I don't think this is too much to ask...

Cheno said:
Tubby
Kruger
Few
Jay Wright
Pearl

Why aren't those names reasonable if you actually want to win and pay someone.
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That's certainly a better list than some have come up with!
 
SoonerNorm said:
I don't think an elite coach is going to be any cheaper at that point.
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You would be wrong. An elite coach does not want to build from the bottom. They want to take a good program to the next level. If a quality coach can take OU back to consistently good, it will be considerably easier to get an elite coach to take over.
 
boksooner said:
You would be wrong. An elite coach does not want to build from the bottom. They want to take a good program to the next level. If a quality coach can take OU back to consistently good, it will be considerably easier to get an elite coach to take over.
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An elite coach knows what he is worth so it isn't likely he is going to come to OU for less than he knows he's worth regardless of the condition of our program.

That said, I will agree that more elite coaches would turn us down right now.
 
SoonerNorm said:
An elite coach knows what he is worth so it isn't likely he is going to come to OU for less than he knows he's worth regardless of the condition of our program.

That said, I will agree that more elite coaches would turn us down right now.
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I agree, but I think an elite coach would charge a premium to come in now. An elite coach will always be pricey, I just think you have to pay extra, when your program is in shambles.
 
boksooner said:
You would be wrong. An elite coach does not want to build from the bottom.
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Tubby went to Minnesota.
Huggy went to K-State.
Kruger went to UNLV.
Majerus went to St. Louis.

OU's program is much better than any of those 4.

I agree, but why would any of them want to come coach at OU, right now?
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Money. Plain and simple. Right now if OU wants to right this ship they need to ante up. Money and the fact that the OU job is one that is a sleeping giant and can and has been a very, very good job in a great conference.
It's not that far away. In fact, with the right big name guy it can be turned around very quickly.
 
boksooner said:
I agree, but why would any of them want to come coach at OU, right now?
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You never know until you contact them. I don't understand why Jessie James was running around on Sandra Bullock but he was.
 
Cheno said:
Tubby went to Minnesota.
Huggy went to K-State.
Kruger went to UNLV.
Majerus went to St. Louis.

OU's program is much better than any of those 4.


Money. Plain and simple. Right now if OU wants to right this ship they need to ante up. Money and the fact that the OU job is one that is a sleeping giant and can and has been a very, very good job in a great conference.
It's not that far away. In fact, with the right big name guy it can be turned around very quickly.
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They took those jobs because they couldn't get better, because people thought they were either washed up or damaged goods. OU can get a guy like that. That is not what I meant by elite. Perhaps I misunderstood SoonerNorm. Billy Clyde is in a similar position that Huggy was in, when he went to KSU.

Money might be enough to steal a good coach away, but this is a situation that will turn away most upper echelon coaches.
 
Tubby Smith, has Oklahoma ties.
BCG if he has his drinking problem cleaned up. Proven he can recruit Texas like no other.
Mark Cline
Bob Hoffman
Tommy Griffin
 
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Tony said:
So in this metaphor... we're hiring Jesse James? I do not like this metaphor.
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Does that make us one of his ugly mistresses?


PS I would have prefered using Tiger as the metaphor.
 
If you offer Mark Few, Jay Wright or Bruce Pearl $2.5 million I think they listen. I really do. And historically OU is a better job and in a better conference (minus Nova) than the others.
I may be wrong, but I think they listen.
 
Cheno said:
If you offer Mark Few, Jay Wright or Bruce Pearl $2.5 million I think they listen. I really do. And historically OU is a better job and in a better conference (minus Nova) than the others.
I may be wrong, but I think they listen.
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Why would Mark Few go to Oklahoma when he could go to Oregon? They can offer him much, much more money than Oklahoma and everything Nike provides, it's his home state, and he still won't go. He's been at Gonzaga forever and isn't leaving for Oklahoma.

A quick google search tells me Bruce Pearl already make $2.3 million.

I love ya Cheno, but I think you are crazy if you think any of those guys would consider Oklahoma at this point in time.
 
SoonerNorm said:
I want a coach who can win a national championship at OU. I have seen a lot of guys mentioned on this board the last day or two who would NEVER win a national championship here. The list of guys who could get that done is very short, but, those are the ONLY ones I would want to see us interviewing. I see no use in going after guys who would get us back to the top 3 or 4 of the Big 12 every few years and think they have really done something. We deserve better.

If you want to talk about guys like a Larry Brown, Bill Self, Tom Izzo, or Billy Donovan, then you will have my attention. But, please, please, please,...no mention of Kelvin Sampson, Billy Tubbs, Scott Sutton, or anyone else who wants a fat paycheck but could never deliver the goods. Give us a national championship caliber coach or it will become very clear to me that is not the goal for OU basketball. I have never been a guy who is satisfied rooting for the underdog. I much prefer to root for the topdog. I realize that winning a NC is not easy. I don't know of any NC in any sport that is easy. I will be content with a regular showing at the final four until we can win it all. But, I no longer want to have to brag about winning the Big 12 south or making the Sweet Sixteen to feel that we have received a measure of success for the year.

I have been an ardent defender of Capel but enough is enough. I actually feel as bad or worse than when Sampson left us in a bind. I'm ready to see some house cleaning and start over and do it the right way or just don't bother to do it at all.
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Absolutely agree about Capel. He has set our program way back. Time to admit a mistake with him and move on. If Gillespie is sober I'd take him in a minute.
 
Rick majerus really craps in a towel in front of his players?
 
I just don't see any of those coming here.
 
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