Sorry man, but that's just wishful thinking on your part. It's okay, we'll just see how it all plays out, but the chances of OU not getting much better are pretty slim. People are thrown off because of what OU had been doing before but they haven't actually thought about just how depleted this team was when this staff took over or the fact that running a new system with players that were already taught one way is not all that easy.
People also forget that OU wasn't even as good as their record showed last year with Riley. They went 10-2 but could've easily been 6-6. And that's with about 15-20 good players still on the roster making contributions. Imagine taking over a team that lost about 95% of it's real talent off a team that couldn't even defend at all or move the ball efficiently on offense either. Venables should be given a medal of honor.
You can say these coaches aren't making a difference, but you have to remember, these are not their guys. They're a bunch of kids that were recruited by the previous staff to play a very soft, finesse style of ball. And that doesn't line up with what Venables is trying to do. Even the strength and conditioning program now is on another level from what it was before, and most of these guys haven't been able to adjust to it because they were never asked to work that hard before. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken you know what.
Most of these kids would not be playing for Venables at Clemson and they certainly wouldn't be on the roster at any top tier program. They absolutely ARE leftovers, nothing more and nothing less. That's why they have to get their own players on the field, and when they do you're gonna see the difference, trust me. This staff is working their butts off to get good players and were not even buying kids like Texas, A&M, Georgia, and Notre Dame 😉. Nobody ever complained about the job Venables was doing when he had real talent. So let's just see what happens. And yes, he was just a DC before and he's a head coach now. It won't matter, trust me.
