Venables to OU?
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A big risk in my opinion to hire someone without any head coaching experience. Will Muschamp comes to mind.
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kinda did a 180 on coaching personalities/styles there. He should bolster their defense for sure.
if true...is that Kansas kid moving with? or staying with Clemson? Or reconsidering...?
Venebales has been around long enough that he has the experience to be a head coach…
So how is the press conference going? Or was this another made-up rumor by a random anonymous Twitter account?
they are tightlipped about why he left.
someone tried to get the lsu rumor addressed and joe c cut off bob quickly with some adspeak.
bob is still pretty snippy about certain things.
kinda funny, but if you guys think bo was bitchy, bob stoops can cut you off at the knees.
for no apparent reason...
If this comes to fruition, it could be a home run hire for OU. They might actually have a top 20 defense for the first time since the early 2000's, which they'll need going to the SEC. He's a fierce competitor, motivator and tireless worker. If he gets a good mind in there as offensive coordinator, OU should remain a formidable program.
Four of the most successful coaches in OU history had no prior head coaching experience when they were hired at Oklahoma: Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley.
I'm a little surprised they didn't go after Mark Stoops after what he's done with that perennial doormat Kentucky this year.
local radio mentioned the odd feeling it could create for the university/bob if it didn’t work out. even though bob’s covering for them it’s been a little strained. but they’re not crossing him off
Latest buzz has Venables as new HC, Lebby as new OC, and former TCU head coach Gary Patterson as DC. If in fact that comes to fruition, that would be an upgrade from the staff that departed OU yesterday.
Hell, they'll probably be delighted not to have to score 50+ points to ensure they win the games anymore.
Hell, they'll probably be delighted not to have to score 50+ points to ensure they win the games anymore.
Well, he coached against two SEC teams this year (Georgia and South Carolina), and his defense gave up a total of 3 points in 8 quarters of play.
doesn't mean he's going to be a good HC. plays a cupcake schedule in the ACC with a massive talent advantage.
we just saw an SEC coach get fired for going .500 after making an NY6 bowl in the previous 3 years.
I'll happily eat crow if it comes to that, but Venables is not a good hire to try and run the table against the SEC. 8-4 ceiling.
Oklahoma gets really good players seemingly regardless of coaching staff and Venables will probably have OU's defense doing well...just in time for the SEC schedule by the way...
Oklahoma sure does seem to know what they're doing up top in my opinion, like a damn symphony...while Nebraska has been a one man band with Parkinsons who's swallowed a bottle of yellow jackets washing it all down with a case of Monsters.
He needs to pick himself up a good Oline coach and ST coordinator and he'll be fine.
Envy inducing really.
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they've have tremendous continuity in coaching staff the last 20 years, and when Lincoln Riley took over (he arguably saved them from going the direction Gary Patterson's TCU teams have), it was essentially the same staff minus Stoops. the reason OU fans are crying especially hard is because they haven't faced a major blowup like this since the 90s and now all their top recruits are decommitting, and both their QBs transferring,
they got players that were good enough to run the table in a weak Big 12, then proceed to get prison-raped against CFB playoff competition, which is what they'll be surrounded by in the SEC. they'd be lucky to finish 3rd in the B1G most years.
also, "fine" is not enough for OU fans. a 2 loss season is total failure to them. despite not winning a National Championship the past 2 decades, they fully expect to be the best team in the country each year.
i am envious of OU's success the past few decades, but i am not envious at all that they have a dumpster fire of a coaching staff and are getting ready to be routinely blown out in the SEC.
guy i work with said riley has been going downhill for several years.
and this is a common comment i hear from ou fans.
riley wins at an 84% rate.
and i thought we've been petulant.
Almost feels like Dejavu when Nebraska entered the B1G... Still kind of relevent with a shake up in coaching going into a division that wanted NU but was ready to throttle us to make us humble and hence the slide... I don't wish ill will on any team but many of the historic "Blue Bloods" haven't had it easy as of late and I have to wonder if it's OU's turn for a while
exactly, and many were calling for Stoops to be fired after he went 8-4.
i live in oklahoma, and you don't know unrealistic expectations until you meet a group of sooner fans. rivaled only by that of texas longhorn fans.
That's how I look at it. He's certainly had plenty of opportunities to be a head coach, but seems risk adverse to the proposition. I don't think I want a guy who's been reluctant to be the guy all of these years.
You've got ballsy 25 year olds that raise their hand when the opportunity presents itself, and then you have Careful Brent Venables. He's Bud Foster to me. Never meant to be the guy. Dang good coordinator though. Do not want to spend the money or time only to find out he is Will Muschamp, colossal failure many times over.
Which two QBs have transferred? Rattler is the only one and that was a known fact the minute he got benched