm crazy

 

[Seymore Cox]

I don’t think Rick was ever given a chance. Especially from a team that desperately needed internal defense and rim protection.

 

[dahldennsull]

I don’t think Rick was ever given a chance. Especially from a team that desperately needed internal defense and rim protection.

do you see the oxymoron within your two statements? lol

i think a team begging for some inside help would have given someone worthy multiple chances. I don't think Rick ever earned more time on the court.

 

[Northbase]

Man! I wish I had been a fly on the wall for all the coach's meetings about building for next year, and about the portal. Probably not what any of us believe to have happened.

 

[WTSooner]

I don’t think Rick was ever given a chance. Especially from a team that desperately needed internal defense and rim protection.

I saw enough. Too slow, and very limited offensive game. Just picked up the game too late to be a contributor at a school like OU. Some other team might be able to let him grow on the court. OU cannot.

 

[TINY]

I don’t think Rick was ever given a chance. Especially from a team that desperately needed internal defense and rim protection.

The kid walking on from wofford is already better than big Rick. Hope Rick has a great career and life and wish him nothing but the best.

 

[Seymore Cox]

do you see the oxymoron within your two statements? lol

i think a team begging for some inside help would have given someone worthy multiple chances. I don't think Rick ever earned more time on the court.

No…. Not really when we have a center that gets abused and a backup center that wasn’t much better. Also we had Jacob Groves , Mo, and Bijan who couldn’t keep anyone in front of them. You need a rim protector. I definitely think he could have been given spot minutes. If we go out there again with Tanner Groves as the back line of defense, the season will be bad.

I’ll be honest, Cisse from OSU is a terrible offensive basketball player. All the do is let him roam the lane and bloc shots on defense and throw lobs to him…. Just like OU did with Kur the year before. That was the hopes that Rick could be that guy. I know he’s not very skilled, but he’s a high level athlete. I’m sure he will get a chance to be a rim runner and shot blocker at a low level.

 

[StoopsBros]

Tracking the coaching/staffer follows for Big Rick since the portal announcement:

John Williams - Georgia Highlands (juco) asst
Alec Daniels - Cameron (D2) asst
Greg Young - Texas-Arlington HC
Jonathan Livengood - Mineral Area (juco) asst
Tramaine Stevens - Chicago St asst/recruiting coord.
Keith Pickens - Southeast Missouri asst
Landon Lewis - Pearl River (juco) asst
Chris Santo - Vermont asst
Zack Verhuist - Chipola (juco) asst
Justin Wagner - Arkansas-Monticello (D2) asst
Michael Lecak - UC Riverside asst
Ryan Hamm - Cal St Fullerton director of basketball operations
Jayce Cravens - Seminole St (juco) asst

 

[Seymore Cox]

The kid walking on from wofford is already better than big Rick. Hope Rick has a great career and life and wish him nothing but the best.

He is. He’s better than Jacob Groves as well. He’s not walking on.

 

[Seymore Cox]

Tracking the coaching/staffer follows for Big Rick since the portal announcement:

John Williams - Georgia Highlands (juco) asst
Alec Daniels - Cameron (D2) asst
Greg Young - Texas-Arlington HC
Jonathan Livengood - Mineral Area (juco) asst
Tramaine Stevens - Chicago St asst/recruiting coord.
Keith Pickens - Southeast Missouri asst
Landon Lewis - Pearl River (juco) asst
Chris Santo - Vermont asst
Zack Verhuist - Chipola (juco) asst
Justin Wagner - Arkansas-Monticello (D2) asst
Michael Lecak - UC Riverside asst
Ryan Hamm - Cal St Fullerton director of basketball operations
Jayce Cravens - Seminole St (juco) asst

One thing I have known for a while is that there are some stupid coaches in college basketball. Why would this kid go to Juco when I’m sure he has too many college hours. He’s been at OU since the summer of 2019. But

 

[dahldennsull]

Tracking the coaching/staffer follows for Big Rick since the portal announcement:

John Williams - Georgia Highlands (juco) asst
Alec Daniels - Cameron (D2) asst
Greg Young - Texas-Arlington HC
Jonathan Livengood - Mineral Area (juco) asst
Tramaine Stevens - Chicago St asst/recruiting coord.
Keith Pickens - Southeast Missouri asst
Landon Lewis - Pearl River (juco) asst
Chris Santo - Vermont asst
Zack Verhuist - Chipola (juco) asst
Justin Wagner - Arkansas-Monticello (D2) asst
Michael Lecak - UC Riverside asst
Ryan Hamm - Cal St Fullerton director of basketball operations
Jayce Cravens - Seminole St (juco) asst

UT Arlington seems like a match made in heaven, isn't his GF in dallas now?

 

[BoulderSooner]

UT Arlington seems like a match made in heaven, isn't his GF in dallas now?

yep and yep

 

[Seymore Cox]

UT Arlington seems like a match made in heaven, isn't his GF in dallas now?

They just lost a good big to ORU.