Wow...Didn't see this coming....
https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/851557394488467456Quote:
Paul Oren
@NWIOren
Oral Roberts has parted ways with Scott Sutton. According to @GottliebShow, Sutton found out via Twitter. Wow.
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Wow...Didn't see this coming....
https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/851557394488467456Quote:
Paul Oren
@NWIOren
Oral Roberts has parted ways with Scott Sutton. According to @GottliebShow, Sutton found out via Twitter. Wow.
A bit surprising but that program hasn't been "great" for awhile and considering the recruiting areas in TX and OK they should be way better then they've been. Will be interesting to see who they hire.
Twitter...what a crappy way to find out you are out of a job!
I was surprised he wasn't gone already having gone 14-17 last year. 8-22 this year meant he was gone a couple months ago. ORU hasn't gone to the NCAA tournament in almost 10 years after a strong run three or four years in a row. They moved back to the Summit from the Southland thinking it would be an open door into the tournament...that didn't work out so well. Recruiting upstart athletes that will play ball (and ORU BB has had their share of thugs) into a place like ORU is not the simplest of things to accomplish given all of the "rules" that go with a bible belt evangelic university.
Total classless move to let him find out via Twitter. Wowza!!
Wow, guy of his tenure deserved better, feel bad for him but also who knows what was going on behind the scenes
the twitter thing was wrong according to a few sources
That's what you get for being loyal. He turned down a lot of jobs, including being a front runner for the WIchita State job pre-Marshall. If your a coach and someone offers to double your pay, you take it and don't look back. It's all about the W's.Quote:
Originally Posted by tjbison
With alumni such as Michele Bachmann, Joel Osteen and Ted Haggard, who really wants to know. At least they also had Kathie Lee Gifford graduate from there, so it can't be all bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by tjbison
With his lack of success I am not surprised he was fired but the way he was fired was not cool at all.
His lack of success lately had more to do with new recruiting restrictions then his ability to coach and recruit. Sutton is a classy guy who should have left that dump years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by HerdBot
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextr...452da25e8.html
All of this makes it clear how we got one of their key assistants up here. I don't know how they find a good coach with all the BS swirling around the program, their fans should be calling for the president's head.
This is from Billbury who played at ORU before transferring to VCU...
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“That job will be a task to be successful in as long as the president is judging players before he even meets them.”
Well that explains their rapid decline. Wow what a stupid move by the administration.Quote:
Originally Posted by NDSUstudent
The Insiders on Bison 1660 had a guest from Tulsa to talk about the Scott Sutton situation
The Insiders Full Show - 4/12
https://soundcloud.com/user-74421198...2017-full-show
Bill Haisten From The Tulsa World 4 - 12 - 17
https://soundcloud.com/user-74421198...-world-4-12-17
I like Sutton but none of the reported restrictions are true. Pretty easy to see where the rumors came from though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bisonator98
You really should listen to the Bill Haisten interview that Herdbot post earlier. Not looking too good for the school in regards to Men's Basketball at the NCAA level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Eagle
I heard it. Haisten doesn't know much about The Summit or ORU. I liked when he told your radio guy that ORU wasn't going to spend $475,000+ on the next coach; like only $200,000 just couldn't compete in the Summit. I guess we'll see though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Christopher Moen
Just have Osteen or Haggard do a few sermons to raise the money. They're pretty good at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Eagle
More ORU talk... On Keith Brakes show he had their play by play voice Adam Hildebrandt.
Oral Roberts play by play voice, Adam Hildebrandt on "The BrakeDown" Wednesday, April 12th
https://soundcloud.com/user-74421198...day-april-12th
or listen to the full show here https://soundcloud.com/user-74421198...12th-full-show
Everybody knew Scott Sutton was Eddie's son and that was as much class as the program was ever going to get. So to dump him this way was completely classless. Headed to Tulsa this weekend so I'll get the inside scoop although Golden Eagle may know more than my relatives.
Can we dump ORU for UMKC right now? I'd take that trade in a heartbeat.
No, get a grip man. ORU has the best baseball program in the Summit and a solid basketball program including an elite 8 appearance. They are a dumpster fire right but UMKC is pretty much a bottom 10 all time program.Quote:
Originally Posted by silkamilkamonico
Only thing good about UMKC is that they are in Kansas City but no one cares about UMKC not even UMKC's mom cares about UMKC.
Most people in KC are either Kansas, Kansas State, or Missouri fans. UMKC is usually an after thought.
Not sure if my brother in law (ORU grad) got this straight but he heard Scott was told to fire his brother (an assistant coach?) and he refused and then he got fired.
That seems to be the story out of Tulsa. It went something like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by KC Bison
Sutton had two years left on his current contract. Much like the situation with our VB coach, he was basically told his contract was not going to be renewed. He was give two choices: 1. Leave now; 2. Stay for one more year. Option #2 came with a stipulation. Sutton was told he had to fire his brother and hire his own replacement as an assistant. Over the course of the season, the new assistant coach would take over all the duties of the head coach and Sutton would become a figurehead. The ORU president thought Sutton would actually like this choice since it would give him a farewell lap around the Summit. Surprisingly enough, Sutton didn't think much of this plan. He told his lawyer to reject the option, but thought that the rejection would lead to more negotiation. That's why he was a little surprised when he heard that he had been fired(after his wife and/or daughter learned about the firing through twitter).
All this comes from the ORU messageboard.
ORU has hired Baylor assistant Paul Mills to replace Sutton...
https://www.fanragsports.com/news/or...ls-head-coach/