just for fun....predict next years starting 5
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Hate to tell you, but I am a decorated coach of 17 years, how about yourself. I am assuming you have watched Randle in person since you have a strong opinion of him. I am not saying he is good or bad because I have not seen him personally and I have seen the guys we have on board now. I learned a long time ago that some of the so called All-Americans are not as good as what they are built up to be, there are some examples in the B12. I do hope we get Randle and he comes in and does a great job, but until I actually see him I will stick with my opinion and I am pretty sure you have never coached.
You must be an awful coach.
If Randle doesn't start here as a freshman...Randle isn't coming here as a freshman. Not only that...But Randle would be our best player next year as a freshman. There is not one team that is recruiting this kid to bring him off the bench.
And you really hurt your credentials as a coach when you say he wouldn't start for us.
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Nothing wrong with tempering expectations for a potential recruit who has played no big league ball.
Now IF Randle is as good as most think he will be, then we will start from day one.
If he struggles with the transition like numerous others have, then LK will most likely bring him along a little slower, as most experienced coaches would.
I hope we get him, and I hope he instantly becomes the best in the Big 12, but history tells me to temper expectations.
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I didn't realize that starting line ups are now allowed to change as a season goes along. Maybe he comes off the bench, still plays 30 mins a game, for the first few games. Then earns a starting position. Is that so impossible to conceive? Some of you act like the words "not starting" means he gets 20 mins a game tops and has not possibility of becoming a starter.
Personally I would think he'd be good enough to start from day one but to anoint some one so quickly based on hype can be troublesome. Every coach does if differently. If a coach promises from day one a kid will start, that coach has already given up some of his coaching authority. Just my opinion. It has been done both ways and both have proven to be good/bad decisions. For you guys to lambast him for thinking like a coach rather than a fan is a bit silly, but then again that what we are (fans that is).
Personally I would think he'd be good enough to start from day one but to anoint some one so quickly based on hype can be troublesome. Every coach does if differently. If a coach promises from day one a kid will start, that coach has already given up some of his coaching authority. Just my opinion. It has been done both ways and both have proven to be good/bad decisions. For you guys to lambast him for thinking like a coach rather than a fan is a bit silly, but then again that what we are (fans that is).
Please don't insult other coaches in the country by saying they wouldn't start Randle.
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haha, thats not what I said whatsoever.
maybe you missed this part of my post, "Personally I would think he'd be good enough to start from day one."
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Yep. I'd imagine there aren't too many cases of a top 5 kid going to a team like OU, and not starting from day one. This isn't a Tiny Gallon or TMG kind of kid. Randle is the type of stud you normally see going to UK, or KU, or Duke, and starring from day 1.
Agree. And for the ones that haven't seen him play yet, then thats your fault. He's been on T.V. He's on youtube. And he has played on the big stage against future first round draft picks.
There hasn't been 1 guy ranked in the top 5 of any class that hasn't started for there college team as a freshmen.
We can debate whether we think this team will be better next year or whatever but anyone that wouldn't put their guarantee stamp on him starting here as a freshman next season loses all credentials on this board whether you've coached 20 years or 40.
Agree...and a pretty good chance that he will be going to UK or KU
Actually, if UK lands Andrew "Ender" Wiggin then UK's chance of Randle greatly decreases.
I wouldn't put anything pass Calipari. If you said he couldn't pull a rabbit out of his own butt he might prove you wrong.
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Exactly, the point is if he chose OU Kruger would have a full month of practice time to decided if Randle should start or not. There is little need for anyone to make that decision before working him out. Chances are very high that he'd be that player and it would be crazy not to start him. Honestly I think its insulting to insinuate that a coach doesn't need that time to decided if he should start.
He doesn't need to be here a month to know that this kid will start. I don't know who all would be starting with him but I do know that this kid would be penciled in as a starter as soon as he signed his LOI.
It is truly unbelievable that you guys are even questioning whether this kid would start. We don't have one player next year who is better than him. If he was healthy and on our roster this season...M'Baye would be coming off the bench.
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Well I am a decorated coach of 20 years!
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Some of the same people who are getting upset about someone saying Randle may not start, are some of the same posters who anointed Osby as the next coming of Ace McGee, and M'Baye as a one and done top 3 pick in the draft....
It's all based on potential, and you saying it's a penciled foregone conclusion shows you are probaby fairly young, with little sports/hoops experiences.
History is full of high potential H.S. superstars who didn't survive two months on a campus.
I don't know much about randle other than what rankings say, and the few posters here who actually have seen him play, and know how to evaluate talent. You act like Original Sooner said he wasn't GOOD ENOUGH to start. he never said that. He said it may be a situation where LK decides to bring him up slowly, or Randle doesn't pick things up as fast as he could/should. What if the kid comes in out of shape, or he deals with a nagging injury that slows his transition?????
There are a ton of reasons why the kid might not start day one, and many of them are always possible. To act like the poster is crazy for suggesting it, then continuing to evaluate his coaching ability when none of us know who he coaches, where he coaches, and what level he coaches, it screams of spoiled Sooner football fans who want to turn this board into OF, where all differing opinions receive an attack back, name calling, and eventual trips to message board thread hell.........
I have no problem with the disagreeing, and I have no problem with the debate, but the personal attacks on an unknown posters ability is juvenile at best, IMO.....
It's all based on potential, and you saying it's a penciled foregone conclusion shows you are probaby fairly young, with little sports/hoops experiences.
History is full of high potential H.S. superstars who didn't survive two months on a campus.
I don't know much about randle other than what rankings say, and the few posters here who actually have seen him play, and know how to evaluate talent. You act like Original Sooner said he wasn't GOOD ENOUGH to start. he never said that. He said it may be a situation where LK decides to bring him up slowly, or Randle doesn't pick things up as fast as he could/should. What if the kid comes in out of shape, or he deals with a nagging injury that slows his transition?????
There are a ton of reasons why the kid might not start day one, and many of them are always possible. To act like the poster is crazy for suggesting it, then continuing to evaluate his coaching ability when none of us know who he coaches, where he coaches, and what level he coaches, it screams of spoiled Sooner football fans who want to turn this board into OF, where all differing opinions receive an attack back, name calling, and eventual trips to message board thread hell.........
I have no problem with the disagreeing, and I have no problem with the debate, but the personal attacks on an unknown posters ability is juvenile at best, IMO.....
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