Somebody needs to put out an APB on the athletic director. Where is he, dining at the 19th Hole?

It's time for 20 dozen questions.

April Fool! Ha-ha, it was all a big joke. Not even someone as arrogant and wrong-headed as me would fire a coach after only two seasons. Only a moron would do something that stupid.

That would be almost as ill-advised as raising football ticket prices so high it would guarantee at least 30,000 empty seats every game.

Holder just alienated the OSU faithful at the price of T. Boone's money. I hope he enjoys an empty stadium.

Dick, as an alum, former season ticket holder for basketball(I'm not renewing after this) you are completely wrong. No coach gets fired after two years. It makes it harder to hire a new coach. We aren't going to attract an elite coach like Self or Gillespie and no mid-major coach that is unproven in the major conferences wants a job where he has to get to the tournament in his first two seasons or he's fired. The only types of coaches that go for jobs like these are the Bobby Petrinos of the world. Thank God there aren't any in the world of college basketball right now.

Hmmm... Seedy... I got it - Bob Huggins!

Least now OSU and ORU can play each year.

Hey Picker - Did you ever get the funny feeling that something wasn't quite right when Sean beat Texas and Kansas when OSU was at the brink of total collapse. I don't pretend to know how paybacks in the coaching world or coaching tree work, but those "wins" always stuck out as odd and obviously didn't hurt either loosing teams fortunes for the rest of the season or playoffs.

With all due respect, what if Mr. Pickens doesn't live forever?

Where else could Sean have made that kind of bread for two years?

Sure, he has to get paid for the duration.

Picker, I don't usually agree with you but on this one you nailed it.

OSU's new athletic motto: forget loyalty we just want money!

There may be some truth in the statement that Sean Sutton wasn't necessarily Holder's or Pickens' choice so they showed him the door. However their fair haired boy Gundy hasn't done much better. A winning record and attendance isn't really what's important to them. They just can't admit they haven't done much better with the coach they did choose.

First, I think getting rid of Sutton was shady. If they didn't like him, they should have let him hang himself, not pounce on him and open up themselves and the school to ridicule.

Second, there's no way in the world any, ANY, coach currently working the head job at Kansas or Kentucky would leave for another job, save something like UCLA, UNC, or Duke. Look at Indiana; they're hiring Crean from Marquette. They didn't even go after someone like Self, Gillespie, Calhoun, Barnes, or any other coach that is working at a school on the same level. Marquette to Indiana is a step up for Crean. Self or Gillespie to OSU would not be a set up for either man. No disrespect to OSU, but that job right now is not even mentionable in the same breath as the jobs both currently hold. The ONLY way I could see either man entertaining the thought of moving to Stillwater is if their salaries were doubled. I'd have to believe that KU or UK would match any offer OSU could make. Those schools LIVE on basketball. That's not to say OSU doesn't, or shouldn't, but they just aren't there right now.

OSU would be better served to hire their own Bill Self or Billy Gillespie, and make their job as sought after as the ones at KU and UK. Right now, it's just not so.

Thing is, OSU will get some young, energetic, motivated, talented coach looking to make a name for himself at a name school. There's nothing wrong with that. But they won't be getting someone who's already made a name for himself at a name school.

I guess I could be wrong, especially if T. Boone throws in some more skrilla to get who he wants. But it would be better to get someone with a little fewer less credentials than the big dogs. You know, keep 'em lean and mean. Lateral or backward moves by coaches lead one to believe there was some underlying reason they would leave. Make a splash by hiring someone moving up, and the reward will be much greater.

OSU fan, in your eyes (most of your eyes, anyway), it can't get much worse than two straight NIT first round losses. You probably figure ANY old joe could do that. If that's the case, be happy when they hire a less-decorated, but more eager joe than the superstar divas like Self or Gillespie.