NORMAN — In, by far, his longest press conference of the season, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was asked Tuesday why he didn’t play other middle linebackers in the second half after Texas began moving the ball at will following starter Ryan Reynolds’ injury.
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“It’s our determination to say that this guy doesn’t know what he’s doing, doesn’t know what his key is, doesn’t know where to line up,” said Stoops, who played Brandon Crow in place of Reynolds. With Crow in the lineup, Texas scored on its final four drives to rally to a 45-35 victory.
“We’re going to go with the guy we think is the best to get the best job done. We see them in practice. You guys act like we don’t see them in practice. We watch them every day. If a guy is unable to do it practice, what makes you think he’s going to be able to do it in a game?”
This week, Austin Box and Mike Balogun are working with Crow at middle linebacker.
Here were some of the other major talking points from Tuesday’s press conference:
On Texas dominating time of possession being irrelevant:
“I believe it is. It isn’t irrelevant if we’re not producing points. If we’re going three-and-out, it’s a problem. If you’re scoring, then it’s not. That’s people looking to make something out of nothing.”
Thoughts on the run defense:
“It isn’t like we were busting things, giving up big plays. I felt for the most part two runs hurt us. The rest of the day, other than Colt McCoy scrambling, the run defense was pretty solid.”
On the kickoff return coverage team:
“It’s terribly inconsistent and aggravating. We’ve put a lot of time into it. We haven’t been able to get it done. We’ve got to get the right guys in there. They’ve got to make plays. We can’t make plays for them.”
On Kansas coach Mark Mangino:
“Mark has more than anything, a great work ethic. A great discipline. A passion to coach, to do well. Mark has a lot of great qualities.”
On Mangino’s contribution as OU’s offensive coordinator:
“We had a little more diversity in some of the runs and the way we ran the football. That was probably the biggest difference.”
On Kansas QB Todd Reesing:
“He does a great job. The guy makes a ton of plays. He’s accurate when he throws the ball.”
On when it’s the coaches’ fault vs. the players’ fault:
“If we’re putting them in a bad position, the coaches and myself. If they’re factors and you don’t play, then players have to be accountable. There’s always a little bit of both, though.”
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You still have to look at the whole picture Rob, There are not alot of teams who have been to the NC three times, Rose, 2 Fiestas, Holiday, etc.. That's good coaching.
Go look at my posting on Venables' story on Mangino. It hurts too much to reprint for those who will not see. When Stoops speaks, it's "look at the shiny object over here fans. Don't remember what you saw during the game. We'll go 9-2, or maybe even 10-1 before we embarrass ourselves, our players and our fans again. You are feeling sleepy..."
Like I posted before. We all have noticed the run game is lacking. That's Wilson's job to fix. We have much more talent at running back than Texas yet they succeeded . . we did not. Coaching period. Everyone has been nervous about special teams from game one. It finally bit us. Coaching period. You can't tell me we don't have the talent that every team we've played this year does. Yet their special teams played better. I agree with previous post that if a nit wit like me sees the same run play off tackle isn't working just stop doing it. We wasted at least one play every series trying to run when we couldn't. JHust pass the damn ball wvery down untill we fix the run game during practice. Don't tell me our coaches haven't been able to tell it hasn't been what it should be at practice. Again coaching.
Shepard, that's some clever writing. Excellent stuff. But don't call those who critcize Stoops "fair weather fans". Most are loyal, life-long Sooners who are genuinely concerned about losing the last 4 BCS bowls and 3 out of the last 4 RRR. Their observations of being out-coached are valid.
"Selmon" have I seen such "Royal" criticism of a great coach. Sure, he needs to "Tinker" with the running game and there's a "Lott" that needs to be fixed on special teams, but sometimes you have to blame the players, not the "Boz". If you "Watts"ed that game, it "Sims" to me that OU was slicing up UT like a "Wilkinson" razor until the second half when "Reynolds" got hurt. OU is always in the "Hunt" for a National Championship every year, and "Stoops" is a great coach. The coordinators are a "Wiley" bunch and will find a "Way" to fix it all. Oklahomans are not a bunch of "Hicks" but we will drive miles and miles "Overstreet" to see our "Sooners". Anyone who jumps off the "Sooner Schooner" after one loss is a fair weather fan at best.
