Lets play the coaching carousel game....and PRETEND Capel left for ACC land

[boksooner]

I would throw $2.5 million at Tubby Smith. He's the man.
Lon Kruger
Jay Wright
Bo Ryan
Mark Few
Bruce Pearl

Joe C. went after these guys last time around and they all turned it down. OU, if anything, is less desirable now than it was 4 years ago.

 

[152219]

I would throw $2.5 million at Tubby Smith. He's the man.
Lon Kruger
Jay Wright
Bo Ryan
Mark Few
Bruce Pearl

Tubby will be 60 years old next year and hasn't been to a Final Four since his first year at UK...even with all the advantages in the world at UK, he still couldn't get to the Final Four once Pitino's players left.

Not sure how that is "the man"

 

[bgrch1350]

If you want a coach who wins...why not look North to UCO with Coach Evans.

This guy is a winner. OU ties. Sampson and Tubbs background. He wins with just Oklahoma kids b/c their budget won't allow for out of state players.

 

[Cheno]

Joe C. went after these guys last time around and they all turned it down. OU, if anything, is less desirable now than it was 4 years ago.

Because they didn't want to pay them. What did Capel get hired on at? Like $750,000 wasn't it? Plus a bit more for TV and radio I know but what was his entire package?

 

[boksooner]

Because they didn't want to pay them. What did Capel get hired on at? Like $750,000 wasn't it? Plus a bit more for TV and radio I know but what was his entire package?

According to rumors at the time, Joe C. was offering about double that to Jay Wright. Maybe that wasn't enough, but I don't see OU ever paying a basketball coach $3 mill. And I think it would take that to get Wright or Pearl.

 

[MercedeSooner]

I would kill to get Jay Wright here but he would never come barring something crazy like 4+ mill a year. He's a northeast guy, was at Hofstra before going to Nova. Thats where all his ties are and where hes comfortable at. Also Nova would up the ante for whatever offer came his way that he was seriously considering.

 

[afaSooner]

These guys are sort of my safe picks:

Ben Jacobson (defense wins)
Lon Kruger (why didn't OU go after him when Kelvin left?)
Scott Sutton (obviously has ties in the area)
Billy Tubbs (also tops my wish list)

Wish list (I want experience right now):

Billy Tubbs (how would we not pack the LNC every night with him back at the helm?)
Nolan Richardson
Rick Pitino (wouldn't mind if he finished out his career in C&C)
Bob Knight

 

[seniorsooner]

I'm sorry but for anyone to seriously want us to hire Billy Tubbs is flat out ridiculous. That would be a catastrophe the likes of which have never been seen before.

 

[Sooner04]

I'm sorry but for anyone to seriously want us to hire Billy Tubbs is flat out ridiculous. That would be a catastrophe the likes of which have never been seen before.

You're throwing around a lot of stern opinions tonight. You want Capel fired if he interviewed at Clemson. You state hiring Billy would be a disaster. How so?

Hiring Gene Stephenson. THAT was a disaster.

Smellsofbourbon? THAT was a disaster.

Landry Jones in Lincoln. THAT was a disaster.

 

[seniorsooner]

When is the last time Billy Tubbs even coached at a high level in division 1? It would be like Stoops leaving and us hiring Switzer. People yearn for the "glory" days but forget that those days were 20 freaking years ago. Times change. People get old.

 

[BanjoCharley]

These guys are sort of my safe picks:

Ben Jacobson (defense wins)
Lon Kruger (why didn't OU go after him when Kelvin left?)
Scott Sutton (obviously has ties in the area)
Billy Tubbs (also tops my wish list)

Wish list (I want experience right now):

Billy Tubbs (how would we not pack the LNC every night with him back at the helm?)
Nolan Richardson
Rick Pitino (wouldn't mind if he finished out his career in C&C)
Bob Knight

I'm sorry, have you heard Billy on the radio recently? He has a difficult (and understandable) hard time putting a complete sentence together. He is too old (so am I.)

 

[Sooner Quick]

Tubby Smith - Has Oklahoma ties and loved his time at Tulsa and loves the State of Oklahoma.

Tommy Griffin

Terry Evans

Lon Kruger

Bob Hoffman

 

[Romulus]

Tubby Smith - Has Oklahoma ties and loved his time at Tulsa and loves the State of Oklahoma.

Tommy Griffin

Terry Evans

Lon Kruger

Bob Hoffman

I'd go hire Billy Clyde
and hope that
Tommy
Terry and
Bob are the assistants

 

[afaSooner]

I want Scott Drew now.

 

[Sooner Quick]

I'd go hire Billy Clyde
and hope that
Tommy
Terry and
Bob are the assistants

I left BCG off by accident. Also with Scott Drew being interested in the Clemson job I would add him to the list as well.

 

[red recluse]

johnny dawkins

 

[MercedeSooner]

johnny dawkins

lets just get all the duke coaches that we can. Quin, Tommy, Jeff - bring on the Duke winning spirit. Heck maybe if we keep getting Duke guys they can teach our guys to pound the floor on defense.

 

[red recluse]

craig robinson. i'm actually kinda serious about that one.

 

[Sooner Quick]

Jay Bilas
Fran Fraschilla

 

[Dave4OU]

My #1 Choice would be Tubby, Tubby was great at TU, fairly good at Kentucky and has taken Minnesota from nothing to something.

Brad Stevens would not leave Butler, they have 4 starters returning.

Calipari, Wright, Few, Pearl are all pipe dreams, who knows Tubby may also be a pipe dream.

I also like Red Recluses thought Craig Robinson would be good as well, we might even get some stimulus money.:dance005:

Bo Ryan would also be good, but i don't see him leaving Wisconsin for OU. This is not to say Wisconsin is a better program but with everything that is going on why would you make this step, whoever comes in will have some massive rebuilding to do, and if Capel stays he has the job of the rebuilding.