Coale "fires" DeCosta and Thraikill

[arobin1]

Here is a person who young still playing D-ROB. Sherri needs to find someone who can recruit.

 

[oketex]

Why didn't Mr. Basketball (Sony Boy) get the ax?

 

[Oliver Hardy]

Because if they made her fire him, she would have done it and then retired and that likely would have broken up the love affair between her and OU for good.

And junior still may quit. She’s just giving him time to find another job.


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[sooner8693]

Is anybody concerned that she may hire Morgan Hook? I am.

 

[Oliver Hardy]

No, because Joe C would nix that now, I guarantee.


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[SoonerSpock]

No, because Joe C would nix that now, I guarantee.


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How can you be certain he allowed Colton, her least qualified assistant to hired and to stay instead of going with Pam and Chad. But I doubt that Sherri wants to open that can of worms after the initial reaction to the Colton hiring.

 

[Oliver Hardy]

That day has passed and times have changed. Sherri is no longer the one deciding who coaches and who doesn’t, reportedly.

I doubt we see Colton around after next season. Hell, after next season Sherri May hang it up - voluntarily or involuntarily.


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[inoref]

That day has passed and times have changed. Sherri is no longer the one deciding who coaches and who doesn’t, reportedly.

I doubt we see Colton around after next season. Hell, after next season Sherri May hang it up - voluntarily or involuntarily.


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That could very well happen, Sherri gone, Colton gone, I sure will miss sybarite

 

[Soonerguy06]

I only saw them twice this year. I saw them maybe five times last year. They benefited greatly from a 6-7 post who seemed to be the difference maker, the player who made them a top three as opposed to a top 25 team.

I could not disagree any further. Vivians was their best player. They had three strong senior guards that had a lot to do with their success. Without good guards, no way she gets the ball down low as much as she did! McCowan obviously helped but she was not solely, or even mostly responsible.

Sometimes things this guy's says ...

 

[Speedy17]

No, because Joe C would nix that now, I guarantee.


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He might go for it if she fired Colton and hired Morgan. She is after all far more qualified than Colton to be an assistant. It is funny listening to Sherri say that Colton knows the program because he was around every step of the way while she built it. What a joke? Now, he is director of recruiting. One thing for certain, Sherri is going to have a tough time getting assistant coaches who consider joining her staff a risk to their career. They come in and she gets fired then they have to find a new job. I would not take the job without a contract for multiple years from OU.

My money is that she will make Jan Ross an assistant coach again for one of the two slots. She will then hire a newby with little experience.

 

[SoonerSpock]

Mississippi State has averaged better than 29 wins per season for the last 6 seasons going 178-38. During that period the allowed an average of only 58.1 p/g and won by an average of 18 p/g. One player did not make all that happen.

 

[sybarite]

I could not disagree any further. Vivians was their best player. They had three strong senior guards that had a lot to do with their success. Without good guards, no way she gets the ball down low as much as she did! McCowan obviously helped but she was not solely, or even mostly responsible.

Sometimes things this guy's says ...

Really? Like the reason that Mississippi State got into the finals last year were those 25 points and four rebounds. Or, just perhaps, it was the 21 points and twenty-five rebounds along with three blocked shots that allowed them to control the interior.

Of course, McGowan is back, and they appear to be headed back there again.. It couldn't be that she is the leading scorer and rebounder (13.5 boards per game to go with about 75 blocks) that allows them to dominate the interior. It's nice if a forward can shoot 45-50% from the field (she did average one more point per game last year than did McGowan), but when you have a post who shoots 65% from the field, you just don't lose that many scoring opportunities.

They only beat UConn to get into the finals because McGowan came in to shoot 5 of 9 from the field and grab 8 rebounds to lead the team, as a reserve,, while Vivians was 6 of 18, only 3 of 11 from three. Very simply, two years in a row, they needed McGowan to get them past the first game in the Final Four.

Want to try again?

 

[sybarite]

Mississippi State has averaged better than 29 wins per season for the last 6 seasons going 178-38. One player did not make that happen.

One player is the difference that makes them a title caliber team. A champion usually has one or two players that do something others don't do. UConn had Stewart who seemed to rise to the occasion. South Carolina beat Mississippi State because they had A'Ja Wilson who almost matched McGowan on the boards and shot 9 of 15 for 23 points. SC also had a couple of posts who could rotate in, take some fouls each, and play defense on Terra. Mississippi State had nobody who rose up. Vivians was only 4 of 16 from the field and one of five from three. Nobody really had a good day. Terra got her ten boards, but SC had several to combat her inside.

 

[SoonerSpock]

He might go for it if she fired Colton and hired Morgan. She is after all far more qualified than Colton to be an assistant. It is funny listening to Sherri say that Colton knows the program because he was around every step of the way while she built it. What a joke? Now, he is director of recruiting. One thing for certain, Sherri is going to have a tough time getting assistant coaches who consider joining her staff a risk to their career. They come in and she gets fired then they have to find a new job. I would not take the job without a contract for multiple years from OU.

My money is that she will make Jan Ross an assistant coach again for one of the two slots. She will then hire a newby with little experience.

Interesting thought. But I hope you are wrong. However your logic is not unlike how I think Sherri thinks. I shudder at the thought of your statement. Ugh!!

