Capel's legacy?

[Max Power]

I will remember Jeff as a coach who coached VCU to 5th place in the Colonial Conference his last year and Joe C thought he was OU good.

I hope we hire a coach who has a few skins this time instead of going on the cheap.

Buzz Williams finished 9th this year and missed the tourney. Is that an upgrade worth a $3 million buyout?

Marquette is in the Tourney

 

[Big Old Booger]

Still think Wayman's better but I agree with the sentiment.

I agree.

Griffin will be a better player in the NBA than Wayman was, but Wayman was the best basketball player in the history of OU basketball. 3 time consensus all-american, a lot of points and rebounds. Griffin is easily #2, though.

 

[CokeSooner]

After OU bounces back and Capel lands somewhere else and does a really good job for a number of years, I'll remember his time here as a bad combination of things that just didn't work out. Or as a rough patch every coach endures.

 

[coolm]

Wayman was better in college, but in the pros it's not even close: Blake wins b/w those 2.

 

[scrybe]

After OU bounces back and Capel lands somewhere else and does a really good job for a number of years, I'll remember his time here as a bad combination of things that just didn't work out. Or as a rough patch every coach endures.

This. And I wish more of our posters felt this way. Not flaming, by the way. I just wish things had worked out better for all concerned.

 

[TakiToki]

Capel's legacy is still to be determined. His tenure here will be rewritten, depending upon our and his future success, respectively.

 

[cosmic_sooner]

i was really excited about Capel when we first hired him for the reason that were, well...exciting. i even attended the press conference on campus.

but his legacy? i think it will be a rather disappointing one. Blake owns the Elite 8 run whereas Capel owns the failed recruits, the sloppy play, the relative NCAA sanction danger and not having a PG who could play PG like a real PG.

i'm glad they made the decision and we can move forward. there still wasnt much hope for him next year if he had even received it.

 

[SoonerinNC]

Several red flags.

Losing the heart of the Sampson recruiting class. I know that is not unusual but I think the top coaches retain more than he did.

Bad losing streak ending first year.

Bad losing streak ending last year.

Gallon/OT incident not good but the thing that chilled me was that Cline left for what appeared to be a lesser job. That didn't pass the smell test.

Seemingly little recruiting activity of late.

Some or all may not have been a factor but the buck stopped with Capel.

Frankly, I thought he would get another year with the late wins over OSU and Baylor though a clearly diminished Baylor. When the best scoring option left on the floor was Acey Baylor had to be in big trouble. The bad loss to Tech had to hurt a lot.