Defensive Backs Coaching Search
Posted on: January 14, 2015
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With the recent retirement of coach Bobby Jack Wright, the search is on for a new defensive backs coach at Oklahoma. I’m continuing to gather some information about the search, but I can tell you right now that folks are very reluctant to say much right now. Bob Stoops is doing his best to make sure very little information gets out. In fact, I was told that when the Lincoln Riley news got out everyone was interrogated…grad assistants, custodians, coaches…you name it.
So the purpose of this post is just to tell you the little bit I’ve heard, mention a few names, and then tell you who I’d like to see Oklahoma hire.
– Most of you have probably heard by now there is a good chance coach Bobby Jack Wright will take an administration position within the program. I’ve heard the same and it does seem likely to happen.
– I have also heard that OU really wants this DBs coach to be a “high profile” hire with perhaps an NFL background as a player and/or coach. I know we’ve got recruits and their families that read our website, so I’m sure they will be happy to hear that.
I’ll just mention a few possibilities that I like and/or names that are being talked about.
Chip Viney: Coach Viney is a name many have talked about in connection with this job. There are some that will say he might be a little too young right now, but I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. And we’ve been telling you one of Stoops’ primary goals with these changes is to help change the culture of the program, and bringing in some youth is one of the ways he is hoping to accomplish that. But let me make a few quick points in favor of Viney.
– Recruiting: First of all, the guy can recruit. I speak to DB prospects and their families on a regular basis, and just about every kid OU has recruited at the position will mention their relationship with Viney. That’s pretty rare to find for graduate assistant. Simply put, he takes the initiative to recruit the kids. And as a young guy who was playing at UCLA not that long ago, the kids relate to him and he to them.
As most of you know, PJ Mbanasor told me that out of all the OU coaches, it was Viney and Jerry Montgomery who were the biggest influences in his decision. Mbanasor is the highest profile cornerback OU has received a commitment from in quite some time. They beat out Ohio State, LSU, Texas and others to win his services. So that was a major win for Viney (and, of course, Montgomery).
– Networking: One of my big criticisms of some on the OU staff is that they don’t always get to know the right people. Sure they know head coaches and whatnot, but many times those aren’t the right people to know. You think Kahlil Haughton’s head coach wants him to go to Oklahoma? He’s a Baylor fan.
You have to know the right people and that takes networking skills. In talking to people here in Texas and friends in Florida, Viney has been doing plenty in the way of getting to know the right people. He strikes me as a person that understands how to find the folks that know and have influences over the players, and he gets to know those people.
– Teaching: Players on the team love him. He’s a players coach and, most importantly, he is a teacher. Many of the secondary guys will tell you that much of what they’ve learned at OU, in terms of technique, they’ve learned from Viney.
Having said that all that, I get the sense that perhaps OU is going to be looking for someone with a little more experience. But whether it’s now or later, the more I learn about Viney the more I’m convinced he’s going to be an excellent coach at some point in the future.
Ryan Walters: Jordan mentioned to me that Walters’ name has come up on the radio and through various other outlets as another possible name for the job. I don’t know a ton about Walters, but I’ll simply say this hire would surprise me. At least based on what I’ve heard OU is looking for in the hire.
He does have connection to OU in that he was a GA at Oklahoma, and also spent some time with Mike Stoops at Arizona. I’ve asked folks who know Walters and they say he did a good job at both North Texas and Memphis. His players like him, and he’s good at networking on the recruiting trail. But I’m just not convinced Walters gives OU that ‘high profile’ hire I’ve heard they are looking for.
Terrell Buckley: In my estimation, this would be a great hire. Buckley isn’t a guy I know personally, but we have multiple mutual friends/acquaintances so I’ve heard a lot about him for some time now.
– High Profile/NFL Background: Buckley brings years of experience playing in the NFL, which is something kids love. He has a Super Bowl ring and won the Thorpe Award while at Florida State. I talked about Buckley with a friend of mine who played defensive back in college and currently runs the recruiting in parts of Florida, he told me:
“His (Buckley’s) name is big in the recruiting game. He is legendary here in Florida. All the people grew up watching him are the parents of the kids he is recruiting now.”
– Experience: Buckley doesn’t have a ton of experience in terms of his coaching resume. He was a GA at Florida State, coached a year at Akron, and then this past year he coached DBs at Louisville. But his secondary this past season was statistically excellent. I asked a friend of mine who coaches, and who also played with Buckley during his time at Florida State, if his (Buckley) lack of experience should be a concern, he said:
“At some point his lengthy pro career makes up for some of that coaching experience that you want…”
– Teacher: Another friend of mine coaches defensive backs here in Texas and has attended numerous camps around the country. He told me that, in his experience, Buckley was the best at teaching the kids. He said Buckley is the type of guy who will put the cleats on, get out there, and go through the drills with the kids just to show them exactly what he wants. He (my friend) raved about his experience with Buckley compared others he’s had with many high profile defensive back’s coaches.
I also spoke to a friend’s son who is currently a D-I recruit and has attended multiple camps at schools like LSU, TCU, Texas Tech, Louisville, etc. He said that for him, Buckley was near the top in terms of guys that could teach the position and could connect with him as a high school player getting ready to go into college.
– Recruiting: Buckley has great ties in Florida and Mississippi and, believe it or not, he actually has ties in Texas as well. But just knowing what “the fellas” who handle recruiting think of Buckley and how highly he is regarded, I believe he’d really help Oklahoma’s secondary recruiting. As my buddy who played at Florida State said, “I like him…he knows how to reach the fellas.”
– Reasonable: Buckley is a big name hire, but he’s also a practical hire. I’m sure OU would like to go after a guy like Corey Raymond (that dude can coach), the DBs coach at LSU, and perhaps they should. But the likelihood of getting someone like Raymond probably isn’t very high. However, Buckley is someone who would very much be interested in the OU opening and I can guarantee would get recruits excited.
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Good stuff K
I also agree that Viney perhaps isn’t ready. It’s a shame because I’d like for him to be the guy, but I just feel it might be too early.
Crazy about Bob. He’s never been the same after the 2004 Sugar Bowl. Paranoid to a fault sometimes
“Even paranoids have enemies” – Henry Kissinger
Even paranoids have REAL enemies.
Sorry, I’m old school and go from memory…
I was in a class 30+ years ago and there was an entire wall of quotes that I sat next to. It kept my ADD flared up something terrible. Had I been tested on those quotes rather than the course, I would likely have fared much better.
This site keeps rocking and rocking. Thanks again and great stuff.
Who would have thought A$M could get Chavis away from L$U, a rival in their own conference, then perhaps OU can get Raymond. $$$ talks and we never know what is going through a coaches mind at that particular time in their life. Also, would be great to steal one from Miles. (:
Was hoping to see Clay Jennings name…
This. Can coach and recruit.
Just not likely enough in my opinion but would be a good hire.
I understood that Bob wanted to be ready for the push toward signing day so are we expected to hear about the hiring of a WR coach and a DB coach before thursday?
I’m on the Viney bandwagon, even though I don’t know much about Buckley as a coach it sounds like it would be high profile with his playing background, but I’d rather go with the up and coming new blood who has been putting in work for OU.
Me too. I think he’s earned the right by showing he can do it.
Is Duane Akina even a reality ? Guy can coach and has the resume to back it up. Great TX ties too.
Would really like to see this but don’t see it happening.
IMO, I think Raymond is staying at LSU. He is a LSU grad and would have to be $ whipped to get him away from there. He is currently making 310,000 so unless OU is willing to offer him over 500k I dont see it.
