What's next for Gillispie and Capel?

Let's hope Joe C. and Billy are having breakfast this morning.
 
No!No!&No!.JC is not going to make a change this year & Gillispie is carrying to much baggage...Go Sooners!!!!!!!
 
The myth that is Billy Gillispie continues to grow.
 
Wow! When was the last time OU had less than 5,000 in attendance for a conference game? That could not have escaped the attention of Joe C or anyone else in a position of authority.

I hate it for the players. It's not their fault. These kids are getting their hearts ripped out by empty seats and disappointing losses, when most of the blame for this season sits squarely on the shoulders of the people who are in a position to stop the death spiral.
 
AdaSooner said:
Wow! When was the last time OU had less than 5,000 in attendance for a conference game? That could not have escaped the attention of Joe C or anyone else in a position of authority.

I hate it for the players. It's not their fault. These kids are getting their hearts ripped out by empty seats and disappointing losses, when most of the blame for this season sits squarely on the shoulders of the people who are in a position to stop the death spiral.
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The players aren't that good...but they are good enough to win at OSU and Nebraska at home.
 
AdaSooner said:
Wow! When was the last time OU had less than 5,000 in attendance for a conference game? That could not have escaped the attention of Joe C or anyone else in a position of authority.

I hate it for the players. It's not their fault. These kids are getting their hearts ripped out by empty seats and disappointing losses, when most of the blame for this season sits squarely on the shoulders of the people who are in a position to stop the death spiral.
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I've never seen a crowd like that at a conference game. Prior to this year, I'd say we haven't had a crowd like that since the early days of the LNC.

When the camera would go to the angle behind the tunnel, I kept thinking that was a shot they took before the game started and that more people had come in since they took the shot. However, the last few times they showed it, I was able to see that what was happening on the court was in line with the background sounds of the game.

Castiglione is as much to blame, if not moreso, for this debacle than anybody. He needs to take a look in the mirror and realize OU football and OU basketball are not the same and therefore change the ticket policy, concessions prices, etc., for OU basketball to drive more people to attend. If that means $1 hotdogs and $1 small drinks for most games not vs Texas, KU, or OSU, then so be it. Maybe they need to sell GA tickets for $10 per seat per game and designate certain sections as GA. Maybe behind the goals both upper and lower level. Do something!

Of course, the product on the floor has to be better.

The crowd last night reminded me of the some of the crowds for the womens game when Sherri first was named HC. That was embarrassing.
 
Could someone post the relevant info from the article here? The content filter at the school where I work blocks any url with "sex" in it... including sportsextra (but the kids still know of several adult websites that aren't blocked...).
 
Sawyer said:
Could someone post the relevant info from the article here? The content filter at the school where I work blocks any url with "sex" in it... including sportsextra (but the kids still know of several adult websites that aren't blocked...).
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NORMAN - The best out-of-work college basketball coach in America was seated four rows behind Nebraska's bench Wednesday at the Lloyd Noble Center.


The question a lot of disillusioned college hoops fans at several schools are asking these days is where Billy Gillispie will be seated when the 2011-12 season opens next November.

Could it be Oklahoma's bench?

That's a question only OU athletic director Joe Castiglione can answer. The Sooners' AD also was in the house last night, but he wasn't sharing what his thoughts are about the future of Sooner coach Jeff Capel.

But Castiglione couldn't have been pleased by what he witnessed both on the court or in the stands.

Nebraska, which had lost 13 consecutive Big 12 Conference road games, ended that streak with a 59-58 win over OU in front of thousands of empty seats. The estimated attendance was 4,759, which seemed more than generous.

The bleak turnout seems to be a strong message the Sooner Hoops Nation is sending to Castiglione. They are not pleased by an OU team that
dropped to 12-13 overall and 4-7 in the Big 12.

Guard Cade Davis' basket with 3.7 seconds left in regulation was immediately ruled a 2-point basket. It stayed that way after the three officials working the game watched a replay of Davis' shot.

The officials ruled the OU senior failed to get his toe behind the line as he attempted to step back to hit the 3-point basket the Sooners needed to send the game into overtime.

