Utah and Geo. Tech Firings

[61sooner]

These coaches weren't as bad as Capel the past 2 years. What gives!

 

[seniorsooner]

The last 4 out of 6 seasons for Hewitt have been horrible:

11-17
20-12 (NCAA 1st rd)
15-17
11-17
23-13 (NCAA 2nd rd)
13-18

 

[seniorsooner]

Jim Boylen's last two seasons:

14-17, 13-18

 

[thebigabd]

Jim Boylen's last two seasons:

14-17, 13-18

Looks familiar.

Apparently Utah has higher expectations.

 

[jerry]

Looks familiar.

Apparently Utah has higher expectations.

Good post bigabd. Surprising isn't it that Utah would have higher expectations then OU. Hopefully that is not the case and Joe C will do the right thing.

 

[seniorsooner]

Not that I'm saying Capel should be retained, but let's not forget that Boylen's biggest accomplishment in his 4 years as coach at Utah was a 1st rd NCAA exit. He only made the tournament once in 4 seasons.

 

[okcsooner83]

Georgia Tech also has to pay 7 million to Hewitt, plus they are still paying Chan Gailey their former football coach. Hewitt recruited well, but only had one winning acc season. He should have been fired a couple years ago.

 

[Sid]

What are the people at G. Tech and Utah drinking? Talk about getting a raw deal. The fans need to lower their expectations. I bet it was YJTraveler and Uteo4 that led the charge.

 

[61sooner]

If GeoTech can pay Hewitt a $7 million payout how can OU think twice about a paltry $2 million to Capel. Can't believe GeoTech has more money than OU.

 

[MsProudSooner]

Neither of those schools have the uncertainty of possible NCAA sanctions hanging over their heads, so you are comparing apples to oranges.

 

[CoachTalk]

blah blah blah... same stuff different day! Doesnt anyone get tired of saying the same thing over and over again?

 

[outest]

Neither of those schools have the uncertainty of possible NCAA sanctions hanging over their heads, so you are comparing apples to oranges.

So if you are a coach and want to retain you job, just work to have your NCAA sanctions hanging over the school's head.

 

[Sawyer]

Utah did that in the Mountain West (or whatever conference they were in). In the Pac 10 they're even worse. If they weren't making that move I doubt he'd be fired. They probably want to make a splash hire as they move into a legit conference (and one with good basketball tradition but not a lot of great teams right now).

If Utah plays their cards right, they could be at the top of the Pac 10 before too long.