I think I saw LSU pays their assistant coaches a total of $5.5 million a year, more than any other program. OU was at $4.2m or somewhere near that. I agree. I doubt OU will get in a bidding war with LSU and even then probably couldn’t turn him unless he was dissatisfied for some reason working at LSU.
Any word on the WR coach? What kind of guy are they looking for there ?
What about Buckley for DB coach and Viney for LB coach when Kish is fired?
We need someone who coaches LBs to coach LBs. We haven’t had one for a couple of years now.
If Viney is on the staff already…? Why would you not get a new person, then you have two recruiting. You can always change Viney’s title and give him a raise.
Viney is a GA and is not paid.
What are the term limitations if any on GA’s ? Where does Viney stand in staying with the team or leaving ? Looking for clarity on GA’s.
Seems most are students and ‘paid’ like scholarship athletes with a stipend. There is a limit on how long they can stay. 2 years?? And they can make calls to recruits and interact on campus but cannot go on the road.
Thanks JR, I did not get that part. It is all making sense now. 🙂
My guess is Viney leaves if not promoted
My only thought on Viney is that he is rumored to have been coaching the corners this year. And regardless of how well he can recruit, if that was his product on the field, I’m not sure about putting him on DB’s. We need someone who can teach a little more bump and run tech. Maybe it was personnel, but I think Sanchez is decent and Thomas/Wilson had moments, so it smacks of coaching/scheme to me. It’s been said ad nauseam, but you can’t start 7-10 yards deep and back pedal from there with the Big XII defenses.
Viney didn’t call the defense plays/coverages
True, but plays/coverages weren’t the reason for a lot of the poor tackling, blown assignments, and simply getting beat too often.
This is my thought. But yeah, scheme and personnel play into it too.
Yes. But we saw A Thomas, Hayes and Wilson totally unable to stay with people. Parker improved. J Thomas embarrassed himself against Clemson being unable to tackle one on one. This is skill.
Agreed.
The inability to stay with the receiver has a lot to do with speed and have never understood recruiting 4.5+ corners and safeties to cover 4.4 receivers.
Thanks for that. In the past, we had “smaller guys” like Fleming and Hurst to cover. Did a better job.
Viney didn’t have any control over what happened in a practice, only the OC and DCs do. He just assists as they coach. Viney worked with CBs after practice on his own, on their own, and didn’t work with tackling but covering. He’s good at what he does so don’t criticize him. Don’t say: “Well, if they don’t cover better than that we don’t want him.” You could rather say: “If he didn’t work with some of them afterwards they would have been worse.” It’s the coverage and it’s on MS and BJW, not viney. He actually does a very good job teaching the intricacies of covering from what I’m told. Also, have we mentioned he connects with kids on and off campus, i.e., he can recruit! We need talent and coaching
I wish we had real clarity on who the freak was responsible for the DB’s this year. As an OU fan living in Cali I’d like to know. Viney? MS? BS? or BJW? From The Baylor game Wilson’s anger seemed to be aimed at MS and that means it was his scheme. But it may have been justified as Wilson was beat deep on the next play after moving closer to the line of scrimmage. Hayes, AThomas, JThomas, and Wilson were weak.
one of the best ?’s I’ve ever seen on here………hope you get a tfb answer
Simply, the fact no real disclosures have been made as to who was really in charge in the secondary for the past year tells me it was Mike. If you actually pin the responsibility on someone, the result almost begs the question why is the person still employed? I guess the escape answer is BJW and he is no longer on the active staff…but silence? All fingers point to Mike, but he is the sacred cow on this farm.
That’s a logical argument. I agree. Why do you think MS ordered such a cushion against teams? Even on 4 and 3!
I couldn’t understand MS’s reasoning for playing 10 yds off the WR: “Wilson had a broken hand.” Why then let the guy catch the ball and then have to tackle with a broken hand? Wouldn’t it be better to play him man-up and perhaps not have to tackle them? A broken hand won’t hinder playing tight coverage, but it will hinder in tackling. It’s like he went brain-dead to me on the coverage and reasoning for it, as did I thought BS on punting to OSU. I was watching the game and told our family: “I can guarantee you one thing, we will punt the ball out of bounds and not even let them touch the ball.” Then when the flag was thrown I said: “I can guarantee you that they won’t take that penalty.” Then when they took the penalty, “Well, this time they will not make that mistake again of punting to the other team; they’ll punt it out of bounds.” I was wrong all three times, obviously.
So what you are telling us is, we can never believe or trust you again? :-}
ha! Yes, probably! I still think both BS and MS are great college coaches, unlike many fans. There are a couple of things that trouble me about MS: I don’t like a coach going from HC to coordinator. I think they tend to coast. I like a coach on the way up, and although I’m not suggesting hiring a coordinator at a place like OU in their 20s, I believe in coaching and the business world, many times there are some who are extremely aggressive at “making it” in their 20s and 30s. Usually, not always, unless you are the head guy, people don’t usually stay as aggressive if there is no more chance of promotion, IMO in the 40s and 50s.
Another slight criticism of MS is the shouting at the players. I think things have changed and it’s not needed as much any more. The reason Mangino will never be hired again at OU is even Stoops knows he’s way overboard and runs too many people off.
Coaching at college level is about building relationships more than any other level probably, and all players who play at any level in college want more than anything in the world to be great; shouting won’t get them there and probably hurts. I see this at little league and they just don’t realize they’ve hurt more than they’ve just helped and the poor kid doesn’t know how to do better, or just simply can’t. It’s probably true at the college level too.
“I don’t like a coach going from HC to coordinator. I think they tend to coast.” I think there’s just as much evidence to the contrary. Guys like Kiffin who have a chip on their shoulder and a point to prove, or guys who found out the pressures and responsibilities of being the head guy are not as enjoyable as they thought.
at first I misread your comment. Thought you’d said we can’t trust BS or MS again!
It was MS. The excuse for 2013 was that he was calling the plays for the D and having to get as many as 5 guys lined up in the DBackfield, too, in a new 3-4 scheme. They had had Monty and BJW coaching 3 guys essentially on the DL in ’13 (in a 3-4). So, they gave the CBs to BJW, gave all three DL to Monty, and MS had only to call the plays and line up the safeties. I thought that was reasonable, and thought being a second yr in the system, we’d be better on D. We should be better just in terms of experience, IMO, next yr even if the coaching stayed the same. You have to give offenses some credit. They are very, very complicated in the Big 12. Not very much in SEC. Somewhat in Pac 12. I think Parker has the makings of being a stud. Most claim to be good on D you must be good up the middle. W/Phillips gone, then our inside LBs, then safeties, who knows? Shannon and Parker I think have talent to compete with anyone. Is Alexander “solid”? Coaches say he is. Will experience help the other safeties be better next yr? Can someone be as good as Phillips?
True. I question Evans on reading the read option at LB. The TE seemed to always get open in the middle of the field.
I didn’t know that active graduate assistants could openly and actively recruit players. It has always been my understanding that the only people who could actively interact with recruits, their families and their coaches was the Head Coach and his eight assistant coaches.
I suppose I learned something here 🙂
Shh…
When they get on campus they can talk to coaches.
Like Viney, too, but the experience factor is a big one. 1st I’ve heard Terrell Buckley’s name in a long time. Not sure how many kids today would remember him but heckuva CB and PR in his time. Connects to Mississippi and Florida. Ton of experience and can teach. Like the idea of nfl player, too, to put in front of recruits as well as the experience he gained in the league.
