UNT extends McCasland contract

[stormspencer]

How do you think that makes me feel? :ez-laugh:

One foot in the grave....the other on a banana peel?

 

[Soonerinkc]

Man... 35... I guess Riley was younger when he took over...?

 

[AdaSooner]

One foot in the grave....the other on a banana peel?

Thanks. I feel better now! :chestram2:

 

[sheepdogs1]

One foot in the grave....the other on a banana peel?

The first foot forward obviously goes on the banana peel as details are important.

 

[AdaSooner]

Houston signed a player from NOC Tonkawa a few years ago and Kellen did all the recruiting, the NOC coach never talked to Kelvin.

If he has recruited the kids they have now, I'm on board.

After reading the article rickjames posted, I’m on board too! Kellen is described as a top notch recruiter as well as a tireless worker in developing players. Sounds good to me!


http://thedailycougar.com/2020/02/05/story-of-other-kellen-sampson/

 

[MsProudSooner]

If it's Kellen, we can all say we watched our coach when he was a ball boy at OU. He took that job very seriously!

 

[soonerbms]

Did anyone read the article? This new deal bumps up his total pay to about $800k. I’m sure OU can still get him if he’s our guy. We can easily pay him $1.5 million or more.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Dude is just trying to hedge his bets and using us as leverage to do it IMO

 

[Darwin]

My take on the article is he signed in January and they are writing a new unsigned extension . Even a 40% increase should give him a reason to jump.

 

[progsooner]

It sure seems like a lot of football coaches and admins have been "congratulating" Kelvin, Kellen, Hollis and Quannas for this Final four run. It seems like this is setting up a Kellen hire.

 

[soonerjunky]

It sure seems like a lot of football coaches and admins have been "congratulating" Kelvin, Kellen, Hollis and Quannas for this Final four run. It seems like this is setting up a Kellen hire.

At this point, it seems inevitable.

 

[skyvue]

At this point, it seems inevitable.

Why inevitable? There could be any number of candidates that Joe C. has reached out to that we don't know about.

 

[Eielson]

Honestly, I'm pretty happy about this. Was not stoked about the idea of bringing him here.

 

[Eielson]

More coaching experience as an assistant than Juwan Howard and Penny Hardaway combined, and those hires look pretty good.

Those are former NBA players who utilize that to their advantage in recruiting. If Kellen had Blake's NBA career, I'd be all for it. I can't see Kellen recruiting anywhere near their level (and Penny has been downright shady), but if he can recruit Houston, I'm on board to bring him in.

 

[WTSooner]

I feel like if McCasland was high on our list, things would be wrapping up.

I just can't get excited about the guy. He is probably a solid coach, but I just feel like his ceiling is still pretty low. I'd rather we make a riskier hire, and try to elevate the program.

 

[AdaSooner]

I feel like if McCasland was high on our list, things would be wrapping up.

I just can't get excited about the guy. He is probably a solid coach, but I just feel like his ceiling is still pretty low. I'd rather we make a riskier hire, and try to elevate the program.

If McCasland was high on OU’s list, I don’t think he would agree to a contact extension at UNT. Nothing about that makes sense to me. That seems to suggest he was high on every list except the one that counted: Joe C’s

 

[BoulderSooner]

If McCasland was high on OU’s list, I don’t think he would agree to a contact extension at UNT. Nothing about that makes sense to me. That seems to suggest he was high on every list except the one that counted: Joe C’s

he signed it in January i believe

 

[Big Old Booger]

I feel like if McCasland was high on our list, things would be wrapping up.

I just can't get excited about the guy. He is probably a solid coach, but I just feel like his ceiling is still pretty low. I'd rather we make a riskier hire, and try to elevate the program.

Do you think Kellen or Quannis would be a risky hire?

 

[WTSooner]

Do you think Kellen or Quannis would be a risky hire?

Absolutely. Quannis more risky than Kellen, but yes, both would be somewhat risky for OU.

 

[lexusooner]

Absolutely. Quannis more risky than Kellen, but yes, both would be somewhat risky for OU.

Q or Kellen seem more likely with McCaaland getting extended