Will Sutton stay or go?
The future of a Sutton is up in the air.
And it’s not the one everyone is talking about.
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There’s a coach by the name of Sutton who just about everyone believes might be on his last leg at his current school.
Yep, Scott Sutton could be leaving Oral Roberts.
The future of Sean Sutton as Oklahoma State’s coach has become a hot topic in recent days, but his brother’s future at ORU is no less a topic among Golden Eagle faithful. This season, ORU made it to the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year. And any time a coach has success at a smaller Division-I school, the bigger Division-I schools always seem to come calling.
Scott Sutton has already received an strong overture from Wichita State. There may have been others. There are bound to be more.
It’s a fact that tears at ORU mega fan Terry Blain.
“We realize we can’t pay Scott like some schools do,” Blain told me earlier this week. “We realize we may only have him a few more years. Or we may have him for a long time.”
Blain makes a good point — it’s difficult to guess who long Scott Sutton will stay at ORU.
No doubt there are bigger programs with higher profiles and larger budgets. Then again, do those dollar signs equate to more happiness? Scott Sutton has plenty of reasons to not believe it.
Barry Hinson, who was the ORU coach before Sutton, moved on to Missouri State but was fired this season. Then, there’s the saga with Scott’s brother Sean. After only two years as the OSU head coach, there are calls for his head.
Scott could lose eight, 10, 12 games at ORU and no one would be calling for his head. Going to NCAA Tournaments with some regularity is all that matters. And even if the NCAA bids dried up for awhile, it’s still hard to believe that ORU folks would want to push Sutton out the door.
Blain, the big ORU fan, told me that Scott “really is the perfect coach for ORU.”
So, maybe these are the last days for Scott Sutton at ORU. Then again, he might just stick around awhile. After all, coaches know how rare it is to find a job that they love at a place where people love them back.
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