Houston game

[Soonerguy06]

So far this looks exactly like the team we had last year. six turnovers at least so far in the first quarter and down by 12. Simpson has accounted for most if not all of the turnovers. Robinson is being exposed for how slow she is defensively as she can't keep up with the guard she's been assigned to defend. I just don't understand how we still makes such stupid mistakes. I guess our coaches are to be blamed and there's only so much you can do with the limited talent we have. Williams has been a non-factor. Houston is probably not even as good as the bottom teams in the Big 12 will be so I don't know how to feel at this point.

 

[sybarite]

Difficult to find positives in this game. Glad I didn't pay for the video.

 

[Soonerguy06]

Difficult to find positives in this game. Glad I didn't pay for the video.

I'm so upset I paid $7 to watch this! I hesitated at first but then decided why not. We were just outplayed pretty much every aspect of the game today. No passion at all from our coaches when we made poor decisions, which there were plenty of. I don't know how Simpson plays as much as she does Lampkin was obviously the more effective post and even the few minutes Aspen got she was more effective. Simpson is a turnover machine quite simply because she does not have the athleticism and talent to play at this level. It's not being harsh if it's a fact. She would be a great NAIA post. I'm really not looking forward to quite possibly another two seasons with a weakness at the post.

 

[Soonercuda]

It is Sherri and staff lack of recruiting. Our talent is bottom couple of the Big 12 and Tot isn’t going to change that by herself.

 

[Soonerguy06]

It is Sherri and staff lack of recruiting. Our talent is bottom couple of the Big 12 and Tot isn’t going to change that by herself.

Our dire need is height, so we sign a 5'3" PG, go figure. Idk what difference she will make, we'll still have a 6'0" center that CANNOT rebound, catch passes, defend, or land a jump shot.

I can only hope Scott can replace her soon, but one a SC pet, always a SC pet. If I were top commit, I would definitely not look here

 

[atlantasooner]

So far this season is off to a very worrying familiar start.
The lack of roster additions/turnover after the 8-22 disaster was very worrisome.

 

[Oliver Hardy]

 

[SoonerSpock]

Not pretty again. I think we finish the OOC games at about 5-7 and go about 3/4 games better in the conference season to finish 12-18 or 13-17. A mere 4 game improvement over 2018-19. My fingers are crossed that I know not that of which I speak.

 

[tooney]

Not pretty again. I think we finish the OOC games at about 5-7 and go about 3/4 games better in the conference season to finish 12-18 or 13-17. A mere 4 game improvement over 2018-19. My fingers are crossed that I know not that of which I speak.

I think you are being generous.......

This program is going nowhere fast. The time to clean house has come and gone!

 

[inoref]

I think they will win more this year..how much more? Who knows but I think not much.
Everyone knows how I feel about the SC (as a coach) You Get What You Pay For doesn't
apply in this situation

 

[atlantasooner]

The real concern for Joe C has to be that Sherri cannot fix this.
And then watch Joe C go cheap on the replacement.

 

[Soonerguy06]

The real concern for Joe C has to be that Sherri cannot fix this.
And then watch Joe C go cheap on the replacement.

I have a feeling that the only way for us to be able to bring legit talent back into this program is if we have a different coach. I know that s c has offered some decent talent the last few recruiting classes but none of them have seriously considered us, for a very good reason. I think we will improve a little from last year's record mainly because our schedule is weaker and we can't get any worse than last year's team, but the program is in dire need of some drastic changes and they will not be happening with SC as a coach. I think at this point SC doesn't know what to do with the little talent we do have and has little hope of bringing any major talent in. Ohio State and Connecticut are playing right now and I'm seeing a lot of foreign players, yet doubt we are even looking there. I say fire our head coach after this season and bring in Louisville's coach or someone like that. with the salary we are willing to pay we should be able to bring in a decent coach!

 

[TheMont]

The only quote from Coach Coale in Soonersports' recap of the game is "We get better from here".

Wow, incredible coverage.

 

[sybarite]

1. I doubt they fire Sherri yet.

2. You will not get Jeff Walz in Norman. No sane coach would come to the Big Twelve which is essentially ruled by Texas schools. He is paid $1.15 million plus a car allowance already. Louisville is in the middle of a highly-populated area with few schools in competition (Cincy? Ohio State? Kentucky? W. Virginia?). There are probably 25 million people within three to four hundred miles of Louisville, with not a lot of high basketball competition.