I would love to have Buckley as the DB’s coach, and keep Viney on board as a GA. That would be an excellent combo. Buckley gives you the big name, both can recruit, and in different areas, and both are known as good recruiters. Pairing them up, if that is an option, would be great for OU in my opinion.
I also like the idea of going after someone with an NFL past, or a big name. And while I don’t think “color” is a huge issue, I also don’t think it hurts to have a few African American coaches on your staff. JMO. Hire the best guy, but I like a little diversity.
Put another way, with Buckley and Viney we’d have two guys that recruit Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Cali well. That is some pretty fertile recruiting ground.
I know what you are saying, but only thing is, if Stoops can help Viney get a job elsewhere, he will. It’s only fair, then you lose Viney, perhaps to a competitor in the Big 12.
I like this move, a strong, well coached secondary allows a ton more freedom up front, blitzes, etc.
Yes. But inside out right? If there is consistent pressure by (ideally) the front four or three plus a blitz, then, the DB’s can play tight coverages.
Right on.
BJW was purported to make 300K in 2013, so that combined with some assumed saving in salaries from Riley and unknown WR coach could allow for a little something for a step up. Nothing against Viney and maybe they can find another slot for him, but the DB’s need help.
If those are the only candidates then Buckley is the only one that could be considered “high profile” Raymond makes almost 600k at LSU, we won’t be paying a DB that kind of coin..
He made 325K not 600K.
I got that number off Wiki.. It actually says 590k annually..?
Not sure why wiki says that but an article from December 10th shows he makes 325.
I prefer your number.. Would make Raymond a realistic option…
IMO, I don’t think the number is the problem. I don’t think OU will be able to pull him away from LSU (he is a LSU grad) without $ whipping him which means he would have to be offered a raise to 500k min. I would go on to say that $ isn’t a problem for OU but it is also a matter of if you pay this coach X, you would most likely need to increase the salaries of several other coaches to the same range.
In order to make a “high profile” hire that K speaks of.. We will need to fork over the $..
I would agree, and I am all for making the splash hire which would force the raise of most of the rest of the staff but I am not expecting this.
My favorite from the beginning is Viney. All I’ve heard is he is good at coaching the players and it’s pretty obvious he’s a good recruiter, too. What do we need a “big name” DB coach for? To recruit! He can do that so I see no big deal there.
I am curious whether Bob and Lincoln Riley perceive that Viney, allegedly a great recruiter and teacher, could handle the WRs? I know there is a lot of talk that some big name like Wyatt, Helton, Cumbie is going to accept the WR position and not be a co-coordinator?. I think not. Let’s see, Cumbie, a star TT QB in 2002 would accept 2nd banana to a 31 year old TT QB who was a walk on and never saw the field? That is not how life works. Actually, Viney’s age works well, in theory, with Riley, without asking some old guard WR coach to go over and get his instructions from the Boy Wonder. DBs…yeah, I live in Florida and Buckley is a big name around here even today. I am really surprised FSU has spurned him for a coaching spot and he is toiling at Louisville. Key to Buckley is he is capable of teaching a DB what it means to be able to play at Sunday level.
actually, it is how life works. Just b/c a guy started in college/NFL doesn’t mean he’s the better coach or won’t coach under someone who didn’t. Happens very often. Cumbie may not come, but it won’t be at all b/c they played college and Riley didn’t. If they see it as a step up in their career, and more money, they would come. Now they might n/come b/c they want to call plays. I see that but Riley n/playing and their playing/starting in college will have nothing to do with their decision. It is true that position coaches coach both O and D in their careers, but that would surprise me here. I’m thinking Riley will get someone who can help with playcalling/game strategy more that already has good experience in that area. I don’t think OU is a school that you bring someone over to teach them how to do that.
It may work for you in your world, but not in mine or in my profession generally. Someone like Cumbie, to accept an OU job at this juncture, without the co-coordinator title is essentially admitting it is all about the money and I will accept my demotion with a smile. He is already coaching at a program operating in a superior fashion to come to OU. Cumbie or no one in his same position with his experience level is going to come to OU for a lot of money unless they are willing to bend over and say, “laugh at me, I am a ho”…no, most professionals are not so wired.
I think I agree with you if I’m reading correctly. Who’s the better pitcher…Mike Maddux or Greg Maddux? Who is the better pitching coach… Mike or Greg? Just because you were better at it doesn’t mean you’d be better at teaching it
Just because Greg prefers to limit his pitching coach scope to spring training, doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be better if he actually wanted to do it full-time. Teams would jump at the chance if he had the desire.
yes but my point is, in my career it was the ones who weren’t quite as gifted on the field that were gifted at being able to extract greatness from their proteges
All of these new coaches are HUGE hires. He has got to hit a home run.
Stoops has not been too prolific on the last few hires at this position. In fact, he has screwed the pooch….
Thanks for the update, SK.
The secondary was the defenses greatest weakness this past season and is the one area that I know little about or fully understand how those guys function.
I don’t care if a “high profile” hire is made, as long as it is a good hire that can recruit and teach our secondary.
Agree. Also, someone who can recognize a player’s skills. Are they better at CB, Nickle, or one of the Safety positions. I think this is key and then he can teach what comes natural to them.
Buckley was a badass. Recruits may not remember him, but a quick search would have kids excited to be coached up by someone like him.
Showing off his SB ring and Thorpe award will get their attention.
Go Pack Go!
Plus, he invented the Lambeau Leap. That alone makes him worth hiring.
Google search has Leroy Butler doing the fist Lambeau Leap.
Oops. Sorry. Confused my DBs.
Thanks for the correction.
Ed Donatell, we need a pro if we are going to keep with the 3-4 defense.
Pipe dream.
Then whoever he says would be a good coach..lol
Why is there a coach ‘search’ for a DB coach? From mid-season on it’s been apparent to even the most casual viewer that a ‘fix’ was needed. Nobody thought about this prior to now? I can understand not making an announcement until after the season is over, but it’s been over for everyone outside of the playoff teams for a couple of weeks now. It just seems odd to me that it’s taking this long. Doesn’t seem like there’s any advantage to dragging it out.
Who says it is being drug out? Just because you did not find out about it officially until yesterday, doesn’t mean this hasn’t been worked on for some time.
Yeah just because you just pooped doesn’t mean your body ain’t been working up to it….good analogy? Yes? No? 🙂
Ok. Gonna steal that one. Can’t wait to spring it on the wife, then take a picture of her facial expression! Lol.
just don’t take a picture of what’s in the toilet 🙂 and wash your hands
Yep. Anatomy class at OU. 1 train car sitting on the tracks. 2 more train cars come along and bump it off onto the side track. Evidently we are always more full of poop then we believe!
‘at’s right
We don’t have a DB coach as of 10:30 today. There’s been no official notice of anything.
I am not important to the operation of the OU football team. Recruits are. One would believe they’d be at least mildly interested in knowing who their position coach might be for the next several years.
This has been coming for quite some time. As you may recall, during the visit to KH, BJW was quoted as saying if you have any questions, this is your Secondary coach and pointed to Bob. Pretty sure any recruit asking would be told they will announce as soon as they can but any concerns can be brought to him.
Which I get and understand. Things take time. What I am growing a bit concerned about is that the fact pattern also matches a situation in which Bob is having to be pushed to make changes. Changes which in IMHO were indicated by November if not earlier.
I hope I am wrong.
