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[Sooner81]

It is sad where this program has sunk to when posters on here are proud how we “played even through 3 quarters” with a team ranked 21st and missing their star player. Wake up, we LOST by 17 !!! The game is Not 3 quarters it is 4.

Used to be a proud program now an after thought. Unfortunately Sherri got lazy and hasn’t recruited for 5 years and coasted with her million dollar salary. IMO

We will get slaughtered by several teams in the Big-12 and on our schedule. UConn game could be a 50 point blow out. I used to go to all the games and watch the ones I couldn’t but not worth the time right now. Hope that changes sometime soon- with Sherri or without. I think a million per year could get OU a Fantastic coach.

 

[zacj33]

I feel like this team is more talented and better than last years. Last years team always seemed to look for someone else to make a play. This group of freshmen are not afraid to make the big play or make a mistake trying to make a play. The mistakes that I see are mostly ones that will be fixed with more experience. We will be much better in Feb than we are now.

 

[soonerstar]

It is sad where this program has sunk to when posters on here are proud how we “played even through 3 quarters” with a team ranked 21st and missing their star player. Wake up, we LOST by 17 !!! The game is Not 3 quarters it is 4.

Used to be a proud program now an after thought. Unfortunately Sherri got lazy and hasn’t recruited for 5 years and coasted with her million dollar salary. IMO

We will get slaughtered by several teams in the Big-12 and on our schedule. UConn game could be a 50 point blow out. I used to go to all the games and watch the ones I couldn’t but not worth the time right now. Hope that changes sometime soon- with Sherri or without. I think a million per year could get OU a Fantastic coach.

+1

 

[inoref]

It is sad where this program has sunk to when posters on here are proud how we “played even through 3 quarters” with a team ranked 21st and missing their star player. Wake up, we LOST by 17 !!! The game is Not 3 quarters it is 4.

Used to be a proud program now an after thought. Unfortunately Sherri got lazy and hasn’t recruited for 5 years and coasted with her million dollar salary. IMO

We will get slaughtered by several teams in the Big-12 and on our schedule. UConn game could be a 50 point blow out. I used to go to all the games and watch the ones I couldn’t but not worth the time right now. Hope that changes sometime soon- with Sherri or without. I think a million per year could get OU a Fantastic coach.

Seems like some on here are in the everyone is a winner, ribbons for all mode. This team is small and young, most of that falls on SC. Yeah I think they will get better..better as to challenge Baylor..NO. This season will end up like most others the last few years. But that's what makes the season fun isn't it?

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I think we could lose the next three games easily. But, I like what I see in talent more than I have for a while.

No doubt, Syb.

Some of you have still refused to look at the massive cost of playing almost all non-conference games on the road. Truly dumb! Especially with an almost all freshman team.

Those Caribbean games we decide to go to? Well, surely you recall the cheating mess we ran into against Kentucky a few years ago. They shot 53 free throws. We had 6 players foul out. And even with that we almost won. The game was decided before it started. We should never have been there. Why have we not learned that lesson?

And the so called "Big-12 vs. SEC Challenge"? Well in 5 years we still have not broken even on free throws in a single game. This will be our 4th road game (one was a sort of neutral site game in Little Rock where Arkansas shot 42 free throws) of the first 6, with one neutral site in OKC and exactly one home game (where Florida shot 30 free throws to our 8. That is not what is called a neutral situation.

The Big-12 has taken a firm stand against us, and our athletic administrators have yet to stand up for a fair chance for our kids. Shameful!!

So could we lose all 3? Obviously we could. The key question is will we have 5 players left to finish any of the games?

 

[jimmy]

It is sad where this program has sunk to when posters on here are proud how we “played even through 3 quarters” with a team ranked 21st and missing their star player. Wake up, we LOST by 17 !!! The game is Not 3 quarters it is 4.

Used to be a proud program now an after thought. Unfortunately Sherri got lazy and hasn’t recruited for 5 years and coasted with her million dollar salary. IMO

We will get slaughtered by several teams in the Big-12 and on our schedule. UConn game could be a 50 point blow out. I used to go to all the games and watch the ones I couldn’t but not worth the time right now. Hope that changes sometime soon- with Sherri or without. I think a million per year could get OU a Fantastic coach.

Very true

 

[atlantasooner]

It's not mutually exclusive to be

1. Cognizant of the recruiting mistakes of the past, and how it has left this squad bereft of playermakers/leadership in the junior/senior classes.

2. Excited about young talent being brought to Norman in the present and future.

If you are impressed/excited about Madi Williams just wait until she's teamed with Liz Scott.
If you are excited about Murcer/Robertson just wait for Gabby Gregory.
Chloe Bloom could be the post we need to put it all together (along with a rapidly developing Lampkin)

 

[Soonercuda]

It's not mutually exclusive to be

1. Cognizant of the recruiting mistakes of the past, and how it has left this squad bereft of playermakers/leadership in the junior/senior classes.

