Let's get back at the Pokes....they've been a thorn in our side the past few years. Awesome win tonight!
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Now this is something you do want in your back yard. Thankfully we got rid of them tonight.
Nope. That’s your typical Kelvin Sampson presser. Monotone, slow and boring. But damn is he a great coach. Really. We legitimately beat a top rated team tonight. Put it to you this way, Kelvin Sampson has no future in broadcasting or analyst work. A very vanilla approach much like Bob Huggins. Similarly, and eerily will deliver some good “one liners” though.
There are times when a guard gets past or defenders and they stop the drive 15 feet out because there see Jones in the right spot. Everyone says Jones' effort and toughness are key, but his BB IQ is through the roof.
Not just Jones, but the look on the opponents face when they drive baseline and then remember the scouting report is priceless. "Oh ****, this is not where I want to be."
I will acknowledge your first sentence. The second has no meaning to me, although I understand it. Sampson is lucky to be back coaching at this level let alone, back in the Big 12.
It is not going to be easy for him in this league. Nor should it be.
If so, that is some working dog! To be able to put up with the crowd noise and all the people.
Just calling a-club-a-club here, he was a coach that got caught doing recruiting violations. Many, many coaches have gone uncaught, I can assure you.
Now recruiting violations with coaches is going to be unheard of and less scrutinized by the NCAA.
Make no mistake, Kelvin is not my favorite coach, but he and his staff are terrific in-game coaches.
I'm not saying he isn't a good coach, he is. He is also a new conference rival and now an enemy. Once again.
Edit: He has paid his penalty. I can't remember exactly what that was, but he lost his job (Indiana was it?) and had to work his way back up.
Agree. He’s definitely not one of the coaches I particularly like. But he comes from the “old school” ranks, and is really a winner on the floor. Correct, he’s paid his penance. He’s one of those coaches that looks younger than what he really is. Without looking it up, he’s got to be pushing 70.
I hope he is not too much of a winner, but I know Houston will be a threat for the conference leadership, while he is there.
Maybe he will lose some of his refound luster here in the new Big 12?
They’ll still be upper echelon in our league. West Virginia’s Josh Eilart and Oklahoma State’s Mike Bontyon will struggle and be bottom feeders this year. This is make-or-break for Boynton, and surprised Pickens has given him this long of a lease on the program to be honest.
I think we will take the good with the bad with Gilbert. But we need him, and sometimes he can kick start the offense. Continue to play great D.
Play just a bit more under control much of the time, cut down the TO's. He is going to continue to improve with Big 12 experience and coaching also.
Yeah, Houston, after Sampson is gone? Agree. They have a pedigree and now are in a P4 conference.
He was busted for recruiting violations at both Oklahoma and then again at Indianna.
Following a controversial exit from Oklahoma and an even more controversial departure from Indiana, there was a time when many thought Sampson would never coach college basketball again, even when that five-year show-cause order ended.
Why Kelvin Sampson Was Banned From Coaching College Basketball for 5 Years
Kelvin Sampson was banned from coaching college basketball in 2008 and now has Houston in the Final Four for the first time since 1984.
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He was busted for recruiting violations at both Oklahoma and then again at Indianna.
Following a controversial exit from Oklahoma and an even more controversial departure from Indiana, there was a time when many thought Sampson would never coach college basketball again, even when that five-year show-cause order ended.
Why Kelvin Sampson Was Banned From Coaching College Basketball for 5 Years
Kelvin Sampson was banned from coaching college basketball in 2008 and now has Houston in the Final Four for the first time since 1984.
Factual. Bounced around the NBA and done his penalty with NCAA. Calapari with Kentucky wasn’t no saint either, but is regarded as top-notch with coaching.
Thanks for that. I'd forgotten he did the same stuff at OU that got him fired at IU. The more I think about him, the less I like him. Those were the rules back then and he knowingly ignored them.He was busted for recruiting violations at both Oklahoma and then again at Indianna.
Following a controversial exit from Oklahoma and an even more controversial departure from Indiana, there was a time when many thought Sampson would never coach college basketball again, even when that five-year show-cause order ended.
Why Kelvin Sampson Was Banned From Coaching College Basketball for 5 Years
Kelvin Sampson was banned from coaching college basketball in 2008 and now has Houston in the Final Four for the first time since 1984.
We really need to whip the Cowboys at home. No messing around this year. It's us or them. Who wants to have a really good season?
I believe the same can be said for Wilt Chamberlain.... (like Manning, never winning in Ames)
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It was just a late arriving crowd (to be expected), many people around us didn’t show up until end of first half. They did not TELL people to move down, but I think there was some of that going on. I estimated 10k people there once everyone showed, might be a tad high.