PG Play

[htownSOONER]

Does anyone find it odd we cannot get good PG play when our coach was an all everything PG at Duke?

 

[Sooner23]

It's going to be a very long offseason if Capel is back.

 

[Krugerfan52]

He just did sign a stud PG. His name was TMG. The guy could play. He just turned out to be an idiot, so Capel had to scramble and get the two best PG's that he could to fill in the holes short term. If he's still here, I'm sure he'll get another good PG soon. In the meantime maybe we'll see if two guys who just finished their first year in the Big 12 might improve. It has happened before.

 

[htownSOONER]

He just did sign a stud PG. His name was TMG. The guy could play. He just turned out to be an idiot, so Capel had to scramble and get the two best PG's that he could to fill in the holes short term. If he's still here, I'm sure he'll get another good PG soon. In the meantime maybe we'll see if two guys who just finished their first year in the Big 12 might improve. It has happened before.

Anyone and everyone that saw TMG play in high school could have told you he never played d or passed. Sometimes he did not even get back.

Just a question, but why does Capel get a pass for recruiting bad apples. He gets credit for recruiting some guys with some talent but if the talent turns out to be a headcase and isn't contributing shouldn't that be on Capel? You cannot have it both ways.

 

[StoopsBros]

TMG was a 5'9 SG.

 

[WTSooner]

TMG was a 5'9 SG.

Yep.

That didn't want to play D.

 

[Speedy17]

That didn't want to go to school!!!!

That thought he was god's gift to hoops and was headed to the NBA!!!

 

[Cleavon Little]

Anybody heard anything recent on TMG? Last thing I remember reading he was in the stands at LNC for one game and that he was kinda sitting there alone and shunned. He still D-leaguing?

 

[Max Power]

Anybody heard anything recent on TMG? Last thing I remember reading he was in the stands at LNC for one game and that he was kinda sitting there alone and shunned. He still D-leaguing?

I recall hearing/reading on the board that he got cut from the D-League but im not 100% sure (way too many negative threads to keep track of them all)

 

[Tony]

He joined some team in Stuttgart

 

[Big Old Booger]

Anybody heard anything recent on TMG? Last thing I remember reading he was in the stands at LNC for one game and that he was kinda sitting there alone and shunned. He still D-leaguing?

Sam posted last week he's now in Germany playing for a team over there.

 

[DenverSooner]

Does anyone find it odd we cannot get good PG play when our coach was an all everything PG at Duke?

Personally, I think Jeff Capel's biggest fault as a coach is he perceives from his own history. Capel grew up with a coach. He worked hard. He was probably very hard on himself. I think (and I certainly don't know this) that he is too soft on his players because he did not need a hard nosed coach.

As he gets older, I think he will become more of a disciplinarian and more demanding of his players. He will realize that most people are not like him. He is likely smarter than the average college basketball player, comes from a better home (Jeff's dad made/makes a good living), was more talented (not many kids can even get recruited by Duke let alone start for Duke) and probably more driven than average.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Personally, I think Jeff Capel's biggest fault as a coach is he perceives from his own history. Capel grew up with a coach. He worked hard. He was probably very hard on himself. I think (and I certainly don't know this) that he is too soft on his players because he did not need a hard nosed coach.

As he gets older, I think he will become more of a disciplinarian and more demanding of his players. He will realize that most people are not like him. He is likely smarter than the average college basketball player, comes from a better home (Jeff's dad made/makes a good living), was more talented (not many kids can even get recruited by Duke let alone start for Duke) and probably more driven than average.

I agree with this.

If Jeff is retained, I would like to see Joe force him to make a few moves with his asst. coaches. He needs somebody who can be a disciplinarian and somebody to coach lockdown defense. Maybe he can get both in one hire, but he really needs to address both areas.

If he hired a strict disciplinarian, then he and the new hire could play good cop/bad cop like Bob and Mike Stoops reportedly did with football players.

 

[Bk2X]

He needs to hire legitimate assistant coaches...