Just taking stock....

I was thinking of this thread, during the Pac-12 Championship Game and beyond.

I wish that baseba11 was here to eat crow.  I miss that guy's inanities in basketball and baseball and occasional keen insight in football.

Looking back now, the "fire Wayne" people were really looking like the winners halfway through the season. And, if we don't win the conference tournament, nobody's sitting here patting themselves on the back for saying we shouldn't fire him. It really does seem like it took 6.5 years for the team to start trusting the coaching staff and each other, which is super weird. Glad it happened, glad we didn't cut bait on the staff, and excited to see if we can continue to build on this momentum!

I don't think Tinkle has ever been a bad coach, and he's done better than any other we've had in the last 3 decades, but I do think him handing the offense over to an assistant with him focusing on defense has paid off dividends this last half of the season.   If he's been trying to do both all along, he might have been doing himself and his teams a bit of a disservice.

Sometimes it takes a while to get to where you want to be, and you've got to figure it out on the fly.  This team has been more and more competitive every season lately. Fewer blowouts, more leads gained but several leads lost. It seems like they've recently figured out how to hold onto leads, and that's a sign of a good team, at least an improving one anyway.  Hopefully it'll continue on to the future.

My argument all along has been that considering where the program has been it's not really in position to cut loose on a coaching staff unless the program is actually in decline.  Some of the most successful periods in Beaver sports have come several years after a staff arrives, I'm hoping this is the case again.

It seems that WT's sideline demeanor shifted during the season as well. That paid big dividends. You're never to old to learn!

Go Beavs!!

That what I've always thought.....that like the players the coaches can evolve and grow as well.  I mean...they are human beings too! 

So happy for everyone involved with the program.  

You gotta win, period. The Beavs men's B ball program has perennially underperformed. For whatever reason, it all clicked with this group of kids, at the right time. I think Wayne, and the Tinkle family are good for OSU......but this has got to parlay into more. Wayne and his staff got to showcase their coaching chops nicely in the pac 12 tourney, and the post season......a lot of people got to see it.....it's got to be capitalized on.....if you want to see capitalization of resources, hype, etc, look down I5.....I hate using the ucks as an example here, but it's true

My job involves Sales & Marketing in a world of internet and social media.  To maximize "getting the message out" I suggest the following:
1.  Put together a highlight reel of the team - especially comebacks like Pac12 Tourney win over UCLA.
2.  Put together a package of quotes from broadcasts of games as audio clips (and converted to text) from the broadcasters - especially snippets that mention the heart and resilience of the team (again during those comebacks)
3.  Create an image of short quotes from talking heads about the team and the coaching
4.  Have a plan to post each of these items on Facebook, OSU official athletic site, InstaGram, and fan boards like this one
5.  Use fans that post on boards to re-post these items and add their own comments
6.  Use NCAA approved channels to send these snippets as email attachments to recruits AND high school coaches
7.  Put together a short video "OSU Beavers Journey to the NCAA Elite 8"
8.  Get quotes from current and former players about playing for OSU (and Coach Tinkle)

Keep repeating these messages and content in as many forums as possible - including local media (TV, radio, Print, 247 main website, Sports Illustrated website, The Athletic, etc.).

What a great story to tell FANS and recruits!