Can I go ahead and freak out now?

Coach Capel is in over his head? That's your opinion. Even though these recruits haven't worked out. He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect. He took his team to the Great 8. His hiring kept Taylor Griffin here, which helped in getting Blake. As a coach he has a good system. He just hasn't been able to get an identity for that system with good consistent players. You also must be in the camp that thinks no one would hire him right now. You'd better think again. He could could get a job easily right now. Jeff Capel just had a bad year and some bad players that he couldn't count on. He has committed any violations or found guilty of any wrong doing. John Blake had no clue whatsoever. At least Jeff does. BOOMER SOONER BABY!!!

Prior to the past few months, OU was on the national map since 1983 when Wayman Tisdale placed us squarely on the national map. We were a fixture until this season, even with the mediocre season in 2007.

If anything, we are more off the national map now than we have been in 27 years.

I am in the camp that thinks a BCS program would not hire him right now, and probably some of the more prominent mid-majors. That's not because of coaching or recruiting but because of all the issues (agent/financial advisor) with Gallon and now WW.

Regarding Blake and Capel...a few comparisons apply. Both are considered good recruiters, both can relate to young kids, Blake had a hard time finding his style and a direction he wanted to go on offense and so far I'd say Capel has the same issue, IMO. Both could recruit talent but had a hard time molding that talent into a team. Blake had a hard time recruiting QB's and with TMG and depending on the PG position in the future we may be able to say the same thing about Capel but I'm not ready to go that far because he did recruit the kid from VCU.

Off the court, I think Capel is light years better than Blake. Way more polished, way more intelligent, and a better image as the head of a major D1 program.
 
Coach Capel is in over his head? That's your opinion. Even though these recruits haven't worked out. He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect. He took his team to the Great 8. His hiring kept Taylor Griffin here, which helped in getting Blake. As a coach he has a good system. He just hasn't been able to get an identity for that system with good consistent players. You also must be in the camp that thinks no one would hire him right now. You'd better think again. He could could get a job easily right now. Jeff Capel just had a bad year and some bad players that he couldn't count on. He has committed any violations or found guilty of any wrong doing. John Blake had no clue whatsoever. At least Jeff does. BOOMER SOONER BABY!!!
I like Jeff as a guy and he seems to always say the right things when he talks to the media and all that. But you have to look at his track record and take out Kelvin's players and with that Blake Griffin because we all know he wouldn't have gotten Blake without Taylor and his recruiting track record is poor at best. Cade Davis is about it and he was a 3 star guy. There's a lot of talented guys he's had that just haven't done it in the program. I hope he turns things around but right now he's making the job impossible for anyone to look good and yes you can't blame it all on him but he has to take a lot of blame for having 3 or 4 guys returning on a roster from the last roster. That's basically happened 2 years in a row if you look at it. He has done a horrible job replacing those that left early for whatever reasons and it's going to lead to a program that will be completely void of talent whatsoever. He's setting up the program to be a big time failure and I hope he turns it around.
 
Coach Capel is in over his head? That's your opinion. Even though these recruits haven't worked out. He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect. He took his team to the Great 8. His hiring kept Taylor Griffin here, which helped in getting Blake. As a coach he has a good system. He just hasn't been able to get an identity for that system with good consistent players. You also must be in the camp that thinks no one would hire him right now. You'd better think again. He could could get a job easily right now. Jeff Capel just had a bad year and some bad players that he couldn't count on. He has committed any violations or found guilty of any wrong doing. John Blake had no clue whatsoever. At least Jeff does. BOOMER SOONER BABY!!!

Coach Capel is in over his head? That's your opinion. Even though these recruits haven't worked out. He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect
Look at the results this year, this offseason. Capel is drowning. He had zero idea what to do with this team this year, how to motivate them, how to get them to play defense. Over his head. He even said out loud he had no idea how to connect with this team. And he recruited every guy on this team. These are HIS players.
He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect. He took his team to the Great 8. His hiring kept Taylor Griffin here, which helped in getting Blake.
Back on the National Map?!? That's a slap in the face to the tradition of OU basketball, that's like me trying to explain to one of the youngsters around here why KU is OU's main rival in basketball. This program has tradition and Capel did NOT or need to put this program back on the national map. In fact until Capel got here OU had a string of 20 straight years of postseason tournaments. You could say the longer Capel is here the more is he actually taking OU off the national map.
Kelvin recruited Taylor and OU was fortunate that OSU was stupid enough to not offer Taylor or there is a good chance both would have been aggies. Yes Capel landed Blake, but there's a good chance any coach but Sampson would have landed Blake.
This line here is what really gets me:As a coach he has a good system. He just hasn't been able to get an identity for that system with good consistent players
What the hell did you just say? And please tell me what kind of system does he run. This is where I draw my John Blake comparisons. This team has zero identity and it has zero idea what it wants to do. Its not an athletic team, its not a good outside shooting team, its not a good defensive team. So tell me the system he's trying to recruit to. And tell me who the guy is doing the recruiting for this special system he runs.

You also must be in the camp that thinks no one would hire him right now. You'd better think again. He could could get a job easily right now. Jeff Capel just had a bad year and some bad players that he couldn't count on.I have no idea who would hire Capel, but I guarantee you he can't get a better job than OU right now. Sure some lesser basketball school may hire him, but nothing even close to OU.

He has committed any violations or found guilty of any wrong doing. John Blake had no clue whatsoever. At least Jeff does
When your program is showing up on TMZ that's not a good thing, it may not be his fault directly but he his held accountable and now with two players involved with this scum, either Capel knew about this and turned a blind eye or he is majorly disconnected from his players and who they hang around with.
And again the John Blake comparison, go check there fourth year in there program and tell me who had a better year. These are Capel's guys and you might have three or four back next year and staring right in the face of a disasterous fifth season here. Right now comparing him to John Blake might be doing a disservice to John Blake and John Blake only got three years at OU.
 
