Is This Rock Bottom For the Program?

[AnotherSoonerInTX]

Shameless. The only sales pitch must be.. "yeah he hasn't made the tournament in 4 years but listen, that is all bc ou fans don't come to the games well enough and all ou's fault, remember that final 4 10 years ago? Eh? Remember?"

Porter still has a good reputation in the basketball world. To us, he's the guy that couldn't get it done at OU. Outside OU, he's the guy that took Loyola to the Final Four.

By all accounts, he's a good guy that has a lot of friends in the profession. He just hasn't gotten it done here.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Porter still has a good reputation in the basketball world. To us, he's the guy that couldn't get it done at OU. Outside OU, he's the guy that took Loyola to the Final Four.

By all accounts, he's a good guy that has a lot of friends in the profession. He just hasn't gotten it done here.

I'm so tired of hearing this. I seriously doubt any legit program would even consider hiring him. He will have to go back to the mid (or low) major level once he is finally gone from OU. I don't care if he has friends in the profession.

There are a lot of mediocre coaches who have made a FF. Lots of them wash out of the profession. There is a reason he was at low level programs for two decades. He clearly wasn't a hot candidate till he caught lightning in a bottle. Now, given a chance to coach at a higher level, he has shown who he really is as a coach.

 

[IndySooner]

Yes. Not sure where, but he'll head back to the Midwest. Perhaps Drake if McCollum takes a bigger job?

Porter has a good agent that is getting his name out there for other jobs. I saw his name floated for the Indiana job. Crazy but true. As I told someone on another board, Porter is closer to being fired by Oklahoma than to being hired by Indiana.

A friend of mine used to be involved in the Indiana program. We were talking the other day and he was asking if they could take Porter from us. When I explained why the answer was, yes, he changed his tune a bit. Porter is going to have to take a step down before he takes a step back up.

 

[IndySooner]

I don't care if they five Moser or not, but why aren't they doing the some with BV?

Not even close to the same situation. A lot of people are going to eat crow after football season this year.

 

[AnotherSoonerInTX]

I'm so tired of hearing this. I seriously doubt any legit program would even consider hiring him. He will have to go back to the mid (or low) major level once he is finally gone from OU. I don't care if he has friends in the profession.

There are a lot of mediocre coaches who have made a FF. Lots of them wash out of the profession. There is a reason he was at low level programs for two decades. He clearly wasn't a hot candidate till he caught lightning in a bottle. Now, given a chance to coach at a higher level, he has shown who he really is as a coach.

He will indeed have to go to a lower level if he wants to be a head coach again. I'm just saying he has a very good reputation outside OU circles.

 

[WichitaSooner]

He will indeed have to go to a lower level if he wants to be a head coach again. I'm just saying he has a very good reputation outside OU circles.

Sources? I mean, if he had a very good reputation as a coach, those people would hire him. Liking him doesn't mean people think he is a good coach at this level.

 

[soonertrash77]

I'm so tired of hearing this. I seriously doubt any legit program would even consider hiring him. He will have to go back to the mid (or low) major level once he is finally gone from OU. I don't care if he has friends in the profession.

There are a lot of mediocre coaches who have made a FF. Lots of them wash out of the profession. There is a reason he was at low level programs for two decades. He clearly wasn't a hot candidate till he caught lightning in a bottle. Now, given a chance to coach at a higher level, he has shown who he really is as a coach.

He’ll go to work at espn as an analyst. Greenberg couldn’t cut it as a coach either. He’ll be the Mack brown of their basketball broadcasts.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

If they lose to LSU Saturday and he is still employed by the University on Sunday, now THAT would be the all time low.

won't happen mid season. No way

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Porter still has a good reputation in the basketball world. To us, he's the guy that couldn't get it done at OU. Outside OU, he's the guy that took Loyola to the Final Four.

By all accounts, he's a good guy that has a lot of friends in the profession. He just hasn't gotten it done here.

It should be pretty obvious that the final four run was a fluke

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Not even close to the same situation. A lot of people are going to eat crow after football season this year.

Agreed

 

[AnotherSoonerInTX]

Not even close to the same situation. A lot of people are going to eat crow after football season this year.

This is my hope.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Not even close to the same situation. A lot of people are going to eat crow after football season this year.

Probably not the people you expect, after a season where they will have to bust their butts to make a bowl.