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Forget the unintended consequences this decision is just bad on its face. @oruvoice is the best sports PA announcer in the city. Where is ORU going to find a similarly talented announcer? Let alone one who has affinity for the program? Makes no sense.

Scott comes out smelling like a rose on this deal: looks like he's doing his alma mater a favor by accepting the gig, when in fact he's perfectly positioning himself for another climb up the coaching ladder (a lot easier now for some D-1 athletic director to hire Scott as his new head coach from a Power 5 assistant's role, as opposed to trying to win the press conference with an unemployed guy who got fired following an 8-20 season at a low-major). And once again, ORU's self-righteousness and utter clueless-ness when it comes to public opinion leaves Carter, Wilson, et al still looking like insensitive jerks in this whole affair, while Scott is portrayed as the victim who now gets to return home to OSU where he will be properly appreciated. It even makes OSU AD Mike Holder look like a hero for allowing a Sutton to return to Stillwater, thus closing the ugly wounds with father Eddie and brother Sean. Mike Holder now a sympathetic character? I didn't even think that was possible! Leave it to ORU's botched handling of Scott's dismissal to put all these wheels in motion, where everyone wins in the court of public opinion - except ORU. The local and statewide sports media will claim they are neutral on such things, but I can't imagine they don't all want to see OSU and Scott Sutton beat the dog out of ORU on Nov. 16th, joined in that sentiment by most college basketball fans other than the most ardent ORU supporters. And, based on public perception, can you really blame them for feeling that way?