Bob isn’t having to be pushed to do anything. BJW admitted yesterday that he has been talking about retiring for the last year with his wife. I am sure this same conversation has come up with Bob since they are very close and he respects Bob. Once again, this has been coming and was planned for a while now. Just because Stoops doesn’t have a coach hired (that we know of) currently, doesn’t mean he isn’t working to finalize or complete his staff. I would just caution to take a step back and see what the final product yields when all the positions are filled. This will tell us more about both the offense and D.
Good advice, though it will fall on many deaf ears.
Well, then, I’m wrong and can quit worrying. You’ll understand that watching each and every game this past season burned more than a bit my faith away.
The timing can be argued till everybody on this site is blue in the face and in the end it just doesn’t matter because we are here now! What we can all agree on is BS needs to get this hire right, whether it takes a couple days or a couple weeks! We have to have the right secondary coach!
What if…………..we promote Viney to CB coach, get a new coach for safeties and new DC/LB coach?! Like that will ever happen!
Thanks Super K. Buckley is an intriguing option. Do you think he is actually high on the list of potential candidates, or were you simply offering your opinion about who you think they should go after?
Any reason to suppose that Stoops knows about Buckley? Any indication (HA!)of any interest?
Buckley is an interesting name, and I could get on board with him being added to the staff. Thanks K
From what you have described it sounds like Buckley is the most logical of all of these candidates. I know that a lot of the players are high on Viney but if he is that good then why has our secondary been so bad? Correct me if I’m wrong. Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about.
See answers below about Viney.
A lot of talk about Kirby Smart being in the running (not now) for the DC spot at LSU. No idea how true that is, but I wonder if he just wants to get our from under Saban, to prove himself? Or if the LSU thing was a HC in waiting scenario?
Either way, if he was serious about entertaining that, I wonder if OU would/could be an option? Would mean Mike would be gone, or would have to accept a demotion.
I thought LSU already hired a DC?
LSU hired Kevin Steele
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/lsu-hires-alabama-lb-coach-kevin-steele-to-be-its-defensive-coordinator-234142291.html
You guys don’t read so well. I said “not now”, as in, there was talk he was interested, even highly interested, before LSU hired Steele.
You’re correct sir, my reading comp isn’t up to par this morning… need more coffee!
It’s almost lunch time. I’m having bbq.
We’re into the co thing lately so lets just make Viney and Buckley co DB coaches and call it a day.
Viney could be a quality control coach, if Stoops plans on promoting him (which he should) but hiring a DB coach.
I like this! But I’m curious as to what a quality control coach actually does?
Whatever he’s told. lol
controls quality….
Duh! 🙂
I thought the same thing but we are limited to 9 coaches besides the HC and the only way that we could make this happen is fire Kish and put Mike Stoops in charge of LBs and that would leave 2 spots available for the Secondary! Not sure anybody would be in favor of that!
I think it depends on if MS leaves and then on whom we hire. If Stoops leaves, it will be up to the new DC. If MS stays and Kish leaves, that scenario could happen or we might hire another LB coach. If Kish stays, I don’t see them having him coach anywhere else.
Stoops is too damn paranoid
Captain Queeg strikes again.
The caine mutiny
I don’t agree. I executive searches are confidential. Word getting out can hurt candidates in current jobs, the possibility of alternate candidates and the negotiating ability of the institution.
It’s not just the job search but everyhing he does. Closed practices and his dealings with the media are prime example.
Closed practices aren’t uncommon at all. As far as the media, I’d say he’s fed up with a few.
Exactly. Another coach can look at a practice and figure out what they are scheming in two minutes. Athletes aren’t that much different, and the advantage is usually a little better athlete and a little better coaching. If not closed practices, why not let them steal our playcalling too? Is that paranoia to hide the playscalling?
BS answers every question he’s asked of the media. What is he not answering? He’s asked thousands of questions a yr! You think someone might could criticize you or me, too, if we answered thousands of questions and had the spotlight of the world on us? What we say might get splattered on ESPN w/in seconds of saying it? It’s the media that is paranoid, not Bob. He tries to be fair from everything I can determine, but when you know some are out to destroy you and the program, you have to be cautious. I can’t figure out what people want from BS anyway. And if they got it they’d REALLY wail about the program.
I dunno. Watching this past season it seemed like we did let them steal our play calling.
Bzinga!!! lol
If Bob bothers you in that way, you really wouldn’t like me if I were in his position.
Nobodies business what goes on in practice but the team’s, everyone else can wait for the game.
The media he has to deal with is a gaggle of parasites that produce nothing and suck the life out of those they latch onto.
the media is made up of a bunch of wantabe cry babies. all they have is a mouth. i don’t read them or listen to them (except on rare, rare occasion). When I do hear them crying about the Thunder or OU, etc. not telling them anything I lol. I love it–hearing them cry like babies b/c OU/thunder won’t tell them everybody their in on (recruiting or drafting).
I’ve developed strong filters over the years, when they venture away from unemotional who/what/when/where/how or why they get tuned out automatically. Then there are those who have proven they have a personal agenda that I don’t even give a listen or read, not even a gloss.
yeah. those who want to present sports news and that’s it are the good ones. schaap and his dad seem(ed) to be good ones
Ditto!
You are correct. That’s a big reason why Stoops’ leash is as short as it is.
haha. his closed practices and hatred of the media is why he’s on a short leash? that’s rich. i can’t believe some of you people actually believe some of the stuff you put out there
Yes, you can have an AMEN.
Agree completely. He MUST stay close to the vest. It not only can hurt his ability to hire, but those people’s ability to keep their jobs where they are many times. Just think about when you look for a better job with a better company. You want the company you are exploring to go to and yourself to keep things very quiet. It would be stupid for Stoops to let us know everything he’s planning. would kill the program.Every big business run exactly the same way.
yeah seems like you’d get hamstrung by other schools quite often if you blabbed all the time
Longtime reader. First post! I have a name to throw out there for a DB Coach: Derrick Strait! Dude was arguably the best CB of the Bob Stoops Era besides Slick Colvin. He was a leader, tough as nails, disciplined and showed yo big time In the biggest games. He has NFL pedigree and youth on his side. I believe he would be an excellent hire. Maybe not “the” guy right now but bringing him in and grooming him for a bigger position would be ideal. Pair him with Viney? That way Mike can focus on the LBs which is our weak point right now. D Strizzle gets my vote! Haven’t had a guy like that since. We need some fellas would bleed Crimson and Cream on the sideline. BoomerSooner
I think he has already been a GA with them for a couple of years but I could be mistaken. I thought of him as well but he has only 2 years experience at best.
Yes he was indeed. In 2012. But he also has 3 yrs of NFL experience playing for 4 teams and 1 year in Canada. That supersedes some of the coaching experience I believe. Having that NFL playing career is the most powerful tool when teaching college kids, especially at a place like OU where they would have a good chance of getting drafted because of the exposure of a big time program. How much is he playing career worth is terms of football knowledge? Dude played on the biggest stage. I believe that speaks volumes about him. Thorpe and Nagurski Award winner as well. Again, learning under the wing of Monty, Viney and the Stoopses, I think he could be a home grown Co DC/ DB Coach in a few years. Bring him in now before he goes to a Big 12 rival and recruits against us! BoomerSooner! ✔
Welcome! Great site, isn’t it? None of us have any idea who the next CB coach will be on here. But, I think it’s safe to say it will be a guy BS thinks who can coach and recruit well. I doubt he cares how well they played DB or if they played for him, that’s the deal. That was what a lot of people thought was why we should hire Heupel. I have never thought it mattered then, or now.
