head coaching job, is former Sooner fullback Seth Littrell. Both Seth and his dad won NC rings while playing fullback at OU. Dad won two.
Channel 11 News in Dallas is reporting the the leading candidate for the UNT
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That's great.
Yep, Seth was good, but in fairness to him his Dad Jimmy played in an offense that the fullback was involved in every play.
Different eras, both equally talented.
Now some bad news. Talked about on the Sports Animal this afternoon: Lots of talk around South Carolina Gamecocks nation (again)... wanting Lincoln Riley. Now Muschumps name is coming up too.
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Riley would turn down a SEC head coaching position and a significant pay raise to remain an offensive coordinator? You must be drinking again
Muschamp is a good coach, but as the Bama game showed....he's a regular potty mouth to the refs. He'd be perfect for the Gamecocks.
It would be really hard to be a head coach at 32, no matter how perfect your memory is. There is just so much practical life issues involved. If it happened, my guess is that we'd lose OUr qb recruit for next year, and likely OUr most recent running back recruit. Both are east coast guys who were strong on East Carolina before Riley switched coaching shirt colors.
Might be hard to find a really high quality quarterback this late.
Might be hard to find a really high quality quarterback this late.
IF it is an opportunity, hopefully Coach Stoops can "counsel" him that it might be wiser to be patient and wait for a better offer/opportunity.
Riley is going to be a hot commodity whenever he decides to go elsewhere, but I do not believe it will be for another 2 years. However, the South Carolina opening for a young coach has to be tempting and for Riley, I am not sure there's a better opportunity even if he were to wait a year or two. South Carolina might put forth a great effort to lure him.
Whatever happens, OU looks to stay with its current style of offense and to recruit players to make it work. I think that OU will stay with this offense at least through the remainder of the Stoops' era.
It is to Stoops' credit that so many of his assistants have always been sought after by other programs....even some whom he let go. This scenario works the other way as well....it helps attract coaches to join Stoops' staff.
Whatever happens, OU looks to stay with its current style of offense and to recruit players to make it work. I think that OU will stay with this offense at least through the remainder of the Stoops' era.
It is to Stoops' credit that so many of his assistants have always been sought after by other programs....even some whom he let go. This scenario works the other way as well....it helps attract coaches to join Stoops' staff.
The thing is, if you were a successful young man and a great opportunity came along you were counseled about the wisdom of being ready by several advisers, would you turn it down? Few of us would.
When I was officiating high school basketball, a lot of young guys would be anxious to get really quality games. It's hard to know you're not ready, when you're not ready. The saying among the wiser was that it's always better to get those really nutcracker rivalry games a year too late than a year too early. In the days of two man crews, that was a lot different than it is now with three guys.
Now the thing about Riley is that just because his name has been rumored to be linked to any job, doesn't mean that he is a serious candidate. But maybe it is. It sure wouldn't hurt the hunt for the next guy, if he got an SEC job after one year at OU.
So the big deal wouldn't be losing him. It would be losing him for the final four. That would suck.
Riley sure is young to make the leap to be a head coach. It's certainly not impossible though. As OU fans, we all want him to hang around OU a little longer. But I can also understand a young guy wanting to accept the opportunity and challenge this early in his coaching career. Not all coordinators/coaches want to be a head coach some day. Some are happy being assistants. But I would think a guy with Riley's fast rise no doubt is looking to run his own program someday. Depends on when HE thinks HE is ready to take on the challenge.
He is the same age that Wilkinson was.
I don't know that I would take the SC job. If he has the confidence in himself, he might want to hold out for one of two or three jobs that might well be open as soon as a year from now: LSU, Florida, or Oklahoma.
If Stoops were to win the title this year, he may decide that he has had enough. He should have sufficient money to have a great retirement, and he has been at it for seventeen years. He might want to go out on top. He is probably worth a million a year as a commentator, and he can do that in his spare time with eight months off.
I don't know that I would take the SC job. If he has the confidence in himself, he might want to hold out for one of two or three jobs that might well be open as soon as a year from now: LSU, Florida, or Oklahoma.
If Stoops were to win the title this year, he may decide that he has had enough. He should have sufficient money to have a great retirement, and he has been at it for seventeen years. He might want to go out on top. He is probably worth a million a year as a commentator, and he can do that in his spare time with eight months off.
Would "like" to think that Riley understands how much more he can learn from the coaching mentor(s) he has right now. Having said that, word was Coach encouraged Kevin Wilson to pass on jobs like Mizzou and a few others to wait for better offers. The way things turned out, he'd have been better off taking one of those offers I think.
Can't see Coach Bob leaving unless he gets to choose his replacement...who I would presume would be on the staff, or if on another team, have agreed to it behind the scenes. Chuckling as I type this last paragraph...funny how perceptions can change in a year.
Meachum was reported to be the man. The latest news today was Seth Littrell would be named the Head Coach?
I hope Riley would consider that a bad move...Stoops once said, "a bad head coaching job is a lot worse than a great assistants job..."
IMO, S. Car. is a bad head coaching job...
I heard that two. But this is a critical time in recruiting. I have to think that if it were Meachem, that they'd have already named him the HC so he could get at the recruiting trail. He'd have a little advantage in that he's been recruiting the same area the Mean Green does. Just not the same players. But if it were Meachem, you'd have already heard it.
If it's Littrell, or last week we heard that Riley was a candidate, then a guy I'd still say it was LIttrell, because it makes sense because Seth still has a game, which is why they'd wait a week to announce it.
I don't think anybody outside of the inner core at UNT knows. But they surely have been dropping hints.