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Coach Capel is in over his head? That's your opinion. Even though these recruits haven't worked out. He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect
Look at the results this year, this offseason. Capel is drowning. He had zero idea what to do with this team this year, how to motivate them, how to get them to play defense. Over his head. He even said out loud he had no idea how to connect with this team. And he recruited every guy on this team. These are HIS players.
He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect. He took his team to the Great 8. His hiring kept Taylor Griffin here, which helped in getting Blake.
Back on the National Map?!? That's a slap in the face to the tradition of OU basketball, that's like me trying to explain to one of the youngsters around here why KU is OU's main rival in basketball. This program has tradition and Capel did NOT or need to put this program back on the national map. In fact until Capel got here OU had a string of 20 straight years of postseason tournaments. You could say the longer Capel is here the more is he actually taking OU off the national map.
Kelvin recruited Taylor and OU was fortunate that OSU was stupid enough to not offer Taylor or there is a good chance both would have been aggies. Yes Capel landed Blake, but there's a good chance any coach but Sampson would have landed Blake.
This line here is what really gets me:As a coach he has a good system. He just hasn't been able to get an identity for that system with good consistent players
What the hell did you just say? And please tell me what kind of system does he run. This is where I draw my John Blake comparisons. This team has zero identity and it has zero idea what it wants to do. Its not an athletic team, its not a good outside shooting team, its not a good defensive team. So tell me the system he's trying to recruit to. And tell me who the guy is doing the recruiting for this special system he runs.

You also must be in the camp that thinks no one would hire him right now. You'd better think again. He could could get a job easily right now. Jeff Capel just had a bad year and some bad players that he couldn't count on.I have no idea who would hire Capel, but I guarantee you he can't get a better job than OU right now. Sure some lesser basketball school may hire him, but nothing even close to OU.

He has committed any violations or found guilty of any wrong doing. John Blake had no clue whatsoever. At least Jeff does
When your program is showing up on TMZ that's not a good thing, it may not be his fault directly but he his held accountable and now with two players involved with this scum, either Capel knew about this and turned a blind eye or he is majorly disconnected from his players and who they hang around with.
And again the John Blake comparison, go check there fourth year in there program and tell me who had a better year. These are Capel's guys and you might have three or four back next year and staring right in the face of a disasterous fifth season here. Right now comparing him to John Blake might be doing a disservice to John Blake and John Blake only got four years at OU.

Actually, he got 3, but I see your point.
 
Damn Rom. So much harshness but it's all pretty point on. John Blake only got 3 years but your post was very hard to read because there's so much truth with it. Next year is not set up to be a very good year. We just won't have the talent. We would have to get about 4 or 5 good impact guys to really have that chance and it may be too late in the recruiting game to really get that. Right now we have about 5-7 guys on the roster that won't be enough.
 
Coach Capel is in over his head? That's your opinion. Even though these recruits haven't worked out. He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect
Look at the results this year, this offseason. Capel is drowning. He had zero idea what to do with this team this year, how to motivate them, how to get them to play defense. Over his head. He even said out loud he had no idea how to connect with this team. And he recruited every guy on this team. These are HIS players.
He has still put Oklahoma back on the national map as far as that aspect. He took his team to the Great 8. His hiring kept Taylor Griffin here, which helped in getting Blake.
Back on the National Map?!? That's a slap in the face to the tradition of OU basketball, that's like me trying to explain to one of the youngsters around here why KU is OU's main rival in basketball. This program has tradition and Capel did NOT or need to put this program back on the national map. In fact until Capel got here OU had a string of 20 straight years of postseason tournaments. You could say the longer Capel is here the more is he actually taking OU off the national map.
Kelvin recruited Taylor and OU was fortunate that OSU was stupid enough to not offer Taylor or there is a good chance both would have been aggies. Yes Capel landed Blake, but there's a good chance any coach but Sampson would have landed Blake.
This line here is what really gets me:As a coach he has a good system. He just hasn't been able to get an identity for that system with good consistent players
What the hell did you just say? And please tell me what kind of system does he run. This is where I draw my John Blake comparisons. This team has zero identity and it has zero idea what it wants to do. Its not an athletic team, its not a good outside shooting team, its not a good defensive team. So tell me the system he's trying to recruit to. And tell me who the guy is doing the recruiting for this special system he runs.

You also must be in the camp that thinks no one would hire him right now. You'd better think again. He could could get a job easily right now. Jeff Capel just had a bad year and some bad players that he couldn't count on.I have no idea who would hire Capel, but I guarantee you he can't get a better job than OU right now. Sure some lesser basketball school may hire him, but nothing even close to OU.

He has committed any violations or found guilty of any wrong doing. John Blake had no clue whatsoever. At least Jeff does
When your program is showing up on TMZ that's not a good thing, it may not be his fault directly but he his held accountable and now with two players involved with this scum, either Capel knew about this and turned a blind eye or he is majorly disconnected from his players and who they hang around with.
And again the John Blake comparison, go check there fourth year in there program and tell me who had a better year. These are Capel's guys and you might have three or four back next year and staring right in the face of a disasterous fifth season here. Right now comparing him to John Blake might be doing a disservice to John Blake and John Blake only got three years at OU.

thanks rom, now instead of wanting to down a 6 pack every time i click refresh i want to cry and buy a bottle of bushmills.
 
go with Jameson and if you want to splurge find yourself some Middleton Extra Rare
 
Cade may have to be the point. (I remember Erdman having to run the point in the past.) Far from ideal, but he will be the only one with experience on the team and is coachable.
 
The sense of entitlement on this thread is overwhelming.
 
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