2. Excited about young talent being brought to Norman in the present and future.

If you are impressed/excited about Madi Williams just wait until she's teamed with Liz Scott.
If you are excited about Murcer/Robertson just wait for Gabby Gregory.
Chloe Bloom could be the post we need to put it all together (along with a rapidly developing Lampkin)

I agree. The team should be on a steady upward climb for the next several years.

 

[inoref]

No doubt, Syb.

Some of you have still refused to look at the massive cost of playing almost all non-conference games on the road. Truly dumb! Especially with an almost all freshman team.

Those Caribbean games we decide to go to? Well, surely you recall the cheating mess we ran into against Kentucky a few years ago. They shot 53 free throws. We had 6 players foul out. And even with that we almost won. The game was decided before it started. We should never have been there. Why have we not learned that lesson?

And the so called "Big-12 vs. SEC Challenge"? Well in 5 years we still have not broken even on free throws in a single game. This will be our 4th road game (one was a sort of neutral site game in Little Rock where Arkansas shot 42 free throws) of the first 6, with one neutral site in OKC and exactly one home game (where Florida shot 30 free throws to our 8. That is not what is called a neutral situation.

The Big-12 has taken a firm stand against us, and our athletic administrators have yet to stand up for a fair chance for our kids. Shameful!!

So could we lose all 3? Obviously we could. The key question is will we have 5 players left to finish any of the games?

Are you saying there some kind of conspiracy against OU women?

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

Are you saying there some kind of conspiracy against OU women?

You always think everything is a conspiracy.

I am saying that playing most non-conference games on the road - especially with a mostly freshman team - is foolish. Those stats I showed are a clear explanation as to why that is a fact.

How many games have you seen in the past 5 years where a team had 6 players foul out?

Why is the conference making OU play all these Big-12 vs. SEC games on the road? The teams from Texas are not having to do that. That is why several teams left when the conference office was moved to Dallas. It is not actually about the women's team though. We should have left the Big-12 several years ago when it was imploding - as it still is.

 

[inoref]

You always think everything is a conspiracy.

I am saying that playing most non-conference games on the road - especially with a mostly freshman team - is foolish. Those stats I showed are a clear explanation as to why that is a fact.

How many games have you seen in the past 5 years where a team had 6 players foul out?

Why is the conference making OU play all these Big-12 vs. SEC games on the road? The teams from Texas are not having to do that. That is why several teams left when the conference office was moved to Dallas. It is not actually about the women's team though. We should have left the Big-12 several years ago when it was imploding - as it still is.

I don't think there is any conspiracy, you the one that said
"The Big-12 has taken a firm stand against us, and our athletic administrators have yet to stand up for a fair chance for our kids. Shameful!!"

 

[soonerstar]

This is the 5th year of the Big 12-SEC Challenge. We have played one true road game {Kentucky}. We have played one true home game {Florida}. The other 2 were Arkansas at Little Rock and A&M at OKC. It is our turn tp play on the road. Next year will be a home game. The remainder of the non conference schedule is done by OU, not the conference. NO CONSPIRACY.

 

[soonerstar]

I have been a season ticket holder for 19 years. I would be happy if every game was in Norman. However, I think playing these non conference games away from home helps when conference time rolls around.

 

[Mac]

Jay Williams brought up how the Duke men never play road games because they can sale a lot of tickets for there home games, with the way some of the home games have been looking the past few seasons for OU wbb games, maybe they choose to play most of the games on the road, not sure how it works though...

 

[SoonerSpock]

At LNC it works were about 25%-35% of tickets sold are used come game time. The real exceptions are O-State, Baylor and Texas. Of late it has been getting worse each year.

 

[sybarite]

Conspiracy, probably not. Bias, certainly. Rival Garden Clubs are biased for an against members of their own vs other garden clubs. It plays out in well over half of the basketball games that there is some element of favoritism, usually for a home team. Stars are also protected. I don't know if it could be called intentional. It appears to be with specific officials.

A bias doesn't mean that you are 100% biased. You may be a baseball umpire who tends to give a pitcher known for excellent control a pitch that is pretty close to the corner, whereas someone with a reputation for wildness almost has to hit the middle of the plate to get a strike call. Is it always biased? It may just be to 55%. Ever seen a pitch that is six inches off the plate called a strike?

I think there is a bias indicated by some officials for the arguments of male vs female coaches. They may tolerate something that would draw a technical if it were a female. Not always. Just sometimes.

Big Twelve bias. I won't go through the history of the SWC and Texas. But, if you remember, when Boren made a complaint about the officiating in the Oregon/OU game that was obviously biased, the Big Twelve commissioner said that Boren should shut up. On the other hand, the Pacific Twelve Commissioner apologized to Boren and OU. I have always thought less of the U. Oregon president since he didn't apologize. I suspect that if it had been Texas or Baylor, the Big Twelve Commissioner would have supported the objections to the Oregon game officials.

Everything isn't equal, even if we have tried.