Porter to.........Villanova???

[hoopsaustin]

With McCollum, Wade and Odom going elsewhere, Moser leaving now would be catastrophic.

We might really end up with a Crutchfield or someone similar.

False don't let indy scare you. Pm has been terrible, hard to do worse

 

[hoopsaustin]

That's what I am saying, he's waiting on his dad to retire.

My thing for Hodgson is he's an ace recruiter and he's done well at Arkansas State the last two years.

And apparently his wife is hot. Showing again, that he can recruit lol

 

[austing7]

Would love for Xavier to do us a solid and hire moser from us

 

[ouboomer]

Would love for Xavier to do us a solid and hire moser from us

Xavier would seem much more likely to hire Moser than Villanova would but still think even Xavier would have a better option or 2 than Moser at this time.

 

[TEvans4Three]

If you want OU to be a top25 program again, you have to invest in NIL and not hire a career assistant. Want someone who has actually been a HC. (to replace Porter)

 

[WichitaSooner]

why no mention of Hollis Price, only Kellen. Quanna's got his shot w/ Louisiana. Personally I would want someone with experience but just curious why Price never gets talked about

Hollis has barely been an assistant, and has never been even one of the top two assistants on their staff.

 

[IndySooner]

If you want OU to be a top25 program again, you have to invest in NIL and not hire a career assistant. Want someone who has actually been a HC. (to replace Porter)

Or, you know, give Porter what he needs and not try to go out and replace him with someone who may or may not be better.

 

[Eielson]

Alabama wasn’t competitive in basketball until it started investing in basketball. Same with Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia, etc. See a common theme?

Fraction of what they spend in football.

 

[WTSooner]

With McCollum, Wade and Odom going elsewhere, Moser leaving now would be catastrophic.

We might really end up with a Crutchfield or someone similar.

We were never going to entertain Wade and honestly, didn't want Odom.

McCollum should have been at the top of the list, but may have still chosen Iowa given his roots.

Really don't understand the Kellen hate. Would it be risky? Sure. But if OU football can continue to hire HC's with no previous HC'ing experience (literally 6 of our last 7 going back to Switzer), OU basketball sure as heck isn't above doing the same.

I'm not sure Kellen would come or be interested. He's got a good thing going at Houston with Kelvin. Winning at a high level. Coaching with people he's close to. Having family all in the same place. He may not come. And I think he was a better fit, possibly, when Kruger retired. Feels like now might not be the best time to hire a first time HC. I think we could have gotten away with it 4 years ago. You hire Kellen for the upside. You hire Kellen b/c you hope he's 85% of what Kelvin is as a coach. The guy has been around winning basketball pretty much his entire life. There is value in that. Doesn't mean he'll 100% be a great HC. But OU is going to look really stupid if we don't even consider Kellen and one day he takes over at Houston and has a great career.

We already screwed up by not hiring McCasland instead of Moser. I'd still give him a call. It's not likely he'd be interested, or that OU could afford him but you never know until you call.

Also, what about Buzz Williams? Has the smoke about him leaving aTm died down? I'd take him in a heartbeat as well.

 

[hoopsaustin]

We were never going to entertain Wade and honestly, didn't want Odom.

McCollum should have been at the top of the list, but may have still chosen Iowa given his roots.

Really don't understand the Kellen hate. Would it be risky? Sure. But if OU football can continue to hire HC's with no previous HC'ing experience (literally 6 of our last 7 going back to Switzer), OU basketball sure as heck isn't above doing the same.

I'm not sure Kellen would come or be interested. He's got a good thing going at Houston with Kelvin. Winning at a high level. Coaching with people he's close to. Having family all in the same place. He may not come. And I think he was a better fit, possibly, when Kruger retired. Feels like now might not be the best time to hire a first time HC. I think we could have gotten away with it 4 years ago. You hire Kellen for the upside. You hire Kellen b/c you hope he's 85% of what Kelvin is as a coach. The guy has been around winning basketball pretty much his entire life. There is value in that. Doesn't mean he'll 100% be a great HC. But OU is going to look really stupid if we don't even consider Kellen and one day he takes over at Houston and has a great career.

