Tayshawn Thomas news

[sybarite]

Very true! The offense was boring, boring, boring. Never mind that the defense was exceptional.

I didn't want Kelvin gone, and I'd love to have him back. I can do without those in the administration who didn't support him.

 

[Sooner-Bred]

I didn't want Kelvin gone, and I'd love to have him back. I can do without those in the administration who didn't support him.

Can you not just support the great coach we have now who has assembled a potentially top-10 team this season??? :facepalm

 

[BigTime]

I didn't want Kelvin gone, and I'd love to have him back. I can do without those in the administration who didn't support him.

He isn't coming back. You would be a fool to not support the man behind the wheel now.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Can you not just support the great coach we have now who has assembled a potentially top-10 team this season??? :facepalm

Maybe I missed something, and I'm no fan of sybarite by any means, however I don't think he said he didn't support Kruger.

I support Kruger just as much as I supported Kelvin, Billy, Dave and tried to support Capel, because Kruger is our coach.

 

[BigTime]

Maybe I missed something, and I'm no fan of sybarite by any means, however I don't think he said he didn't support Kruger.

I support Kruger just as much as I supported Kelvin, Billy, Dave and tried to support Capel, because Kruger is our coach.

Read his men's post history...

Dude would give a kidney for queen Sherri but hardly says a decent word about Kruger, Henson and the rest of the men's crew.

I liked Kelvin. And I like Kruger.

 

[garyeb2]

Read his men's post history...

Dude would give a kidney for queen Sherri but hardly says a decent word about Kruger, Henson and the rest of the men's crew.

I liked Kelvin. And I like Kruger.

That is exactly right. He takes shots at anyone that could ever challenge the legacy of Sherri.

 

[DenverSooner]

Read his men's post history...

Dude would give a kidney for queen Sherri but hardly says a decent word about Kruger, Henson and the rest of the men's crew.

I liked Kelvin. And I like Kruger.

The real problem with that. Guy is he is a liar. I have no use in my life for liars.

 

[campbest]

Who's Sherri?

 

[snydrosooner]

I didn't want Kelvin gone, and I'd love to have him back. I can do without those in the administration who didn't support him.

I can tell you that I supported the team while Sampson was there, but Sampson had a lot of relational issues that caused some of the administration to not like him. As being part of Kelvin's crew for a year ( quit because of Sampson) and his interaction and no showing with the business college events he agreed ( or maybe was told) to attend. I know at least when I was in the business college they stopped advertising anything that with men's basketball. The Deans in business college were not happy. Again this may have been isolated.

I say that no to diminish his ability or the job he did as it was excellent, but I think their was issues on campus before he got in NCAA trouble.

 

[garyeb2]

I can tell you that I supported the team while Sampson was there, but Sampson had a lot of relational issues that caused some of the administration to not like him. As being part of Kelvin's crew for a year ( quit because of Sampson) and his interaction and no showing with the business college events he agreed ( or maybe was told) to attend. I know at least when I was in the business college they stopped advertising anything that with men's basketball. The Deans in business college were not happy. Again this may have been isolated.

I say that no to diminish his ability or the job he did as it was excellent, but I think their was issues on campus before he got in NCAA trouble.

That is correct. Kelvin was wearing thin on a lot of people before well before he got the program on probation.

 

[Sooner04]

That is correct. Kelvin was wearing thin on a lot of people before well before he got the program on probation.

I will also vouch for this.

And you could've set your watch for how this thread has played out.

 

[pnkranger]

A final four run this year or next should wipe out the final remnants of Kelvin angst that exist.

 

[usedtobe1]

Sampson did great things for the basketball program at OU. Then, as soon as he's accused of sending too many texts to recruits, some (possibly many) Sooner fans wanted him gone and were ready to send him to the gallows. I simply don't understand it. I'm sorry an OU coach broke an NCAA rule, but I can't let that one incident change my entire attitude about what he did to make OU a great basketball program in the late 90s-early 2000s.

Kelvin did a lot more than get "accused" of illegal contacts. He and his staff made 577 illegal phone calls at OU .... Sampson made 233 of them. The most of any school in 9 years of NCAA reviews. He got OU penalized by losing 3 scholarships over 2 years of time. Then he jumped ship and committed the same offenses at Indiana, and got them put on 3 years of probation. He basically rubbed the NCAA's nose in the dirt by blatantly violating the rules ..... twice. He personally got one of the most severe penalties I've ever seen a coach get ..... a 5-year "show cause" ban from coaching.

I actually liked Kelvin and thought he was a good coach (still do) but I lost respect for him as a person. I liked his tough, physical style of defense. He did some good things for the program but think saying he did "great things for the basketball program at OU" is a bit of an overstatement.

Sampson violations at OU

Sampson violations at Indiana

 

[Darwin]

To get back to original thread. I have only a gut feeling that they know no waiver was granted and the news will be released to us when there is something else to talk about. I hope my gut is wrong again.

 

[scrybe]

I will also vouch for this.

And you could've set your watch for how this thread has played out.

You're right, 04; and I could kick myself for falling into that trap, because I truly know better.

By the way, I wouldn't trade Kruger for any other coach in the profession.

 

[pnkranger]

You're right, 04; and I could kick myself for falling into that trap, because I truly know better.

By the way, I wouldn't trade Kruger for any other coach in the profession.

But when he retires, I would take Tom Izzo.

 

[scrybe]

But when he retires, I would take Tom Izzo.

LOL! Yeah, me too.

 

[SoonerSpock]

Read his men's post history...

Dude would give a kidney for queen Sherri but hardly says a decent word about Kruger, Henson and the rest of the men's crew.

I liked Kelvin. And I like Kruger.

One must remember that Sybarite knows all. Just ask him. You have to understand his perspective. He thinks Kim Mulkey is the worst thing that ever happened to women's basketball because of her cheating. But he would love to have back a coach who twice was admonished by th NCAA and put out to pasture for five years.

 

[WTSooner]

I have no idea what is going to happen with Thomas, but Vbdad seems to be right on with most of his information. Also, I could care less whether Kelvin wins or loses at Houston. His ship sailed a long time ago and everyone should remember he chose to cheat at OU and then repeated it at IU.

So did Switzer. You not talk nice about him either? Or how about AD with all the crap he has pulled? The Boz? Hate them all, right?

 

[DenverSooner]

So did Switzer. You not talk nice about him either? Or how about AD with all the crap he has pulled? The Boz? Hate them all, right?

Did Switzer ever get implicated in anything other giving a kid a jacket and another a plane ticket to attend a funeral?