Really baffled how Saul didn't use Twitter to his advantage. It just made no sense.
In hindsight, none of the shortfalls are surprising.
Saul is who he is. He is a laid back personality. I look back at his introductory press conference and I feel like he was definitely putting on a show. He never reached that enthusiasm again. His in-game coaching style was laid back. His interviews were laid back. His relationships with his players appeared laid back just from the way he spoke of them and they spoke of him. He was a nice guy who was laid back. That may have worked in North Dakota and even in Wisconsin but at OU and the MAC and the Midwest, that just didn't cut it. He was laid back in regards to Twitter. He was laid back in regards to player development. It shows in the amount of guys who transferred and it showed in the energy we got in some of the games. I think that he's a nice guy who will find another head coaching job. But it better be somewhere that he can be laid back and relaxed in.
I'm curious - did you ever go to a practice or see him anywhere besides on TV or at a game in person to derive all of these thoughts? I didn't, other than one time randomly, but I think you're making grand assumptions about how laid back he is when it comes to being a competitive or driven person. Coaches don't get to be D1 head coaches if they aren't competitive, driven, and concerned about developing their players. He and his staff just didn't get the results. I think it's that simple.
Also, I think this "it didn't cut it in the MAC or Midwest" regarding his "laid back" personality is wrong. College basketball isn't terribly different regardless of the school's location. Winning and results is really what matters the most. How a coaching staff gets there doesn't matter nearly as much. His personality might not have worked for you personally, or others on here, but I doubt you'd be posting things like this if they'd just won 25 games or got to an NCAA tournament game in the last couple years.