We already screwed up by not hiring McCasland instead of Moser. I'd still give him a call. It's not likely he'd be interested, or that OU could afford him but you never know until you call.

Also, what about Buzz Williams? Has the smoke about him leaving aTm died down? I'd take him in a heartbeat as well.

Ou needs to get as far away as possible from hiring "ou guys" and instead, simply ask itself, "are we hiring the best candidate we can get?" That's it. Kellen would be a disaster

 

[WTSooner]

Ou needs to get as far away as possible from hiring "ou guys" and instead, simply ask itself, "are we hiring the best candidate we can get?" That's it. Kellen would be a disaster

You've made it known you don't like Kellen. And that is fine. Seems personal which is kind of weird.

Just because hiring some OU guys hasn't worked out, doesn't mean there aren't examples of it working out.

ZERO proof or support that hiring Kellen would be a disaster. I'd be shocked if that were the case.

 

[hoopsaustin]

You've made it known you don't like Kellen. And that is fine. Seems personal which is kind of weird.

Just because hiring some OU guys hasn't worked out, doesn't mean there aren't examples of it working out.

ZERO proof or support that hiring Kellen would be a disaster. I'd be shocked if that were the case.

Just hiring a guy that's never been a HC anywhere at all (heck, doug gottieb has more HC exp than kellen), especially given the state of the program, bc he was merely the son of a great OU coach would be the most ou thing ever

 

[IndySooner]

Fraction of what they spend in football.

You don’t have to spend the same. All it takes is a fraction.

 

[WTSooner]

Just hiring a guy that's never been a HC anywhere at all (heck, doug gottieb has more HC exp than kellen), especially given the state of the program, bc he was merely the son of a great OU coach would be the most ou thing ever

Is football THAT different? Because we'd one a hell of a lot of that in football.

And stop selling Kellen short. He isn't some random son of Kelvin that has been toiling around in college basketball. Plenty of articles from years ago about him being on the list of good young assistant coaches. And he's been the lead assistant at one of the top college programs over the last decade. Kelvin said a few years ago that Kellen lead most of the recruiting and handled a lot of the practices. He isn't some bystander, he's an active participant in Houston's success.

We can't say on this board that assistants matter, point to the guys Lon lost and even Moser, then not give Kellen credit. Doesn't mean he'll make a great HC. But he deserves a shot somewhere if he wants it. Personally, I think he's happy with his current situation. Not sure he'd come to OU if offered. The Houston job is his at some point, and it won't be a rebuild.

If we're trying to avoid ex-OU guys, let's get rid of Hump. He's terrible.

 

[IndySooner]

You've made it known you don't like Kellen. And that is fine. Seems personal which is kind of weird.

Just because hiring some OU guys hasn't worked out, doesn't mean there aren't examples of it working out.

ZERO proof or support that hiring Kellen would be a disaster. I'd be shocked if that were the case.

I think Kellen would be great. I have heard that he would not take the job, though.

 

[pnkranger]

I think Kellen would be great. I have heard that he would not take the job, though.

Unless he had another equal option, he would not turn down a 7 figure head coaching job in the SEC to remain an assistant coach...

 

[TINY]

if Kellen is the next ou head coach, might as well just shut the program down. He hasn’t done anything whatsoever to warrant the ou job.

 

[IndySooner]

Unless he had another equal option, he would not turn down a 7 figure head coaching job in the SEC to remain an assistant coach...

That staff knows the situation at OU. I’ll leave it at that.

 

[IndySooner]

Go CSU so we can figure this out quickly!

 

[NickZepp]

False don't let indy scare you. Pm has been terrible, hard to do worse

It's very easy to do worse.