Why Lincoln Riley Bolted

#81
#81
I imagine close to zero of the coaches or players have any loyalty any longer. Those days of playing for the pride of the university are gone. I don't care what they tell you when the camera is running.
That's what the lure of money does. Turns most things to shat.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mpfvol and IndianaVol
#83
#83
JBVolunteer said:
I know everyone wants to chalk his decision up as Riley being afraid of the SEC. Sorry, I don’t buy it at all.

If you gave 100 rich people the choice between living in Norman, Oklahoma or Los Angeles, California; I bet 80-90 would choose LA. The rest obviously don’t know how ****** Norman, Oklahoma really is.
Click to expand...
Personally, I like seeing another blueblood dumped on for the Southern Cal job.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mpfvol
#84
#84
GVol1966 said:
That’s right! But they do know Ben Franklin
Click to expand...
I doubt they know him either these days.

Edit: Yes I know what you meant so they know there is a guy by that name but kids these days don’t know who he was.
 
#85
#85
MAUSERWERKE said:
Look no further: How Texas and Oklahoma went from realignment conquerors to uncertain futures in four months
Click to expand...
Yup just posted about this early yesterday. No way was he going to go to the SEC West and compete if he couldn’t win the Big 12 with Oklahoma. He may coach in the SEC one day, but not yet. Meanwhile he is moving from a place like Norman to Southern Cal to coach for a school with a ton of tradition. Super smart decision. I hope his kids get a good coach though. I always hate it for the players when coaches do this. No way did Riley see the realignment coming.
 
#87
#87
BigOrangeTrain said:
He is scared of the SEC. Plain and simple. OU could have easily matched whatever USC offered.
Click to expand...
Or everything else equal, he would rather live in LA than Norman. That seems reasonable. OU should have made him a huge contract extension already. They are in the playoff hunt every year.
 
#88
#88
He's already pulling in 4 and 5 star players. Something Helton was unable to do.
 
#90
#90
05_never_again said:
College coaches and the programs they work for have slightly different interests. College coaches, like Riley, have incentive to win games. They have a stronger incentive to win than the people in the admin who run the program do. Their win/loss record determines their salary, if they get looked at for other jobs, etc. If Lincoln Riley starts winning less in the SEC, he gets fired and his reputation diminishes.

OU and Texas, even if they come into the SEC and stink, are going to make more money than they did in the Big 12, and the incentive for the admin people at these schools is to do things that bring in more money to the universities.
Click to expand...
Well spoken.
Coaches want wins to catapult them to bigger and better jobs and more money. Admins want more money/profit. Face it the SEC provides the money for a school to derive more profit from their programs than all the rest, I expect.
 
#91
#91
Because his path to a championship is significantly easier @ USC. He only has Oregon to worry about, and occasionally Utah. Southern California is one of the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country, so he doesn't have to cast to large of a net. I'm sure that everything they threw at Him only made the decision easier. I'm waiting to hear from the "a kids commitment should mean something crowd", y'all don't seem to have an issue with coaches who leave before thier season is over, or their players hearing about it on social media instead of hearing it from thier coach. If coaches can leave the kids they recruit should be able to transfer without having to sit for a year.
 
#92
#92
Actual footage of Riley's wife doing an impression of him upon hearing the news that Oklahoma has joined the SEC.
scared.gif
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement



Back
Top