Capel to Arizona?
The phone line is starting to heat up. Another radio station calling. When rumors are afoot, they usually start to spread via talk radio.
A newspaper says something and a radio station repeats it. Or a radio station says something, a newspaper checks into it, and might repeat it.
Wednesday’s calls came from Arizona. Apparently Oklahoma’s Jeff Capel has been mentioned as a lead candidate for the University of Arizona job.
Last time I checked, the Wildcats kinda sorta had an interim coach in former Oklahoma State assistant Russ Pennell, who might be returning but probably won’t be. (Yes, strange things are afoot at my alma mater.)
Is Capel indeed a candidate? Heck, who knows? Capel might not even know. That’s the way it works sometimes. It definitely has worked that way before with Capel.
Capel spent two years as an assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth. He was the No. 3 assistant on the staff. Never went out recruiting on the road. One day, he’s conducting a study hall and the athletic director sits down for a chat. Twenty minutes later, Capel is offered the head coaching job at VCU.
After a few years of success, Capel is rumored to be a candidate for this job and that job. After his fourth season as VCU’s coach, Capel’s name suddenly doesn’t get mentioned nearly as much. Everything was pretty quiet, right up until athletic director Joe Castiglione offered him the Oklahoma job.
The point is this: Oftentimes, you never know when a coach is coming or going. You think you know, but you really don’t. Neither does the coach. Neither does the AD. There are many moving parts to someone taking a new job. Sometimes there are too many moving parts.
Is Capel a candidate at Arizona? I haven’t a clue.
But I do know this: If he isn’t, he should be.
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