Sorry OCF….but if it’s any consolation…I know you can make at least 28.6% of your 3-pointers.

I don't disagree. It's the consequence of players becoming highly paid free agents. If you dont produce then you're not only not producing but limiting the ability to pay for other talent around you.

Now, I'd argue that you also don't want to cut off your nose to spite your face. Meaning some guys can have a down year or need a year or two to develop. If (and this is why the coaches get paid the big bucks) you think that player can improve in the future to the point they out-produce their salary then its worth hanging onto them during the down/over-priced years.

Example. Player A makes 75k/year. Year one they contribute 10k (net negative 65k) but year 2 they contribute 100k (now net is -40k) and year 3 they produce 125k (3 year net is +10k). Then it would have been a bad move to fire them after year one. But thats likely rare and likely only applies to raw bigs who have the potential to become massive difference makers.

This is exactly why colleges are hiring general managers. This is what they do for a living. I'd also say with the recruiting landscape changing so much, having a recruiting/scouting department is now called for to evaluate other d1 players, international players etc. Sure there are recruiting services that you can pay for, but they are also working for other schools. I want to build and control my own staff in-house.

How does a school like OU pay for that? Good question.

Would you rather have a really good coach at 750k and zero support staff?
Or a no name coach at 200k, with a good GM and full scouting depth?

Questions like that are why the AD gets paid the big bucks.

As of 3-18-2026 (updated)

Elliott-Officially portal
Fisher-Officially portal

Evans and Walking Bucket have to be next.

That would not surprise me.

Fisher in the portal really pisses me off. Unlike Elliott, Fisher leaving indicates some failure somewhere along the way whether in talent evaluation, development, relationships, stubbornness with playing other guys at that position, communicating the vision.

First team all state from a public high school in the state capitol a short drive away, at a position of need - we have to make that work.

Now the obvious question, does that sour things with McKinney and Bowens?

Is it possible Fisher is just jumping off a sinking ship a year early?

As for the other two, that’s a very good question.

I don't think we can rule out anyone entering the portal. It's Boals' last year under contract. He can't guarantee he'll be there beyond next season nor can he guarantee returnees bulk PT just based on their lack of impact/development so far. He has to lean into the portal for multiple players to save his job.

Really tough spot for the program to be in and it just makes the lame duck season even more pointless IMO. But hey, maybe we'll end up with some new shiny toys on the roster.

Evans in the portal.

I think this is inaccurate and disingenuous. The recruiting of Ayden doesn't seem like it was poor. He was offered by Texas A&M, Missouri, Seton Hall, Mississippi State and West Virginia. Signing him was a bit of a coup. It's the development and use of Evans that seems to be the major disappointment. But I doubt there was a soul unhappy with this signing when it occurred.

https://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromP...

Simmons stays in Athens for senior year.

https://x.com/slancehoops/status/2035697686297403449?s=46...

2026-2027 Roster update

3-22-2026

Captain Chaos-Graduates
Sheldon-Graduates
PAV-Graduates
Breath-Graduates
Conners-Graduates
Simmons-Returning
Evans-Portal
Elliott-Portal
Fisher-Portal
Walking Bucket-????
Kelly-????
Kuany-????
Mosley-????
Reese-????
Kuany-????
McKinney-True Freshman
Bowens-True Freshman
Coach Boals-Tod K (Daddy) Graduate Assistant

You can build around Kelly and Simmons. Burris and Kuany showed they can play at this level. Mosley, Bowens and McKinney are unknowns but I do think McKinney is going to be a good one.