MBB Transfer Portal Thread: Moser Year 4

Again improving our social media presence is akin to putting a bandaid on a shark bite. We should be much better at social media than we are but if the money isn’t there then social media presence doesnt mean a damn thing.
 
TINY said:
Again improving our social media presence is akin to putting a bandaid on a shark bite. We should be much better at social media than we are but if the money isn’t there then social media presence doesnt mean a damn thing.
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Well yeah but it's malpractice not to have a strong social media presence in this day and age. It's the least they can do.
 
Sell White and Tandy on being ‘the guys.’ Be their best option from a development/opportunity standpoint.

Elvis and Jones as the role players and find a big guy. That team isn’t ‘good’ but it can be respectable.
 
WTSooner said:
Yeah. I hope Moser packs his bags, sells his house, and moves out of Oklahoma in the middle of the night, but I think the flack for not being more active on social media is a little misguided. If he is in the DM's or placing calls/texts instead, OR having his assistants do that, what needs to get done is probably getting done.
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StoopsBros said:
If OU wants to appear dead on social media, and on the basketball court, it's on Moser. The bucks stops there. And somewhat on the admin for not getting it.
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steverocks35 said:
Yeah, this isn't controversial. The year is 2024.
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Agree with all this. The fact that Moser isn't on SM, sending tweets, or IG posts doesn't mean he's not working his arse off in DMs or texts and calls.

But it also means he and the staff are missing a TREMENDOUS opportunity and tool in the way young adults and college students get information and communicate. Crap, our 80-year-old President is doing Tik Tok videos. As @skyvue said, age and generation are not an excuse. Have to reach them the way they like to be reached.

And if it's not being done, it may not be solely Moser's call or doing. The lack of SM and marketing could get back to the point of lack of admin support- not just from the athletic department and AD, but also marketing. But if he wanted it changed or visibility improved, he could do it, even if it was only from him and the staff.

If the kids communicate that way, and the competition is clearly operating in the SM universe, it's incumbent on him to step it up as well. Regardless if the admin is or not.

And no, it solely won't solve everything, but at least it's a step toward playing on the same field as everyone else. Even if it's the only one, it's still at least a step.
 
This is for anybody with Trilly stuff, has he said anything recently about Garrison or the Kentucky center?
 
Goldberg719 said:
This is for anybody with Trilly stuff, has he said anything recently about Garrison or the Kentucky center?
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How ironic would it be for us to finally land a big, athletic 5 man, only to have the worst set of guards/wings that we've had in a LONG time playing along side him? lol
 
StoopsBros said:
Right.

No one is saying he has to create a social media attack plan himself but he could easily say..."We should have an effective plan to use social media to our advantage/benefit". Or something to that effect.
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How do you know he hasn't? I mean, what's the OU basketball account going to post about? We've got a whopping two guys in the NBA. We've hit 20 wins twice in the last 8 years (yay!). How many incredible rivalry wins do we have in the last decade? When was the last time we went to Lawrence and took down the Jayhawks?

If you've got firsthand knowledge of Moser shutting down his staff or AD staff about social media, then hell yeah, he deserves criticism.

But you put OU Football up on this pedestal, but we're talking about a top five college football program of all time. It's easy to brag about former players in the NFL or previous Heisman winners or big rivalry wins or previous bowl wins when we have such a storied past to lean on.

To compare it to OU basketball and what they can do there, is well, unfair. It's pretty easy to brag and highlight things when you have things to brag and highlight about. And OU basketball, while we've tasted success, ain't even close to playing in the same galaxy. And that's not just on Moser. OU football is the major leagues. OU basketball plays AA ball. Always has been, probably always will be.

Did OU basketball use social media differently when Lon was in charge? Was there a major drop-off when Moser took over? Genuine question, I have no idea. I do have a hunch it was probably easier to market the program when Buddy was winning the Naismith!

Honestly, feels like a lot of this just comes down to winning (imagine that!). Win, and a lot of the rest of the stuff tends to just figure itself out.

This whole social media thing just feels like a mountain out of a molehill. Like Coach said, let the AD hire one of these smart, young Gen Z'ers and let them cook.

Edit: I will add, you have a good point about following recruits and Venables doing a much better job there.
 
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umm add White & Jones please.. White looks like a superstar to me.
transfer or Elvis
White
Jones
Moore
Godwin

We aren't getting a legit 5.. I'm done worrying about it. Best case, we get a long lanky dude that can block shots and rotate with Godwin.
 
I think I have made my frustrations with this portal session pretty evident. That being said...

If we get:

-Kyky Tandy
-Trazarian White
-Jadon Jones
-BG/Meah

We will have pulled rabbits out of our arses. Tandy and White are absolute game-changers to me. Falling backwards into a better roster? Yes please.
 
Soonerman said:
How do you know he hasn't? I mean, what's the OU basketball account going to post about? We've got a whopping two guys in the NBA. We've hit 20 wins twice in the last 8 years (yay!). How many incredible rivalry wins do we have in the last decade? When was the last time we went to Lawrence and took down the Jayhawks?

If you've got firsthand knowledge of Moser shutting down his staff or AD staff about social media, then hell yeah, he deserves criticism.

But you put OU Football up on this pedestal, but we're talking about a top five college football program of all time. It's easy to brag about former players in the NFL or previous Heisman winners or big rivalry wins or previous bowl wins when we have such a storied past to lean on.

To compare it to OU basketball and what they can do there, is well, unfair. It's pretty easy to brag and highlight things when you have things to brag and highlight about. And OU basketball, while we've tasted success, ain't even close to playing in the same galaxy. And that's not just on Moser. OU football is the major leagues. OU basketball plays AA ball. Always has been, probably always will be.

Did OU basketball use social media differently when Lon was in charge? Was there a major drop-off when Moser took over? Genuine question, I have no idea. I do have a hunch it was probably easier to market the program when Buddy was winning the Naismith!

Honestly, feels like a lot of this just comes down to winning (imagine that!). Win, and a lot of the rest of the stuff tends to just figure itself out.

This whole social media thing just feels like a mountain out of a molehill. Like Coach said, let the AD hire one of these smart, young Gen Z'ers and let them cook.

Edit: I will add, you have a good point about following recruits and Venables doing a much better job there.
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Count again my guy
 
Goldberg719 said:
Of course I have, legitimately forgot him. I wasn’t questioning you, was really asking. Always mess up on reaves tbh.
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No worries, pet peeve of mine is misspelling their names. I think people still struggle with "McNeace" lol
 
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