They just need to go out there this week and "Pruitt" to themselves that they are still a great team even with a new MLB. Mark it on your calendars, the Sooners bowl game will be a couple of weeks after the "White" Christmas. So don't go getting all riled up and popping your blood "Vessels" this early. "Owens" you glad you read my post?
Some of you guys make a good point. If PSU loses and OU and Texas win out, there's a chance that OU and Texas could be 1,2 at the end of it all and play each other. How ya like them Applewhites, I mean apples?
Hey Christopher, I can explain what's happened. Wilkinson dealt in CASH - right out of his desk drawer. Nowadays - things are a bit tougher and they're having to resort to more sinister methods of breaking the rules - like giving out secret codes to gas pumps at boosters' convenience stores and extended test drives from boosters' dealerships.
"The bottom line is that if you want to be the head coach at the most storied program in the history of college football YOU HAVE TO BEAT TEXAS! Stoops has lost three out of the last four! He's also lost four BCS bowls. We are the joke of the NCAA when it come to choking! I like Bobby, everybody likes him. He does great charity work that is underestimated and of great value. But we need to face the facts that we are on a downward spiral since the 2000 NC. Wilkinson wouldn't have survived losing continually to Bevo, Switzer wouldn't have survived losing consistently to Bevo, and Mr. Stoops shouldn't either."
WHAT!?! DOWNWARD SPIRAL!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?! In 16 years, Wilkinson lost 8 times. In 15 years Switzer lost 5 times. In 9 years Stoops has lost a total of 4 TIMES. As for the Bowl games...Wilkinson didn't play one every year. Switzer lost his fair share as well. I would say that Bob is doing just fine. Fact is that parity has taken over college football, don't know if its a good thing or not but it does make the sport a little more interesting.
Thats why they play the game instead of just marking a W in the higher ranked teams win column. injuries affect outcomes,and so do mismatches. no matter what,only one team will win leave with the victory. a player stated before the game that BOTH teams were in the top 5 and BOTH undefeated, but only one team would leave undefeated and he was right as rain. Texas has a tough schedule ahead and we need them to lose two games in order for us to make the Big12CS. We lose the tiebreaker if we both finish with the same record. If we dont win the big12, the only way we play for a national title would be to play Texas for it. Better Luck next year. We have to win a bowl period.
Rob in OKC - haven't you heard? When a somewhat talented football player puts on that crimson and cream uniform, he is transformed into a super player who can break records, tackles, and noses. Nothing can stop him, except another crimson and cream uniform during a practice scrimmage. This is the facet of "sooner magic" that is always understood but rarely discussed.
We have a great quarterback and passing game. The running game, defense, and special teams have a lot of holes that need to be fixed. I'm happy we are ranked 4 or 5. That may not last either.
It is a darn good thing that UO doesn't lose very often or the suicide rate in Oklahoma might explode. I appreciate your passion for your beloved sooners, but jeez, I am cracking up reading all the expert opinions on this board as to why you lost to a better team. How about the Texas players were just better and they outplayed Oklahoma. They were better prepared and they lined up and won the game. Cheering for the sooners is like running in the Special Olympics. You might win but you
are still retarded. Remain calm, back off the ledge and get your gameplans ready for Kansas this weekend. Go Jayhawks.
Rob, Ohio St is consistently getting the same caliber players as OU. Watch any NFL game and you will see the league littered with a lot more Buckeyes than Sooners. Troy Smith, Ted Ginn, AJ Hawk, Anthony Gonzalez... and that is from just the 2006 team! I am tired of OU fans all assuming we have such superior talent to everyone. If you follow college football at all you know that is simply NOT TRUE. A lot of teams have a lot of talent. The days of Switzer stockpiling players are over.
