Scott Sutton Fired

[SUPERBUNNY]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

ORU is a dumpster fire at this point! Will need some divine intervention to become relevant. Scott has proven to be a good guy and a solid coach. He was handcuffed.

Look at it from our point of view in the last year. Imagine having to replace Nagy and tell the new coach that the recruits can't have visible tattoos and must pass the faith test with an 8 or more. But we really want you to be our coach. How fast would someone in TJ's shoes run from that?

What is the faith test btw?

Really a sad situation for the conference. Whomever said they should move to D2 is probably spot on. Bringing ND in looks smarter by the day!

SUPERBUNNY

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

One scenario on the ORU board is that Sutton was told his brother Sean had to go, and that he refused to comply. Which I can understand Scott not wanting to do - when ORU played in Frost, it looked to me like Sean was doing a lot of the coaching while Scott sat back with kind of a dazed look. I think Sean would have been coaching at a much higher level than assistant at ORU if he wouldn't have had the substance abuse issues while at Oklahoma State.

His attitude has not been good for quite awhile, IMO.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

The tattoo thing seems really dumb. It's stereotyping. The faith thing doesn't IMO. It's a faith based school If they want to get kids that share their beliefs that's their right.

How is that stereotyping? Standards for physical appearance are fairly common.

[MontanaRabbit]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

What if its a Jesus Tat that's visible?????

The tattoo thing seems really dumb. It's stereotyping. The faith thing doesn't IMO. It's a faith based school If they want to get kids that share their beliefs that's their right.

[goon]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

They are a mess. Look at what their Prez requires when it comes to recruiting

@DougGottieb

"Couple OK HS coaches told me #ORU's @WilsonBilly (Prez) instituted policy- No visible tattoos on recruits & must score > 8 on "faith" exam"

Yikes.

What if its a Jesus Tat that's visible?????

[Nidaros]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

They are a mess. Look at what their Prez requires when it comes to recruiting

@DougGottieb

"Couple OK HS coaches told me #ORU's @WilsonBilly (Prez) instituted policy- No visible tattoos on recruits & must score > 8 on "faith" exam"

Yikes.

Scoring 8 on faith exam seems easy enough if you know their god talk and you are looking for free education.

[BTownJack]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

They are a mess. Look at what their Prez requires when it comes to recruiting

@DougGottieb

"Couple OK HS coaches told me #ORU's @WilsonBilly (Prez) instituted policy- No visible tattoos on recruits & must score > 8 on "faith" exam"

Yikes.

If this was the case then he should have left on his own accord after these restrictions were put in place. Easier said than done and maybe he tried in the past few years.

[FargoBison]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

Best wishes to Coach Sutton.

He'll find a job somewhere.

Surprised by the timing of this. If they wanted to remove him... figured they would have done that earlier.

Wonder who they will be able to bring in?

With the way the fired him and some of the recruiting restrictions in place, finding a good replacement might be difficult for them.

Not sure a school could handle a firing any worse.

[da_coach]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

Best wishes to Coach Sutton.

He'll find a job somewhere.

Surprised by the timing of this. If they wanted to remove him... figured they would have done that earlier.

Wonder who they will be able to bring in?

[Nidaros]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

Can you say Hobby Lobby. The Greens seem to get their two cents in on how ORU is run.

[bigticket1]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

One scenario on the ORU board is that Sutton was told his brother Sean had to go, and that he refused to comply. Which I can understand Scott not wanting to do - when ORU played in Frost, it looked to me like Sean was doing a lot of the coaching while Scott sat back with kind of a dazed look. I think Sean would have been coaching at a much higher level than assistant at ORU if he wouldn't have had the substance abuse issues while at Oklahoma State.

[THE PRIDE IS BACK!!!]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

They are a mess. Look at what their Prez requires when it comes to recruiting

@DougGottieb

"Couple OK HS coaches told me #ORU's @WilsonBilly (Prez) instituted policy- No visible tattoos on recruits & must score > 8 on "faith" exam"

Yikes.

Such requirements make sense for their private school, but it's going to kill their athletic programs. They might as well drop to D2 or even D3 with such requirements because they won't be able to compete.

[YanktonJack7]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

Agreed....Sutton seemed to be a good coach and a classy guy. Hope he lands somewhere and turns his new program into a winner. In the meantime, I hope this doesn't mean ORU is a mess (again).

They are a mess. Look at what their Prez requires when it comes to recruiting

@DougGottieb

"Couple OK HS coaches told me #ORU's @WilsonBilly (Prez) instituted policy- No visible tattoos on recruits & must score > 8 on "faith" exam"

Yikes.

[JackJD]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

...My only concern is that ORU is in decline for factors out of Sutton's control. I really hope it doesn't turn into a dumpster fire. Bringing ORU back into the Summit was supposed to strengthen the league and help with RPI, would be a huge hit if falls off a cliff.

Agreed....Sutton seemed to be a good coach and a classy guy. Hope he lands somewhere and turns his new program into a winner. In the meantime, I hope this doesn't mean ORU is a mess (again).

[Jacks-02]

Re: Scott Sutton Fired

ORU has been in decline for some time, so this doesn't surprise me at all.

My only concern is that ORU is in decline for factors out of Sutton's control. I really hope it doesn't turn into a dumpster fire. Bringing ORU back into the Summit was supposed to strengthen the league and help with RPI, would be a huge hit if falls off a cliff.