Daily Bullets (Mar. 16): What’s OSU Need in Next Coach?

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Scores

Softball: OSU 2, UCF 0
Baseball: UCF 13, OSU 2

Three Thoughts

•  Berry Tramel wrote the job description for the next Cowboy head coach: 

A tremendous pedigree, like Kentucky-bred (Travis) Ford; or a tremendous legacy, like Sutton-raised Sean Sutton; or a tremendous character and personality, like (Mike) Boynton, isn’t enough. OSU is a place that needs a coach. A guy who can find talent and retain talent and develop talent and can take his roster and beat yours or take your roster and beat his.

[Sellout Crowd]

• NewsOK’s Joe Mussatto notes OSU should hire a coach who likes to run and gave a few candidates – I’m fine with a coach who likes to recruit players to run a halfcourt offense (NewsOK)

• Facts around the coaching search are sparse (while lists of candidates galore) but this practical observation rings true: 

Because of the urgency to introduce a new coach to the current roster and to recruits like Jeremiah Green and Jalen Montonati, Weiberg should be in a hurry-up mode. I bet there are actual interviews as early as Saturday.

[TulsaWorld]

Two Quotes

• New Pittsburg Steeler had high praise for his new teammate Jaylen Warren: 

When asked if there was any Steeler he hated playing against, Patrick Queen quickly answered.

"Mr. Warren."

He says everyone hates tackling him, notes how physical he is throughout the game.

— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) March 15, 2024

• An all-time Mike Boynton moment here: 

Oklahoma State walk-on basketball player Dee Mitchell works at Walmart to help pay for school

This weekend, his coach, Mike Boynton, surprised him at his job with a scholarship 🙏 pic.twitter.com/UhyT6I7xDv

— Athlete Swag (@AthleteSwag) January 18, 2021

One Question

• Been chewing on this one – would you rather have OSU… 
– win six football games and get to the second weekend of the NCAA Tourney or
– win ten games and miss the tournament altogether? 

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