Yes. Ahhhhh- amazing site! I think Heup was a good hire when we brought him in. He had his shot to develop players and adapt to changes in personnel. But he regressed and was dismissed because of that. His failure should not discourage OU from bringing in former players. They should encourage it. CJ and Corey Callens are good examples. I think Jacob Gutierrez had a look as well. I think there are more Sooner Era players to come back as coaches. If Roy Williams or Rocky Calmus ever have the urge to coach, they would be a dream hire. They embodied what it is to be a Sooner!
we need LB HELP anything on that
i’d like to nominate K for the search committee, or at least paid consultant to the search committee.
I know he doesn’t have any experience, but I think it’d be awesome to see a guy like Ed Reed take on a secondary coaching role in Norman. Pipe dream, yes, but talk about a big time name for a lot of young high school recruits. As a Ravens fan, I know he has talked about wanting to get into coaching. It’d be the recruiting part that would be the most difficult.
ed reed and ray lewis are 2 of my favorites of all time. would not hurt my feelings if we hired him if he was a good teacher
I’d loose all respect for Bob if he hired Ray Lewis…
why?…
lsu putting a nice little staff together
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12166076/ex-usc-trojans-interim-coach-ed-orgeron-hired-lsu-defensive-line-coach
I have many LSU grad extended family, the one’s that live in/near Baton Rouge want Les to go away.
haha. sorry i should have clarified. besides les, lsu is putting together a nice little staff
edit: and if i hear rece davis call him “the hat” one more time it would be too many
We shall see, from what I saw of them this past season, they were the exact opposite of OU’s defense. The front 7 couldn’t stop anybody, but their secondary was air tight.
they were super young on d tho weren’t they?
Don’t think so, but didn’t pay that close attention to them.
well why not? 🙂
Rhetorical, right?
unless its dudley or whomever that was that used to help you with your rhetoricals
Our front 7 stopped somebody? I must have missed that game.
If all you are going to do is be negative about everything I would just as soon you didn’t address me.
…
Are the recents official visits Justin Reid has set up an indication he’s leaning elsewhere?
with very little word going around, does anyone have any sort of time frame for a new hire on D?
https://twitter.com/careywwls/status/555418794844094465
I’m happy for him…But he’s the enemy now. 😉
https://twitter.com/careywwls/status/555418794844094465
Did this work this time?
It worked the first time.
I can’t see it on mine. LOL well as long as it worked for everyone else. Thanks
Does that to me, too, at times. Not sure why.
Me too! Then you look stupid posting it twice 🙁
Me too.
I like the idea of Buckley paired with Viney.
I’ll second that.
Buckley sounds ideal but I wouldn’t mind Viney, either.
Could get even with Clemson and get Mike Reed. Early 40’s and his salary is reported at $285K. Top D in the country.
I am still shocked Kish still has a job at OU!!
Man, Stoops is putting it on lock down. Like its the Cold War again lol
Stoked for the next 2 1/2 weeks of recruiting
Me too! I’m itching for some news and updates.
Just seen Barnett committed to Nebraska
……better than a puke
true
Duke?
….Kidding.
Pair with Viney? Im routing for Former NFL CB, Defensive QC Coordinator, All American, Thorpe, Nagurski Award Winner National Champion and All Time Sooner Great Derrick Strait!
Hey, dreams do come true… BoomerSooner
Didnt OU offer his nephew a while back?
My choice from the beginning.
✔
Nice. Yes.
What happened to him, I thought he was a GA at OU
I would be on board if he was actually coaching somewhere. Not all great players make good coaches. It’s usually guys with LOFT disease that make good coaches. Stole LOFT from kelly Gregg
No assumption here that all great players make good coaches. I am no great coach, therefore I get to say: Derrick Strait for DB coach.
Although that would be ideal, he doesn’t neccessirly have to be currently coaching. He could be building relationships with other College coaches and visiting with HS staffs as well. Observing the game from a spectator perspective isn’t such a bad thing. Funny, guys like Bill Cowher, Steve Mariucci and John Gruden as mentioned for jobs EVERY SINGLE YEAR! And they’ve been in the TV booth for how long? Doesn’t seem to be affecting their clout with the league at all…
He tried to be a GA at OU and only lasted for 1 year. He is not cut out for college coaching.
Okay.
I respectfully disagree Sir. He didn’t just “try” to be a GA. He actually completed his role as Defensive Quality Control Assistant. Until someone on staff says otherwise, I’ll assume he did a fine job and will continue to mentor and teach young men how to play football.
To me Strait is the ‘Gold Standard’ of OU cornerbacks.
I don’t know how he would do as a coach, but if he were I would support the decision.
http://youtu.be/O7K7yXremG4
Watching that really makes the point that we have dropped on the D in talent. This kid and so many others in the secondary at that time were just really good.
No Kidding! If you look at those teams compared to last year how many players from last years starting D would have been a starter for the early 2000s teams? I can’t think of 1 outside of Striker.
He could lay the wood but the man was also a solid tackler. Just look how often he actually wraps up.
Came from Lanier High School deep in the heart of Austin Texas. Foolish Longhorns. This kid had swagger. We need that attitude back. Talent like that wouldn’t hurt.
Swagger + ability to back it up.
for sure !!!!!
Bingo! ✔
I am so happy I work alone. I must’ve said “Gawd Dayum!” about ten times during that clip. Been a long time since we had that kind of nasty in our backfield.
The video is fine, you are NSFW. :-}
Eh, it’s a tech sales gig. I have my little loft office, every mobile device known to man and my beloved Honda.
‘Have gun, will travel….’
Is that legal to tackle like that
T Buck…. Interesting.
T Buck baby!
Got to say, I loved the dude when he played. He was a smaller type DB, but played with a helluva lot of moxy.
Moxy is something this team needs desperately.
K….. If you were the man, would T Buck be your guy?
With the dead period ending, how imperative is it to get these position coaches in SOONER than later?
Also… I really like the Buckley idea. Strait is intriguing too.
Lawton OG Jalin Barnett verbally commits to Nebraska
6 months ago If I would have been told this would happen I would have laughed so hard. But the kid managed to make it to another solid program so best of luck.
A few months ago I would have called this a disaster. But we’ve recruited so well, plus his stock has gone down, so this is no big deal. Would be nice to get Wariboko though. Defending the home turf is important.
Good luck to the young man.
One problem with some of the Sooners secondary and other players as well has been the coaches and other players hyping them up to much. “Knight is as good as Manziel”, Jordan Thomas “will be an All American”, Ahmad Thomas is spectacular. Sayings like that are not good when the players get on the field and then proceed to stink. They need to be hush hush from now on.
Hopefully these players develop and meet the hype 🙂
they have to walk a fine line between pumping up the confidence of these freshmen and also discourage them from transferring.
Yeah but in some cases they add more pressure
I get this, but I also remember some sources from inside the program telling K that Cody Thomas and Justice Hansen had “NFL futures written all over them”, and another quote about a “bad ass offense”…
GREAT write up! I’m going to have to show up more over here! Buckley would be the bomb- I also like Viney- like you said almost every recruit whom he’s had anything to do with, has said he was a positive influence on their commitment. That’s big time important.
you’re always welcome 🙂
How much longer can OU keep Viney as a GA? I believe his max time is almost up. Seems like if he is not promoted, he will be gone pretty quickly.
