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re: Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione Retiring

Posted on 7/7/25 at 4:15 pm to
Posted by Wishbone85
Member since Nov 2024
2151 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 4:15 pm to
The Godfather of collegiate athletics. Big shoes to fill.
Posted by swampvol1
Member since Oct 2015
1660 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 4:57 pm to
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I'd take Danny White


I bet you would.
Posted by Soonerd78
Member since Sep 2024
2879 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:01 pm to
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Please no. This guy is a dumpster fire and I love him being at State
this isn’t even half accurate . Sermon has already achieved more in his short time as Miss state in several sports that has never been done . Several women’s programs have hit all time highs. No football coach will ever be successful consistently there unless they start getting the funding most school in the sec are getting .
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
26152 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:07 pm to
True but he hired Lebby and that was an awful hire. He only did it due to familiarity, took the easy way instead of a real search. Thats a bug strike against Zac in my book. Lebby is trash and made OU to look bad with his after game antics, going against the AD.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
26839 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:14 pm to
Hire Hunter Cashacheck.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
26839 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:16 pm to
I would.
Posted by JacieNY
Member since Jul 2024
2015 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 5:55 pm to
Ya know, Urban Meyer is available.
Posted by Mizzouligan
St. Louis, MO
Member since Aug 2014
2401 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:41 pm to
I despise oU as much as the next guy, but Joe C is a really good dude.
Posted by BengalBen
Midwest
Member since May 2008
2474 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:10 pm to
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Michael Alford - Florida State


Went to Acadiana High and played baseball at Mississippi State
Posted by MrGumshoes
I see you
Member since Dec 2024
939 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:21 pm to
LSU should have hired anyone but the dancing clown
Posted by Quicksilver
Poker Room
Member since Jan 2013
12783 posts
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:46 pm to
You mean women's tennis? That's really the only improvement. Not necessarily a ringing endorsement. He did hire O'Connor for baseball which is an excellent hire on paper.
Posted by EulerRules
Member since Dec 2019
2018 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 12:04 am to
That pistol sure looks familiar. Is that the pistol Switzer had in his carry-on at DFW in 1997 when he was coaching the Cowboys?...
My bad. Barry had a .38.
Posted by TrueLefty
St. Louis County
Member since Oct 2017
18546 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 12:18 am to
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I hope Scott Stricklin is a candidate.

Why? He did get Florida a basketball title.
Posted by Wishbone85
Member since Nov 2024
2151 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 7:02 am to
Joe C lead Oklahoma to 26 National Titles during his tenure. He cast a big shadow. Good luck to the next guy.
Posted by bgator85
Sarasota
Member since Aug 2007
6227 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 7:51 am to
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Why? He did get Florida a basketball title.


The overall program has been in decline since his arrival. Love Golden, but his other hires have been awful. Not to mention multiple scandals. As the Foley hires start to leave, the program worsens.



This post was edited on 7/8/25 at 8:03 am
Posted by Cimarron
Member since Jun 2024
388 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 7:54 am to
He did a great job overall. I think the AD of the future is going to look slightly different, though. You'll still have to produce winning programs, but you'll also need experience in raising capital at a whole new level.

Collegiate athletics is starting to look more and more like a VC play. Don't be surprised if you start to see people deeply connected in that world to make their way into athletic departments. Maybe not as AD's, but the AD's will need an understanding of that world and how to navigate within it.
Posted by Rodo
Houston
Member since Aug 2011
1807 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 9:15 am to
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I hear Steve Patterson is available.


Patterson scored a 10 on the dewsch scale. Surprised he didn't work out in Austin.

Rodo
Posted by Gunga Din
Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2020
3290 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 10:27 am to
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I despise oU as much as the next guy, but Joe C is a really good dude.


He is a nice guy.

To be honest, a lot of us were surprised he left Mizzou to come to OU considering what a train wreck it was when he took the job. It's hard to describe what a mess it was in when he got to OU. There was literally a war going on in the fan base between the old school Wilkinson people and the Switzer faction of the fan base and it had been going on for a couple of decades...

He healed that wound... and that was probably his most impressive feat.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
28324 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 10:36 am to
Yeah Hocutt is not taking a step down.

TT trending up

OU trending down
Posted by BoomerFNSooner
Choctaw
Member since Jul 2021
464 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 11:48 am to
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Yeah Hocutt is not taking a step down.

TT trending up

OU trending down


Dumb post is dumb.
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