MBB Transfer Portal Thread: Moser Year 4

PriceIsRight said:
Wonder how happy some are now that we lost Uzan and Oweh. I know they weren't perfect but they can play. I saw numerous posts early on about wanting them gone etc
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Still perfectly good with it. We either get guys and get better or we suck and get rid of Porter, it’s really a win/win situation.
 
StoopsBros said:
When it comes to his OU visit, he didn't hit follow like he has with Texas.

This is the list I have when it comes to semi-OU/OU-related follows:

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Jacobe Jo = Jacobe Johnson. That's an old follow. Forsythe, Pedulla, Jacobe Jo(hnson), Cooper, and Nickens are all due to being in-state kids and older follows. Moore and Cole came during/after his OU visit. No coaches as you can see. Some of that could be due to the fact OU coaches don't use IG by and large (Custer is the most active on there, Glibert would be 2nd). Moser, Hump, Gates...lolololol, nah.

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he did follow two OU "hot" girls (hot is in the eye of the beholder, lol)...

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But one of them is 50/50 lol...both a poke and a sooner.

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Listed for pre/post visit follows only:

Jalon Moore (OU player)
Jacolb Cole (OU player)
Indigo Koch (seen above)
Kaitlyn Wood (seen above)


Pre/post Texas visit...Texas follows:

Preston Clark (UT walk-on player)
Brandon Chappell (UT asst coach)
Dylan Disu (UT player)
Devin Llietz (UT sorority girl)
Devon Pryor (UT player)
Jourdann Cauthro (UT hot girl)
Antonette Lopez (UT WSoccer)
Vanessa Quiroga (UT Softball)
Horn News (this was pre-UT visit...Horn News is an aggregator type of account for daily UT sports news)


Furthermore, he posted his OU visit pics several days after his OU visit (posted them yesterday, his OU visit started on 4/12). Zero live stories.

During his UT visit, he's posted three live stories and visit pics on the same day (as his visit - today).


Is that enough to put an (unofficial) crystal ball in for Texas? No, but what it does show me is he is/was excited heading into his UT visit (plane/hotel stories = indicators), is having a good time, and he's getting to know people there (potential teammates). By now, we've all read that staying in-state, for "reasons", is what people think he'll do....but I don't know, there's a chance that Texas could knock their pitch out of the ballpark and change that line of thinking (I don't know, obviously). OU is trying to match Texas dollar for dollar (unless Texas increased their initial offer) but OU can't match the momentum Texas has right now (landing Kobe Elvis isn't in the same damn stratosphere).

Contrary to what people likely think of the TPT/myself tracking, very seldom have I predicted kids somewhere based solely on follows. It's a collective; follows (and what kind of follows they are), reading whatever I can, who's recruiting said kid, and a variety of other things (sometimes sparse sourced info). But certainly, I wasn't joking about the girl follows. They can be a strong as* indicator. Notable examples: Marcus Major followed a bunch of Minnesota sorority girls, he ends up at Minny. Walter Rouse followed Nebraska sorority girls, softball players, and maybe, IIRC, a volleyball girl or two. He ended up committing to Nebraska (and then OU flipped him, obviously).

I'm not at a point where I'd call it one way or the other on BG but my lean right now is...not OU. I'm hoping that changes, for sure, or that I'm wrong.

Speaking of follows, I need to weed through more football players post-Spring game. Fun. Here's one...

(these follows were pre-Spring game and Hicks played well)

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Sydney Brookman (UT sorority girl)

To BG’s follows list. SIAP.
 
Goldberg719 said:
Still perfectly good with it. We either get guys and get better or we suck and get rid of Porter, it’s really a win/win situation.
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I'm not off the Moser train just yet. Close but not yet. And I think if we'd returned those two with what we have plus one or two portal guys we make the tourney next year. I know some won't agree with any of that but just my two cents
 
TSSR said:
According to Big 12 standards we had one of the least talented rosters in the Big 12 last year....................again. In regards to resources, we're not close to where we need to be.

I would also argue Garrison is more important than any player we landed last year. In the fact he's a rim protector.
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You didn't hear that from me, so I'm not particularly interested in explaining their opinions for them.

Our talent was overall pretty good from 1-4. If we're league average at the 5 spot, we waltz into the tourney. Quite frankly, we should have been a tourney team as is, and would not have been a bubble team had we not shat down our leg for non-talent related reasons.

We don't have the resources to compete with the blue bloods and a handful of non-blue bloods, but we do have the resources to put a top 25 team out there with the right coach. If Moore could play the 5 and Cooper or Cole were ready for primetime last year, we would have had Sweet 16 caliber talent. Landing a 5 is always tough, but I don't think we would have trouble landing a guy like Garrison if we were coming off a good 3 year run under Moser. It's a lot easier to secure NIL money when donors have confidence in where their money is going, and you don't need as much when players are excited about your program for basketball reasons. We haven't been exciting in the past 8 years outside of a couple months with Trae.
 
PriceIsRight said:
Wonder how happy some are now that we lost Uzan and Oweh. I know they weren't perfect but they can play. I saw numerous posts early on about wanting them gone etc
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We are still happy that Uzah and Oweh are gone, they are not good
 
CJ Noland fills the vacancy left from Jamal Mashburn Jr leaving.

To Temple. Which is one of the most surprising commitments this cycle. I don’t think Mash Jr is all too great but he’s better than Temple. Coaches if you read this, maybe change his mind lol. I’m jk.
 
cmdsooner said:
Cooper & Cole are going to have some say in how this season plays out.
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I expect less than nothing from Cole this year. He was always a bit of a project (ie, needed to develop). Zero playing time last year and coming back from an injury, I doubt he has much of an impact.

Put another way, if Cooper couldn't get playing time this year, I'm not sure how much Cole will get next year.
 
WTSooner said:
I expect less than nothing from Cole this year. He was always a bit of a project (ie, needed to develop). Zero playing time last year and coming back from an injury, I doubt he has much of an impact.

Put another way, if Cooper couldn't get playing time this year, I'm not sure how much Cole will get next year.
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Mkay
 
cmdsooner said:
Mkay
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Every year OU fans do this.

I mean, I'm willing to wait and see what the final roster looks like, but if we're counting on Cole to contribute much, you Moser-lovers better get out and say your goodbyes, because this will definitely be his last season coaching at OU.

It's okay to admit a kid probably isn't going to be ready to do much in a given year. Doesn't make you a bad fan.
 
WTSooner said:
Every year OU fans do this.

I mean, I'm willing to wait and see what the final roster looks like, but if we're counting on Cole to contribute much, you Moser-lovers better get out and say your goodbyes, because this will definitely be his last season coaching at OU.

It's okay to admit a kid probably isn't going to be ready to do much in a given year. Doesn't make you a bad fan.
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He won’t do much this year but I expect him to be pretty good RS Sophomore. He’s got all the tools forsure. The thing is Moser needs him to be ready now.
 
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