Terry Evans

[SoonerTraveler]

True. Don't mistake me. I will support Evans, if he's hired. But, I am concerned that he's not experienced enough yet.

Agree with all of that.

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[Section31]

Ditto. If he is the guy, I will be behind him. But my concern is that the Big 12 coaching recruiting competition is just too strong. He would have to overcome all the negative recruiting pointing out his lack of D-1 coaching and NCAA tournament experience. It might be tough to land the talent we need until he is able to prove himself with lesser talent. Do we have that luxury?

The good thing is, he'd have a year with a little bit of talent to prove, without expectations, that he CAN coach. Plus, he has TONS of connections in Okla and Texas...if he puts together a seasoned staff, I could see him doing a solid job.

 

[afaSooner]

He is my number one choice because unlinke the rest of the guys Castiglione will interview, OU is Terry's #1 choice. To me that makes him the best man for the job. He was a winner at OU, at Midwest City and at UCO. He would play a style that OU fans have been wanting since Tubbs was here. In my mind, he is the only guy that we have a chance with that would bring some excitement to Norman.

But sadly, I think we all know that he won't get the job. It will be some guy with D-1 experience that nobody will give a rats ace about about and Joe C will have felt that he did his job when in reality, he screwed us.

... and if this happens we should have 100% no doubt kept Jeff Capel on for ONE MORE YEAR.

 

[lexusooner]

Tulsa hired Nolan Richardson from a juco ...Many successful coaches came from juco/D2/ HS
some people are winners, Terry Evans track record of winning is OFF THE CHARTS.
HS player, HS coach , State Championships (multiple) , OU conference champion, all time 3 point shooters, ....WINNER. Simply a winner.
Only a pure FOOL would want a 'hired gun outsider' with 3 years or less D1 head coaching experience over a PROVEN WINNER who LOVES the program.
Winning is a habit. To HADES with 3 years or less D1 coaching basketball.
Having played CAREER RECORD HOLDING D1 ball, coached HS teams to championship, won championships as a HS player, won conference championships at OU and UCO..winner , simply a WINNER.

I'll take a proven champion over a guy with 6 years D1 experience n no history of EVER winning a championship ON ANY LEVEL. Really? An over priced recycled guy with ZERO championships AT ANY LEVEL.

"Yes coach here's $2 Mil, do something u have NEVER done, accomplish something you have NO EXPERIENCE on any level accomplishing, win a championship"....Is that Joe's move? "So, you have D1 experience but NO CHAMPIONSHIPS at any level?" "Here's 2 million a year to learn new habits".

DON'T compare him to Capel who was 79-41at VCU...please! He is a better motivater AND better x's n o's guy, better judge of character, better coach. Please no John Blake comments , pure lunacy compare the 2.

If u think the speed of the game or recruiting against the big boys or X's n O's are too much to keep Terry out of the win column, you should familiarize yourself with him. Winning isn't difficult for Terry Evans, you obviously don't know $hit about Terry Evans if you don't know that. Google is your friend. Terry HAS BEEN WINNING BASKETBALL FOR DECADES, HE IS A WINNER. PERIOD.

Terry is winning BASKETBALL! He has done it his entire life.

I'd take him 80 out of 100 against Jeff Capel with the same talent any day. Heck his team at UCO could probably take OU 3 or 4 out of 10 on a neutral court.

Winning. That's what Terry Evans does.

He LOVES the program, he LOVES the school. He would take care of it and keep it


It's a shame we are so proud we want to "impress" with our hire. Not me, hire Terry Evans , pay him $600k and watch him earn his way to $2 million, and then STAY here when the big boys come calling.o

 

[SoMuchDramaInTheLNC]

Well, he'd either be our version of Nolan Richardson...or our John Blake. Can he get it done, or is he just an alumnus who can act as a filler to get fans excited again? And I don't think it's lunacy to compare him to John Blake...neither were D-1 head coaches, both were briefly lower assistants for OU, both were alums...

EDIT: I suppose the better comparison would be Fred Hoiberg.

