re: Discuss: Lincoln Riley

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Guess we should just pack it in and dissolve the program because you have unfounded doubts about our coach that aren't based on anything substantive.

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You have unfounded hope based on nothing substantive. Comparing to Kirby is a waste of time, he’s not as good of a coach as Kirby and the state of Oklahoma doesn’t produce the talent Georgia does.

BV was considered one of the best DCs in the nation, 5+ years ago. That’s great. Notice that the shine started to wear off of the whole Clemson operation the last few years?

I doubt that many share your opinion on Kiffin > Riley, doesn’t really matter though, one coaches at a school with 0 shot of winning their conference and the other coaches at a blue blood.

Bottom line, what’s the most realistic outcome:

- BV is the second coming of Saban & Kirby, wins multiple championships in the toughest conference

-BV is a tier below but fields a consistent top 5 team, winning around 80%+ of his games.

-something worse than the two above?

Basically you’re banking on BV being an all time great coach, in one of scenarios 1 or 2 above. Most coaching hires aren’t that, we will see if OU can defy the odds and essentially make 3 excellent hires in a row (with the caveat that those last two excellent hires weren’t meeting OU’s standards for the last 15 years or so)