MBB Transfer Portal Thread: Moser Year 4

Sucks losing Cooper...not a great look....but I MUCH more worried about finding serviceable bigs than losing a wing....we can find another wing in the portal I can totally understand why people are upset.....and you have a right to your thoughts/opinions...but we can find more production elsewhere and bigs are way harder to come by.
 
sdcloud9 said:
I totally agree but OU's coaches somehow think people knowing what's going on will hurt them. How can it be worse?
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Totally agree.

I don't want to go full-crazy on the social media talk again, lol, but I legit don't get why they think having an iron curtain up is helping matters. They're quite obviously failing right and left with their methods. I've grown to immensely hate the stubbornness. If you're Dan Hurley and you want an information blackout, so be it. It would suck for UConn fans but at least they could say, "eh, it works. I hate it but it works". Hurley is actually doing the opposite and is using SM to have fun in an annoying portal era. Us OU fans don't get to truly have any excitement, we know less than a lot of fanbases, while also watching our favorite program suck a**. Everything about this program right now is annoying as fucc and it's arguably a top 25 program historically (or was). It's not all on Moser, he's part of the entire mess though.

Meanwhile, football, the example I've used ad nauseum, is a machine on Twitter. They don't see following recruits, tweeting graphics/poems/etc, or really any of it as a negative (there are some things purposefully hidden from SM as one would expect). For example: Damonic Williams. If they lose out on him, it won't be because a couple of online nerds like myself tracked follows.

MBB has had 3 commitments and they've promoted 0 of them. Someone will say, "they will when the class is done". Why not both? Why not purposefully have a day for each kid they get?

Look at WBB....

on the original commitment day....

Tweet #1....some pre-commitment excitement




Tweet #2 is/was Raegan herself with a commitment video (nicely done in-house)




Tweet #3 was trying to sell season tickets based on the Beers commitment (smart, love it)



Tweet #4 was another Raegan tweet...this time the in-house graphic





Total comments on all 4 tweets: 246
Total reposts on all 4 tweets: 742
Total likes on all 4 tweets: 5.3K (roughly)
Total views on all 4 tweets: over 500K

On IG, they did the pre-commitment/Jennie B video. 1130+ likes.

That's not, obviously, counting all the national/local reporters/fans that tweeted their owns tweets.

Exposure on the original commitment day = millions most likely

Then today, WBB announced the official signing, more visibility (including the NCAA account).

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It's really not that complicated. More positive exposure = more positivity in general.

Now, of course, landing Beers isn't the same as landing Kobe Elvis but still, use the tools at your disposal. JMO, of course.

Hire a damn social media manager. Put them to work. Yeesh. Have Moser do some kind of pre-commitment tweet. Let fans have fun!
 
steverocks35 said:
Lmao! So everybody who transfers is a pussy? What a weird opinion.
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It’s laughable. Nothing worse than fans who bash kids who transfer out but welcome incoming transfers with open arms. I guess Spangler is a pussy or else he would have stuck it out in Spokane.

Honestly, Cooper would have been crazy to stay. What reason did he have to stay around and play for a program where he won’t make the tourney, knowing things are only getting worse, and his coach is likely done after the season? This season was the best chance Moser will have to get to the tournament. Our four main transfers have all been picked up by quality programs. He had all of them and Moore and Waldo on the same roster and won two games all season against tourney teams. A freaking miserable coaching job on his part. Now he won’t have nearly as much talent and will be lucky to match the 15-18 record from two years ago. It’s inconceivable that there are still some people who act like all of this is beyond his control.
 
WichitaSooner said:
It’s laughable. Nothing worse than fans who bash kids who transfer out but welcome incoming transfers with open arms. I guess Spangler is a pussy or else he would have stuck it out in Spokane.

