I don’t fault our players who are following a highly paid captain who seems to have lost his way.
The failure of this team is squarely at the feet of the staff. The coaching staff has failed to prepare this team properly. They failed in recruiting because they failed to evaluate and adjust to the new NIL world of college football.
Some have voiced frustration with Jackson Arnold. The blame is with the coaching staff who failed to provide the necessary training to improve his skills. He and Hawkins don’t have a genuinely qualified QB coach who can teach them the fundamentals to be effective. Arnold looks like the same QB he was a year ago. With training his pocket awareness improves. With coaching his ability to protect the ball improves. With coaching his abilities to read defenses and release the ball quicker improves. His fundamentals improve with proper coaching. It’s obvious he’s not improving and looks distressed.
IMO, the staff is not being held accountable for the lackluster performances on the field. It’s obvious certain players do not have the necessary talent or skills to perform athletically and those players consistently fail while on the field. Why do they continue to play each week? Because the coaching staff failed to evaluate them and have no replacement. Again, the failure is the staff.
The players must execute the play called but the player has to have the ability to do that. Too many players don’t, can’t, or haven’t been trained to do it correctly.
No need to continue to beat a dead horse. The answer is obvious and would be expensive to correct currently.
As fans we’re going to have to bite our tongue and watch the most embarrassing three weeks in Sooner history play out.
Wholesale changes are needed in several areas on the staff. And a magnificent dose of Sooner Magic to hold onto the recruiting class.
I hope it OU can get back to playing winning football quickly.
The failure of this team is squarely at the feet of the staff. The coaching staff has failed to prepare this team properly. They failed in recruiting because they failed to evaluate and adjust to the new NIL world of college football.
Some have voiced frustration with Jackson Arnold. The blame is with the coaching staff who failed to provide the necessary training to improve his skills. He and Hawkins don’t have a genuinely qualified QB coach who can teach them the fundamentals to be effective. Arnold looks like the same QB he was a year ago. With training his pocket awareness improves. With coaching his ability to protect the ball improves. With coaching his abilities to read defenses and release the ball quicker improves. His fundamentals improve with proper coaching. It’s obvious he’s not improving and looks distressed.
IMO, the staff is not being held accountable for the lackluster performances on the field. It’s obvious certain players do not have the necessary talent or skills to perform athletically and those players consistently fail while on the field. Why do they continue to play each week? Because the coaching staff failed to evaluate them and have no replacement. Again, the failure is the staff.
The players must execute the play called but the player has to have the ability to do that. Too many players don’t, can’t, or haven’t been trained to do it correctly.
No need to continue to beat a dead horse. The answer is obvious and would be expensive to correct currently.
As fans we’re going to have to bite our tongue and watch the most embarrassing three weeks in Sooner history play out.
Wholesale changes are needed in several areas on the staff. And a magnificent dose of Sooner Magic to hold onto the recruiting class.
I hope it OU can get back to playing winning football quickly.
