Konkol is the next HC
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It will certainly be interesting to see which current players he can convince to stay. I hope that he could keep Anthony Prichard, Nikita Kon..., and Sterling Gaston-Chapman. They do need work, but I think that they would be great building blocks for the future.
Reported this last night in Hurricane Alley. I don't have confirmation yet that it's finalized, but appears very close if not done already.
I definitely don't mean to undermine your efforts Chris. I have a comped account from another site (SoonerScoop) and would have to sign up for a new account to access Hurricane Alley. I figured the guys on the Alley already knew. Keep up the great work.
Will Reese played for Memorial then was Head Coach at Mason High School
I like Nikita , but man he is raw
Correct. Reynolds Center was full at that time, so Konkol knows what it's supposed to look like.
He won't play guys if they don't defend.
Is knowing what a stadium looks like full really an attribute?
The point I'm making is he experienced the program when it was at a high point. He understands what the expectations are at Tulsa. That is definitely a positive, as opposed to Doug Wojcik, who basically told me the program was lucky to have him and that TU fans' expectations were way too high.
So maybe we now have a coach we can call Coach "K"!
Will the posters on the Rivals Board be allowed to meet him and shake his hand???
For sucking lol. Wojcik thought this level of school should be appreciative of how well he did. Haith sucked just as bad and we paid him more for it… he must have really thought we were suckers.
Haith was nothing but nice to me. Super easy to work with and generally accommodating. In our early discussions, he was very well versed on the history of the program...never seemed to have Doug's "I'm better than this place" attitude.
Not what I meant. I meant being nice or not nice doesn’t change the fact that they both sucked. Haith made a ton of excuses for himself just like Wojcik did. So one said “you should be happy I’m here” and the other said “my players don’t listen to me”
In both cases it was their own fault and they were just trying to obfuscate the fact that they were performing poorly. Haith just got paid a junk ton more to do it.
I don’t care if someone thinks they’re bigger time than the program… in fact I encourage it. “By all means, prove to me that I should be sorry to lose you like I was when Nolan left or when Tubby left, or when Self left…”
Thinking it is fantastic. Telling it to everyone that cares about TU basketball, doing it in a hateful manner, trashing former TU players in the process, is really not the best way to handle fans and folks in the media.
From what I understand, they are planning a community event along with the press conference.
I personally loved watching a Dukie get dropped on Dougie yesterday...
Since he just announced his departure on Twitter to Louisiana Tech, I am going to be interested on how many of his players hit the portal or transfer to Tulsa
One of the Boone’s went on the portal today maybe Kalinin will follow
It also sucks that Eric Bailey was our beat writer during the Wojcik era. What I wouldn’t give for him to return to the TU beat.
He is one of the nicest men I’ve ever met and he had to cover an unappreciative d-bag.
If we had Bailey at the Tulsa World, Rivals, AND The Golden Hurricast all at once we would have some of the best coverage in the state. Can't complain about 2 of 3 though.
Bailey is a great guy...really enjoyed working with him. We shared info all the time. I chatted with him about 10 days ago...he wished me luck during the coaching search.
Eric Bailey is easily the best Tulsa sportswriter in the last 20+ years. No one else comes close!
In case anyone missed our articles from yesterday evening...
tulsa.rivals.com
tulsa.rivals.com
Official: Konkol tabbed as Tulsa's next men's basketball coach
Eric Konkol, who emerged as a top candidate on Thursday, has been hired to lead the TU men's basketball program.
The Eric Konkol File: A closer look at Tulsa's new head coach
Highlights from the career thus far of new Tulsa head coach Eric Konkol.
Here is what I have to say on this. I think this is a good hire. That said, A lot of you on here got absolutely belligerent about a coaching change. IF you and your WHOLE BLOODLINE are not at the Reynolds Center to welcome him today then you are wrong.