Compare that to the Big Twelve in which Kentucky would be the second most-populated state. Ohio holds as many people as the entire Big Twelve except for Texas, and what are the competitive Ohio/Indiana schools? Not that far from Chicago. Why would you go to Norman?

You would need to look for an emerging talent, probably someone like Dionnah Jackson, who has ties to OU. Stiles may be a possibility.

 

[Soonerguy06]

1. I doubt they fire Sherri yet.

2. You will not get Jeff Walz in Norman. No sane coach would come to the Big Twelve which is essentially ruled by Texas schools. He is paid $1.15 million plus a car allowance already. Louisville is in the middle of a highly-populated area with few schools in competition (Cincy? Ohio State? Kentucky? W. Virginia?). There are probably 25 million people within three to four hundred miles of Louisville, with not a lot of high basketball competition.

Compare that to the Big Twelve in which Kentucky would be the second most-populated state. Ohio holds as many people as the entire Big Twelve except for Texas, and what are the competitive Ohio/Indiana schools? Not that far from Chicago. Why would you go to Norman?

You would need to look for an emerging talent, probably someone like Dionnah Jackson, who has ties to OU. Stiles may be a possibility.

Good points, you're probably right. If this season ends up being another less than mediocre, if not horrible season, and they do not fire SC I think a lot of fans will be upset. I don't know that this group of girls has a much higher ceiling to improve I think what we see now is pretty much all we're going to get with the exception of Scott and Gregory. Bloom seems like another 'project' type of player SC has the tendency to sign, which is irritating in itself and another reason why we can't compete with top programs. What is the answer? Do we hope that this group can somehow figure it out? Bringing in a post that is actually productive will help but one player can't turn around a program. A bit lost as a fan right now..

 

[j2d2]

A number of legitimate gripes. I think we can agree that Joe C will do nothing for at least one and probably two years. Sherri has said (years ago) that she doesnt like to recruit and (I think)has depended on her record to recruit for her which obviously works worse and worse. Finally she has recognized that there is a problem and has hired new assistants. I see little change in our style or results and dont expect any. I think we must get used to mediocrity without running down the program any more than we have to.

 

[sooner8693]

A number of legitimate gripes. I think we can agree that Joe C will do nothing for at least one and probably two years. Sherri has said (years ago) that she doesnt like to recruit and (I think)has depended on her record to recruit for her which obviously works worse and worse. Finally she has recognized that there is a problem and has hired new assistants. I see little change in our style or results and dont expect any. I think we must get used to mediocrity without running down the program any more than we have to.

At this point I don't think anyone has to run the program down. Sherri Coale has successfully done that. And did she really think hiring her son would help?

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I do think hiring Colton was an extremely bad decision. He had so many other possibilities in life, but she babied him into not learning about responsibility and becoming an adult. That is likely to have negative impacts on him for many years. Every time fans see him on the sideline they wonder if it is true that he is not respected enough by other coaches and schools to get a job on his own. Why would anyone do that to their child? I suspect he could have taken responsibility and found some kind of work or career if she had encouraged and guided him in that direction.

But ultimately, I put much of the blame for that on the shoulders of Joe C. No matter what many of you say, he is a weak AD. He should never have allowed SC or Bob Stoops or Patty to hire all the family members. Everyone knows nepotism is an extremely bad thing to get involved with (and arguably immoral in a public setting), but under Joe C's watch it became the norm for OU. And it has been a disaster all the way around.

I know many of you will want to argue that he is some marvelous leader, but the fact that he has no rules, no policies, no leadership on such an obvious situation is absolute proof of his terribly poor leadership. It is highly unusual for an organization to go wild with nepotism. OU has been doing that regularly under his leadership. That terrible character flaw in him overshadows any good things you can bring up about him to counter it..

 

[BanjoCharley]

This
and this
and this.

 

[SoonerSpock]

I too consider Joe Castiglione's position on nepotism at a public university a major character flaw. However were Sherri one third the WBB coach that Joe C is an AD we would have 2-5 more conference championships in the books the last decade and a multitude more happy fans. It is also likely we would have a couple more thousand butt in LNC seats for every WBB game.