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5 x Venables Mistakes (from a seat in Berlin)

1. Not ensuring Caleb Williams was paid the Brinks truck to stay. OU probably goes 11-1 with him at QB in 22, even with a trash defense.

2. Hiring Ted Roof as the DC for 2022 and 2023. He spent 2 years ****ing around with a sorry ass scab, that was sucking up a key staff position. Venables was the DC, we all know that, which took his eyes off everything else he needed to do as the HC at a place like OU.

3. Firing Cale Gundy, should have suspended him for 3 games, fined him, warned etc, not fired him on the spot.

4. Letting Dillon Gabriel leave, especially going in to the SEC, with a monster schedule. 2 Frosh QBs are just not ready, we are lousy at QB right now.

5. The obvious final blow here. The hiring of Littrell and Finley will be the death blow of his tenure as HC. Just so bad. Worst Offense in the country along with maybe Florida State. We do nothing well offensively, have zero playmakers. Injuries aside, geepers creepers we are terrible.

-Final Cut: in hindsight, Dan Lanning would have been a much better higher than Venables. Most of us wanted Venables of course, his familiarity with the program and with Bob Stoops got him hired. Lanning just gets it, young guy, no bull shit, intense and committed. Venables bull shits for an hour at press conferences and says nothing of note. Program is going backward. 5-7 or 6-6 ahead, although I do not know who can beat minus Maine with our Offense.

BV Contract Extension?

Pure insanity

Now has 45 million buyout

Why did Joe C give him that extension?

Following a 10-3 season in 2023, Oklahoma locked up head coach Brent Venables after just two years in Norman. The program prioritized stability amidst a tectonic shift from the Big 12 to the SEC and handed Venables a six-year extension with a total value of $51.6 million, locking him in through the 2029 season.

Breaking Point for BV?

After TN I had a feeling this could be bad, although I admittedly never thought it would be this. I didn’t think there was any outcome where BV could be fired after this season. Is there a breaking point?

Down 30 points at home against South Carolina…

This team isn’t winning another conference game. They are the worst team in the SEC.

What would it take? Losing to Maine? Not scoring more than 20 the rest of the way? Multiple shut-outs? No attendance for Alabama?

How does this thing get turned around in a year? The recruiting class is going to fall off a cliff. Current players will hit the portal more than we’ve ever seen (might not be a bad thing)…

Even if BV makes it out this year, in what world does he get this thing turned around? It will take an amazing OC hire and a massive NIL investment in the portal to get this roster turned around.

The future is really bleak here folks. Could be a long two years.

SoonerJurist-Donors Will Fix This

I posted this on another site. Thought I would share here.

Long-time subscriber and athletic donor for multiple programs including football.

1. Joe C is not going to fire BV. You don't add fuel to a crisis fire. BV has faults and has made mistakes, but he inherited a program in serious decline. A decline that will take five years to turn around. There was a reason Lincoln did not want to go to the SEC and why he jumped to USC. Defensive recruiting was in shambles. Lincoln hit on Caleb, but missed on backup QBs. And he then poached Caleb. He single-handily added three years to the rebuild with his actions.

2. Donors love BV's culture and the quality of recruits. He got lucky getting DG on campus or it would have been horrible.

3. Serious mistakes were made with NIL. When NIL landed, you had all these people around the program try to cash in on the program by launching a website and calling it a collective. There was a lot of politics and donors did not know where to donate. The messaging was scattered. As a result, OU missed on a golden opportunity to buy itself into a powerhouse while Texas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee were pouring money on their offensive and defensive lines.

4. There was also people in the program that was not sold on spending for NIL. When Caleb's handlers wanted more money, they said no. But now that is over.

5. NIL is now fixed and money will be raised to do a "Mississippi" on the offense.

6. Do not be shocked if we see more offensive transfers including quarterbacks.

“And it could be worse”

If you know you know.

Cut the head of the giraff off and let’s start with a clean staff. This is embarrassing. There’s no excuses anymore. You’re either going to be competitive or you’re not.

Idc about player performance. COACHES ANSWER FOR THAT. THEY GET PAID MILLIONS TO DO SO. BYE BV. BYE BB. BYE SL. BYE JJF. BYE DM.

Anyone who has an excuse left in the book can shove it. I’m done.

T R A S H
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Redshirt Hawkins?

Just heard Cale Gundy say MH had poor footwork. Sounds like coaching !
Do we really want to put a 5 star on waivers after 4 games under less than ideal circumstances. Hawkins has great potential. But he is woefully inexperienced. Why not redshirt him and I hope we obtain a new offensive staff to include superb QB development. So give JA the long chance this year to see if he has it or not. This team isn’t going anywhere. If JA isn’t it then MH obtained some valuable experience and will be a freshman next year.
To build the program around JA and then jettison him after early poor play seems precipitous.

I do not predict this happens but it seems reasonable under the circumstances.

OU Athletic Department is like a country club

Nepotism , dead wood, overpaid old hacks , football is failing with the longest drought in national championships in OU history , basketball failing for 5 years now , no athletes in the Olympics , Gasso was hired before Joe C , gameday atmosphere needs work . Lazy internal hires of fired ex Sooners .
What does this AD that is good ? Joe C and his dead wood has to go .
Look at Alabama AD not skipping a beat inspire all the saban transition . LSU , Texas , Tennessee, and others excelling in football more sports .

No excuse for this OL

don’t care about injuries, 6 different combinations or talent

They are not even assignment sound. Letting guys run through untouched to go block air, they literally haven’t a clue who to block 7 games in.

Even if you have limited talent if you know where to go you are at least a speed bump to slow someone down.

I don’t understand how BB can’t even get them to know the blocking assignments.

Time to go young and play for next year, not a OL getting meaningful minutes that has any shot of being a starter next year.

The State of OU Football

I’ve been watching OU football since the early 60’s and I have never seen a less talented group of offensive lineman. Baker would have a hard time winning behind it. All on BB!
Our tight ends are also the worst I’ve seen on an OU team. All on JJ!!
Our running backs are the worst stable of RBs I’ve seen at OU. All on DM!!
Our starting WRs are injured, I get that, but I’m watching freshman WRs on teams that are playing great. Ours cannot get separation period!
Can’t fully blame EJ but he does bare some responsibility.
Our OC is clueless and should have never been offered the job period. One of the most storied teams in college football can’t go out and find the “best” OC and offer them a job.
And that brings me to BV who was offered the job without interviewing one other person, including Dan Lanning. There is a reason BV was never interviewed for an head coaching job while he was at Clemson. All on Bob and Joe C. “Comfort” hire!
So we as fans, get to suffer through this poor decision making for who knows how long.
I have only one complaint about defense, Billy B is still starting at safety!
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