Matt, Tressel has had far less talent to work with than Stoops. He (Tressel) gets the best effort out of his players in contrast to Stoops who has superior talent but struggles with motivatinh them. How many times have I heard from the analysts (and even OU players themselves) that the other team just wanted the game more than OU? I heard it this week from ABC's Lee Corso at the RRR! Corso sometimes acts like a nut but he knows football and he was politely saying that the OU coaching staff isn't doing their job.
Dude, calm down. Firing Stoops would be the worst mistake....not to mention it is complete wishful thinking on your part. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. Not yet at least. Players play the game. The coaches put that team in a postion to win. This team is talented enough to win against any opponent, THEY JUST DID NOT GET IT DONE LAST SATURDAY. Penalties, turnovers, lapses in covergage, breakdowns in blocking schemes....it was a combination of all those things. Things the coaches and Sam Bradford can't do themselves. If I have one gripe with Sam, he's still misreading defenses...at times he too looked confused, but he did make plays.
I also think it's time to pull the redshirt off of Calhoun (if there is one?) or give Murray's carries to Johnson or Madu. Murray cannot hit a hole right now and Brown just doesn't have that home run threat Murray had last year. Running backs not hitting the hole hard was just another problem.
Rob, I have a constructive opinion. You're high. Yeah ESPN gets too me. I pay for all their channels and they're a necessity but they like who they like and thats it. They can be somewhat objective professionally but if a team they like wins they're doing cameo's and specials. I.e., Mark Sanchez' pool party (sickening), now it's Colt McCoy again. He's great, made some great throws but then he starts talking about God has a plan for this team and I'm like, please stab me with a spork.
I agree Don. I dont have a problem with discussing, and some second guessing is ok too. To think we could find a better group of coaches as a whole is just ignorant. I wish we could vote out some of our fans Survivor style
It's pretty pathetic when so called fans complain about losing a close game to a very good team. These are the same fans that complain about the vanilla offense when beating teams by 40 points. Get over it! Cheer the team win or lose. This team wins a lot more than the losers that are complaining on this board.
Fellow Sooner Fans, we are going to drive ourselves absolutely NUTS if we keep worrying about what has happen and what could happen. We need to concentrate on the now. We'll never quit being OU fans no matter what happens. We can't expect them to be perfect all the time and there is always going to be some bad where there is some good.
Ok, Im sorry I spent so much time on this. Rob has just proven that he is not only stupid, but completely nuts! Ohio State is in an almost identical situation as OU. Tressel and Stoops: National title in the second year, multiple conference titles, recent embarrasing bowl losses. Big upgrade. You are as dumb as they come. You ignore facts and live in fiction.
Say Texas and Bama loses 1, and Penn State, SC and OU all win out. Do you guys really think the media favorite USC will be left out for us? They've already started talking about how great USC is again and how their loss to Oregon State was just an off day. Yeah they play in a horrible conference with no championship game but if ESPN, Fox Sports and every other media outlet keeps playing them up they'll get in on the popularity vote. Last year at the end of the year when Pitt beat WVU folks started talking about a 1 loss Georgia team gettin in over a 2 loss LSU team. All week ESPN whined about that saying "Georgia didn't even play in their conference championship!!" and they wound up playing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. I'm afraid that if OU doesn't play in their conference championship they'll be left out in the cold as well.
Oh, also, Rob, Switzer once lost 3 in a row to UT and Wilkinson lost 6 in a row. Keep in mind that Tom Osborne, one of the biggest names in coaching held the "cant win the big one" tag for years and couldnt beat Switzer. For years Nebraska fans wanted to dump Osborne who went on the win three titles in the 90's and I still beleive that the 1995 team is the best college football team ever.
eudell, Unfortunately, I think we should make an immediate move like Clemson did this week in firing Bowden. Appoint Kevin Wilson as interim head coach if he will agree to stop handing off up the middle on every first down. Venables, of course, would have to leave with Stoops. After the season, consider Jim Tressell. I think he's on shaky ground at Ohio State but would be a perfect fit for OU. He has a deep appreciation for the great traditions of college football, like OU's, and is a solid tactician of fundamentals, including covering kickoff returns.
