It's a slow burn but you see signs.
-Empty stadiums for ranked teams & decent matchups
-Ratings peaking for a couple big games but overall viewership is down 11% this September
Fan sentiment is souring & signs of impact are there.
"Gradually, then suddenly"
-Ernest Hemingway
I asked Ben Arbuckle why OU has stuck with Mateer as the starting quarterback: "We believe John Mateer gives us the best chance to win... We have to eliminate the catastrophic errors... Ultimately, it falls back on me." #Sooners
If BV really loves OU he goes to the program and says “let’s win. Find a head coach that’ll keep me as DC. Rework my buyout into my DC contract.” Until then, we’re a team with a DC running the whole show. We don’t have a head coach.
Brent Venables has not had a viable backup QB one time in 5 years. It’s a serious problem that you don’t have someone with a pulse that can at least give you a look. Especially when the QB is actively losing you games…
I asked Ben Arbuckle why OU has stuck with Mateer as the starting quarterback: "We believe John Mateer gives us the best chance to win... We have to eliminate the catastrophic errors... Ultimately, it falls back on me." #Sooners
BV benched JA forc a true freshman after multiple turnovers in a game. He benched Hawk for a struggling JA after multiple turnovers in a game. Mateer has 2 plus turnovers in 4-6 games this year and he is still QB 1. This is BS!
And OU coaches acted like he was a lost cause.
Picked Jackson Arnold over him and paid John Mateer $3m AND played him with a broken hand over Hawk
🤣🤣🤣
Literal worst coach in OU history
If I’m OU I give GJ Kinne a call in the offseason. Get him to bring his QB Brad Jackson and whatever RBs he can. His scheme is great and he is a pound the rock HC that would take a big time OC gig. Let him put in an O line that MOVES people. Averaging 300+ on the ground
Okay okay here’s my plan to fix OU football without firing Brent Venables…
Experienced OC, preferably with HC experience. Let them find new emerging OL, QB, and WR coaches. Spend whatever else we’re saving on the buyout to buy an offense.
For the OC position I’d look at
From college ranks
Chip Kelly
Gj Kinne
Sean Lewis
Bobby Petrino
From NFL (assuming they get fired or would even come to college)
Kliff Kingsbury
Zac Robinson
Tommy Rees
Kellen Moore
For the roster, instead of going for the 5 star or top portal QB again I say we get 2 QB’s. No more unbenchable players.
A P4-contender backup and a productive G6 or FCS guy that has to battle it out in camp with Whitt & Bentley. May the best man be QB1. AND you have playable backups
Use the extra QB money on a real oline and watch our WRs and RBs turn back into stars.
Sorry, big programs like Alabama, Ohio St, would fire the fuck out of their HC if they were in Oklahoma position but Oklahoma won’t do that, they’ll just let it ride.