Venables to Oklahoma

[Dell Husker]

 

[Cookiemonster]

I hope he fails terribly.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Guess he couldn't hold out for the Nebraska job any longer. Sad

 

[Red Finger]

Jaran Kanak = N

 

[BIGSTICK67]

I don't think this will go well, but it's impossible to know until the experiment starts.

This hire combined with the move to the SEC - woof.

 

[Tsakoi]

This is a big reach by OU. Venables isn't a name that came up for other big jobs at all. They are totally settling for a lesser choice.
I also don't believe that this will excite the current roster or recruits. OU better dust off the gas cards and no show dealership jobs so they can stay competitive in the SEC.

 

[gtlacey]

This is a big reach by OU. Venables isn't a name that came up for other big jobs at all. They are totally settling for a lesser choice.
I also don't believe that this will excite the current roster or recruits. OU better dust off the gas cards and no show dealership jobs so they can stay competitive in the SEC.

I think Venables turned down so many other interviews over the years that people just stopped bringing up his name. He’s probably the best DC in the nation and it seems like OU is the only job that he would’ve left for.

 

[Cash68847]

Supposedly bringing Lebby with him.

 

[Ext. 55]

Oklahoma background and a Stoops guy…makes perfect sense. Stoops flopping his dong on OU coaching selections.

 

[Cash68847]

This is a big reach by OU. Venables isn't a name that came up for other big jobs at all. They are totally settling for a lesser choice.
I also don't believe that this will excite the current roster or recruits. OU better dust off the gas cards and no show dealership jobs so they can stay competitive in the SEC.

It’s all about the assistants. If he hires good assistants he will be fine. It sounds like he made a good move on the offensive side which is the key. We know he will have the defense figured out.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I think Venables turned down so many other interviews over the years that people just stopped bringing up his name. He’s probably the best DC in the nation and it seems like OU is the only job that he would’ve left for.

I tend to fall into this camp.

 

[...TrueColors...]

Supposedly bringing Lebby with him.

They don’t think they’ll be able to get Lebby. At least they didn’t as of Thursday.

 

[DuckSker]

Bad hire for them. They will slowly creep into 7-5 territory every year in the SEC

 

[herbsinator]

Bad hire for them. They will slowly creep into 7-5 territory every year in the SEC

They were probably headed that way anyway if they couldn’t get their D figured out.

 

[Cash68847]

They don’t think they’ll be able to get Lebby. At least they didn’t as of Thursday.

If venerables gets him or a quality oc I could see him working.

 

[djw004]

Oklahoma becoming a defensive hub? Weird. They certainly have the talent for it…but still weird

Also - I don’t believe this until it’s inked

 

[Bootleg11]

Seems like an underwhelming hire for a program like OU.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Seems like an underwhelming hire for a program like OU.

Whose left?

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

I hope he fails terribly.

He will. Does meth

 

[Irv]

Glad to see them following the NU model of risking everything on any sort of tie to the past. Wish them all of our success.