Frankly, the fact that everyone is so positive right now puts emphasis of what these message boards are.
I'm not positive. I feel better than I did a few weeks ago, but I'm still not happy with the direction this program has taken in such a short amount of time. I'm not praising anyone at this point. The proof is in the pudding (and I'm not even talking about wins and losses). The proof for me will be in how disciplined this team is next year. Has Coach Capel learned a lesson or is he patching holes?
The fact that we're in trouble with the NCAA just a few years after our last trouble with the NCAA (and the reason that Coach Capel is here in the first place) only exasperates the situation.
I wasn't thrilled with the Capel hire. I was proven wrong QUICKLY when he recruited Blake, Willie, etc., and took this team far in the NCAA tourney in '09. He won me over. Now, given what has happened, he will have to win me over again. I'll be there next year (though as I have stated before, college basketball is looking more and more like the NBA to me, and I'm beginning to fall out of love with college basketball) and I will give OU basketball under Coach Capel the opportunity to win me back. I will not, at this point, be thrilled with the situation we're in.
Again, it's better than three weeks ago, but I don't know that it could have been much worse.