Joe C. is awesome!

[Crimsontothecore]

I just watched the entire 35 minute press conference Joe C. held yesterday. Anyone who's worried about the B-ball teams future should watch it. This guy has got to be the best AD ever. If I'm an opposing coach in the Big12, I would be very worried right now with Joe at the wheel. I'm laying odds that by this time next year, we all wonder why we ever liked Sampson in the first place.

[Boomer.....]

He is very impressive!

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

The same Joe C. that has destroyed the atmosphere at men's basketball and baseball games?

[Sooner04]

The same Joe C. that has destroyed the atmosphere at men's basketball and baseball games?
Yeah. That's him.

[C&CDean]

The same Joe C. that has destroyed the atmosphere at men's basketball and baseball games?

Oh. I knew Joe C. was good and all, but I had no clue he had the power over people's minds to convince them to keep their sorry asses at the house. He really is good, isn't he.

[Crimsontothecore]

The same Joe C. that has destroyed the atmosphere at men's basketball and baseball games?
The same Joe C. that hired Bob Stoops and brought the football program back from the grave. So how's the atmosphere at Memorial stadium these days??
So who gets credit for the womens b-ball attendance going through the roof this year?

[Sooner04]

So who gets credit for the womens b-ball attendance going through the roof this year?
Courtney and Sherri.

Watch how much ticket prices will increase for the women next year. It's going to hurt.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Oh. I knew Joe C. was good and all, but I had no clue he had the power over people's minds to convince them to keep their sorry asses at the house. He really is good, isn't he.

True, but even at games where the house is packed, he kills the mood with crazy *** promotions. Our fans suck and that doesn't help him but he doesn't help the atmosphere either.

[Crimsontothecore]

Courtney and Sherri.

Watch how much ticket prices will increase for the women next year. It's going to hurt.
My point exactly. Coaches get the credit or the blame, but to blame the AD is ridiculous.

[sooneron]

Basically, what I got out of him (I watched the first 10 minutes) was "I got nuthin' at the moment. I am in charge of finding the guy."

[C&CDean]

If I didn't know better, I'd think that 04 is one of those glass-half-empty kinda guys.........

But then again, anybody who has been a lifelong Padres fan knows all about empty glasses. Every day is a cloudy one. Every situation is a hopeless one. Everybody elses grass is greener.

[NormanPride]

Your green grass makes me green, Dean.

[Sooner04]

My point exactly. Coaches get the credit or the blame, but to blame the AD is ridiculous.
Take one look at the BBall band. Listen to the songs they play. Notice how the director is forced to wear a headset.

Listen to the songs they don't play.

It all goes back to one man.

[william_brasky]

Take one look at the BBall band. Listen to the songs they play. Notice how the director is forced to wear a headset.

Listen to the songs they don't play.

It all goes back to one man.


David Hasselhoff.

[yager]

I just watched the entire 35 minute press conference Joe C. held yesterday. Anyone who's worried about the B-ball teams future should watch it. This guy has got to be the best AD ever. If I'm an opposing coach in the Big12, I would be very worried right now with Joe at the wheel. I'm laying odds that by this time next year, we all wonder why we ever liked Sampson in the first place.

Is there somewhere that has the press conference hosted? I'd like to see it.

[C&CDean]

Take one look at the BBall band. Listen to the songs they play. Notice how the director is forced to wear a headset.

Listen to the songs they don't play.

It all goes back to one man.

What difference does it make what they play when there's only 2,500 in attendance to hear them?

[sooneron]

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5505/stupidpony8km.jpg

[King Crimson]

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5505/stupidpony8km.jpg


that's a pretty strong indictment. also, of some humorous interest the url for the pic includes the phrase "stupid pony".

[okienole3]

What difference does it make what they play when there's only 2,500 in attendance to hear them?

You exagerate the low attendance so much that it waters down your point.

[GottaHavePride]

What difference does it make what they play when there's only 2,500 in attendance to hear them?

I think it's kind of indicative, though. I mean, you can go to the basketball game in person, have your funny sign making fun of the opposing coach taken away, and sit through a goofy promotion during every timeout, or you can sit at home, drink a beer, and shout "**** YOU, AGGIES!" at your tv.