Honestly, Cooper would have been crazy to stay. What reason did he have to stay around and play for a program where he won’t make the tourney, knowing things are only getting worse, and his coach is likely done after the season? This season was the best chance Moser will have to get to the tournament. Our four main transfers have all been picked up by quality programs. He had all of them and Moore and Waldo on the same roster and won two games all season against tourney teams. A freaking miserable coaching job on his part. Now he won’t have nearly as much talent and will be lucky to match the 15-18 record from two years ago. It’s inconceivable that there are still some people who act like all of this is beyond his control.
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Spangler sure isn't, but you are. We all know that by now.
 
StoopsBros said:
Totally agree.

I don't want to go full-crazy on the social media talk again, lol, but I legit don't get why they think having an iron curtain up is helping matters. They're quite obviously failing right and left with their methods. I've grown to immensely hate the stubbornness. If you're Dan Hurley and you want an information blackout, so be it. It would suck for UConn fans but at least they could say, "eh, it works. I hate it but it works". Hurley is actually doing the opposite and is using SM to have fun in an annoying portal era. Us OU fans don't get to truly have any excitement, we know less than a lot of fanbases, while also watching our favorite program suck a**. Everything about this program right now is annoying as fucc and it's arguably a top 25 program historically (or was). It's not all on Moser, he's part of the entire mess though.

Meanwhile, football, the example I've used ad nauseum, is a machine on Twitter. They don't see following recruits, tweeting graphics/poems/etc, or really any of it as a negative (there are some things purposefully hidden from SM as one would expect). For example: Damonic Williams. If they lose out on him, it won't be because a couple of online nerds like myself tracked follows.

MBB has had 3 commitments and they've promoted 0 of them. Someone will say, "they will when the class is done". Why not both? Why not purposefully have a day for each kid they get?

Look at WBB....

on the original commitment day....

Tweet #1....some pre-commitment excitement




Tweet #2 is/was Raegan herself with a commitment video (nicely done in-house)




Tweet #3 was trying to sell season tickets based on the Beers commitment (smart, love it)



Tweet #4 was another Raegan tweet...this time the in-house graphic





Total comments on all 4 tweets: 246
Total reposts on all 4 tweets: 742
Total likes on all 4 tweets: 5.3K (roughly)
Total views on all 4 tweets: over 500K

On IG, they did the pre-commitment/Jennie B video. 1130+ likes.

That's not, obviously, counting all the national/local reporters/fans that tweeted their owns tweets.

Exposure on the original commitment day = millions most likely

Then today, WBB announced the official signing, more visibility (including the NCAA account).

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It's really not that complicated. More positive exposure = more positivity in general.

Now, of course, landing Beers isn't the same as landing Kobe Elvis but still, use the tools at your disposal. JMO, of course.

Hire a damn social media manager. Put them to work. Yeesh. Have Moser do some kind of pre-commitment tweet. Let fans have fun!
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Oops, for some reason I thought the Jennie B tweet was before the Beers video. It's a post-commitment reaction. The point remains the same, though. Beers then Jennie B then selling tickets then another Beers tweet/graphic. Still, very good social media usage and exposure.
 
soonertrash77 said:
Yeah I don’t know about one of the most secure coaches BUT apparently he is loved by all in the athletic department. A member at my club works for the athletic department… on the football side. Great guy and a big time Sooner former player. We have had a discussion about PM and he replied’great guy we all love him’ with all sincerity. I think PM is gonna have to have a big fail to be fired. Like last in the league. Or a major donor goes knocking on Joe C’s door. Middle of the road AGAIN he probably stays.
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No friggin way. That is cringe af. "Oh, hes a neat guy" Great.. he sucks as a coach tho..
 
cvangild said:
Maybe he isn’t a pu$$y??
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I wouldn't go that far, but definitely seems like Cooper is scared of competition. He decides to wait till the deadline to enter the portal? What's changed from the end of the season to now? He saw his three main competitors for minutes (Oweh, Uzan, and Javian) all transfer. If he didn't have belief in the coaching staff cause of his playing time as a freshman, well, nothing has changed from the end of the season to today about that. If he's not leaving for NIL, then the only thing that's changed is bringing in Elvis, Goodine, and Jones. And as someone who isn't a proven commodity, doesn't make sense to wait till the end of the portal window when teams have filled out a lot of their roster. He's probably just looking for sure fire playing time, and best of luck to him.
 
