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kilroydos

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  1. He wants him there as someone he trusts and is naturally "below" him in the pecking order. It's the most honest relationship in the entire show. It's the Nero story referenced before.
  2. The thing that's encouraging to me about Venables is that he's bringing some infrastructure guys with him.
  3. I do wonder how much of it was expressed "strategy" and how much was a reaction to a push against competition. Publicly, Riley always said he wouldn't ever take just a body, he wanted only guys who he could project as Heisman, Round 1 guys. Realistically, he brought in Chandler Morris and Tanner Mordecai, both of whom were good, but not world-beaters. The other vision is Ohio State, who just brings in what they can and lets go whoever gets beaten out. This is probably closer to what the new normal will be.
  4. I can only speak to the OU side of things, but one prominent OU site had a fucking no-shame white nationalist show up and show off last night. I'd take a million Reddit CFB posters over that shit.
  5. He's in there for a second, but damn, they just ran out of time for him...
  6. Hey, we just got left out of nowhere for the hot secretary. We thought we had time before we really had to hit the gym and look into dying our hair back blonde. Besides, who gets after it better than a scorned woman?
  7. Absolutely. There's a huge discrepancy between the reaction to his name on OU-centered boards and the Reddit community. Reddit tends to be where the more reasonable and human posters show up, and they're pretty universally against this hire. It varies from "this isn't a good idea" to "I have inroads to Joe C. and I'm seeing what can be done". OU boards just want someone in place to help recruiting and they don't really know or care about the Baylor stuff apart from Lebby being asked to leave the field for potentially stealing signals a few years back.
  8. Honestly, unless there are terminators coming to coach those positions, I don't know why you let either Cain or Thibs go. Scuttlebutt is they weren't moving fast on connecting with Cain and he took the open offer at USC. Not so much a decision as a lack of decision forcing an outcome. I don't like that. I'd prefer if BV made a call and had a plan versus just allowing it to happen.
  9. Letting Cain go makes a little sense, but Thibodeaux is a guy Venables knows and has had some success recruiting and coaching. This one is weird for sure.
  10. I've never loved the fan-centric thinking that seems to crop up all the time. "Hire X to coach the position he was great at!" almost never works out. You don't hire the guy who was naturally gifted to teach other people. They don't generally have to study the game, learn and prioritize technique, etc. It's happening again because Roy Williams (OU) has been active on Twitter, fans are asking him to come coach safeties. Blows my mind. You know who was good at teaching safeties? Bob Stoops, who was slow, undersized, and out-athleted just about every time he took the field. THAT is someone who knows how to get the most out of what a player has.
  11. Definitely not, just speaking to the cognitive dissonance of a program seen in that light that has a verifiably strict compliance group.
  12. From what I understand, it's been strict since Bomar and the others were hiding things from Compliance. It's absolutely ironic considering the historic perception of the program, but OU Compliance has an active Twitter presence and is working their asses off. You don't get players having to pay back an extra $4 serving of pasta at a team dinner if Compliance isn't all over every aspect they can be.
  13. Agreed. No way he actively sabotages or tanks, but split focus and conflicting priorities lead to poor results, depending on your perspective.
  14. It's the eyebrows. They get in the way of connecting with recruits, so he made the decision years ago to proceed without.
  15. Stoops and Manning were in Tulsa to see Robert Spears-Jennings at 10:37 on 11/29 and Xavion Brice in Arlington on 11/30 Manning's coaching buddy posts something on 11/29 at 10:49 (Presumably PST) congratulating him on coming out west with #FightOn tags, etc. Reports of contact via phone with Domani Jackson (Mater Dei) comes out 11/30 referencing the student's quote that Manning "used to coach at OU" and was going to "have Grinch get in touch" from conversations that happened 11/29 Manning Has not resigned or been removed from his duties at OU as of now
  16. We all want to feel like our schools offer something special independent of the coaching staff that happens to be there, but the reality is that it isn't true for most athletes. You've got a handful that grew up with an attachment to a particular school, but at this level, they don't have anything remotely resembling a normal college experience or the normal goals of a student. I understand that some of the very specific sciences get that way, too. It doesn't matter what institution your PhD comes from, it matters who taught you.
  17. In an attempt to be rational, I'd highly doubt Lincoln was going into recruit's homes and telling them he was taking the USC job before it was announced. Zero chance he has them commit to OU and then orchestrate a flip campaign with nobody spilling anything in advance. What he did was sell them on HIM versus the university, which is standard operating procedure. Then, once the time came, the attachment is to the staff versus the school. Again, that's normal, it just feels worse because they publicly committed and said some nice things about the program. Now, if the Simmons stuff comes out as true, that's a whole different ball of wax, as he was in a goddamn car with Bob Stoops going to sit in on meetings with families all while texting other recruits he was on the way West. That's grounds for a show cause at the very least, and Parsons-level restrictions at the other end.
  18. Reportedly just bought/built a new one.
  19. Possibly was an old pic from just after the OU/TX game, and if so, super out of context and misleading.
  20. Agreed 100%. He isn't welcome at KSU, but he's turned down offers from elsewhere. He's stable and probably knows that being a glad-handing program manager isn't his forte.
  21. The only thing I'm "aware" of (thirdhand rumors, etc.) is that he had an issue with a donor's daughter, but that was 20+ years ago at KSU. He's not welcome there, certainly, but the rest of it is on his temperament and desire to focus only on a smaller job.
  22. As an OU fan, I hate that it's happening, but there's zero incentive for him to do this any other way. If you're going to make a move, you're not beholden to the prior job in any way. Your job now is to make SC as successful as possible, including stripping away any recruits or coaches you think might help with that.
  23. The fact that there isn't a clear answer floating around is what concerns me. Urban Meyer is a no from both sides, likely, and who else carries the weight to come in and save two years of recruiting AND prepare for an SEC move?
  24. Last time it happened was Fairbanks in 1973. Last time someone left to take a college job was in the 40s, Jim Tatum to Maryland, I think?
  25. Tom's admission/sentiment towards Greg this week was probably the most honest and caring anyone's been on this show. I also loved the irony of Logan saying nice things about Kendall immediately followed by taking it back when they were alone. I appreciate when a character believes they are lying while expressing something that's clearly the truth.
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