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oumartin
4/16/2010, 12:22 PM
wonder what it's about?

pappy
4/16/2010, 12:45 PM
what time?

KingWKB
4/16/2010, 12:56 PM
1:30

badger
4/16/2010, 01:29 PM
Two minutes till Capel finally opens his mouth after all the rumors, whispers and whispering rumors.

Two minutes!

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-2/count-von-count-sesame-street.jpg
Two! Two! Ah ha ha ha!

yermom
4/16/2010, 01:35 PM
so is he going to Clemson yet?

Collier11
4/16/2010, 01:38 PM
what did he say, where is it airing?

oumartin
4/16/2010, 01:38 PM
is anyone carrying this dang thing?

stoopified
4/16/2010, 01:39 PM
According to BBJ it is at 2:30.That would make sense since I can't find it anywhere now.

Mjcpr
4/16/2010, 01:40 PM
I heard the entire team would be in attendance.

Collier11
4/16/2010, 01:40 PM
all 4 of them?

bri
4/16/2010, 01:41 PM
It's at 2:30. You can see it streaming live on SoonerSports.com.

badger
4/16/2010, 01:42 PM
all 4 of them?

FIVE. We have FIVE team members remaining.

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-2/count-von-count-sesame-street.jpg
Ah ha ha! ;)

NOVSooner
4/16/2010, 01:43 PM
so is he going to Clemson yet?


i thought Clemson already hired a coach this week

Mjcpr
4/16/2010, 01:44 PM
all 4 of them?

Exactly.

badger
4/16/2010, 01:49 PM
Exactly.

Or is it 6? I think we had a thread discussing how many we had left earlier.

:( It's not a lot, whatever it is. And here I thought our womens team was short-handed this past season. (sigh)

badger
4/16/2010, 01:59 PM
wonder what it's about?

Joking and Sesame Street's Count aside, this is what it is about. This right here:

Link (http://www.newsok.com/article/3453200?searched=berry%20tramel&custom_click=search)

Jeff Jeff has had a cool relationship with local media since arriving, but I think that column was the last straw, either for Capelball, or for Joe C.

It's what we've all said for months, where the eff is Jeff in the midst of players leaving left and right, but most of us here have just been like "Well, he's off recruiting" and left it at that.

Alas, we have somewhere from 4 to 6 players left on the roster (good news - Tyler Neal signed today (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20100416_92_0_BETHAN848619) to make it official that at least we have one more guy next season) and it seems to shrink every week.

Capel needs this presser to let recruits know, to let fans know, to let everyone in the media know (ESPN apparently gave us an F-minus grade for our season, heh) everywhere that OU basketball is not dead and that he is not AWOL as the ship sinks.

janderson255
4/16/2010, 02:01 PM
if only the men recruited 2 Paris sisters... we would dominate... the NBVC (Northern Big Valley Conference) out of Northwestern South Dakota.

badger
4/16/2010, 02:04 PM
if only the men recruited 2 Paris sisters... we would dominate... the NBVC (Northern Big Valley Conference) out of Northwestern South Dakota.

:mad: I know you didn't just insult two fine upstanding women of our womens program.

Find another program's chicks to insult. Here's two:

http://www.pointguard.org/assets/images/buzz08/rileyAndrea.jpghttp://siliconangle.com/travisrodgersnow/files/2010/03/brittney.griner.jpg
Both suspended for their thuggery, unlike our fine, role model Paris sisters.

...sooner
4/16/2010, 02:07 PM
:mad: I know you didn't just insult two fine upstanding women of our womens program.

Find another program's chicks to insult. Here's two:

http://www.pointguard.org/assets/images/buzz08/rileyAndrea.jpghttp://siliconangle.com/travisrodgersnow/files/2010/03/brittney.griner.jpg
Both suspended for their thuggery, unlike our fine, role model Paris sisters.

agreed. is this going to be on the radio my computer at work doesnt have the right installs or something to play videos from soonersports

janderson255
4/16/2010, 02:07 PM
No not an insult to the women... its a statement of desperation! Dont badger me...

oumartin
4/16/2010, 02:08 PM
sounds,

Is he staying and letting everyone know he will right this ship or

Is he stepping down?


I hope its the first cuz the second would really put the program in dire straits

...sooner
4/16/2010, 02:16 PM
oh geez im quite nervous.

badger
4/16/2010, 02:25 PM
Dont badger me...

heh heh heh... (sigh)

ou mens basketball so pathetic. ou mens basketball so pitiful. (sigh)

oumartin
4/16/2010, 02:34 PM
Well he isn't stepping down. And funny he mentioned high character player about tyler neal

Mad Dog Madsen
4/16/2010, 03:00 PM
Still haven't got to hear what he said. I really like Capel and I really think we'll bounce back believe it or not...

badger
4/16/2010, 03:00 PM
From this (http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/OU/article.aspx?subjectid=92&articleid=20100416_92_0_NORMAN99257), it sounds like he just wanted to get his face out there to show he's not Coach Incognito.

