OUInsider - Owen Field

Not much of anything. Look I don't need Newspaper links and I don't need someone writing feel good stories as they are everywhere. I thought there would be some information I can't find in the public sector, but there is very little of that.

Oh, and your post and my reply will disappear very quickly as we are very thin skinned

Probably because of late game and travel day

James drove to Lawrence and back early this morning, with some sleep, he probably started on the Locker Room report around 4PM.

I know Editor Mike DellaVecchio worked several hours early this morning trying to load the front page story. Who knows what was going on, but something with the 247 network.

I think it's fixed now.

But I guarantee you, no one here is on vacation, it's just that road games are a little tough when they kick off at 8 or 9 PM, over at midnight and we have to drive back to the hotel, or airport and try to get in a few hours of sleep.

We're not complaining, just trying to explain how some road game make it more of a challenge.

AH

Alan, wasn't the Texas game at 11:00 am last Saturday?

I could be wrong, but there was very little here until sometime Monday or so. But, I don't really care as most of the "public" sector, non-pay sites had their information up within minutes/hours of the end of the game.

But, here is the deal. I don't think anyone who signs up here did it to get some kind of story that is most likely found in the DO or Norman Transcript. For example I have my own folks who compile news links for OU sports and we had those up early this morning. Anyone with half a brain can spend five minutes and have those links posted.

I have suggested on a couple of occasions that what I think people want here is information, news and other OU sports related items that you can't find in the public sector non-pay sites. I have suggested that someone with some football knowledge to breakdown OU and it's opponents and actually get inside the game. All my suggestions have miraculously disappeared within minutes of being posted.

So, it has sort of become obvious that you all here actually don't care about what your paying customers want or think. I am sure you will take offense to what I say here and delete this, but that is just the way you all deal with subscriber dissatisfaction with the product here. Rather than listen and try to work through some of this you just delete and/or ignore.

I would like for you to go back through the last few weeks and point out there the so-called "insider" in formation is located as I sure can't find it and sure haven't read it here. There has hardly been a single word about recruiting issues. Oh, sure there is the weekly rehash that reads the same every single week with little or zero new information available.

well it has been 24 hrs and still no locker room report. After 24 hrs all ew have is that report card

well, heres your report card..........only one article and making more excuses than bob has made in 13 years...........D -

Why could you have not went to the hotel after the game. Sunday morning you write the report and by 10am its posted and you are on your way home.

And some of you amaze me as well. Look, I am not mad or angry about anything. But, the reality is that this board is very slow for this kind of pay site message board. It seems to me that the reason it is so slow is the content, or, lack thereof. There are some things that I think could be great for such a site and have suggested a couple at various times. But, no staff person responds and they are usually deleted. That is ok with me, but it seems to be kind of a strange/weird way to operate and/or interact with paying customers.

Personally, I don't really care about most of this stuff. I would just like to read something that isn't a duplication by the various news organizations, both state and national. I read a lot of various publications and web sites. On balance, I find little here that holds my interest. That is my problem I suppose.

Anyway, I bring some of this stuff up as I think with some effort this could be a great asset for OU fans. This is just my opinion, but I think it falls way short. Not trying to be critical, just expressing my opinion. And, I don't really care whether you approve of my opinion or not

No, people on here just have to bitch about something.

This. ^^^^ Love the recruiting articles and weekend wrap-ups but their is rarely info in them that is not available for free from one of the 3 news station sites or other message boards. I have always liked and respected James and the staff but info is becoming as slow as this board is to load and it's not "inside" information. Hate to say but I will probably non-renew.

well Alan, now its been over 24 hrs. Ans the other posters are right on. We respect James's articles, but we see fewer and fewer and if you say anything you either get deleted, banned, ignored. At some point you are going to have to listen to your customers, or else close shop.

Hey I know, quit. Some have been here for a decade without bitching, works well

And if you dont like our opinions you can always just not read them. It is true this site is a shell of its former self and all the good posters have left. You are going to have to do better than this if you want them back.

One thing I have noticed, there are fewer articles from James, very little "insider" information. You dont even have a scheldule or roster.

I have been with insider a number of years. I guess I haven't noticed much drop in info James puts out but a lot of the good posters are no longer here and I miss them. I do always look forward to Canyoneer, Rockford and Matteon's wrapups/perspectives.

I do really enjoy the WW and Locker Room report. I think the WW has really improved and does contain some inside nuggets. Same thing with Locker Room Report. For example this week it was interesting that unlike the fans, the coaches and players were actually fairly pleased with the KU game and it was interesting to read that BV had such respect for KU OL. Now maybe a lot of this info is avail for free but I really don't have time or desire to search all over internet looking for it.

Now having said that I do like roygbell's idea for maybe some X and O review. For example it would be interesting to break down some of our RZ plays against KU and why they didn't work. However, it may be tough to get cooperation from the coaches on any specfic breakdowns because they may not want to give out info for other teams to read on what we are trying to do schematically.

I also like what Mike D. is doing with the game thread and some of the perspectives he has from attending the games.