OU's season is very similar to

Cincy is similar to Oklahoma State or Texas Tech. Not really bad but nothing special.
 
stormspencer said:
THe OP on this thread is getting owned by Denver and ABD. This is an absolutely asinine argument to compare OU/Capel to UCONN/Calhoun. If you can't see the differences in the seasons of the two teams....well, go back to the football board.
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I don't think it is a matter of owned, winning or losing. I want nothing more than OU to win. I am a huge basketball fan. If Capel does not work out, it will set the program back. I want the guy to succeed; however, I am nervous that OU mad a mistake.

I have high hopes for next season. Capel needs to sign a juco post and a high school post that are Big XII caliber players. If he does that and brings back everyone but the seniors and WW, he should have a nice competitive team. If he brings everyone back again, he should have an oustanding team. If this recruiting class stays together, he will have a great team when they are seniors.
 
I'm certainly not comparing OU/Capel and UConn/Calhoun except comparing the two seasons. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
152219 said:
Cincy is not a good team....and losses are losses.
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Cinci is 15-9 in the Big East and a bubble team. I would say Cinci is average about like OSU, A&M, and Missouri (perhaps Tech deserves to be mentioned but I just can't believe Tech swept OU).
 
Denver beat me to it.

I would rather be in UNC's or UConn's situation becuase those guys have proven over decades they can coach. Jeff Capel could easily end up being like a Quinn Snyder. He went from Elite 8 to out of a job in like 3 years.
 
DenverSooner said:
Cinci is 15-9 in the Big East and a bubble team. I would say Cinci is average about like OSU, A&M, and Missouri (perhaps Tech deserves to be mentioned but I just can't believe Tech swept OU).
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Cincy is a lower end bubble team. Winning at UConn definitely helped their resume as they may finish .500 in conference now. Hardly a great team.
 
NickZepp said:
Denver beat me to it.

I would rather be in UNC's or UConn's situation becuase those guys have proven over decades they can coach. Jeff Capel could easily end up being like a Quinn Snyder. He went from Elite 8 to out of a job in like 3 years.
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Like I said, there is more to the Quin Snyder story....and the comparison makes me shudder because I don't see Capel being anything like Snyder.
 
152219 said:
Cincy is a lower end bubble team. Winning at UConn definitely helped their resume as they may finish .500 in conference now. Hardly a great team.
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So they are still better than San Diego, Houston, VCU and Nebraska, most of those destroyed OU.
 
152219 said:
You forgot Saturday's loss to Cincy at home in which Calhoun said outside of Walker, his team flat out sucked.

No one is trying to justify anything....but seasons like this happen and there is one example of a program which is similar to OU's (except UConn hasn't had the injury/healthy issues OU has except their head coach)
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Totally unintentional. That loss at home by double digits to Cinci is unacceptable. Just like so many of OU's losses this year. In fact, it (th Uconn loss to Cinci) may be the worse loss of both teams but the UTEP debacle and the road losses at Nebraska, Baylor and OSU give it a good run for the money.
 
152219 said:
Like I said, there is more to the Quin Snyder story....and the comparison makes me shudder because I don't see Capel being anything like Snyder.
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We don't know that yet. I would hope he's better than Snyder but if he has 2 or 3 straight years like this one he's gone.
 
NickZepp said:
We don't know that yet. I would hope he's better than Snyder but if he has 2 or 3 straight years like this one he's gone.
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We don't know what? That I don't think Capel is like Snyder. Lets just say I would be SHOCKED if that is the case.
 
DenverSooner said:
Totally unintentional. That loss at home by double digits to Cinci is unacceptable. Just like so many of OU's losses this year. In fact, it (th Uconn loss to Cinci) may be the worse loss of both teams but the UTEP debacle and the road losses at Nebraska, Baylor and OSU give it a good run for the money.
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This season has been quite painful and disappointing, there is no doubting that.....just OU isn't the only one in this boat. Next year will be quite telling to me.
 
Injuries and inexperience...just like football...nothing more, nothing less
 
its funny how 2 years ago people said we weren't going to be able keep Capel cuz he would get snatched up by a bigger program. Now everyone wants him fired.
 
quick release said:
its funny how 2 years ago people said we weren't going to be able keep Capel cuz he would get snatched up by a bigger program. Now everyone wants him fired.
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I darn sure never said that. I think OU fans are ridiculous that think the coach is always going to leave. Sampson would not have left but for the sanctions and the fact that a great job came around at a time when the University was not all that happy with him.

OU really doesn't lose coaches.
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
Injuries and inexperience...just like football...nothing more, nothing less
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There were no injuries early in the season and OU got crushed by VCU, San Diego, Houston, Gonzaga and UTEP. (The game WW missed in Alasaka was the one game OU won - I believe) Injuries have been problems in Big XII play.
 
DenverSooner said:
There were no injuries early in the season and OU got crushed by VCU, San Diego, Houston, Gonzaga and UTEP. (The game WW missed in Alasaka was the one game OU won - I believe) Injuries have been problems in Big XII play.
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Thats correct. I still wouldn't be surprised if WW has been injured all season.
 
152219 said:
We don't know what? That I don't think Capel is like Snyder. Lets just say I would be SHOCKED if that is the case.
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I believe his point was that we don't have enough information on Capel to make that determination yet.

As he pointed out, Snyder went from the Eilte Eight to out of a job 3 years later.

What we know about Capel so far is that his teams excel when they include a guy who is the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft.

Only time will tell if his teams will excel without such a rare talent on the roster.
 
oSuJeff97 said:
I believe his point was that we don't have enough information on Capel to make that determination yet.

As he pointed out, Snyder went from the Eilte Eight to out of a job 3 years later.

What we know about Capel so far is that his teams excel when they include a guy who is the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft.

Only time will tell if his teams will excel without such a rare talent on the roster.
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I think the point is that Capel is not cheating like Snyder. He isn't the slick, snakeoil salesman type that Quin seemed to be.
 
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