Starting to add up!

[jpsam]

Well Since we elected the Governor then ultimately the buck stops with all of us

FINALLY! We've found the one(s) responsible. Dang it. I knew it was us all along...

 

[Max Power]

FINALLY! We've found the one(s) responsible. Dang it. I knew it was us all along...

But who can we complain about on here. We obviously won't talk bad about ourselves, time for the haters to keep on with the fire Capel talk

 

[HeismanWatch]

The Kansas City Star reported the following on the $3,000 and Tiny's explanation of what the money was for. I apologize if this has already been posted:

Oklahoma opened an investigation after celebrity gossip site TMZ.com reported Gallon had taken a $3,000 wire transfer from a Florida financial advisor. He said the money was owed to his high school, Oak Hill Academy. Gallon said it was required to release his transcript.

"They weren't going to release it until we paid what we owed," Gallon said. "We got the money, and my mom paid that money back. I don't know what happened after that."

Is ^^^this true? Interesting!

 

[HeismanWatch]

Is it really better if our coach is completely clueless about how his assistants and players work? I think that would be a pretty sad indictment on our coach. Especially for a coach that is supposedly a recruiter first, which is how many of our fans discribe him. I'm not sure he's that good a recruiter because of the actual history of his recruits. But it looks worse for Capel if he knew nothing about how his players got here.

The fact Capel knew nothing of this is a HUGE head-scratcher.

Especially, if:

Oklahoma opened an investigation after celebrity gossip site TMZ.com reported Gallon had taken a $3,000 wire transfer from a Florida financial advisor. He said the money was owed to his high school, Oak Hill Academy. Gallon said it was required to release his transcript.

"They weren't going to release it until we paid what we owed," Gallon said. "We got the money, and my mom paid that money back. I don't know what happened after that."

How would Capel not know about that^^ IF FOUND TO BE TRUE? :vitale

 

[Section31]

The fact Capel knew nothing of this is a HUGE head-scratcher.

Especially, if:

Oklahoma opened an investigation after celebrity gossip site TMZ.com reported Gallon had taken a $3,000 wire transfer from a Florida financial advisor. He said the money was owed to his high school, Oak Hill Academy. Gallon said it was required to release his transcript.

"They weren't going to release it until we paid what we owed," Gallon said. "We got the money, and my mom paid that money back. I don't know what happened after that."

How would Capel not know about that^^ IF FOUND TO BE TRUE? :vitale

OK, I'll play. Lemme play devil's advocate AGAIN. If Tiny and his mom got a $3000 loan, and they told coach Capel that's what it was and they paid it back, what do you want him to do??? Forget about OT's involvement - let's assume Capel didn't know about that. What's there to be concerned about?

On the other hand, if he knew about it...bye-bye...IMO

 

[HeismanWatch]

OK, I'll play. Lemme play devil's advocate AGAIN. If Tiny and his mom got a $3000 loan, and they told coach Capel that's what it was and they paid it back, what do you want him to do??? Forget about OT's involvement - let's assume Capel didn't know about that. What's there to be concerned about?

On the other hand, if he knew about it...bye-bye...IMO

If no big deal, then why did Oronde leave the program over night?

 

[Sooner Quick]

OK, I'll play. Lemme play devil's advocate AGAIN. If Tiny and his mom got a $3000 loan, and they told coach Capel that's what it was and they paid it back, what do you want him to do??? Forget about OT's involvement - let's assume Capel didn't know about that. What's there to be concerned about?

Thank you

 

[HeismanWatch]

OK, I'll play. Lemme play devil's advocate AGAIN. If Tiny and his mom got a $3000 loan, and they told coach Capel that's what it was and they paid it back, what do you want him to do??? Forget about OT's involvement - let's assume Capel didn't know about that. What's there to be concerned about?

On the other hand, if he knew about it...bye-bye...IMO

Capel wouldn't have any knowledge of his prized AA not getting his transcripts released until he paid the $3k?

I find it very difficult to assume Capel had no knowledge of the $3k.

It's not like Capel is signing 25 recruits.

 

[twobits]

The only thing that makes me wretch any more than this crap, is the so-called fans of the University who are in denial.

 

[HeismanWatch]

Oklahoma Will Be The Next School To Get The NCAA's Third Degree

Friday, May 21, 2010
Posted By Brian Cook 5:00 PM
As we wait for the sanctions against USC, which will either be crippling or virtually nonexistent, here's something to pass the time: starting the countdown clock on the point at which the NCAA puts a postseason ban on Oklahoma basketball. Here is the sentence that will expose Oklahoma to harsh sanctions:

The Sooners remain under NCAA probation until Sunday for major violations committed under former basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and by the football program.

That makes them a repeat offender—this is the third major violation of the last five years for the football and basketball programs—and if a newly ferocious NCAA infraction committee wants a basketball equivalent for the USC program, Oklahoma is a fat hanging curveball thrown by a sixth-grader.

