I think we'll look back on this year as a massive success for Porter Moser. Back in the Sampson years, most people definitely were not happy with a tournament bid every year, which led to him in coaching rumors every single year. (Sound familar?)
I left that other conversation, bc you belittle people when you don't have a proper answer as some bravado.
Thanks for this, I was a little younger back then and wasn't as deeply into Sooners' basketball that I am today. Was going off stats and efficiency ratings looking at the years.
Jury very much out on the recruiting, or at least, development. As for comparing things to the past two years, I guess the argument is that he has jumped over the low bar he set his first two seasons? Shouldn't the better question be how things are compared to when he was hired? If I get hired to take over a company from a very successful manager, and I do a poor job my first two years but improve my third, is that a success if we are still lagging behind where we were under my predecessor?
Funny story about how little I think of you.
2022. Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was eating at Jersey Mike's in Tulsa Hills. You and the wife strolled in. Sat at the table directly in front of me. I didn't say a word or introduce myself because, well, you are you.
I'll be gone soon enough, when I'm ready to be gone. In the meantime, you don't like something I say feel free to ignore it and move on.
Jury is not out on recruiting. His HS recruits have been cumulatively ranked higher than any coach since Billy Tubbs, without probation. That is a fact.
Love how hard some of you work to pretend like Moser's results have surpassed Kruger's. Also love how many of you claim to be experts on our facilities and "training" compared to other programs.
a denim out would be hilarious for this game
Dude, it's you that's trying too hard to come up with stuff that isn't there.
Lon's 2012 year and KS's 1994 team were arguably the two best coaching jobs in my lifetime.....like getting blood from a stone. Neither one of those teams had much of a roster outside of 1 or 2 really good players and both teams finished with winning conference records.
You can't compare Moser's first 2 years to Kruger's because Kruger didn't have to deal with the NIL and the portal. I don't know about the SEC but competing in the Big XII from 2023 forward means you have to be competitive in the NIL as well coaching. I don't mean you have to throw money around indiscriminately the way some schools do, but I suspect some of our high-dollar boosters need to make sure basketball has a good NIL offering that will appeal to players. Sadly, if you can't compete in the NIL area it might not matter who your coach is.
That’s what made Lon’s situation much tougher. He couldn’t simply come in, identity areas of need, and hit the portal. He had no choice but to make the best he could have the Capel leftovers in year one, while bringing in a few late recruits and starting on the 2012 class. You don’t think, with his connections and the respect he had around the country, that he could have brought in some very good D-1 transfers in year one if the portal existed? And in a way, I think NIL would have actually helped Lon to some extent. When he coached, all the money that changed hands was under the table, and he simply refused to cheat. Now, even if our NIL game isn’t as strong as some, it is at least something we can offer players.
which is why he is the named Head-coach-in-waiting at Houston
