You couldn't be more wrong.
The problem is posts like YOURS that simply assume something that isn't true. I'm guessing you consider me a part of that "crowd". Why in the **** would I want a program I've followed my whole life, a program that has been competitive my whole life, to fall apart before my very eyes?!? This season sucks. I'm not having fun. It isn't fun for me to the craptastic basketball that this OU team plays most games. I make no secrets about how much I like Kelvin as a coach. I think he did alot more for OU hoops then any other coach. I think he is a helluva coach. And despite making some extra phone calls, I think he is a pretty good person too. Always been good to me. That said, there is ZERO chance he comes back to OU. Just won't/can't happen. And I'm fine with that. All I want is a coach that is going to do this program justice. To date, I don't think Capel has done that.
So maybe the problem isn't that I want Capel to fail, it's that I might have been right about him as my opinion has changed. The things that 75% of this board is saying this year, I've been saying since early on. Not b/c I wanted it to be true, but b/c what I saw was leading me that direction. I don't want Capel to fail b/c I don't want OU basketball to be an afterthought. And that is quickly what we are becoming.
So maybe if you and others would quit with this nonsense, we might be able to move past it. To suggest any real OU fan wants us to fail is stupid. Then what, those fans will have to root against the next coach? And the coach after that? Because we all know Kelvin isn't walking through that door.
First highlighted quote: Pretty big assumptions being made in this post, I don't know you or what you are all about...or what bias or non-bias you have towards anything in the program or the product that is being put out on the floor. All I can see is what is thrown out for discussion and where some people seem to be coming from...if you are one of those people, then that part of the post was directed squarely towards you, if not, then ignore it.
Second highlighted quote: It does seem like you hold Kelvin in high regard; is if fair to say that you compare the job Capel has done to the job that Kelvin did? If so, how many NCAA tournament wins did Kelvin have in the course of his first four seasons. I like Kelvin, but for all of the frustration over this last season, I'd take what Capel has done in his first four years over what Kelvin did in his first four years. That is just my personal opinion, one that other people certainly have a right to disagree with.
Third highlighted quote: He just had OU in the Elite Eight last season, and but for playing the team that won the whole thing going away, he would have more than likely had OU in the Final Four. The year before that he took us to the NCAA and made it to the round of 32 [i.e. won a game and played to seed]. I hold OU basketball in as high of regard as anybody, but the last two seasons [and IMHO his first season], Jeff was certainly doing the program "justice".
Fourth highlighted quote: IMHO there is a little bit of "I told you so" going on here. Do you think that your past statements or positions you have taken have maybe impacted your perception of where the program currently stands? I mean, we just recruited a pretty highly thought of group last season, already have two pretty highly thought of guys coming in next season, and the ability to recruit around a few weaknesses that have shown out this season. In any instance, if one bad season can make OU a "afterthought", then maybe we were not as great a program as you think we are?
Fifth highlighted quote: So myself and other fans need to move past the nonsense...what nonsense is that? That a Top 20 program all-time is going to become an afterthought based on one bad season [that happened right after a run to the Elite Eight], that Capel isn't the right guy for the job when less than a year ago he was considered the hottest young coach in the country? Adversity sucks, but it is a necessary precursor to improvement. Based upon his resume and what he has accomplished at OU to this point, I'd just like to see Coach Capel get an opportunity to work through some adversity and see what comes of it, that is not nonsensical [sp?], it is keeping an even keel.