In all fairness to Jeff Capel

[coolm]

1. I like the guy.
2. I don't think he's a bad coach. I think he was in over his head after some recruits put us in a perilous spot.
3. With more experience I figure he'll be a very good coach. He just wasn't a good fit for OU at this time.
4. I wish him the best.

 

[Edmond_Sooner]

1. I like the guy.
2. I don't think he's a bad coach. I think he was in over his head after some recruits put us in a perilous spot.
3. With more experience I figure he'll be a very good coach. He just wasn't a good fit for OU at this time.
4. I wish him the best.

+1

 

[cfin5256]

Exactly the way I feel.

 

[skyvue]

1. I like the guy.
2. I don't think he's a bad coach. I think he was in over his head after some recruits put us in a perilous spot.
3. With more experience I figure he'll be a very good coach. He just wasn't a good fit for OU at this time.
4. I wish him the best.

I'm with you, coolm. I think it's the right move, but I certainly wish Coach Capel well.

 

[okcsooner83]

Agree, with your post coolm. I don't wish anything bad for him but I just don't think he was the right fit at OU.

 

[CoachTalk]

I'm with you, coolm. I think it's the right move, but I certainly wish Coach Capel well.

i wanted JC to stay, but we need to support the new guys coming in regardless!

 

[SoonerNorm]

Great post, coolm, I absolutely agree with you.

 

[Mr.B!!!]

i wanted JC to stay, but we need to support the new guys coming in regardless!

+1

And let's not forget that Capel did have some good years as well, whether it was all Blake or not.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

1. I like the guy.
2. I don't think he's a bad coach. I think he was in over his head after some recruits put us in a perilous spot.
3. With more experience I figure he'll be a very good coach. He just wasn't a good fit for OU at this time.
4. I wish him the best.

I agree.

 

[El Jefe]

Pretty much. I'm 100 percent confident he'll land on his feet and use his five years as coach here as a learning experience.

 

[Hollisp]

Totally agree with ya. Great post. I think he will eventually get a program to the top. But just wasn;t the case here. Like someone else said, wrong place wrong time.

 

[Romulus]

I agree also

 

[IndySooner]

1. I like the guy.
2. I don't think he's a bad coach. I think he was in over his head after some recruits put us in a perilous spot.
3. With more experience I figure he'll be a very good coach. He just wasn't a good fit for OU at this time.
4. I wish him the best.

:clap

 

[NickZepp]

Yep, I don't see Jeff as some saw Kelvin 5 years ago after he left. Some people on OUInsider basically hated Jeff Capel. I like the guy I think he gave his best at OU, Just didn't work out. Good luck to him in his future.

 

[MsProudSooner]

1. I like the guy.
2. I don't think he's a bad coach. I think he was in over his head after some recruits put us in a perilous spot.
3. With more experience I figure he'll be a very good coach. He just wasn't a good fit for OU at this time.
4. I wish him the best.

I completely agree.

 

[Mr.B!!!]

Jeff will sit out of the game for a year on $2,000,000.00; or even more likely will land as a top assistant at a high major program. He'll be fine and I will root for him so long as he is not playing us.

 

[Mr.B!!!]

I completely agree.

MPS:

Here is where I think that this board is better than most, we both wanted Capel to get another year BUT are going to support the program either way. Other than a couple of posters, nobody has dogged a guy that just got fired just two years out from an elite eight appearance.

Very classy post coolm, keep em coming.

 

[coolm]

Yep, I don't see Jeff as some saw Kelvin 5 years ago after he left. Some people on OUInsider basically hated Jeff Capel. I like the guy I think he gave his best at OU, Just didn't work out. Good luck to him in his future.

I don't see how anyone could HATE him. That's just ridiculous. He's a good guy and he certainly knows basketball.

In this case his style couldn't prevail over the competition we hafta face in our league without a consistent infusion of top-level talent.

He didn't have the experience to make the necessary adjustments. No biggie. He's a relatively young coach and still learning. It just cost us and him dearly when those recruits crapped out on us.

 

[NickZepp]

I meant Kelvin Sampson when he left. I don't think anyone hated Jeff Capel 5 years ago just like they don't right now. Maybe jerry or SID who are just crazy.

 

[OUBig12Champs]

Cool - best post I have seen on this site in a very long time. Well put!