They could always try and find a spot for him as a quality control guy, but that’s if he wanted to stay. Because, as you’ve said, it’s probably not long before someone offers him an actual coaching job.
Could Ou possibly pair Viney and Buckley? If so what’s the likelihood of it happening?
I don’t think Strait has enough coaching experience. Just b/c a kid can play, doesn’t mean he can coach. And there are guys who can coach, that might not have been great players. I have no idea about Strait as a coach, I just know there likely isn’t enough out there on him to know if he is good at it or not. JMO.
They actually brought Strait in I believe when the rules changed and you could add those quality control guys. Don’t believe he made it thru a full season, though I could be wrong on that. Regardless, he wasn’t there for more than the one.
From what I heard, he just didn’t really have the personality to be a coach. The way I remember it, might have been one of those things you think you want to do but then once you do it you don’t want it so much.
Thanks for the info. No shame in that. Coaching isn’t for everybody. Just drives me a little nuts when people start throwing out the names of every good DB to ever play the game, even if they’ve never coached. Not all of those guys, most of those guys even, likely wouldn’t make good coaches. It’s like good hitters becoming hitting coaches in MLB. Doesn’t always work like you think it would.
The combo of Viney & Buckley is intriguing.. Didn’t we just have a opening on the ancillary staff, like a QC type of position maybe? They could keep Viney in that kind of capacity, correct?
Don’t think it will be Strait because of recent DWI’s, etc. He was a great player.
mariotta gone for those that didn’t know
Works for those who don’t care, too. :-0
Quick OT, the auction I told you about and you liked that old bus?
It will be auctioned off Sat. night and all proceeds go to a wounded vet organization. Very nice, it originally sold about 8 years ago for something like $3mill.
dangit. just outta range…
Be fun to watch, though. Sat. night is the high excitement/high dollar night.
what channel was it again?
Velocity channel.
Will be on today from 5-10CDT
thank you sir
What about Duane Akina? Coached many top level DB’s at Texas that went on to successful pro careers and knows how to recruit Texas.
Could be a nice hire
Where is he now and would it be likely he would want it if offered?
The chance to stick it to UT. I think that’d be at least a decent reason
LOL.
Works for us, don’t know what his mind set would be. Could be the sight of the OU logo might throw him into a rage, if that ‘diaper surprise’ team color he wore was to his liking.
He is Stanford Secondary Coach.
He is probably approaching 60 years old, like BJW. Personally, I would rather have a younger coach with fire/passion that can relate to the kids he is trying to recruit. I love hearing about Buckley putting the cleats on and working with kids on drills.
Ah-ha!
Didn’t know he was an older coach.
I’m with you, the ‘youngblood’ infusion is more to my liking.
With Strait we couldn’t be worse than what we have had the last 5-6 years.
Heard on da radio that DGB hasn’t turned in his NFL paper work yet and tomorrow is the deadline. Could we possibly see him back? Thoughts?
he’s had some extra ‘data’ to put into the system, that’s for sure.
It is interesting that he hasn’t moved forward. Bad draft analysis predictions perhaps. Bad political climate as far as violence and character problems hurting him more then he thought? I would love to see him stick around for a year. Wonder if he was formally notifying BS when he told him, or was still unsure? Maybe Bob was sort of telling him to poop or get off the pot when he announced it in the press conference?
A couple of the stories I read were not predicting a very high pick, one even said he could go undrafted.
Can’t be any big money in that.
Not considering the sort of money they were talking about if he went as the number one receiver! Big, big, difference.
No, he could still find a pay check, but not Ferrari 458 Italia money.
Or Buggatti Veyron money.
No, but compared to the one and only Shelby Cobra SuperSnake, the Veyron is a mere pittance.
Really? How much was the Shelby going for? The Veyron goes for about 2 mil.
Shelby’s personal, one of a kind twin supercharged 427 Cobra sold at auction a few years ago for $5mill. Goes back on the auction block Sat. night.
http://barrett-jackson.com/Media/Home/Reader/carroll-shelbys-190-mph-cobra-427-super-snake-strikes-again
That is alot o cheddar. Would rather have the Veyron though.
Either or, neither is one you would want to actually drive.
I prefer hot rods I can actually have fun with like a Jag F Type.
Purrrty…
Pretty indeed. Yours?
No, some German guy.
On my wish list, though. I want the coupe, then I could roll through all the parking garages in Dallas, rev the engine and set off all the car alarms. LOL
They say Veyrons are amazingly easy to drive for what they are. Plus you have different HP settings. Watching them in drag races is amazing because even if someone pulls them out of the hole they have thrust like the space shuttle and, just like a sport bike they hardly slowdown at all while pulling at 100 mph-175 mph. All the time stable as a rock. When I beat 200 on my Busa it was scary as hell and a side wind walked me onto the shoulder in an eye blink. Haven’t done it since. The Veyron Super Sport does about 250! Incredible, Pulling in enough air to empty a 3 bedroom home every 20 seconds or so and using a gallon a minute when full out. The Cobra’s had clutches that took ALL the leg you had to depress and get hot as hell inside while being so lopey off idle they are easy to kill from a start even when you’re used to them. I talked to a guy with a real 289 one and he told me it was fine on the open road but stop and go traffic was a b!tch anytime he was in it. And you can’t see out well of either. BUT- I’ll take both nonetheless!
I’ve driven a Cobra replica with a 460, yeah it’s loud but man was it fun.
I would take an American Hennessey Venom over a Veyron.
http://youtu.be/gWAavCjVQvM
Not Carroll Shelby’s own 427 Cobra money?
Definitely not, you need Romo money if you want that SuperSnake.
What was their basis for him going undrafted?
They didn’t really go into it, I think they were repeating what some others had said. If I were to guess, I would have to say all he offers is unproven talent since he really only played one year; also, the personal matters that were so prominent since he was a freshman.
Saw a mock with him going high in either the 2nd or 3rd rounds.
And actually, he’d be a nice get for my Bengals if he is the real deal. They need somebody opposite Green.
sanu’s pretty dang good, but he’s no dgb
I’ve seen many different reports, the thing is there is no consensus he will go high. Many have thought they would only to discover they were undrafted free agents.
Oh, I don’t disagree.
Just barely Brutale numbers…
The thing about a Ducati is you need to be under six feet tall to ride them.
DGB passed that mark when he was a baby.
They make your old Gixxer seem like a cruiser, EasTex! 30 or 40 minutes is all anyone wants on one of em’ even IF you’re young and don’t mind feeling stress in your legs and the feeling your knees are up by your ears. Handle great though…
I like what they do, they just don’t fit me.
Maybe a good fabricator could make me some peg extensions and risers I could fit. Rather than do all that I would just get a Gold Wing.
that is a very true statement….but that’s an MV Augusta…which is still the case…
My bad, confused it with the Monster.
yeah buddy. another poo reference. love it
Yes. They are following me like flies on… well, you know.
Here I sit, all broken hearted….
/you know the rest
because you just sharted?
No.
You don’t know that old toilet wall poem?
negative
“Here I sit, all broken hearted
Came to s**t but only f***ed.”
farted is not a bad word
Vapors, flatulence, gas, wind, cut cheese, cut one or rip one aren’t bad, but f**t seems bad.
Don’t forget about those barking spiders.
our house is infested with them…lol…heck even the dog has been known to hide a few under the dog bed..lol
haha. don’t you always post south park stuff? and you think fart is too much? 🙂
Yeah, but that’s a cartoon.
I laugh at them because I could never do what they do in real life.