Rob, how old are you? You think Bud and Barry did soooo much better? Lets look at the facts. Stoops has won 102 out of 125 games at OU for an 82% win percentage and is 6-4 vs. UT, that is a 60% win percentage. Barry won 157 out of 190 for a percentage of 83% and was something like 9-5-2 vs. UT, which is around a 56% win percentage. Bud went 145 out of 178 overall for 81% and was 9-8 vs. UT for a win percentage of 53%. By belittling Bob's record against UT or otherwise you are also belittling these two coaching lengends. To go a step further, you could argue that it is much more difficult to win now. The Big 8 didnt have many good teams, and there was no conference title game.
So Rob who do you think would a better job? Let me revise. Who do you know would do a better job? That would have OU in the top three winningest programs in the last decade, one National Championship, at least five Big 12 Championships. I love you guys, but we lose a game and everyone loses perspective. Stoops would be unemployed for one day, if that. Now Venables, not so much. I repeat, it's ONE Game.
I had a scholarship to play at OU when Switzer was there. To this day I regret not playing ball there over a private college. One year I was in a downtown Denver bar and cursed Colorado while the whole bar glanced at me in disgusts, I continued my rant for OU never fearing what I might get outside in the streets after the game, well, we lost that game but I still don't regret it at all! I wear my OU jacket with pride whether I'm in CA, AZ, NM, TX or CO to this day, every game day! Oklahoma has jealous sports fans all over the US, including right there in Stillwater, but I do not waiver my loyalty to OU! This game against Texas came down to bad calls by both officials and coaches. With a hungry anti-OU team like Texas this year, Texas did outplay OU, but Texas has a long way to go to even equal the tradition, the recruitment and the records that OU has set! Perhaps Stoops had ran his course of victory there and it is time to change the guard or our team is still young enough to produce victory over Texas and OSU! We shall see. Why is it OU loses the most important games of the season?
The bottom line is that if you want to be the head coach at the most storied program in the history of college football YOU HAVE TO BEAT TEXAS! Stoops has lost three out of the last four! He's also lost four BCS bowls. We are the joke of the NCAA when it come to choking! I like Bobby, everybody likes him. He does great charity work that is underestimated and of great value. But we need to face the facts that we are on a downward spiral since the 2000 NC. Wilkinson wouldn't have survived losing continually to Bevo, Switzer wouldn't have survived losing consistently to Bevo, and Mr. Stoops shouldn't either.
They do look down on the Sooner state, I live in in Texas and catch all the crap. What they do not understand is, the population ratio is 4 to 1, so of course they have more kids who can play D-1 ball. Those kids are going to play some where, why not OU? Because, OU can beat them. That is what they hate.
I would never purchase any horn signs, whether its upside down or not. I own a nissan altima and have an OU plate on the front. For those of you who don't know, "Tex-ass STILL SUCKS!" That game is more than just a game, its state vs state. I wish some of you, who claim to be OU fans, would go down there and listen to the garbage the Tex-ass fans talk. They think that Oklahoma as a state is inferrior to them. All they ever say is, "Your from Oklahoma!" As if it is still the dust bowl days. "@#$% Tex-ass!" OSU beat Tex-ass. Missouri beat Tex-ass!
Wouldn't it be interesting if Texas and OU were to somehow play for the National Championship? Good we just dropped to number four, I thought we would drop further. You can tell ESPN is happy. They make it pretty obvious. Congrats OSU, I didn't think you all could do it but glad you did. Get ready for KU.