I'll admit, I didn't get to go to any of the games this season. I blame that on my ridiculous schedule this year, though, not a lack of willingness. But for a lot of people, they may just think they can have a better time watching the game at The Vista, or Al's, or Coach's, or their house.

[C&CDean]

You exagerate the low attendance so much that it waters down your point.

And how many games did you go to fanboy?

[okienole3]

And how many games did you go to fanboy?

Well, considering I live in Dallas, I only made it to about 5 games this year. Before I moved here, I went to just about every game. My family has season tickets and go to just about every game.

[okienole3]

How about you?

[NickZeppelin]

How many hires has Joe C made since coming here? I Know he hired a track coach recently and baseball coach. Bob Stoops he hired. Is that all of the hires he's made?

[Rock Hard Corn Frog]

Obviously there are more OU b-ball fans than post on this board but I bet that % is a lot higher than it is in football. It is pretty apparent that we all care but I would bet that the reaction of a large amount, maybe even a majority of Sooner fans is a collectively yawn regarding basketball. That includes women's as well.

When the team has been real sucessful and gone deep in the tourney there are "enough" fans to support the team but generally we are interested more in spring football.

None of this means we CAN'T have a successful team and get a good coach but I do think as a whole our fan hoop support pretty much sucks. If we won the NC next year it would be 07-08 before our fans started showing up.

[okienole3]

If your concern is fans, then bring in a guy that plays a more exciting brand of b-ball. OU b-ball fans are bad, but not as bad as some let on. I think part of the problem is ticketing. Another part of the problem is Lloyd Noble. The fans show up for the big games. Maybe play more big games in out of conference rather than FAMU, Binghampton, et. al. Or, move those games to the field house.

[Sooner in Tampa]

How many hires has Joe C made since coming here? I Know he hired a track coach recently and baseball coach. Bob Stoops he hired. Is that all of the hires he's made?Didn't Joe C. hire Sherri Coale?

[okienole3]

Didn't Joe C. hire Sherri Coale?


Negative.

[Sooner in Tampa]

Negative.Thanks...I got the answer after I posted...Sherri has been here for 10 years and Joe C. is entering his 7th.

[william_brasky]

Sherri has been here for 10 years and Joe C. is entering his 7th.

I was told there would be no math in this forum.

[Sooner in Tampa]

I was told there would be no math in this forum.HEH

[RacerX]

Men's Gymnastics
Baseball
Perhaps Women's Gymanstics

I'm waiting for him to turn the volleyball program around.

[NormanPride]

I'm waiting for him to turn the volleyball program around.

Really? You and about 3 others. And they're all perverts.



Hmmm....

[Rock Hard Corn Frog]

Really? You and about 3 others. And they're all perverts.



Hmmm....


BOOMER!

[Sooner04]

He hired Jim Ragan for men's golf coach too. He's kind of a headcase.

[King Crimson]

He hired Jim Ragan for men's golf coach too. He's kind of a headcase.

FWIW. my dad's a golf donor and has been for 15 years, and he's not a Ragan fan. at all.

[NormanPride]

I hear he hired Lenny the Janitor to do his taxes. God forbid!

[Jimminy Crimson]

The same Joe C. that hired Bob Stoops and brought the football program back from the grave.

I'd give a little more credit to Chuck Ninas <sp?> than to Joe C. for Stoops. Joe C. hired Stoops, but he didn't find him.

[AZfanIII]

Joe knows football
Perhaps,
Joe doesn't know Basketball

Or perhaps the reason he has to do all the stupid crap at the game is because nobody wants to watch Calvin **** up again and he has to find some way to make up for lost revenue. Hmmmmm, I'll take my chances here.

[Stoop Dawg]

My point exactly. Coaches get the credit or the blame, but to blame the AD is ridiculous.

Then doesn't it stand to reason that it's ridiculous to credit the AD for high women's attendance and high football attendance?

I don't know Joe. It sounds like he's a pretty astute AD. I think Joe has made one awesome hire. Let's hope he can land another.

[Crimsontothecore]

Is there somewhere that has the press conference hosted? I'd like to see it.
It's on Soonersports.com

[OUstud]

I don't know if Joe C. has made a bad hire. The Gene Stephenson hire was a knockout, for him to lure him from his longtime job here was great. How could he have known what a headcase he was?

