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re: OU @ Georgia / Sat 26 Sep / lost 41-13 / OU 2-2 / Seats are getting hot

Posted on 9/28/26 at 9:07 am to
Posted by texastigerr
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 9:07 am to
Actually I'm pretty shocked with OU. I had them starting the season as the best defense in the conference and expected Mateer to be what we saw early on at OU. So I had them in the hunt to win the conference and make the playoffs. I thought Venables was a good hire. I thought it would take some time but once he got his guys OU would be built for this conference a lot better than Riley would have. And maybe he will. Probably would be different if you still had Jeff Lebby. Who knows he may end up back at OU.
Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 9:27 am to
I didn't support the Venables hire. We could have taken (what seemed like a gamble, at the time) Lanning or a host of other quality HC candidates. But they didn't do a coaching search, only "let's get the band back together." With each passing year, it is clear Venables is not HC material. Too bad we can't have his defense with someone else making the decisions.
Posted by texastigerr
Texas
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 10:39 am to
I believe OU used ZRG Turnkey for the Venables hire. I know OU is a client of theirs and I believe at the time I saw an announcement that Turnkey had been hired to conduct the search. They are the biggest in the business when it comes to sports leadership search.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
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Posted on 9/28/26 at 12:43 pm to
I supported him as hire. Remember, Riley had some great O players and it got us nowhere. He declined every year, and Bob handed him a title team. Then he not only left but gutted team on way out.

So naturally people felt good about Brent. Won a title at OU then won 2 more at Clemson. Thinking was get some avg offense and we’ll compete.

Then Lebby left to be a HC, not much you can do to stop that. And it set us back. Then Jackson Arnold flamed out along with OC Seth L. Keep in mind it was Lebby who recruited and brought Jackson Arnold in.

So Seth is fired and we eventually bring in Arbuckle. His qb tags along but gets hurt. Seemed to be good prior to injury so thinking is he’ll be good this year. And he’s not

Thing is, Arbuckle schemed some great plays vs GA. Thats a bit of hope. But his qb sucked and he shoulda tried Whitt for a few series and basic calls just to give him live reps in case we need him vs TX. But Arbuckle never tried so its one step forward and one step backwards.

Brent gets all the blame but it seemed Lebby was the key and he left so you start over.

Who hired our TE and RB coaches? Those are great hires. Was it Arbuckle, Brent or someone else?

Know what. As shitty as we’ve played at QB, the scheme was great. If we beat Tx we are 3-2 and can turn season around. As always and with every team its about qb play
This post was edited on 9/28/26 at 12:46 pm
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