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Originally Posted by BigRedBeta
Really, even given the recent problems with other teams (men's BB)?
really, OU Athletic department has not had a good last 18 or so months - first the racist comments by the baseball manager, the Kelvin Sampson violations and subsequent leaving for IU, and now Bomar...
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1) Racist comments -- coach was fired, almost immediately.
2) Recruiting violations -- these do not affect Oklahoma since Sampson took his restrictions with him to IU. You can't actually expect the compliance director to investigate the cell phone records of coaches who know the rules -- asking this is unreasonable. Coaches should know the rules. Sampson did it, now he's facing his own personal sanctions. The institution was employing the same oversight as anyone else -- the coach just didn't feel like following the rules. I can say that I was disgusted with his behavior, and I'm glad he's gone despite having Capel who is as much an unknown factor as you can have as a coach (but Castiglione has done pretty well with his hires, so I'll withhold judgment).
3) Bomar/Quinn: Dismissed from the team. The compliance office's own internal investigation turned this up which means that they were on the ball. Instead of sweeping it under the rug a la Ohio State/USC and trying to minimize the impact on their roster, they dismissed the players from the team. Had it been A.D., or Stoops' own mother, they would have been dismissed. Again, the head of the NCAA has already publicly said that he was very impressed with Oklahoma's reaction. At this point, it's doubtful that Oklahoma will face any further restrictions due to the fact that it self-investigated, and has dealt with the issue as well as anyone possibly could (instead of doing what some teams do and waiting for the disgruntled booster [see: Reggie Bush] to come forward and say that, for example, he had bought the player's family a house).
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