Capel fired by Oklahoma
Oklahoma fired coach Jeff Capel on Monday after he followed a trip to the NCAA Tournament's regional finals with the program's first back-to-back losing seasons since 1967.
Capel was 96-69 in five seasons in charge of the Sooners, but just 17-36 the past two after Blake Griffin entered the NBA draft early and became the No. 1 overall pick.
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I was a bit surprised
1. it’s been 5 years already
2. that he had 96 wins. I knew he had good seasons on the front end of his career (with BG obviously), but I guess if you take out 1 year, that’d be about what I thought it was.
3. will be interesting to find out if TT and OU end up in a bidding war for Gilespie. Probably won’t know until about a month from now.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
Chris Level out of Lubbock
Is basically trying to say that Gilespie is a done deal to TT…
"To all the fake fans that just jump on and off the bandwagon who think we suck go cheer for somebody down the road then" -JP
The story in OK is that OU
Is Gillispie’s first choice and has Lubbock on hold until a decision is made or he gets the strong impression that OU isn’t offering. The stalkers are reporting that the OU plane was in Denton, TX last night to interview BCG.
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by Jordan Esco on Mar 15, 2011 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't forget about Arkansas in the Gillispie sweepstakes.
A friend of mine from a past coaching stint in Texas knows Gillispie, and I think Arkansas is going to go after Gillispie.
"Coaching a football team is the most engrossing thing in the world. It is playing chess with human pawns." --Walter Camp
by K. Scott Bailey on Mar 14, 2011 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Yea as long as "Gillispie knows the Texas network ins and outs of recruiting"
His name works at OU and Ark as well as it does TT given their geographic proximity. One would have to think he subconsciously favors the Big 12 over SEC given his sucess.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
Gillispie and a new name surface for Arkansas job.... Didnt see it coming
"To all the fake fans that just jump on and off the bandwagon who think we suck go cheer for somebody down the road then" -JP
Apparently Tubby is not impressed with the Legends and Leaders League?
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky
Come on Arkansas! We all know you want some Gillespie action!
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