TO ALL OF YOU WHO SEEM TO KNOW MORE THAN ALL THE COACHES;GO BACK TO YOUR LITTLE JOB AT THE CORNER QUICK STOP AND LEAVE THE COACHING TO THE PROFESSIONALS.
What? He's suppose to take it off just because OU lost to UT? No way. That's a fan through the good and bad. Just to keep the Miz-OSU game in perspective, OSU recovered 3 interceptions. Yes, they kept the game tight, but it was low scoring none the less. I for one, was actually kind of cheering on OSU during that game as I think Miz is stuck on their QB. Smash mouth football. Classic. As a Sooner fan, I'm hoping UT, TxTech and OSU lose a game. You also got to think back to 06, we lost to TX, but won the Big 12. Anything can happen, that's why we love college ball so much. But Sooner fans, let's be totally honest and if your not, you won't admit it, but with our problems....kickoff, kickoff returns, defense, running game....you really think we're NC material? There's no dominance unlike we had in 2000 with the defense or anything else for that matter. I'd rather have the 'boys play a game with equal talent than rather getting whipped again. You know I'm right deep down inside. As Walter Cronkite use to say "That's the way it is." We still must have something going our way as we only fell to #4, which really surprised me. There is still a LOT of football left. There will be a lot of injuries left to come on everybodies team.
Chris, I'm impressed with the way you keep referring to Texas as Tex-ass. Let me guess... you probably have an upside down longhorn sticker on your pickup truck.
I'm glad OSU beat Mizzou. I can't stand Chase Daniels. I also want there to be as much on the line for OSU when they play OU. Let them feel what it's like to play with something on the line. The games get tougher. The last couple of times OSU beat OU was with nothing on the line for them. So let's see if OSU can get to the OU game with Big 12 title written on the game. That means OSU beat tex-ass.
How bout the players taking some responsibility? First of all OU had the game. The special teams TD for Tex-ass hurt but we still held their offense. Mid-way through the third quarter Ryan Reynolds went down, at that point it was going to come down to one or two stops for either team. Tex-ass had 82 yards or so with Reynolds in the game. Negative 8 yards rushing. When he went down Tex-ass exploited the middle. End of story. We have to find a way to replace the best defensive player on our team. I'm no bandwagon fan. Let's take care of business. We thought we were not going to make the NC game after loosing to Colorado. We should have. Bradford went down at Tech. We win that game last year, we would have been playing for the NC.
Alabama and Texas will lose one game, Oklahoma and Penn St will win out. Texas wins the Big XII but the Sooners and Penn St play for the National Championship.
The problem is the money that is spent to what? Win the Big XII, that's not saying much until this year now that the conference is more competitive. Out of 9 bowl games since 1999 only 4 have been won, the biggest win has been against Wash. St. by 20, Florida St. by 11, Arkansas by 7 and Oregon by 3. Year in and year out Ou wishful and its media darlings promote itself adnauseam as "the best team" since the 2000 N.C. Year in and year out it's the same ole thing, then they explain away the reason for keeping the highest paid coach in NCAA football. It's your money and University reputation on the line, but the last 4 lost bowl games and 2 N.C. games has not been good at all for the "Sooner Magic" or the Big XII mantra. Just ask most anyone that follows college football.
Jeez, you all are the biggest whinin' crybabies I have ever heard!! Get a life, quit trying to be a better coach than Booby. Does he go to your job and tell you what to do and how to do it? You would tell him to get the heck out!!Yet, you seem to know just what to do to fix this team. Let it go, support your team and coach. Even if they are still over-rated and will lose 2 more this year. Take your pick on who those losses will be to. What happened to "Sooner Magic"? GONE!!!
