ESPN rumors.....

[WTSooner]

Mentioned Capel's name for both the SMU and South Carolina jobs.

Mentioned that Tulsa's best player, Jordan Clarkson, might look to transfer. He is a 6'4 guard that gets to the line a fair amount, and shot it at 37% from 3 this year. He might be a kid worth looking at if we don't fill our two scholarships elsewhere.

 

[hoopsaustin]

i feel sorry for SMU and/or USCe..

 

[MsProudSooner]

i feel sorry for SMU and/or USCe..

It would be interesting what people have to say if any SMU or USC fans come over here for references....

 

[campbest]

SMU shouldn't take Capel, needs to go after someone who can clean up after the Big XII schools in the DFW market. Lots of good players in the area.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Travis Haney, who used to cover USC, mentioned Steve Alford as a possible candidate for USC in his twitter yesterday.

 

[bocabull]

When it's all said & done Capel will have a career along the lines of Leonard Hamilton. Let's just hope Kruger is our Eddie Sutton minus the whiskey/public urination/criminal recruits.

Isn't SMU joining the Big East? If so that makes the job very attractive and better than South Carolina.

 

[campbest]

When it's all said & done Capel will have a career along the lines of Leonard Hamilton.

Agree with this.

Isn't SMU joining the Big East? If so that makes the job very attractive and better than South Carolina.

Also revamping Moody Arena ($40M project) in addition to the new practice facilities that were added a few years ago.

 

[jerry]

When it's all said & done Capel will have a career along the lines of Leonard Hamilton. Let's just hope Kruger is our Eddie Sutton minus the whiskey/public urination/criminal recruits.

Isn't SMU joining the Big East? If so that makes the job very attractive and better than South Carolina.

My guess is Capel will have a career much like John Blake.

 

[bocabull]

My guess is Capel will have a career much like John Blake.

This is impossible. Jeff Capel already has achieved great success as a head coach. Built VCU into an NCAA tournament team then came to Oklahoma and put together a 30 win elite 8 team, one of the 5 best teams in OU history. There is only one similarity to John Blake and sadly a good portion of the hatred directed to him is on that ignorant account.

 

[WTSooner]

This is impossible. Jeff Capel already has achieved great success as a head coach. Built VCU into an NCAA tournament team then came to Oklahoma and put together a 30 win elite 8 team, one of the 5 best teams in OU history. There is only one similarity to John Blake and sadly a good portion of the hatred directed to him is on that ignorant account.

:facepalm

 

[seniorsooner]

:facepalm

Honestly, Boca's right. The comparisons between Capel and Blake are stupid.

 

[Big Old Booger]

This is impossible. Jeff Capel already has achieved great success as a head coach. Built VCU into an NCAA tournament team then came to Oklahoma and put together a 30 win elite 8 team, one of the 5 best teams in OU history. There is only one similarity to John Blake and sadly a good portion of the hatred directed to him is on that ignorant account.

The fact they were both handed a solid program and allowed it go from solid to terrible on their watch is related to hate? :facepalm

 

[25mob]

South Carolina would be a better job for Capel because he has better relationships with that region than he does in SMU region.

 

[WTSooner]

Honestly, Boca's right. The comparisons between Capel and Blake are stupid.

I wouldn't say they are stupid, but they are certainly "different". The biggest difference is Capel lucked into landing Blake. What happens if that doesn't play out how it did? They are both, arguably, two of the worst modern day coaches for their respective sports at OU.

And Boca is implying a race issue, I believe. That was the part I was facepalming.

 

[jerry]

I wouldn't say they are stupid, but they are certainly "different". The biggest difference is Capel lucked into landing Blake. What happens if that doesn't play out how it did? They are both, arguably, two of the worst modern day coaches for their respective sports at OU.

And Boca is implying a race issue, I believe. That was the part I was facepalming.

Taylor recruited Blake. If Capel doesn't get Blake Griffin his OU career would be very similar to John Blake. He inherited what he got at VCU and the last 2coach's Smart and Grant have and are better than Capel. Capel should be a lifer Assistant Coach at best.

 

[skyvue]

came to Oklahoma and put together a 30 win elite 8 team, one of the 5 best players in OU history.

Fixed that for you.

That squad was one of just five OU squads to reach 30 wins, but was it better than the 2003 squad that went 27-7 and lost in the Elite Eight in Syracuse's backyard?

No.

Was it better than the 1990 team that went 27-5, won the Big 8 and lost to UNC by two points in the second round? I don't think so.

Were they better than the 1984 squad that went 29-5 and had Wayman Tisdale, Choo Kennedy, and Tim McAllister, among others? Not for my money.

I'm not trying to talk down the 2009 team, but they're weren't Top 5 among Sooner teams, in my opinion.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Skyvue, it sounds like you are talking them down. They were a really good team and lost to the eventual champs. And they played UNC closer than anybody did in the tourney

 

[campbest]

Skyvue, it sounds like you are talking them down. They were a really good team and lost to the eventual champs. And they played UNC closer than anybody did in the tourney

He is talking them down.

However anyone wants to spin it, they were a 30 win team that played without their best player for 3/4 at UT (loss) and at home against KU (loss) only to lose by the smallest margin to the eventual national champion of anyone in the tournament.

Blake healthy for those two games in the regular season, OU is a #1 seed in the dance.

 

[skyvue]

He is talking them down.

I'm not. I'm talking up some other OU squads. Big difference.

Skyvue, it sounds like you are talking them down. They were a really good team and lost to the eventual champs.

Where did I say they weren't a really good team? I just don't think they were one of the top 5 in our history. Top 10, yes.

Blake was obviously one of the best players in our history, but I don't think the rest of the team stacks up to some of our other squads that had just one or two fewer wins on the season.

It's funny. I've spent years defending much of the talent on that 2009 team, since so many have long insisted the 2007 squad, which had many of the same players, was all but bereft of talent. Now, I'm being chastised for not giving many of those same players enough credit.

 

[Big Old Booger]

He is talking them down.

However anyone wants to spin it, they were a 30 win team that played without their best player for 3/4 at UT (loss) and at home against KU (loss) only to lose by the smallest margin to the eventual national champion of anyone in the tournament.

Blake healthy for those two games in the regular season, OU is a #1 seed in the dance.

I don't see how anyone can compare scores and use that to assume they were the 2nd or 3rd best team that year? If I remember right, UNC called off the dogs when they were way ahead and we scored some points late to cut the lead. We were out of it by halftime, that is for sure.

We know the 2009 team wasn't better than the 1988 or 2002 team. Personally, I think the 1990 team was probably better than the 2002 team but got a bad draw in the tourney and lost earlier than they should have.

Regardless, the 2009 team was very good but they had the best player on the planet on that team and he is the only OU player to win the Wooden award (to my knowledge). Wayman didn't win one, neither did Stacey, Mookie, Hollis Price, etc. I would say Blake had way more to do with the success of that team than anyone else, because he was that good.