Capel saved his job!!!!!!!!!!

[jmizzy4ou]

Good Lord. Some of you folks need to step back from the keyboard for a couple of days. We just beat OSU to stop 9 game losing streak. Just enjoy the win and Payne County Vo-Tech's suffering for a while.

Who knows what will happen with the Head Coaching position. No matter what my opinion is, it will have zero effect on the outcome. I can't control it, but I can have fun laughing at the idiots up in Stillwater.

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LOVE IT!!!! BOOMER!!!!!!

 

[bgrch1350]

I've already proven that to be false.

Theres not 1 team w/ less talent and experience in this league...not one.

 

[j2d2]

I've already proven that to be false.

I think not. Except for Cade and he wouldnt start on most teams in the conference, our talent level is as low or lower than the subs at the end of the bench in the league. Without doubt. Unarguably. Indubitably. Unquestionably.

 

[colston15]

Can we not just enjoy this win for a couple of hours without talking about Capel?

 

[NickZepp]

I think not. Except for Cade and he wouldnt start on most teams in the conference, our talent level is as low or lower than the subs at the end of the bench in the league. Without doubt. Unarguably. Indubitably. Unquestionably.

He had the stat before that we have something like 3 or 4 top 100 players. I don't know if it's really true nor care. I do think that coaching has more to do with how bad we look than talent.

 

[MarnePatch]

Can we not just enjoy this win for a couple of hours without talking about Capel?

Guess not! The old OUI feud is alive and well.

Anyway, the Poke boards are in meltdown. It's funny that in our darkest hour, they suck worse. It never stops. They have provided me with a lifetime of entertainment. I'm gonna enjoy the win. You fine folks carry on.

 

[jerry]

So how many of you were actually rooting against the team today?

I hate OSU almost as much as Texas so I could never hope we would lose a bedlam game. With that said I still hope we make a coaching change.

 

[soonermom1000]

Of course, I am glad we won......for Cade's sake !!!!! He is such a good kid....I really wanted him to win on his Senior Day !!!

 

[Sam]

Guess not! The old OUI feud is alive and well.

Anyway, the Poke boards are in meltdown. It's funny that in our darkest hour, they suck worse. It never stops. They have provided me with a lifetime of entertainment. I'm gonna enjoy the win. You fine folks carry on.

The Fire Ford thread on Orange Power is hilarious.

 

[OUhoops11]

So how many of you were actually rooting against the team today?

Plenty, just none who will admit it on this board. They'll be doing the same thing Wednesday.

 

[bgrch1350]

He had the stat before that we have something like 3 or 4 top 100 players. I don't know if it's really true nor care. I do think that coaching has more to do with how bad we look than talent.

If your looking at scout...we have 2.

 

[sooner8]

The players & coaching staff did what they had to do too win!!That is all that matters at this point..OSU still sucks!Go Sooners!!!!!!!

 

[coolm]

saved his job?

don't scare me like that.

 

[WTSooner]

If your looking at scout...we have 2.

Top 150 is what most sites show. I'm pretty sure I only used either Scout or Rivals, and didn't "cross-breed" between the two.

That said, Cam (around 30), Fitz (around 65-70), and Pledger (around 100) were all top 150 guys. Cade has played as a top 150 player, but wasn't one. He and Neal were OK POY's though. Blair was 1st or 2nd team all conference last year in a D1 conference. Honore was good in his conference. Washington was a JUCO AA, right? I was told the only reason Newell wasn't top 150 was grades and I believe lack of AAU (not positive on that).

Point is, if you ONLY look at top 150 prospects, OU had 3, and I showed that none of TT, Colorado, ISU, or Nebraska had recruited a single top 150 kid in the last three classes.

So yes, OU has brought in more talent then those schools. Maybe Capel just hasn't used it, or developed it, very well?

I love how fans look at the end result (the way guys are playing, and our record), and immediately tie that back to talent. These recruiting services aren't perfect, BUT THEY ARE NOT MISSING ON ALL OF CAPEL'S RECRUITS, WHILE GETTING KU'S AND DUKE'S RIGHT. Some of these kids are simply UNDERPERFORMING under Capel, and that is NOT a talent issue. That is a coaching/development issue.

Say that our players aren't playing as well as less talented players at other schools. Fine. I agree. But don't refer to that as a talent issue. That is not talent. That is coaching/development.

 

[Sid]

I just got back to my hotel room and read the good news. Good job, Sooners. I'm glad Jeff is going out on a high note. I was hoping he would win his last game in the LNC. How many Sooner fans showed up for the game today?

 

[StoopsBros]

According to Rivals (nat = national)

Oklahoma
Pledger - 3star-#26 SG-(#121 nat)
Davis - 3star...no rankings
Fitz - 4star-#9 C-(#70 nat)
Blair - nada
Clark - 4star-#5 SF-(#34)
Franklin - 2star
Hardrick - 3star
Honore - nada
Neal - nada
Newell - 3star
Osby - 4star-#19 PF-(#57 nat)...doesn't count just yet
Thompson - 2star JUCO
Washington - nada JUCO

Texas Tech
Cooper - 3star JUCO
Crockett - 3star
Davis - nada
Dunn - nada
Henderson - 3star
Jenkins - 3star JUCO
Jones - nada
Lewandowski - 2star
Outler - 3star
Reese - 3star JUCO
Roberson - 3star-#23 PG
Roberts - 3star-#44 SF
Singletary - 3star
Tairu - 3star JUCO
Willis - 4star-#18 PG-(#74 nat)

 

[152219]

According to Rivals (nat = national)

Oklahoma
Pledger - 3star-#26 SG-(#121 nat)
Davis - 3star...no rankings
Fitz - 4star-#9 C-(#70 nat)
Blair - nada
Clark - 4star-#5 SF-(#34)
Franklin - 2star
Hardrick - 3star
Honore - nada
Neal - nada
Newell - 3star
Osby - 4star-#19 PF-(#57 nat)...doesn't count just yet
Thompson - 2star JUCO
Washington - nada JUCO
Texas Tech
Cooper - 3star JUCO
Crockett - 3star
Davis - nada
Dunn - nada
Henderson - 3star
Jenkins - 3star JUCO
Jones - nada
Lewandowski - 2star
Outler - 3star
Reese - 3star JUCO
Roberson - 3star-#23 PG
Roberts - 3star-#44 SF
Singletary - 3star
Tairu - 3star JUCO
Willis - 4star-#18 PG-(#74 nat)

And now post the class for each of those players

 

[campbest]

Now that the regular season has ended...I'm for giving Capel one more year. The blowout against Texas Tech leaves a bad taste in the mouth, but if you look at the year as a whole from what was expected, I think he did an adequate job.

Next year though, there aren't any excuses...has to make the tournament, or at least a close bubble team.

 

[WTSooner]

And now post the class for each of those players

Doesn't matter.

Unless they start 5 seniors, there is no real advantage.

OU starts three top 100 kids.

TT starts none.

OU has more talent. That isn't debateable.

 

[MsProudSooner]

good lord. Some of you folks need to step back from the keyboard for a couple of days. We just beat osu to stop 9 game losing streak. Just enjoy the win and payne county vo-tech's suffering for a while.

Who knows what will happen with the head coaching position. No matter what my opinion is, it will have zero effect on the outcome. I can't control it, but i can have fun laughing at the idiots up in stillwater.

Amen!