Thank you Jo in Edmond...and to add, will someone please ask Bob why he hasn't went to the NFL and hired some outside source to lend a few suggestions on the Special Teams. Getting really tired of Bob making excuses for a formation and set that any good High School coach could pick a part. Absolutely no visible system to coverage and I seldom see any sign of a Wedge on kick offense. Check with Union and Jenks coach...I'm sure either would agree to help and those of us on this side of the State will tell you that both High School teams are better organized and COACHED on Special Teams...just my opinion
It amazes me how many think Stoops can't win the "Big Game". I guess those back-to-back Big XII championships (which has never been done before),and last year against the #1 ranked team in the country should be considered just another game. A big game can be defined as two great teams playing each other. Stoops has won some and lost some. Do you actually expect OU to go undefeated year after year. I'd be more worried if we were loosing to middle of the road teams on a regular basis. Pete Carroll who is currently considered the #1 coach in college football has not had USC in the BCS championship in two years and probably a third because of losses to UCLA (2006), Stanford (2007), and Oregon State (2008), and some of you are bitching because OU lost to Texas, the current #1 team in the country. We all watch the "experts" on ESPN and they all say the same thing. No one is going undefeated this year. Currently in the top 20 there are eight undefeated teams and three of the those are from non BCS conferences. In other words no chance of playing in the national championship game. That leaves five undefeated teams. That's it, five, and the season is barely half over. Let the season run its course before you start whining. There's still a lot of football left.
Bob has learned to be a master at turning your questions around as if you don't know what
you're talking about, or answering a question with a question. One question that needs to be
ask,"Is he looking at bringing in a veteran more experienced defensive coach to help Venables
put together a better defense and defensive scheme, depending on who we are playing, like
he did with Pellini." Between Stoops and Venables they gave Texas 10 pts. with poor special
team play and poor clock management before half. I bet nobody ask that. OU will be in its
wanta-be element this weekend playing a team in the bottom half of the top 20.
It wouldn't leave such a bad taste in my mouth if we wouldn't have lost it at the end after handling the horns so well. Oh well, there's always next year, and the year after. I know it's not over, but we took it out of our own hands, that's for sure.
HAHA...thats what OU gets, you rank them #1 and then they kicked their butts whipped by TEXAS. That's what happens when you start the season with Billy Bob school of welding and the Sally Sue school for the blind. Oh well, how about them COWBOYS...better yet, HOW ABOUT THEM LONGHORNS.
Brent Venables was once again out coached. It was evident Saturday and it is evident anytime we play a team with similiar talent. Bob Stoops constantly talks about players not making plays and yada yada yada. But, when is he going to start holding his coaching staff accountable. Yes Bob Stoops put Oklahoma football back on the map. But, when is he going to start winning games when he actually has to do some coaching. I'm sick and tired of getting to big games and knowing what the outcome is going to be before the game even start.
I agree with Kyle, it is Tuesday and it is time to move on to Kansas. I love Bob Stoops and pray nightly that he never leaves OU. How many of you remember the fun we had with John Blake? Oh yeah.....I would love to go back to those losing days.....NOT! I love my Sooners and I love Bob Stoops as our coach. Boomer Sooner Baby!
Funny, how the fans and sports people can be such wonderful coachs sitting on the side lines watching, eating the food, laughing and etc.
Guess maybe the fans should coach and the sports writters and then let the coaches be your worst night mares. Some people know matter how much a coach is the greatest with the greatest team, always have to blame someone for the loss. People never surprise me in no matter what happens, politics, school games or what there will always be a know it all every where.
I love how the media pretends to know what's best for any collegiate football team. If members of the media new what they were talking about, they'd probably have a job in coaching. Tramel? Carlson? You there?
Funny how we (ou fans) appear to have no sense of other teams talent. Texas is deep talented team. Days of the imbalance in CF is over. Read back on the blogs how over confident we were... I believe I counted over 6 individuals alone 63-13 range... Better give up the past and hope we got our stuff in a pile or kansas will....
Tired of all you neintendo Coaches...and whiners...get back on the bus and support your team or we will have Gibbs back. NO THANKS>>> GO GETTEM BOB, BOOMER SOONER
Matt, perfect question, or if you are using a linebacker, use Clayton. Probably not even relevant since they were playing almost all zone. You cover in your zone and arent assigned an offensive player. They were using Shipley in LB territory and they were getting killed. Maybe they should have used more Nickel formations. Im suprised they never made the adjustments.
