To be fair, he was loyal when he didn’t take the St. John’s job. I don’t hate Porter or anything, and I do appreciate everything he did for the school, but I personally feel he made the wrong choice. Baylor, Kansas, Texas, West Virginia, and Texas Tech will all be better than Oklahoma next year. Porter has a whole new set of problems now, and he doesn’t have guys that are fully bought-in to win with. He knows he’s going to take a ton of losses next year in conference play....and like it or not, he’s now officially on the clock. He’s not going to get 3 years to go 31-62 (with padded wins against D2 schools) to keep his job like he did here. If he’s at a the same point after year 3 that he was with Loyola, he’s getting fired. Oklahoma has football money to buy him out if he fails.
The only way he signs for a home game in Gentile next year is if we have a mass exodus so he can come back, take a bow, hug sister Jean in front of the cameras and leave. If he isn’t guaranteed to be able to do that, he’s going to stay the hell away. I’m not interested in giving him that opportunity. It doesn’t benefit us in any way.
Oklahoma fans and alumni aren’t like Loyola fans and alumni. He’s not beloved anymore. All the good will he carried with him got set back to zero on Saturday. We all bought into his coach speak because of the results - and unless he wins immediately - they won’t. H
If Porter came to Gentile and lost to ANY Loyola team next year, whether it’s loaded with the old gang or not, he would immediately get pummeled by Sooners fans/media in the first month of his tenure.
We have the Battle for Atlantis next year - so we don’t need his help in scheduling. Unless he wants to make a sizable donation to a scholarship fund in sister jeans name to the university with his new, big paycheck, I don’t want him anywhere near our campus.
Porter can enjoy his pretty little surrey with the fringe on top, while he’s trying to make Oklahoma “Ok.” . From here on out, every day is Valentine’s Day in Rogers Park for me! Feel the love.
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