NormanPride
4/16/2010, 03:01 PM
Not changing recruiting strategies
Cade is captain, pledge and fitz have "stepped up" in leadership roles
Likes our talent, thinks we need more
Will not fill out the roster just to have bodies
Still likes it at OU

Said sometimes you have to cut people to get better. Addition by subtraction.
Knew TMG was leaving before the season ended... Said TMG told him.
We're doing okay APR-wise (grad rates, I assume)

oumartin
4/16/2010, 03:06 PM
One thing that bugs me about him is he seems to avoid blame on everything

Boomer.....
4/16/2010, 03:16 PM
He said he did a terrible job of coaching last season.

NormanPride
4/16/2010, 03:17 PM
No arguments here. He can do better.

ndpruitt03
4/16/2010, 03:18 PM
He said at one point that we have 1 senior and 3 sophomores back. Also said that Gallon isn't working out with the team because of a high ankle sprain.

...sooner
4/16/2010, 03:20 PM
i thought it went rather well.

NormanPride
4/16/2010, 03:24 PM
He really acted like there shouldn't be much to be jumpy about. Like having 5 guys to play the season is normal. :\

yankee
4/16/2010, 03:25 PM
He really acted like there shouldn't be much to be jumpy about. Like having 5 guys to play the season is normal. :\

i'm glad he wasn't jumpy. can you imagine if he was up there predicting doom and gloom for next year? people wouldn't shutup around here...

okienole3
4/16/2010, 03:28 PM
He said at one point that we have 1 senior and 3 sophomores back. Also said that Gallon isn't working out with the team because of a high ankle sprain.

Funny because Tiny has been posting on his Twitter about how he has been working out.

Collier11
4/16/2010, 03:30 PM
working out to stay in shape and working out with the team are two diff things

ndpruitt03
4/16/2010, 03:30 PM
Funny because Tiny has been posting on his Twitter about how he has been working out.

Capel said he's not been able to practice or work out with the team because of a high ankle sprain. He also said OU's roster right now contains 1 senior and 3 sophomore and 3 freshmen right now.

badger
4/16/2010, 03:30 PM
So the NCAA is investigating us now in addition us doing an internal investigation. Yay :mad:

Eielson
4/16/2010, 04:37 PM
And funny he mentioned high character player about tyler neal

Why is that funny?

caesarscott
4/16/2010, 04:38 PM
so, when can we expect the NCAA to ban OU from playing non-conference games?

badger
4/16/2010, 04:43 PM
so, when can we expect the NCAA to ban OU from playing non-conference games?

Normally I'd make a joke about how we might actually have a winning record this season, but seeing how we lost our last nine... argh... and had that losing confernece record.. double argh... I quit. See you all next month for the "hottest" poll ;)

SoonerMom2
4/16/2010, 06:29 PM
I think Jeff Capel did very well in his press conference considering some of the questions ask by our media which were dumb. Capel says he cannot comment on an investigation and one of the reporters asked the same question within a short time. Do they not listen? Obviously the head of sports for Channel 4 did not listen.

Thought the funniest was when Capel was getting text messages he was at Wake Forest to interview and he was in the home of a recruit and showed the recruit the text to show him how rumors fly.

Myron Patton is my favorite TV broadcaster and the only one I will watch on TV and on the radio I only listen to KREF as I cannot stand almost half of the Sports Animal. James Hale, Myron, and KREF sports broadcasters ask intelligent questions although although Myron was on the radio for KREF while Hale and Rusty were at the press conference.

I would give Capel an "A" for his press conference and the media a B- for questions although a few flunked.

No wonder coaches detest talking to some of the media.

bluedogok
4/16/2010, 07:25 PM
He really acted like there shouldn't be much to be jumpy about. Like having 5 guys to play the season is normal. :\
He can go over to Huff 'N Puff to pick up some (walk-on) bench players :eek:

oumartin
4/16/2010, 08:37 PM
Why is that funny?


It was funny he had to mention high character after the numbskulls he's had on campus the last couple of years.

Eielson
4/17/2010, 12:21 AM
It was funny he had to mention high character after the numbskulls he's had on campus the last couple of years.

It's mentioned all the time even on teams who don't have character issues.

boomersooner28
4/17/2010, 09:53 AM
I say we put together a SF.com basketball squad so that the OU 7-man roster has someone to scrimmage against. :D

tulsaoilerfan
4/17/2010, 10:41 AM
Hell we better hope we don't get the death penalty

Dio
4/17/2010, 05:33 PM
so, when can we expect the NCAA to ban OU from playing non-conference games?

As soon as one of our players kills another one

...sooner
4/19/2010, 09:14 AM
Funny because Tiny has been posting on his Twitter about how he has been working out.

tiny ALSO said i wanna go PRO so bad i MIGHT stay one more year or some BS like that. ugh really?

Scott D
4/19/2010, 09:31 AM
Hell we better hope we don't get the death penalty

nobody gets the death penalty anymore....it's the only good thing that SMU has ever contributed since the 80s.