You guys need to read between the lines on Stoops' comments on Time of Possession. He says it isnt important IF you are scoring, not going 3 and out. We had some 3 and outs in this game. UT moved the chains AND scored. Jeremy, you cant just tell Murray to quit being scared. They need to not be playing him as much. He had major surgery to repair that knee, anyone who has had a similar injury knows that it takes a while to be comfortable on it again. NFL running backs that tear ACLs are usually a shell of themselves the next year, after that they are good. I tore an ACL and it was better in about a year (no pain) but I was still VERY protective of it when playing sports for a couple more years. They still need to put him in, but maybe just a lower percentage of the carries and probably less work between the tackles, at least until he is comfortable.
All I Want for Christmas is MIKE STOOPS BACK!(in Norman) I want Mike & Brent back together. They were GREAT as co-D cordinators. I am sending my letter to Santa.
Does everyone realize OU has a game this weekend against a very good Kansas team? The players and coaches have already started to prepare for that game. Its Tuesday, time to move on.
How do you figure Jeff? So you're saying had we not given McCoy all those offenive minutes, it wouldn't have mattered? When they "don't" have the ball, that means we "do" have the ball. Pretty simple; we have the ball, they don't, therefore they have less chance scoring. How is that an overraed stat? You make no sense with that statement...
Players gotta make plays. Colt made more. We lost. Time to move on. And "Dingle", time of possession is the most overrated stat out there.
Still, i woulda liked to have seen a question related to: Why no coaching adjustments to the four WR set that was so effective? And if you did try to make changes, what were they? Granted Venables said they had not seen that set on tape, but they were in that set for the entire second half.
"If we’re putting them in a bad position, the coaches and myself."
That's my beef with Kevin Wilson. I don't understand the sudden lapse in creativity or the inability to recognize what is and isn't working that sometimes seems to plague him. I'm not calling for him to be fired. I'm just wondering what is going through his mind as he - for example - continues to call inside draws, that haven't worked all game, against a defense that is wise, with a running back that isn't hitting the holes with power anymore. The moment Reynolds went out, we should have been thinking "We may need to outscore these guys, because stopping them just got a lot tougher."
But, we basically wasted three series in a row. I wish the coaches could have heard all of Sooner nation yelling "What are you doing?!?!?" during those series. Meanwhile, Texas is thinking "Gee, thanks." We've all been on the other side. Recall the last couple of Texas A&M games???
I just hope we get the cap off of the offense for the next couple of weeks (especially in the 3rd quarter when we usually bog down) while we get the middle of the defense back in order. We may need to win a few games 56-35, or 49-31. If Wilson opens up the playbook again, and uses some of the weapons he hasn't been (Broyles, Brown), we just might come out fine. And, if he'll just recongnize when he ought to abandon a particular play because it's been called 3 times and doesn't work this week, that would be good. Who cares if we can't run if we score 50 anyway? We'll worry about the run during next week's practice.
And, I think it's time for another closed-door chewing of the O-line... similar to what was reported last year before the OSU and Big XII games. Get those big boys hungry and angry.
How many times did Texas pass to the same player, over and over, and never covered? I don't care how much you see them in practice, it was coaching! We OU had the fast off. we scored. When Bradford had to wait and wait for a play looking at the side line, we didn't score. Coaching again. Sorry Bob, be realistic.
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Exactly, my naive Sooner friend, BOTH WERE FIRED!
They just need to go out there this week and "Pruitt" to themselves that they are still a great team even with a new MLB. Mark it on your calendars, the Sooners bowl game will be a couple of weeks after the "White" Christmas. So don't go getting all riled up and popping your blood "Vessels" this early. "Owens" you glad you read my post?
