Oklahoma Coaching Search

#102
#102
Falcons02 said:
Apparently Beamer is highly regarded in Norman from his time as an assistant there. If they hired him you would have to think they wiffed on a few guys
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It will be interesting to see if Frank Martin stays as the Gamecocks's head basketball coach past this season after their surprising loss to Coastal Carolina,
 
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#103
#103
volfan_28 said:
Their only hope is building on the success Riley had with QBs, IMO. The high-powered offense is why they've been able to recruit nationally. If they go defense with this hire, they could fall even further than I thought. They will have worst recruiting territory in the SEC and once they go 8-4 or 7-5 and all the recruits realize they are no more likely to make the playoffs than Arkansas or Kentucky... look out. They could turn into the next Nebraska.
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That’s laughable at best. They could hire the waterboy and still be ok. It’s whoever they hire at the OC and DC positions that will tell the tale. If they go with a defensive minded HC, then I would expect that he will go out and hire a good if not great OC. Vice versa if they hire an offensive minded HC. Stoops was a DC when they hired him and he brought in Leach from KY to run the offense. Who did Leach bring in to be the QB? Heupel. They’ll be alright.
 
#104
#104
VOLINVONORE said:
If Fickell can win at Cincinnati, he can win at Oklahoma. Would hat to see him go there.
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Sumlin won at Houston. Surely he could win at TAM... right?

Fickell might succeed but guys often don't do as well when they step up like this. Cincy has only played 4 teams with a winning record this year. They've played some truly awful teams. Notre Dame was a good win. None of their other wins came against teams that wouldn't be blown off the field by UT.

At least this season... his resume looks as thin as Butch Jones' was when he got the UT job. In five years at Cincy including this year, Fickell has beaten a total of 15 teams with a winning record.
 
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OriginalCoach said:
That’s laughable at best. They could hire the waterboy and still be ok. It’s whoever they hire at the OC and DC positions that will tell the tale. If they go with a defensive minded HC, then I would expect that he will go out and hire a good if not great OC. Vice versa if they hire an offensive minded HC. Stoops was a DC when they hired him and he brought in Leach from KY to run the offense. Who did Leach bring in to be the QB? Heupel. They’ll be alright.
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He's not necessarily wrong about recruiting. They survive on Texas. Being in the SEC with Texas and TAM also in the SEC... could hurt them a lot.
 
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sjt18 said:
Sumlin won at Houston. Surely he could win at TAM... right?

Fickell might succeed but guys often don't do as well when they step up like this. Cincy has only played 4 teams with a winning record this year. They've played some truly awful teams. Notre Dame was a good win. None of their other wins came against teams that wouldn't be blown off the field by UT.

At least this season... his resume looks as thin as Butch Jones' was when he got the UT job. In five years at Cincy including this year, Fickell has beaten a total of 15 teams with a winning record.
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Wow! When you put it like that ...
 
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OriginalCoach said:
That’s laughable at best. They could hire the waterboy and still be ok. It’s whoever they hire at the OC and DC positions that will tell the tale. If they go with a defensive minded HC, then I would expect that he will go out and hire a good if not great OC. Vice versa if they hire an offensive minded HC. Stoops was a DC when they hired him and he brought in Leach from KY to run the offense. Who did Leach bring in to be the QB? Heupel. They’ll be alright.
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Oklahoma does not have a divine right to be a good team anymore than Tennessee does. Upheaval, mismanagement, and plain incompetence can derail OK, just like UT, Nebraska, etc. It hasn't been THAT long ago (mid-90s, pre-Stoops) that Oklahoma was as much as or a worse grease fire than any of the Dooley-Botch-Pruitt teams.
 
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#110
Falcons02 said:
Oklahoma does not have a divine right to be a good team anymore than Tennessee does. Upheaval, mismanagement, and plain incompetence can derail OK, just like UT, Nebraska, etc. It hasn't been THAT long ago (mid-90s, pre-Stoops) that Oklahoma was as much as or a worse grease fire than any of the Dooley-Botch-Pruitt teams.
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Are you referring to the four years between Gibbs and Stoops when they were not bowl eligible? That seems like a Sunday drive through the park compared to our past decade and a half.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Are you referring to the four years between Gibbs and Stoops when they were not bowl eligible? That seems like a Sunday drive through the park compared to our past decade and a half.
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Oklahoma's record 1989-1999 looks a lot like our ten year stretch from 2009-2019. So their downturn maybe wasnt as deep or impactful as ours... if they had hired a Dooley or Pruitt type instead of Stoops, it certainly could have been.

Thankfully (for them) they did not have Dave Hart or Mike Hamilton making the hires.
 
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Falcons02 said:
Oklahoma does not have a divine right to be a good team anymore than Tennessee does. Upheaval, mismanagement, and plain incompetence can derail OK, just like UT, Nebraska, etc. It hasn't been THAT long ago (mid-90s, pre-Stoops) that Oklahoma was as much as or a worse grease fire than any of the Dooley-Botch-Pruitt teams.
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How the hell does this jibberish have to do with what I said? 😆 Where did I imply OK had a divine right? Damn, ridge runner....
 
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#121
Where is the Day at Ohio State goes to the Chicago Bears head coach. Fickell at Cincinnati returns home to Ohio State to be head coach. Oklahoma is left out in cold and appoints Bob Stoops head coach.
 
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