However, Joe C. has made OU kind of feel like a professional atmosphere. All those damn promotions, music instead of the band after big runs in basketball, signs being taken away, those ponies, Marc Heitz Kid Captain/Ballboy of the Game, and the AE fan cam suck. The only thing KU did at Allen Fieldhouse that was modern was playing the Tommy Boy "That was awesome!" clip after they finally took the lead over us. They also had a sweet intro video, something we don't have.

[NickZeppelin]

Joe knows football
Perhaps,
Joe doesn't know Basketball

Or perhaps the reason he has to do all the stupid crap at the game is because nobody wants to watch Calvin **** up again and he has to find some way to make up for lost revenue. Hmmmmm, I'll take my chances here.

Joe's favorite sports is basketball. He probably follows it more then anyone.


Men's Gymnastics
Baseball
Perhaps Women's Gymanstics

I think he did hire both gymnastics coaches. And we're doing okay there. I think we've won national championships in womens. I don't know about men's gymnastics but I do know that we have a guy that may be in the olympics in Jonathan Horton. Outside of that I have no real knowledge of the gymnastics teams. I don't know anything about the golf program either. Nor do I care about any of em that much.

Baseball is an unproven hire right now. It looks good so far, but we'll have to wait a while to see if the hire was good or bad.

[SoonerBBall]

Joe's favorite sports is basketball. He probably follows it more then anyone.

Then why has it become consistently less fun each year since I've been at OU (since 1999) to go to basketball games? And I'm not talking about the on-court product, I'm talking about the band, half-time, student chants, etc.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Gymnastics has won like 4 out of the last 5 or 6 titles or something like that and we're hosting the NCAA's at LNC this year and are the favorite to win 'em all. I think they're this next weekend.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Then why has it become consistently less fun each year since I've been at OU (since 1999) to go to basketball games? And I'm not talking about the on-court product, I'm talking about the band, half-time, student chants, etc.

B/C Joe C and his gestapo police force succs!!!!

Who cares if we offend anyone with Green Acres, Mama don't let your babies be cowboys, etc, or fans signs.

[RacerX]

Really? You and about 3 others. And they're all perverts.



Hmmm....
I resemble that remark.http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/images/icons/bsgtongue.gif

[NickZeppelin]

I think the LNC has something to do with it. I can remember going to games when I was younger more often and it was dead. Of course those were some bad Tubbs teams and a few early Sampson games. It actually got better with Sampson because the teams were better.

[BarryBnds]

I think the LNC has something to do with it. I can remember going to games when I was younger more often and it was dead. Of course those were some bad Tubbs teams and a few early Sampson games. It actually got better with Sampson because the teams were better.

Bad Tubbs' teams????? Please refresh me to how many bad teams there were. He had a bad last year because of guys leaving early for the pros or not qualifying academically. You were 4 at the time weren't you????

[TopDawg]

Bad Tubbs' teams????? Please refresh me to how many bad teams there were. He had a bad last year because of guys leaving early for the pros or not qualifying academically. You were 4 at the time weren't you????

3 out of his last 4 years he finished 5th or worse in an 8-team conference.

[NickZeppelin]

Bad Tubbs' teams????? Please refresh me to how many bad teams there were. He had a bad last year because of guys leaving early for the pros or not qualifying academically. You were 4 at the time weren't you????

Those were some bad teams. I think there was one game against some Texas team. The arena was almost empty. I think the announced attendances was 5,000. There wasn't even half that there.

[1stTimeCaller]

I think the LNC has something to do with it. I can remember going to games when I was younger more often and it was dead. Of course those were some bad Tubbs teams and a few early Sampson games. It actually got better with Sampson because the teams were better.

:rolleyes:

Nick was born in 1984.

[BarryBnds]

Those were some bad teams. I think there was one game against some Texas team. The arena was almost empty. I think the announced attendances was 5,000. There wasn't even half that there.

You probably would've had a better time if your scout leader wasn't molesting you during the game.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Nick is somewhat right here guys, Billy Tubbs last few teams weren't what anyone would call "successful." Billy went bye bye for a reason....

[Jimminy Crimson]

Billy went bye bye for a reason....

That reason being, OU didn't match TCU's offer.