WHAT!?! DOWNWARD SPIRAL!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?! In 16 years, Wilkinson lost 8 times. In 15 years Switzer lost 5 times. In 9 years Stoops has lost a total of 4 TIMES. As for the Bowl games...Wilkinson didn't play one every year. Switzer lost his fair share as well. I would say that Bob is doing just fine. Fact is that parity has taken over college football, don't know if its a good thing or not but it does make the sport a little more interesting.
are still retarded. Remain calm, back off the ledge and get your gameplans ready for Kansas this weekend. Go Jayhawks.
Dude, calm down. Firing Stoops would be the worst mistake....not to mention it is complete wishful thinking on your part. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. Not yet at least. Players play the game. The coaches put that team in a postion to win. This team is talented enough to win against any opponent, THEY JUST DID NOT GET IT DONE LAST SATURDAY. Penalties, turnovers, lapses in covergage, breakdowns in blocking schemes....it was a combination of all those things. Things the coaches and Sam Bradford can't do themselves. If I have one gripe with Sam, he's still misreading defenses...at times he too looked confused, but he did make plays.
I also think it's time to pull the redshirt off of Calhoun (if there is one?) or give Murray's carries to Johnson or Madu. Murray cannot hit a hole right now and Brown just doesn't have that home run threat Murray had last year. Running backs not hitting the hole hard was just another problem.
Just my opinion.
Please get Mike back in Norman. That is all we need. A little more fire on Defense!
No loss this upcoming weekend, hate to bust your personal bubble there, cupcake!!!
you're talking about, or answering a question with a question. One question that needs to be
ask,"Is he looking at bringing in a veteran more experienced defensive coach to help Venables
put together a better defense and defensive scheme, depending on who we are playing, like
he did with Pellini." Between Stoops and Venables they gave Texas 10 pts. with poor special
team play and poor clock management before half. I bet nobody ask that. OU will be in its
wanta-be element this weekend playing a team in the bottom half of the top 20.
Guess maybe the fans should coach and the sports writters and then let the coaches be your worst night mares. Some people know matter how much a coach is the greatest with the greatest team, always have to blame someone for the loss. People never surprise me in no matter what happens, politics, school games or what there will always be a know it all every where.
Tired of all you neintendo Coaches...and whiners...get back on the bus and support your team or we will have Gibbs back. NO THANKS>>> GO GETTEM BOB, BOOMER SOONER
Still, i woulda liked to have seen a question related to: Why no coaching adjustments to the four WR set that was so effective? And if you did try to make changes, what were they? Granted Venables said they had not seen that set on tape, but they were in that set for the entire second half.
That's my beef with Kevin Wilson. I don't understand the sudden lapse in creativity or the inability to recognize what is and isn't working that sometimes seems to plague him. I'm not calling for him to be fired. I'm just wondering what is going through his mind as he - for example - continues to call inside draws, that haven't worked all game, against a defense that is wise, with a running back that isn't hitting the holes with power anymore. The moment Reynolds went out, we should have been thinking "We may need to outscore these guys, because stopping them just got a lot tougher."
But, we basically wasted three series in a row. I wish the coaches could have heard all of Sooner nation yelling "What are you doing?!?!?" during those series. Meanwhile, Texas is thinking "Gee, thanks." We've all been on the other side. Recall the last couple of Texas A&M games???
I just hope we get the cap off of the offense for the next couple of weeks (especially in the 3rd quarter when we usually bog down) while we get the middle of the defense back in order. We may need to win a few games 56-35, or 49-31. If Wilson opens up the playbook again, and uses some of the weapons he hasn't been (Broyles, Brown), we just might come out fine. And, if he'll just recongnize when he ought to abandon a particular play because it's been called 3 times and doesn't work this week, that would be good. Who cares if we can't run if we score 50 anyway? We'll worry about the run during next week's practice.
And, I think it's time for another closed-door chewing of the O-line... similar to what was reported last year before the OSU and Big XII games. Get those big boys hungry and angry.