Terrence and Phillip show is close to some actual programs involving the Kardashians. Rather watch Cartman. Respect my Author-uh-tie! Hey! Quit hittin’ me, kid!
Somebody needs to photoshop a Perine image with Respect My Author-uh-tah on it.
…longing for the dearly departed?
I was checking the search engines last night, and all the stories that said “DGB will enter the NFL draft” all had it buried in the story that he was “expected” to enter the NFL draft, not that he had actually done so.
Guess we will know for sure tomorrow.
I reckon, I can wait.
It will be interesting. …so if it all falls through…can he come back?
no agent yes
hire agent no
I bet in all his young wisdom….he has hired an agent.
haha. he’s bound to know everything
What boomersooner said.
Its probably a pipe dream but can you imagine DGB in Rileys offense? If news comes out that hes coming back I can see 9 Big12 head coaches needing an immediate underwear change.
yeah, another poo reference. this is awesome
pee / poo take your pick
That would be a nice door prize for incoming WR Coach and Riley…to add DGB to the fray.
Easy. Somebody kidnap him later tonight for about 24 hours. He misses the deadline. We get a stud receiver for next year.
Boom!
Pour a soda on the fax machine, throw the WiFi router into the garbage disposal, and take him the long way on forgotten roads in the country to the submission office and run out of gas right in the middle…
Just. Might. Work.
Or hire Barry Switzer to handle his paperwork (wink wink)…lol
But whatever you do, don’t go near an all night deli…please!
I have a cabin in the deep dark woods. It’s our hunting cabin. It’s great because there is electric and we have a TV(with dish) to watch football but there is no cell reception, we cannot connect to the outside world and it cannot connect with us. If you guys can kidnap him, we can take him to the cabin. Who’s in?
We are on a mission from God.
http://youtu.be/gvKs2VLmVnY
Classic!
I’m not going to prison for kidnapping, but I’ll give you moral support when you are. Now go get him!
I’ve got a horse trailer that can haul an uncooperative *cough* *cough* critter.
Go get him Ray! Call me when you have “the package” and we will discuss the drop-off location.
Got a hackamore?
And a twitch.
Aren’t you down there by Broken Bow lake? I’ll kidnap myself to be hanging out there! Beautiful place.
About 2 hrs from Broken Bow. Got a cabin in the foothills of Cavanal mtn west of Shady Point, OK.
Beautiful there as well! By Poteau, right? That whole Eastern part of the state you’re in is pretty as hell.
Yes, very beautiful. Could not imagine living anywhere else.
Way to narrow down the “search area”. 🙂
Sorry, this would be my first criminal act, probably not a good idea to include me on this caper.
That conspiracy got blown up quick, Chicago it is, then.
Never have a plan without a backup plan. Rule #1
I know where that is. Got a speeding ticket there once. Went to HS in Smithville. Know that backwoods area like the back of my hand.
My grandparents lived in Shady Point when they retired, til they passed away about 10 years ago. Nice town
sounds kind of shady…
Hummm I lived in Shady Point in early 90s
Its about 15 miles east in of Shady in Dog Creek community. Back side of Cavanal.
…I can solve that for you! Dish internet service, wireless router. Why, you could have cell phone service over WiFi up to 1/4 mile from the house. You could talk with your boss or wife any time they wanted! Lemme know when to hook you up.
I believe the wife/boss signal loss is intentional. 🙂
You got it exactly right Ray. More boss than anything. My wife goes out there alot. She likes the peace and tranquility and me and the boys like to go shoot things.
I’m not real sure I want to be hooked up. Kinda like not having to talk to people at times.
Man, wouldn’t that be great…
If he stayed he would very likely make himself several million dollars next spring.
I agree and thought all along if he plays one year for the Sooners, is productive and displays good character it will assuage any fears that he is a high risk selection and can enter the draft on merit alone.
I think his family is hurting for money though. Tough to have that pressure hanging over you too. I feel for him in that respect. I hope he stays one more year and gets the bigger payday next year. But…
Good point, I know his biological family has had some tough times.
It’s easy to sit here and selfishly wish for the Sooners to be his first consideration.
Nonetheless…
my question is, what would the family have done if he couldn’t play football? not for one yr, but many yrs? I’m like you, I would never tell anyone not to do what’s best for their family in this situation, but I’ve got to think being hard up for 12 more months will be better for the family and him. Not for OU, specifically, but for him.
His best interest is what he needs to consider.
Sooner football will live on.
I agree. I think his stock would go up and it could mean millions more than if he left now. moving up five picks even, especially in the first round is huge. if he became the first WR taken, probably double what he’d make if he goes out now. It’s just up to him. It’s hard to turn down millions now for double later for most people.
I know one thing, w/shep and him, perhaps Westbrook, w/our RBs, and perhaps another couple WRs making improvements like Shep did a/f his 1st yr, could be all the difference in a season. That’s how important one guy as good as DGB. IMO, he’s more important than every other recruit out there this yr probably. I personally think our QBs will do better in a “system” where they don’t have as much reading as the play goes on. Pretty much you make the read b/f the ball is hiked more in this kind of O or like Oregon’s.
Was checking on some forums to see if DGB has indeed hired an agent. Can’t find anything, but came across a funny comment taking a dig at the morality of the NFL.
ROTFLMAO!!!
Think that’s funny to the people who were eaten? 🙂
Digested people can’t laugh.
Well…played sir….well played!
I don’t think they’re available for comment. :-{
I tell the nurse here at work that Jeffrey Dahmer makes me feel all normal. I can see the mental flinch every time, lol.
Source
I don’t believe this is accurate. All indications are he’s moved on and is training for the combine.
Figures.
Away from the office all day and still no big news I guess.
No, but I’m expecting tomorrow to unload like a belt fed weapon, what with the dead period ending.
I would be content with semi-action tomorrow and go full auto on signing day.
A compromise then, a 3-shot burst sear?
Perfect middle ground.
Gives us plenty of time to prep.
Impressive, she’ll make someone a good wife someday. Or she’ll force someone to be a good husband.
….hope she’s not wearing a hijab someday….
Where’s that clip from Predator when you need it?
That is so…80’s.
http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/5/52/Machete-M134.jpg/600px-Machete-M134.jpg
Antoine Stephens is announcing tomorrow so there will definitely be some type of action. Here’s hoping he likes crimson.
Indeed!
Wish he would bring his team mate, Darrion Daniels.
Ever since I saw where Stephens is expected to commit and OU doing an ‘in home’ tomorrow night and he visits campus this weekend, been thinking the same thing. 247 credits DD with a 4.7 40 at 285. Film looks good.
I saw something on him recently where it was said he was up to 303. Regardless, the young man is a force with his size, strength and speed.
We need someone with pull in Florida… I like the idea of Buckley!
unrelated…I see all the qbs for the air raid teams that do a signal like the money sign with one hand and also a signal that like crying when they are going to the line of scrimmage… what do these mean?
sometimes nothing. it depends on what coaches want it to mean or not mean. like baseball signs.
thanks. i wasn’t sure because it seems every team does that i didn’t know if it was something general. I’ve watched an ecu game and every time they’re in a hurry up situation the qb runs to the line of scrimmage doing the cry thing and he frequently looks at the coaches doing the money thing.
if the cardboard pictures accompany them on the sideline it might look like this…
mainly, you don’t want signs that are too alike whatever you choose. that’s all. we have no way of knowing.
they actually can change from one game to the next b/c the other team watches everything you do, and like in baseball, can figure out your signs/code if you don’t change them
Any idea what time today we can expect an announcement on commitment of Antoine Stephens?
