Vocal leadership from our QBs

[sonofUT62]

Heupel almost never, perhaps even never, fires staff.

Litrell ran an impotent offense at OU last year and is essentially the first member of the "Heupel Coaching Rehab Center" which is not a bad thing to have. No one decent was going to hire Litrell after the year OU had on offense so Josh gave the guy a low pay analyst spot to get it back together, like Saban did at Bama for coaches.

Litrell hopefully isn't "next up" anytime soon. Look at OU last year. Halzle is here until he gets a HC job like Golesh did.

Heupel got fired by an Alma mater that he led to a NC…by the coach he played for. He ought to understand by now that this is a business. If he can’t figure that out then White can help him. I’m not going to lose my **** about Litrell because I’ve seen OCs struggle when it wasn’t all their fault. Dave Clawson struggled and was still a quality offensive mind. Larry Scott struggled and should be sued for malpractice.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

The vibes I got from that interview was the fact that Nico just doesn’t have “it”. He wasn’t a leader or really much of a participant in the culture Heupel has built.

Glad we’ve got guys barking at each other now. That goes a long way in chemistry building for the offense. Sounds like we’re going to take a leap offensively that we need to this season.

"It's all about authenticity. Once you learn how to fake that, you've got it made!"

 

[Remy]

Absolutely. I loved the kid and felt like he was snake bit. It’s telling that Jones and Pruitt had Jennings had Trey and JJ in the locker room and still had bad culture. JG was a gamer. The TD against SC to Jennings is one of my favorites of all time.

His audible to keep it himself at the Bama goal line rather than run the play as called was an example of how he shot himself in the foot over and over and over again. It was a 14 point swing play all on him and to Bama's good. You know the play he got stripped of the ball, and the Bama defender took it all the way to house, we should have had 7 and didn't they for sure were not looking to get 7 points, a 14 point swing. One of the worst plays on offense I can recall a UT team produce.

 

[sonofUT62]

His audible to keep it himself at the Bama goal line rather than run the play as called was an example of how he shot himself in the foot over and over and over again. It was a 14 point swing play all on him and to Bama's good. You know the play he got stripped of the ball, and the Bama defender took it all the way to house, we should have had 7 and didn't they for sure were not looking to get 7 points, a 14 point swing. One of the worst plays on offense I can recall a UT team produce.

Yes. He made a mistake. He was publicly dragged and got his face mask yanked his for his trouble by his own coach. Lost the starting job the following week and came in and threw a TD while getting his arm broken.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

His audible to keep it himself at the Bama goal line rather than run the play as called was an example of how he shot himself in the foot over and over and over again. It was a 14 point swing play all on him and to Bama's good. You know the play he got stripped of the ball, and the Bama defender took it all the way to house, we should have had 7 and didn't they for sure were not looking to get 7 points, a 14 point swing. One of the worst plays on offense I can recall a UT team produce.

It was; you're not wrong ... but maybe at some point, we might forgive and forget, extend a bit of grace, and move forward?

Edit: I have had a good life and done a few good things ... but also a few cringey BAD things ... it would he a shame if I was ultimately judged by my worst couple of moments, ever?

 

[CAVPUT]

All this over "vocal leadership"? This team is gonna rally behind the guy who performs when love bullets are flying. Talk is cheap.

 

[sonofUT62]

All this over "vocal leadership"? This team is gonna rally behind the guy who performs when love bullets are flying. Talk is cheap.

I’m scared to ask what love bullets are.

 

[Shades]

We have been lacking players on offense like JJ a few years ago who had both vocal leadership and backed it up on the field.

Kitselman is showing some signs of that.

Someone who is going to show some fire and stir the team up when they are waning, both on the field and on the sidelines.

Nico was not that guy, and it helps tons when that person with fire and competitiveness is the QB.

I’m tired of seeing these super chill QBs who show no emotion or fire when things are down, especially when the team needs a leader.

Seeing some vocal fire in practice is an encouraging early sign, but of course it has to translate on the field also.

 

[Cartervol]

Lead by example. You can't bark at people and throw picks or fumble the ball. Nico seemed quiet, too passive, he had talent but seemd to lack the vocal leadership part. Noticed it at times last year when they proably could of used someone getting pissed off.