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What's really funny is reading the TU board when Danny Manning was first mentioned as a candidate. It was OVERWHLEMINGLY negative. Then, when it became apparent he was the guy, there tone changed to "he may be ok". Now that he is the hire, the majority are talking about what a GREAT HIRE this is and this is a HOMERUN hire! LMAO! To say that it is comical, would be a giant understatement!

Eric Bailey, TU beat writer for the Tulsa World, summed it up neatly in a blog Tuesday night: "So was it any surprise that Scott Sutton withdrew his name from consideration at the University of Tulsa?" "As the days passed, you wondered what the Oral Roberts coach was thinking about TU’s process, which has been meticulous. It was nearly two weeks before the school made any contact with prospects, which is believed to have been a large test of patience for Sutton. Perhaps Sutton – whose name is already popping up with other vacancies – was ready to move on." "How did the Sutton interview go with Tulsa? No one knows. It’s likely no one will know for a few years. But it’s believed that Sutton had been a candidate up until the moment he told the Tulsa World’s Mike Brown that he was withdrawing his name from consideration. It doesn’t appear that TU told him he wasn’t going to be their selection. They didn’t say he was going to be their choice, either." Now, you can rest assured that once TU announces their actual choice, a majority of TU fans will take the "You-didn't-break-up-with-us-Scott-we-broke-up-with-you" attitude, but from all indications, this simply became a situation where Scott was tired of being treated as Plan B. As far as I'm concerned, this closes the book on my recent infatuation with the TU coaching search. Since it no longer involves us, I really don't care who they hire, and I feel comfortable that whoever it is will not be Scott's equal. Should be mildly entertaining, though, to watch the Golden Haterfans fall over themselves in the coming weeks and months, trying to portray the poor schmuck as The Second Coming. But, hey - how about ol' Barry Hinson getting the Southern Illinois job? I think I've always liked Barry a little than most on here do - I hope he does great there.