WichitaSooner said:
It’s laughable. Nothing worse than fans who bash kids who transfer out but welcome incoming transfers with open arms. I guess Spangler is a pussy or else he would have stuck it out in Spokane.

Honestly, Cooper would have been crazy to stay. What reason did he have to stay around and play for a program where he won’t make the tourney, knowing things are only getting worse, and his coach is likely done after the season? This season was the best chance Moser will have to get to the tournament. Our four main transfers have all been picked up by quality programs. He had all of them and Moore and Waldo on the same roster and won two games all season against tourney teams. A freaking miserable coaching job on his part. Now he won’t have nearly as much talent and will be lucky to match the 15-18 record from two years ago. It’s inconceivable that there are still some people who act like all of this is beyond his control.
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I agree with your assessment about Moser and last year. But, there is no use speculating why Cooper is transferring. It could be for a myriad of reasons. It seemed like he was involved early on in the recruitment process, but then something changed. Who knows what it could be. Where he ends up will tell us alot.
 
allday92 said:
I wouldn't go that far, but definitely seems like Cooper is scared of competition. He decides to wait till the deadline to enter the portal? What's changed from the end of the season to now? He saw his three main competitors for minutes (Oweh, Uzan, and Javian) all transfer. If he didn't have belief in the coaching staff cause of his playing time as a freshman, well, nothing has changed from the end of the season to today about that. If he's not leaving for NIL, then the only thing that's changed is bringing in Elvis, Goodine, and Jones. And as someone who isn't a proven commodity, doesn't make sense to wait till the end of the portal window when teams have filled out a lot of their roster. He's probably just looking for sure fire playing time, and best of luck to him.
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Perhaps seeing the complete mess that has become our roster impacted his decision. Crazy idea, I know, for those who want to pretend like things aren’t that bad.
 
allday92 said:
I wouldn't go that far, but definitely seems like Cooper is scared of competition. He decides to wait till the deadline to enter the portal? What's changed from the end of the season to now? He saw his three main competitors for minutes (Oweh, Uzan, and Javian) all transfer. If he didn't have belief in the coaching staff cause of his playing time as a freshman, well, nothing has changed from the end of the season to today about that. If he's not leaving for NIL, then the only thing that's changed is bringing in Elvis, Goodine, and Jones. And as someone who isn't a proven commodity, doesn't make sense to wait till the end of the portal window when teams have filled out a lot of their roster. He's probably just looking for sure fire playing time, and best of luck to him.
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You have no idea why he’s portaling. We’ll know more when we see where he lands.
 
Cooper had a long list of prestigious offers coming out of high school.
I have no doubts he'll land in a good spot.
 
WTSooner said:
It's more about the state of the program and Moser's ability to convince Cooper that he can develop him and give him a role next year.

OU cannot survive losing 7 of our top 9 players (arguably) every year. Moser is going to need to be able to bring in kids like Uzan, Oweh, Cooper, and Atak, DEVELOP them, and keep them in Norman. We can't have a successful program if Moser can't do that on some level.

Yes, kids will transfer. But at this point Moser hasn't brought in a highly regarded HS kid and kept him for more than 1-2 years yet. None one (that I can think of). That has to change regardless of anything else.
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Do you have to develop HS kids anymore? I want it to be that way and I think it’s the long-term answer, but seems like most teams are turning over half their roster every year. Maybe if you are blue-blood you can afford to do it, but mid-level teams……maybe this has or is changing
 
WichitaSooner said:
Perhaps seeing the complete mess that has become our roster impacted his decision. Crazy idea, I know, for those who want to pretend like things aren’t that bad.
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That just means its an opportunity for him. He has an opportunity to showcase his talent, and when things fall apart next year, set himself up for a larger payday.
 
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