It’s tomorrow I believe
Oh duh! Got my days mixed up. Just desperate for more news I guess hah
Me too
Thank you so much K. I love to see your knowledgable insight rather than a bunch of darts thrown around. Really like the idea of Viney. Sanchez said he was one of most influential people of his career too, besides his dad. But I get the ‘big name’ aspect. I just hope we don’t lose Viney if hiring someone else. He’s a keeper.
Thanks bro!
Kids may not remember T-buc but their parents, aunts, uncles, & handlers will and that’s what matters. Never thought of him as i didn’t even know he was a coach. I’m all in.
I remember him at FSU.
Don’t do the NFL so had no idea of his accomplishments there.
Do you think Viney would do well coaching the Safety position if we were in the market for a new DC? Pending Buckley coming over.
Well good, his BOOMER button is fully operational.
Got it up and running, just in time. His to do list is pretty intense I’d imagine.
SOONER, baby!!! Can we get a shOUt from the congregation!!
You bet. SOONER!!!
SOOOONER !
He’s off to a good start. SOONER!
Let’s have Billy Sims follow him around for a day or two! He’ll get the hang of it real quick!
wonder how hard that was for a young guy that still has some tech in him…guess money will change people lol
I think the “Boomer” part was what he was “trying”. He’s had a twitter account for awhile.
Yeah, he’s been going “Aaarghh” for the past five years.
I believe it was “tech” as in Texas Tech
The t and not the T threw me.
You think he walks around with a bag of ” Pirate Booty” cheese puffs?
There is such a thing?
Hahaha! Yeah, my kids love it!
Never heard of it, must be a regional thing.
Possibly a regional product.
where you at? i’m in slc and we have it. my wife gets it for our kiddos too
Los Angeles
maybe its west coast/mormon country chow
We’ve got in in Okie. My son loves it!
well then tex is just too old 🙂
Maybe they know how I feel about pirates and hide them when I go to the store. :->
hahaha
I prefer these this
i’ve never heard of “these this”. what is that?…
Don’t know about the pony, but I get the other, though from what I’ve read they weren’t always attracted to the damsels.
oh i was just funnin’. i was sure there wasn’t something called these this. let’s see…something in a corset or warm breath on the back of your neck….um i’ll take a corset for $1000, alex
Yeah, but with pirates they might say they would take a cabin boy…alex.
I would take the thoroughbred on a training track over a pirate any day.
Me too!
I prefer this
I never watched any of those pirate movies.
Pirates, from what I have read over the years, are not a group I care for, not from the olden days or modern times.
I would like to introduce them all to Rambo.
Just referring to the “pirate booty”
I understand.
Pirates are on my naughty list.
What’s wrong with pirate movies?
Don’t.Like.Pirates!
And don’t forget International Talk Like a Pirate Day – Sept. 15
http://talklikeapirate.com/
tryin to keep ya sharp
It didn’t work. :-]
Meant Ttech and saying “Boomer”…sorry for the confusion guys
I knew what you meant….what do I win? 🙂
a high five
A “stink-eye.”
Ohh…my bad.
Derrick was at OU…I think he didn’t work out.Buckley is the East coast Gold standard
people know him and kids love the Rock on his finger as more than a fashion statement. ..
like I said I want youth which naturally brings energy and excitement…he gets his hands dirty and relates well…NFL experience is a must for me and he’s got it…
with both Bob and Mike chopping at his heels I think he would be perfect…gotta move fast everyday we wait is a lost day in recruiting. .
Stephens tweeted he will not be committing tomorrow
Don’t like.
might wait until he’s visits this weekend
Maybe waiting to see who the new DB coach is?
It would be awesome if we all knew before he makes his official this weekend.
LOL!
Trey Millard got a haircut.
https://twitter.com/fat_daddy33
Pretty slick look.
I wouldn’t have recognized him without the caption.
Me neither.
This has been one of the slowest days in a while. I really hope it does pickup after the dead period. Oh, the agony…………..
Same here. I keep hitting refresh hoping for more news! haha
Yea, the only news I saw today was Barnett committed to the fuskers.
Just over 3 hours until the madness starts. Tomorrow may be a slow day around here I think there will be some serious notes come Friday.
The thing to look at tomorrow afternoon is whether dgb actually declared for the draft.
Twenty days until NSD, won’t be too many more slow news days.
Time to Pushit.
I just can’t see you listening to that with your glass of sweet tea.
I love StaticX.
The lead singer is a good ol’boy, builds his own off road trucks, drives them into the ground and builds another one.
too bad he died a couple months ago.. Wayne static..rip
DANG!
That is sad news.
I’m a rocker from way back.
Parents used to drop us boys off at my grand parents farm so they could go into Shreveport on Saturday nights to see the young sensation Elvis Presley at the Louisiana Hay Ride.
I saw Hendrix at the same auditorium 13 years later.
WOW!!! You have waaaaayyyyy too much time on your hands to find crazy videos. I’ve never heard of them. We’ll just keep pushin it.
HA!
I like the pace better than the Salt and Peppa “Push It.”
LOL!!! It has a good upbeat pace. You can definitely exercise to it. 🙂
Yessir, and it’s good freeway music, too.
Oooohhh, can’t listen to that. Like nails on a chalkboard only worse.
How about a song about a country boy?
I got one.
Alright, let’s have it.
Okay. See if you recognize some of the studio musicians.
http://youtu.be/vsQzw_Ax8Cw
Love Aaron Lewis. Rocker with a country boy twist. Love his song “Granddaddy’s Gun”
He is proof how important a good foundation is for young people.
Yep. Can’t beat raising young ones out in the sticks. Something really grounding about growing up on an old dirt road.
How to be self-reliant, is what I think.
Yes. That’s what life on a farm is about to me. Raise your own beef, grow your own veggies, chickens, pigs. Take care of yourself, don’t rely on anyone else.
I play that one on guitar, awesome song! Think I’ll play it right now haha.
Love that song.
Can’t beat “the possum”
Isn’t that Rob Zombies brother?
Never mind wrong band. Was thinking of Powerman 5000
You are thinking about Powerman 5000.
You are full of surprises there, EasTex. LoL Actually had that on my workout mix years ago.
File this one under “it’s all about choices.”
Brewer gets transfer release from Arizona. Had he stayed at Texsa he would probably be their starter.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12169453/connor-brewer-receives-release-transfer-arizona-wildcats
I wonder where he’ll go
Only the Good Lord knows.
With all the transfers going hither and yon, I can’t keep up.
I bet he goes back to Tejas…
I just read this on oui. I don’t know the poster but lets hope he is right. Re: Kyler Murray
“Well of course I can’t be 100% sure, but my sources and my inside information has informed me he will choose OU on NSD. He has over 300 twitter followers and the last name on his list is L.R. Bobby Evans has his blind side, is a good friend, and recruiting him hard. His g.f. is enrolling in school at OU this fall. NSD I gonna be fun! “
IF true, would be amazing.
What about the Crime Dawg New Orleans DB coach Wesley McGriff. He was considering leaving for Vandy but Vandy didnt have enough cash his asking price.
Kris Richard? No way right! But ma it would an awesome hire I think.
Stephens is no longer announcing today.. Apparently his interest has just blown up..
Crap. I was looking forward to that, too, because he had a chance of coming to us.
K, can you do one of these Coaching Search pages for WR Coach?