 

[seniorsooner]

Sorry to break it to the Terry Evans crowd but he is simply not getting the job. If he were going to get the job he would have been hired about 3 days after Capel was fired. For better or worse hiring Evans at this point would come across as an incredibly weak and desperate hire. It would scream "we struck out on everybody else and had no other options". To be quite frank that might not be too far from the truth.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

Sorry to break it to the Terry Evans crowd but he is simply not getting the job. If he were going to get the job he would have been hired about 3 days after Capel was fired. For better or worse hiring Evans at this point would come across as an incredible weak and desperate hire. It would scream "we struck out on everybody else and had no other options". To be quite frank that might not be too far from the truth.

Yeah. The more I think about it the more I really think it's going to be either Kruger or Stallings. Those just make a lot of sense right now...

 

[WaymanFan]

Sorry to break it to the Terry Evans crowd but he is simply not getting the job. If he were going to get the job he would have been hired about 3 days after Capel was fired. For better or worse hiring Evans at this point would come across as an incredibly weak and desperate hire. It would scream "we struck out on everybody else and had no other options". To be quite frank that might not be too far from the truth.

Funny you mention that. I live in the state of North Carolina, and when NC State had an opening 5 years ago, we all heard about every coach turning them down. It got so embarassing that they finally turned to an alum, Sidney Lowe. He wasn't the second or third choice, but about the seventh. Obviously, that hire didn't work out, but I remember how much that school embarassed themselves throughout the search. I really hope that never happens to OU. If they do hire Terry Evans, though, one could probably say that it did.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

Funny you mention that. I live in the state of North Carolina, and when NC State had an opening 5 years ago, we all heard about every coach turning them down. It got so embarassing that they finally turned to an alum, Sidney Lowe. He wasn't the second or third choice, but about the seventh. Obviously, that hire didn't work out, but I remember how much that school embarassed themselves throughout the search. I really hope that never happens to OU. If they do hire Terry Evans, though, one could probably say that it did.

I agree with this. If we wanted Terry, we really should have gotten him about 10 days ago; if we get him at this point then this search is an epic fail though I don't think he'd do an awful job...

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I don't think that hiring an alum that has proven himself at div 2 would be embarrasing. It would be viewed as taking a risk but I don't think NATIONAL media will view it as embarrasing.

 

[soonerwink]

Hiring an unproven coach that was from a lesser division worked well for Ohio State in football. I think we could do worse than Terry.

 

[Sooner04]

With Gillispie off the boards, Terry Evans is absolutely my #1 choice.

 

[AdaSooner]

Funny you mention that. I live in the state of North Carolina, and when NC State had an opening 5 years ago, we all heard about every coach turning them down. It got so embarassing that they finally turned to an alum, Sidney Lowe. He wasn't the second or third choice, but about the seventh. Obviously, that hire didn't work out, but I remember how much that school embarassed themselves throughout the search. I really hope that never happens to OU. If they do hire Terry Evans, though, one could probably say that it did.

WF, I remember NC State's long, drawn-out search for a coach a few years ago. I almost felt sorry for Wolfpack fans who had to be discouraged by the lengthy list of rejections. I also remember thinking that Lowe was a very good hire. He played on Valvano's NC team and had coached for several years in the NBA as an assistant and as a head coach. One would have thought that he would do well as a coach in college. Problem is, Lowe's experience in the professional ranks did not prepare him for coaching at the major college level in a tough conference like the ACC.

I actually think Evan's background makes him a more worthy candidate for the job at OU than Lowe's did at NC State, despite the fact that I felt certain Lowe was a good choice back then for the reasons I stated earlier. Yet, Terry's lack of experience at the D-1 level worries me. If he had served as an assistant at the major college level and/or as a head coach at a high mid-major school, I might feel better about giving him a shot. But coaching at a school like OU and in the Big 12 conference is a huge step up from high school, the AAU and a Division II school like UCO.

Maybe it will work out if Terry gets the chance. I'm just not convinced, and I'm concerned that if Joe C. doesn't get this hire right, it could be a very long time before we recover from another mistake.

