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.
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.
