#freedante

[sperry]

Yeah, Striker's tirade was not something to be proud of. He rightfully apologized for his behavior.

 

[pnkranger]

Striker did not make it worse, and here's why: he made a valid point while frustrated in a way that showed his passion and his anger, which lets you see just how deep some of the wounds go. THEN being a true man and a respectable human being, he had the heart to get back on camera and say: I'm sorry for the WAY I said those things, but I'm not sorry for saying what I said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/10/eric-striker-oklahoma-football-racism_n_6838804.html

Absolutely did not make it worse.

 

[AdaSooner]

Guys, what I'm about to say is not meant to offend anyone who has posted recently on this thread. The SAE incident is a worthy topic, just not on this board. It's still up and going strong on the Smack Talk forum.

Please keep that discussion over there and do your best to limit the threads on the main board to basketball. Hope you understand. Thanks!

 

[AdaSooner]

Thanks, TINY! :chestram2:

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Striker did not make it worse, and here's why: he made a valid point while frustrated in a way that showed his passion and his anger, which lets you see just how deep some of the wounds go. THEN being a true man and a respectable human being, he had the heart to get back on camera and say: I'm sorry for the WAY I said those things, but I'm not sorry for saying what I said.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/10/eric-striker-oklahoma-football-racism_n_6838804.html



Absolutely did not make it worse.

It made the perception of oklahoma worse


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[AdaSooner]

Question for you guys who follow our players on twitter.

Any new tweets from Dante, Jamuni or any of the other players? If there was more to the #freedante post than a simple explanation similar to the one I posted earlier, I find it hard to believe we haven't seen a follow up tweet from anyone. Just a thought I had.

 

[garyeb2]

It made the perception of oklahoma worse


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That would be impossible to do.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Question for you guys who follow our players on twitter.

Any new tweets from Dante, Jamuni or any of the other players? If there was more to the #freedante post than a simple explanation similar to the one I posted earlier, I find it hard to believe we haven't seen a follow up tweet from anyone. Just a thought I had.

The players have learned that they can entertain themselves by posting obscure hash tags (e.g., #freedante ), and then sit back and watch the turmoil, speculation, and needless angst that spews forth on message boards, as posters with no information try to figure out what is going on. The message board posters dream up worst-case scenarios as the players roll on the floor laughing their arse off reading the uninformed speculation.

Schadenfreude for college students, at the expense of old farts.

 

[garyeb2]

The players have learned that they can entertain themselves by posting obscure hash tags (e.g., #freedante ), and then sit back and watch the turmoil, speculation, and needless angst that spews forth on message boards, as posters with no information try to figure out what is going on. The message board posters dream up worst-case scenarios as the players roll on the floor laughing their arse off reading the uninformed speculation.

Schadenfreude for college students, at the expense of old farts.

Do you really think the players routinely read message boards? Surely they have better things to do with their time. I certainly did when I was young.

When I was writing those practice reports, Tyler would gig me now and then if I had been especially hard on him. Past that, I never had an inclination any of the rest of them paid much attention to it.

 

[AdaSooner]

Do you really think the players routinely read message boards? Surely they have better things to do with their time. I certainly did when I was young.

When I was writing those practice reports, Tyler would gig me now and then if I had been especially hard on him. Past that, I never had an inclination any of the rest of them paid much attention to it.

Would it surprise you to learn that OU players have been reading this board almost since it opened more than six years ago?

I know for a fact that it started when Blake, Taylor, Cade, etc. where teammates. Two that I know of were registered here. They rarely posted. But I was told they read what posters were saying in a dorm room or apartment somewhere and laughed their arses off at the after-game critiques. Capel and his mother were members here, too.

All of that may sound strange or silly, but it's been going on for a long time. Thus, I have no problem in believing what Traveler said about their twitter accounts. I have even thought that Dante and Jamuni may be having a ball laughing at how everyone got all bent out of shape following a mysterious two words tweet: #freedante

 

[garyeb2]

Would it surprise you to learn that OU players have been reading this board almost since it opened more than six years ago?

I know for a fact that it started when Blake, Taylor, Cade, etc. where teammates. Two that I know of were registered here. They rarely posted. But I was told they read what posters were saying in a dorm room or apartment somewhere and laughed their arses off at the after-game critiques. Capel and his mother were members here, too.

All of that may sound strange or silly, but it's been going on for a long time. Thus, I have no problem in believing what Traveler said about their twitter accounts. I have even thought that Dante and Jamuni may be having a ball laughing at how everyone got all bent out of shape following a mysterious two words tweet: #freedante

I would be surprised and it does sound strange and silly.

 

[AdaSooner]

I would be surprised and it does sound strange and silly.

Maybe so, but it's true. You should know by now that kids will do most anything to get a rise or a good laugh out of people.

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Do you really think the players routinely read message boards? Surely they have better things to do with their time. I certainly did when I was young.

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Naw. I was just digging into all the baseless speculation on this thread by us old farts. We can take a 9 character hash tag and spin it into a Leo Tolstoy novel.

Bunch of old worry warts, I says.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Would it surprise you to learn that OU players have been reading this board almost since it opened more than six years ago?

I know for a fact that it started when Blake, Taylor, Cade, etc. where teammates. Two that I know of were registered here. They rarely posted. But I was told they read what posters were saying in a dorm room or apartment somewhere and laughed their arses off at the after-game critiques. Capel and his mother were members here, too.

All of that may sound strange or silly, but it's been going on for a long time. Thus, I have no problem in believing what Traveler said about their twitter accounts. I have even thought that Dante and Jamuni may be having a ball laughing at how everyone got all bent out of shape following a mysterious two words tweet: #freedante

Was IreallyloveOU Capel's mom?

 

[usedtobe1]

If I was a player, I would at least read the board. Maybe not post. I bet they're all aware of it and have looked at it from time to time. Some may look at it a lot. It's just natural to want to know what people are thinking and saying about "you" and "your team" and "your friend/teammate". A lot of it is funny ….. sometimes clueless…. sometimes hurtful.

There are several football boards, but only one true OU basketball board. This is it. I'm sure they may know who garyeb2 is because he often goes to practices. They may know Traveler, too.

That's why I try not to be too critical of any of the players…. but I sometimes slip. Everybody has a bad game from time to time. No need to crucify them on here ….. they already know they had a bad game (e.g. Cousins technical foul at ISU ….. I'm sure he felt worse than anyone so we didn't need to continue to continue to bash him). End of soapbox.