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From 1999-2020 (and probably 2021), OU had a superior coach to Texas. Mack Brown was very good for a decade, but Stoops was a great coach. 
 
Thats a quarter century of superior coaching, sometimes very superior. An entire generation of Sooner fans came to believe there is something unique about Austin and OKC that makes Sooners line up better and play faster and harder than Longhorns. It will be a while before they believe any different. 

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49 minutes ago, statsman said:

From 1999-2020 (and probably 2021), OU had a superior coach to Texas. Mack Brown was very good for a decade, but Stoops was a great coach. 
 
Thats a quarter century of superior coaching, sometimes very superior. An entire generation of Sooner fans came to believe there is something unique about Austin and OKC that makes Sooners line up better and play faster and harder than Longhorns. It will be a while before they believe any different. 

That's what these dipshits don't get. They had a better coach that didn't fall asleep on the job and try to crater the program on the way out. We hired shitty coaches. 

There's nothing special about "OU DNA". Well, maybe there is, but not in the way they think. 

 

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2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Here’s the big question: Can they afford Heupel?

No.  Not because there's no money, but because the amount it would take to get Heupel back on campus for any kind of role would be double what he would take anywhere else.  He was rightfully pissed at being made the scapegoat for some of the decisions Bob made for the offense and the failures on the other side of the ball.  As long as Bob is hovering anywhere around OU, Heupel will show up when Tennessee comes to play.

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2 minutes ago, kilroydos said:

No.  Not because there's no money, but because the amount it would take to get Heupel back on campus for any kind of role would be double what he would take anywhere else.  He was rightfully pissed at being made the scapegoat for some of the decisions Bob made for the offense and the failures on the other side of the ball.  As long as Bob is hovering anywhere around OU, Heupel will show up when Tennessee comes to play.

I hope you’re right. OU falling up into Heupel would suck. 

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3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I hope you’re right. OU falling up into Heupel would suck. 

It was a strange situation, he was absolutely being groomed to take over, but never seemed to show the flashes of leadership or innovation you might expect out of someone who really wants to be a head coach.  Once he was let go, it seemed to both light a fire under him and let Bob know he needed to find someone he could turn the reins over to entirely. 

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Did Lincoln Riley come in after Heupel was canned? Yeah, that’s a burn. 
 
That said, that program will jettison anyone if they get in the way of winning. Ethics, scruples and principles are not the pillars of that program. 

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18 hours ago, statsman said:

Did Lincoln Riley come in after Heupel was canned? Yeah, that’s a burn. 
 
That said, that program will jettison anyone if they get in the way of winning. Ethics, scruples and principles are not the pillars of that program. 

Firing a guy who is an obstacle to winning is immoral?

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7 hours ago, SamsCorner said:

Firing a guy who is an obstacle to winning is immoral?

Presumably, when they signed Venables, they committed to a plan. They probably agreed this plan would take a few years. Jettisoning him as soon as a shinier prospect comes along, despite where they may be in the plan they committed to, is telling. 

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7 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

No way they're going into the SEC with a 1st year coach. He's going to get 3 years a least. They'll just Fat Mack/Strong/Herman/Jimbo and force him to hire new coordinators and then fire him shortly thereafter.  

We can only hope it starts with Roof.

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  • 1 year later...
[mention=6205]statsman[/mention] found this totally unbiased look at our 2025 rosters

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So fair and unbiased. I’m sure it would have looked similar comparing this years rosters. Let’s put up or shut the fuck up and circle back in a year and see how things went.
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50 minutes ago, Chango said:


So fair and unbiased. I’m sure it would have looked similar comparing this years rosters. Let’s put up or shut the fuck up and circle back in a year and see how things went.

There's a whistling past the graveyard going on here.

When I go over to OU sites and watch content from their insiders, I'd say they're pretty much done with the Venables era and they're just waiting for the string to play out. Sure, they'll get hopeful because that's what fans do, and they don't have the Battered Aggie Syndrome those cultheads do, but there's a part of the more rational ones that feels strongly things could easily go sideways again next year, and if so, the trigger is going to have to be pulled. 

They remind me of me during the dark periods of the 80s and 90s where I held onto the idea we hadn't been shut out in forever. They keep talking about their bowl streak like a mantra, to remind themselves Sooner football is still relevant, even when they know in their heart of hearts it really isn't right now. 

I think the more interesting part is the acknowledgement from the smarter ones they may not be able to keep up with the big dogs financially. Their athletic budget is fine, as far as that goes. But they don't have the deep bench of financial boosters, and they don't have the equivalent of Phil Knight or even a modern day T. Boone Pickens to make up the difference when it comes to NIL. They're in the same boat as fellow cheaters Alabama and Georgia. When it was all under the table, they were willing to match or surpass everyone else. Now that it's above board they're having a rough time competing. 

Honestly, I can't get enough of it. 

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