OSU football: Monken-Weeden meeting a good thing


Posted February 14, 2011 by Berry Tramel Comment on this article Leave a comment

Mike Gundy put his quarterback, Brandon Weeden, and his prospective offensive coordinator, Todd Monken, on the phone together a few days before Gundy named Monken to replace Dana Holgorsen.

That’s a very good idea. And it made me think of Sam Bradford and the St. Louis Rams. Bradford last week said he had yet to talk with his new offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels, even though the Rams had hired McDaniels three weeks earlier.

NEW OSU ASSISTANT COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES: Oklahoma State University's new offensive coordinator Todd Monken addresses the media during a press conference at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, Stillwater, Okla.  Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD
NEW OSU ASSISTANT COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES: Oklahoma State University's new offensive coordinator Todd Monken addresses the media during a press conference at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, Stillwater, Okla. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

I don’t get it. You’ve got a young, franchise quarterback, the NFL offensive rookie of the year, and you don’t so much as put him in contact with the guy about to be his offensive coach? Don’t get them communicating even after McDaniels is hired?

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Berry Tramel, a lifelong Oklahoman, sports fan and newspaper reader, joined The Oklahoman in 1991 and has served as beat writer, assistant...


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