 

[Soonerguy06]

I seem to remember William having a game winning shot against UCONN the year before last to get them to the finals, after having had a monster game that whole game. I think a great point guard is essential to making sure the Bigs get the looks they need on offense. I don't think that M.State was a one-person-team, as i'm sure there were games McCowan had that weren't spectacular and other players stepped up to get them to where they ended up. The whole team was just special. I'm not saying McCowan isn't a special player individually, but i don't agree she's the only reason they got to where they were the past two seasons.

I get so frustrated when people are rude, condescending jerks when they respond to people with disagreements. This is yet another illustration why not very many people like them on this board and why they have so many arguments.

I hope some day OU can get to the level M.State is at right now again.

 

[SoonerSpock]

I seem to remember William having a game winning shot against UCONN the year before last to get them to the finals, after having had a monster game that whole game. I think a great point guard is essential to making sure the Bigs get the looks they need on offense. I don't think that M.State was a one-person-team, as i'm sure there were games McCowan had that weren't spectacular and other players stepped up to get them to where they ended up. The whole team was just special. I'm not saying McCowan isn't a special player individually, but i don't agree she's the only reason they got to where they were the past two seasons.

I get so frustrated when people are rude, condescending jerks when they respond to people with disagreements. This is yet another illustration why not very many people like them on this board and why they have so many arguments.

I hope some day OU can get to the level M.State is at right now again.

Individual players have major impact on teams but it is the team not the individual that wins championships. McCowan has not single handedly held opponents to a 58.1 scoring average and an 18 point margin of victory the last 6 years.

 

[bluesooner17]

So does this show that Sherri has more clout than some think she has (including me). Is this not like rubbing it into Joe C face again by keeping Junior as when she hired him? You have an 8-22 season and keep the one assistant that has next little to no coaching experience what am I missing here? Just my thought, but Pat and Chad are gone so she could stay or did they just have enough of her, I really can't see this any other way. There really has to be more to this story. It just doesn't make sense or Joe C is leaving.

 

[sybarite]

Individual players have major impact on teams but it is the team not the individual that wins championships. McCowan has not single handedly held opponents to a 58.1 scoring average and an 18 point margin of victory the last 6 years.

The last six years is nice. But, a Final Four team has something that gives them the edge to get there. Even Griner couldn't get there more than twice. Courtney made it once. There may be seven or eight teams that have no more than five or six losses. But, you need something to make your team the one that survives to get to the Final Four. It also takes someone special to perform once you get there.

Mississippi State has been there two years in a row and will likely make it this year. Those tend to coincide with the years in which McGowan played enough to provide a dominance under the rim.

Similar thing happened maybe ten years ago. LSU went to the Final Four four straight years. I think they had a couple of guards who got a lot of credit for scoring. But, those four years also just happened to have a dominant center who was a big body with long arms. Was SEC POY as a senior, finally. Sylvia Fowles provided a stability in the middle, a control of the paint. When she graduated, LSU has not come close since. They've had some good teams, but not of that caliber.

I wonder what will happen next year? Will Mississippi State be able to be a contender for the Final Four without that dominant interior? When I have seen Mississippi State, I see the others as replaceable. I think she will be tough to replace.

 

[SoonerSpock]

The last six years is nice. But, a Final Four team has something that gives them the edge to get there. Even Griner couldn't get there more than twice. Courtney made it once. There may be seven or eight teams that have no more than five or six losses. But, you need something to make your team the one that survives to get to the Final Four. It also takes someone special to perform once you get there.

Mississippi State has been there two years in a row and will likely make it this year. Those tend to coincide with the years in which McGowan played enough to provide a dominance under the rim.

Similar thing happened maybe ten years ago. LSU went to the Final Four four straight years. I think they had a couple of guards who got a lot of credit for scoring. But, those four years also just happened to have a dominant center who was a big body with long arms. Was SEC POY as a senior, finally. Sylvia Fowles provided a stability in the middle, a control of the paint. When she graduated, LSU has not come close since. They've had some good teams, but not of that caliber.

I wonder what will happen next year? Will Mississippi State be able to be a contender for the Final Four without that dominant interior? When I have seen Mississippi State, I see the others as replaceable. I think she will be tough to replace.

No one is denying the significance of McGown or the difficulty replacing her. However making the Final Four is not the only acceptable benchmark for determining Schaefer and his staffs success doing their job which they have been doing extremely well every year he has been at MSU despite his first team going only 13-17 and 11th in the SEC.

Also there is no question that the next 3-4 years will tell us a lot more about Schaefer with next year expected to be a drop off with them losing 3 of their top 6 and 38+ points per game to graduation. Moreover consistently recruiting national caliber kids to Starkville, MS has to be a far more difficult task than recruiting them to Norman, OK.

The real question becomes how long will it be before MSU can advance beyond the Sweet 16 after McGowan is gone. Sherri has not done it in 8 seasons getting to the Sweet 16 only twice. Schaefer's big advantage going forward is his teams play top drawer defense. Sherri's teams play little defense.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I get so frustrated when people are rude, condescending jerks when they respond to people with disagreements. This is yet another illustration why not very many people like them on this board and why they have so many arguments.

We all appreciate you admitting this about yourself, 06.

Now that you have confessed about your posting style, how about slowing down the anger and helping the board be about OU WBB instead of about your difficulty with your anger management issues.

But no matter your success with self control, at least thanks for admitting your shortcomings in the past concerning your posting style.