 

[campbest]

Hiring an unproven coach that was from a lesser division worked well for Ohio State in football. I think we could do worse than Terry.

One Divison II Elite Eight in nine years?

 

[soonerwink]

One Divison II Elite Eight in nine years?

UCO was pretty bad when he took over the program. Look everyone is shooting down Evans and as I have stated I know it is a bad hire. I just think he has the highest upside of any leftovers out there. He knows the area. He has made connections with coaches (both AAU and High School) in the area. He knows our program better than anyone else considering the job and the obstacles that come with it. He is a good X's and O's guy. And, if he succeeds, he will be a lifer. He is a riskier hire, but he will also come cheaper. Negatives? He is a DII coach, albeit a a successful one (104-23 in the last four seasons, including 4 straight division titles). Don't know if he can recruit this level of player. OU will come off as desparate (don't we already). No D-1 experience. Like I said, wish it hadn't come to this, but at this point, I would be happier with this hire than anyone left. Again, my opinion.

 

[boksooner]

Jim Tressel went to 6 championships, winning 4. Terry has never made a single title game. It is not a valid comparison. There are coaches that have been successful jumping from DII to DI, but it is usually to a smaller school and they are usually National Championship coaches.

 

[Soonrs]

I like Terry as a candidate but I do not believe he would be able to put together a staff that could coach and recruit in the Big 12/10. He has the connections to recruit Oklahoma but what about TX and the surrounding states?

I would be willing to bet that his staff would consist of at least one coach on his current staff and an AAU coach (Blake)?

We not only need a good hire but we need a coach that can bring in a top notch staff.

 

[seniorsooner]

Hiring an unproven coach that was from a lesser division worked well for Ohio State in football.

Well, that is now debatable.

 

[campbest]

He knows the area. He has made connections with coaches (both AAU and High School) in the area.

He knows Oklahoma.

He knows our program better than anyone else considering the job and the obstacles that come with it.

If he was a highly successful D-II coach who graduated from x-university, his name wouldn't be brought up. Only reason it has been is because he made a lot three pointers for OU. See: Sidney Lowe.

He is a good X's and O's guy.

Not saying he's not, but how do we know for sure? I would argue it's more about the Steve and Joe's than the X and O's. Also, what works at the D-II level doesn't necessarily translate to the Big XII, you're not going to get as many good looks as his guards do now (judging by how many shoot high percentages from beyond the arc).

Everyone says how great of a X and O guy he is and would be a good bench coach, but has anyone read the transcript from their regional championship game to move onto the Elite Eight? He played his best player (Williams) when he picked up his fourth foul after the 10 minute mark. So what happened? Williams picks up his fifth foul with 7 minutes left in the game and the Bronchos have to play without him, eventually losing to the #6 seed team in the region. Doesn't sound like a smart decision from reading the article.

 

[Big Old Booger]

UCO was pretty bad when he took over the program. Look everyone is shooting down Evans and as I have stated I know it is a bad hire. I just think he has the highest upside of any leftovers out there. He knows the area. He has made connections with coaches (both AAU and High School) in the area. He knows our program better than anyone else considering the job and the obstacles that come with it. He is a good X's and O's guy. And, if he succeeds, he will be a lifer. He is a riskier hire, but he will also come cheaper. Negatives? He is a DII coach, albeit a a successful one (104-23 in the last four seasons, including 4 straight division titles). Don't know if he can recruit this level of player. OU will come off as desparate (don't we already). No D-1 experience. Like I said, wish it hadn't come to this, but at this point, I would be happier with this hire than anyone left. Again, my opinion.

Not completely accurate.

Jim Seward was the coach at UCO before Terry and he advanced to at least 1 elite 8, and maybe more. His teams played the same style as Terry's (up-tempo) but scored more points. They routinely scored in the 100's and he was a pretty good coach. He won a lot of games there. Now, they weren't a D-2 power or even an NAIA power before that, but he won a lot of games.