The latest AP story on the TMZ-broken Tiny Gallon (pictured) scandal at Oklahoma puts a lot of dots on the page but does not connect them. Allow your author to draw a picture:

2000-2004: OU coach Kelvin Sampson makes 577 impermissible phone calls and is banned from off-campus recruiting just before being inexplicably hired by Indiana. Oklahoma manages to avoid a "lack of institutional control" ding and gets just two years of probation. Those years are later extended, leaving OU still under the guillotine when…
March 18th: TMZ reports it has a document showing that Oklahoma center Tiny Gallon received a $3,000 wire transfer from Jeffery Hausinger, a Merrill Lynch advisor and agent.
April: Oklahoma assistant Oronde Taliaferro resigns. In a three-sentence release, school says he wanted to "focus on other employment opportunities."
Thursday: University acknowledges its investigation has turned up communication between Taliaferro and Hausinger to the tune of "at least" 41 phone calls and 25 text messages.
Draw a line between the various events, add in a dash of Rhett Bomar color, and the resulting picture is the NCAA dropping a bomb on the Oklahoma basketball program. It went from one lawless coach who totally ignored NCAA regulations to an assistant coach who reportedly arranged payments for a player. Whether they knew about it or not doesn't really matter at this point. If Jeff Capel doesn't know that his assistant is making dozens of phone calls to a guy at Merrill Lynch, that is on him.

If the example set by—hey!—USC is any indication, the least Oklahoma can expect to get away with is a postseason ban of one year. I've previously advocated the NCAA ditch its current ineffective sanctions programs that penalize current players who have done nothing wrong and allow the athletic department to quickly put their problems behind them and get on with the sketch, and here's an opportunity for the NCAA to do it right: ban Oklahoma for the tournament for multiple years starting in 2012, waive all transfer restrictions, and prohibit Oklahoma recruits from signing LOIs. Schools that violate the rules as flagrantly as Oklahoma has should see a five, even ten years of serious restrictions on their programs. The current setup makes cheating a viable option.

 

[Mr.B!!!]

Wow, Brian Cook.

 

[Section31]

Capel wouldn't have any knowledge of his prized AA not getting his transcripts released until he paid the $3k?

I find it very difficult to assume Capel had no knowledge of the $3k.

It's not like Capel is signing 25 recruits.

Can you read? I said, "what if" they told Capel they got a $3K loan? ANYONE can get a loan. That, in and of itself, is no big deal.

Again, I'm not saying Capel had no knowledge. Only pointing out that you guys sound EVEN MORE ridiculous to sit on here and speculate about something you have no knowledge of.

The university know A LOT about this case and Capel is STILL the coach, so what does that tell you?

 

[HeismanWatch]

Can you read? I said, "what if" they told Capel they got a $3K loan? ANYONE can get a loan. That, in and of itself, is no big deal.

Again, I'm not saying Capel had no knowledge. Only pointing out that you guys sound EVEN MORE ridiculous to sit on here and speculate about something you have no knowledge of.

The university know A LOT about this case and Capel is STILL the coach, so what does that tell you?

Well, Kelvin was still our coach through his scandal. Go figure!

 

[Section31]

Well, Kelvin was still our coach through his scandal. Go figure!

Right and they were MINOR infractions. THAT'S MY FRIGGIN POINT. I'm making the assumption (and maybe I'm wrong) that Joe C and Pres Boren know ALL THE FACTS. If they do and Capel is STILL the coach, what does that tell you???

Minor infraction?

 

[HeismanWatch]

Right and they were MINOR infractions. THAT'S MY FRIGGIN POINT. I'm making the assumption (and maybe I'm wrong) that Joe C and Pres Boren know ALL THE FACTS. If they do and Capel is STILL the coach, what does that tell you???

Minor infraction?

2000-2004: OU coach Kelvin Sampson makes 577 impermissible phone calls and is banned from off-campus recruiting just before being inexplicably hired by Indiana.

^ = Minor?

 

[Section31]

^ = Minor?

Apparently...he remained the coach.

 

[thebigabd]

Who is Brian Cook?

 

[TINY]

if tmz was alive I would kill it.

 

[HeismanWatch]

Apparently...he remained the coach.

And was BANNED from off campus recruiting visits, which is a big deal IMHO.

Could you imagine a headcoach not being able to do off campus recruiting?

That's like a boxer with one eye shut fighting the champ in a title fight.:facepalm

 

[stoopified]

IF you have ever been a boss, you cannot possibly know the truth of this statement. But if you want to take that stance as correct, where is the outcry to have Boren's and Castiglione's jobs as well? After all Capel, Kelvin and Stoops were their subordinates, right?

Point,set, and match.As for Jeff hiring an assistant of questionable character,says who? OT was a well known and respected recruiter at Arkansas before coming to and I have not found any trace of scandal (previous to this situation) to indicate he was in any way a questionable hire.