I hear T. Boone...

[Breadburner]

is doing everything possible to make Bill Self the next basketball coach in Stillwater....

[FOTD]

I think it's great how T Bone walks on water in Aggieland....

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

is doing everything possible to make Bill Self the next basketball coach in Stillwater....

Ha ha, good luck with that.

[cannon_fodder]

Do you guy$ have any idea what it would take to get $elf to leave Kan$a$ for $tillwater?  E$pecially considering he is a goal oriented guy and ha$ not met hi$ goal$ there yet.  Of cour$e, he i$ not univer$ally loved up there becau$e of marginal NCAA $ucce$$, so maybe they can think of $omething to lure him away.

[grahambino]

I'm going to go out on a limb and call this...
its certainly not what I want to happen and i hope I'm wrong.

If Sean Sutton gets fired this year, they will do something really dumb*** like naming James Dickey as head coach.  Just watch.

Bill Self to OSU is a pipe-dream.  

[NellieBly]

He's gone.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

He's gone.

http://www.koco.com/news/15761899/detail.html?rss=okl&psp=news

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Do you guy$ have any idea what it would take to get $elf to leave Kan$a$ for $tillwater?  E$pecially considering he is a goal oriented guy and ha$ not met hi$ goal$ there yet.  Of cour$e, he i$ not univer$ally loved up there becau$e of marginal NCAA $ucce$$, so maybe they can think of $omething to lure him away.

Three Elite 8s and a final four (at least)in five years is marginal success? The idea that Self is unloved by KU fans is something that the media created to sell newspapers.

You simply don't leave Dr Forrest "Phog" Allen Field House on James Naismith Drive for Stillwater. OSU has a nice basketball history, but is not even close to being the same league as KU.

[sgrizzle]

I call this marginal:
2006 17-16  (6-10 big 12)
2007 22-13  (6-10 big 12)
2008 17-16  (7-9 big 12)

Sean hasn't been head coach for 5 years. Daddy DUI'd in 2006.

[cannon_fodder]

The main point of my post was to emphasize the unlikely nature and the money hat would be involved... but in Kansas getting knocked out in the first round is marginal success.

First year was a write off because it wasn't his team. So many didn't count that Elite 8
2nd - first round loss
3rd - first round loss
Then 8

At that point it would be marginal success at Kansas.  Doing well, but not making anyone a rabid fan of his.  For most programs, this would be greatness... but we're in Kansas now.

Now he is moving on and up in the big dance.  For sure making the people happy.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

The main point of my post was to emphasize the unlikely nature and the money hat would be involved... but in Kansas getting knocked out in the first round is marginal success.

First year was a write off because it wasn't his team. So many didn't count that Elite 8
2nd - first round loss
3rd - first round loss
Then 8

At that point it would be marginal success at Kansas.  Doing well, but not making anyone a rabid fan of his.  For most programs, this would be greatness... but we're in Kansas now.

Now he is moving on and up in the big dance.  For sure making the people happy.

You are plain wrong. By far the majority of KU fans are huge Self fans. He is not on any hot seat, there is no feeling of disappointment. People are not wishing for Deputy Dog back, we just want to grind UNC to pieces on Saturday.

Marginal success was the late 90's with Roy. Trust me, losses in the second round by power house number one seeds in '97 and '98 were far harder to take than first round loses by an injured and unhappy team in '05 and a very young team in '06. The '97 and '98 teams have six players that are still in the NBA today and never made even to the elite 8.

And OSU does not have the access to the kind of cash that KU does, even with T Boone. Kansas' biggest boosters include Philip Anschutz, who has several times as much money as Boone and Tulsa's own Tom Kavisto (Semgroup) who actually played basketball at KU and whose name is on the Football stadium.

[swake]

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=394285


Upon learning Oklahoma State had chosen to terminate head coach Sean Sutton, Self said, "If they were to ask me what they should do, I would suggest they go a different direction. I'm not being remotely disrespectful to my alma mater.

"My intentions are to be here at Kansas, period."

[grahambino]

this is the only scenario that would bring Self to oSu.

First fast forward 10 years.
KU basketball has just been put on probation, Self just lost his job at that elite basketball school and has developed a heavy drinking habit.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by grahambino

this is the only scenario that would bring Self to oSu.

First fast forward 10 years.
KU basketball has just been put on probation, Self just lost his job at that elite basketball school and has developed a heavy drinking habit.

Wow, sounds familiar, where have I heard that story line before???

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[Breadburner]

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

He's gone.

You have got to be kidding me.....