[NickZeppelin]

OU didn't match TCU's offer because Billy Tubbs was losing. He finished in the bottom half of the Big 8 3 of his last 4 years.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Does anyone willingly lose a bidding war with TCU from the Big 12...Sad days indeed.

[Ruprecht]

That last post pretty much sums up what a shi77y fan smells like.

Probably the discomfort of a 40" diameter in a 22" seat....

Vienna Sausage Night...now that would bring guys like that out in droves.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Are you talking about my post? I was being sarcastic, you might get that sarcastic meter tested. I don't think we lost a bidding war because we didn't want to keep Tubbs...see the logic, I am saying that Tubbs sucked his final few years on a scale that would make you appreciate Sampson's craptastic 20 win seasons every year. This ****ty fan didn't miss many boys or girls games for that matter.

[SoonerBBall]

Again, whichever coward anonymously negspeked me, give me signs that baksetball games this year were as fun to go to as the ones in 1999/2000. Oh, that is right, you can't. Joe C. is a good guy, but he wants his view of sportsmanship forced on the crowd at ALL sporting events, which is gay (NTTAWWT).

[the_ouskull]

I'm waiting for him to turn the volleyball program around.

I miss the girls that played here in the mid-90's. Cool chicks, good-looking, fun to party with.

We need more of them.

I also miss my parties being used as "recruiting help." Lol. Hell, for that matter, I miss being young and good-looking enough to throw good parties.

the_ouskull

[The Consumate Showman]

Again, whichever coward anonymously negspeked me, give me signs that baksetball games this year were as fun to go to as the ones in 1999/2000. Oh, that is right, you can't. Joe C. is a good guy, but he wants his view of sportsmanship forced on the crowd at ALL sporting events, which is gay (NTTAWWT).


Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I have to say, OU has got to have the gayest azz promotions in the entire freakin' world! And Joe C. and the other coaches secruity has got to be the biggest freaking JOKE I've ever seen at a major university.

Now I know it isn't popular with a lot of posters on this board, but I am a mid-20's-year-old and when I was about 11, my dad started taking me to Owen Field for games when he finally got his season tickets. When we went, I wanted to get some autographs afterwards and I have been doing it since and in a year I will start taking my son with me and do the same thing. Some people like to fish or hunt or look at porn, I happen to like to get autographs of the football team.

Having said that, if you have paid any attention at all to how things are run at OU, its gotten a little different to say in the least. If you stay and get a players autograph today, they question you like a freakin' police officer and no, not just older guys like me. Even the kids. They want to make sure you're not going to sell it on ebay or something like that and I think this is a direct trickle-down affect from Joe C. and then on to Stoops and then on to the players. Joe has an ego as does Bob and so on just like any coach. I hate to break thenews to them, but their autographs don't sell for that much anyway. But I can remember things being a lot more relaxed in days past, as can my uncles that went when the King was at OU. We have so many secruity guards it's unbelievable. I promise you Joe and Bob, no Sooner fan is going to hurt any of the coaches or players. Sometimes, we might just like to take a picture with you or shake your hand and congradulate you, like normal people do....

OU isn't just the most fan-friendlyiest place. And why should they be guys? OU is a university that make some serious CA$$$H every year. And they're going to get their coin and then some every year no matter what becasue we have a HUGE fan base. OU is in fact a business, like it or not, so yeah, they're going to have the corny-*** promos and stupid music because they want to put up a front that they are this "awesome, family-type atmosphere" university unlike any others...which I agree with, but my God...when our football team is coming out to Phil Collins "I Can Feel It Comin' In The Air Tonight"??????????(2005 KSU game) Is that not the most gayest, stupidest, freakin' thing ever? Play some AC/DC or something that will get the fans pumped up, not sitting there looking around to see if any of the visitors are looking at us going, "Man, I feel sorry for you guys."-which a Jayhawk said to me 2 years ago when we had that GAY video for the women's b-ball team.

Now, don't go negging me because you think it's dumb to collect autographs or that I said somehting against Bob or Joe. I love OU just as much as any of you on this board, but the last time I posted something like this, the mods came after me like sentinel's in the Matrix.

[OUstud]

And how about that geigh-azz basketball starting lineup video/music? "CLAP CLAP" to some techno mix probably by some local DJ? I vote for Enter Sandman or Welcome to the Jungle as the video shows cool highlights, Hornets style.