If they make it, he'll have done just enough in 3 years to not get fired imo. If they somehow miss it, I lean towards moving on. You have to be able to make the tournament at least once in 3 years at a place like OU. Who knows though, maybe his style is a better fit for the SEC.
Very fair assessment
I knew some people would play this card and look for another excuse. We have been incredibly fortunate from an injury standpoint during his tenure. It took till the last month of his third season for it to be an issue. And I don’t think the injuries cost us a single game. Texas owns us. We weren’t winning there even if we hadn’t been missing our backup big. TCU routed us when we were full strength and riding high in early January, and would have been favored over us Wednesday regardless.
Will we ever truly know? No.
I don't think it is fair to say we lost on purpose.
I can’t stand Moser but even I don’t think there is any way they lost on purpose. But I think taking a chance and resting guys is almost as bad when you are floating around the 10 line and everyone, let alone a college basketball coach, knows that there are almost always upsets in conference tourneys that will result in spots being stolen. And if you’re concerned about health, then why is Soares in the game at the end of a blowout in Austin? That was the time to be smart and cautious and use basic common sense.
I think it is more likely that OU wanted to get the injured players extra rest so that they can get closer to 100% for next week ..
Fair enough. I'm fine with being alone on this topic, lol. I'll always think (wrong or right) that they saw an opportunity to accomplish two things; more favorable seeding and much needed rest. No one in the OU basketball office(s) thought they'd beat TCU without 3 of their top 5/6 players. Whether we call that 'on purpose' or 'taking a chance', eh, it's whatever.
This x 1,000
I can assure you, you are not alone on this topic. I wanted us to rest our guys the last 2 games and getting a more favorable seed is a bonus.
I guess I'm alone in the phrasing, lol.
This. No way Moser was comfortable enough with seeding to lose a game to influence it. That is crazy talk.
And to add to that, Moser has made it a point to say that OU was 18-6 FULLY healthy which he has said could be as early as this weekend going into next week.
I'm not sure how much betting lines move based on injuries but, with TCU only favored by 2-2.5 before the JM news, wouldn't a healthy Soares (and Hugley) swung that spread in OU's favor?
I love Waldo, but no way he is worth 2.5 points in a betting line. And Hugley would be even more of a nonfactor. TCU finished ahead of us in the league, we have beaten one team other than OSU in weeks, and have not competed well against tournament teams outside of Norman. I don't see any way TCU wasn't going to be favored by at least a point or two.