But close doesn't count in basketball. And the narrow miss sent OU to its fourth consecutive loss in what may have been the Sooners' best chance to win at least one more game this season.

OU has five regular-season games remaining, starting Saturday at resurgent Kansas State. They will follow that up with a trip to No. 21 Texas A&M next week before hosting No. 1 Kansas on Feb. 26.

The Sooners' final two contests include a road trip to an improving Texas Tech club and then the Bedlam Series rematch with Oklahoma State in the regular-season finale on March 5.

If OU does lose out, how will Castiglione look at a 12-18 overall record and a 4-12 finish in the Big 12? He obviously is deeply concerned, because Capel has put together perhaps the weakest team in more than 30 years of Sooner basketball.

In his fifth season at OU, Capel is now 94-63. But the Sooners are in serious danger of missing the Big Dance for the second straight season and for the third time in Capel's five years.

Castiglione said before the season that he would monitor the team's progress. He wanted to see a team that played hard and improved as it went along instead of regressing like the Sooners did in last season's meltdown that ended with three McDonald's All-Americans leaving the program and an assistant coach forced to resign because of alleged rules violations that are still being investigated by the NCAA.

If Castiglione does decide to make a change and has an interest in Gillispie, he'll have to move quickly. The former head coach at Kentucky, Texas A&M and Texas-El Paso is reportedly at the top of several lists, starting with Texas Tech's if the Red Raiders fire Pat Knight.

Gillispie attended last night's game because of his friendship with Nebraska coach Doc Sadler. The Husker coach was Gillispie's assistant at UTEP and then replaced him as head coach of the Miners.

The remarkable rebuilding job Gillispie did at Texas A&M is why several Big 12 ADs have an interest in his future. He rebuilt programs at UTEP and A&M so quickly that Kentucky came calling.

Kentucky proved to be a bad fit for both sides.

Gillispie, who has made it known that he wants to return to coaching in this part of the country, declined to comment last night on what jobs might hold his interest.

It's true, as Castiglione has often said this season, that "there are still a lot of games to play." And there is no doubt he desperately wants to see Capel succeed, because he was Castiglione's hand-picked choice to replace Kelvin Sampson.

Perhaps OU can get back on track in a Big 12 that isn't much of a power conference after you get past KU and No. 3 Texas. But losing to Nebraska doesn't give Sooner fans much hope.

About a month from now, the "Billy Gillispie Watch" will be in full view. If he appears on Castiglione's radar screen waits to be seen.

But you can book this: The best unemployed coach in the college game will be sitting on some bench next season instead of in the stands as a spectator.
 
Sawyer said:
Could someone post the relevant info from the article here? The content filter at the school where I work blocks any url with "sex" in it... including sportsextra (but the kids still know of several adult websites that aren't blocked...).
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Here you go:

The question a lot of disillusioned college hoops fans at several schools are asking these days is where Billy Gillispie will be seated when the 2011-12 season opens next November.

Could it be Oklahoma's bench?

That's a question only OU athletic director Joe Castiglione can answer. The Sooners' AD also was in the house last night, but he wasn't sharing what his thoughts are about the future of Sooner coach Jeff Capel.

But Castiglione couldn't have been pleased by what he witnessed both on the court or in the stands.

Nebraska, which had lost 13 consecutive Big 12 Conference road games, ended that streak with a 59-58 win over OU in front of thousands of empty seats. The estimated attendance was 4,759, which seemed more than generous.

The bleak turnout seems to be a strong message the Sooner Hoops Nation is sending to Castiglione. They are not pleased by an OU team that

dropped to 12-13 overall and 4-7 in the Big 12.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...tid=92&articleid=20110217_202_B1_NORMAN197788
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Not sure what to make of this column. Sittler has been pretty critical of Capel, so it almost seems to me like he wants Joe C to make a move, not that his criticism hasn't been fair.

Personally, I'm not a BCG fan. Give me Gregg Marshall or Terry Evans, as those are my top 2. But, if Capel were fired and BCG hired, I would support him.
 
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