Holtz to La. Tech/Norvell isnt leaving 12/13

[Yuck Fu]

I never wanted Mangino gone and would take him back in a heartbeat

Yours or his?

[SoonerDan74012]

Yours or his?

LMAO

[LVSOONER15]

Hate to see Norvell leave. But lets see what happens.

[61sooner]

Really good ****istants aren't going to stay forever, it's a fact of life in college football. Just have to adjust. The HC has to be able to get
really good replacements, that's his job, something I'm not sure Bob has done of late. It's a crapshoot cause sometimes even highly touted
****istants can fall on their faces. As much as we howl over the current staff, it's not like OU has gone 8-5, 7-6 for the past couple of years.

[OU Pepperoni]

Last time I checked our O-lne was pretty damn good.

[SoonerDan74012]

Last time I checked our O-lne was pretty damn good.

In p**** protection.

[lobster999]

Really good ****istants aren't going to stay forever, it's a fact of life in college football. Just have to adjust. The HC has to be able to get
really good replacements, that's his job, something I'm not sure Bob has done of late. It's a crapshoot cause sometimes even highly touted
****istants can fall on their faces. As much as we howl over the current staff, it's not like OU has gone 8-5, 7-6 for the past couple of years.

I'd say Bob has done well with hiring. I haven't seen many teams have the ****istant turn over that he has had since coming here. I didn't like the Josh promotion much and I really didn't like the Kittle hiring, but for the most part Bob has done very good.

[SixBean]

I'd say Bob has done well with hiring. I haven't seen many teams have the ****istant turn over that he has had since coming here. I didn't like the Josh promotion much and I really didn't like the Kittle hiring, but for the most part Bob has done very good.

Patton and Martinez were both bad hires as well.

[SpankyNek]

Patton is a bad fit now, but he was aces in KW's scheme.

[oudidntknow84]

Its looking more and more likely that we lose 3-4 games next year. Its always something for us. Whether it be injuries or coaches leaving.

[DirtySouth_Sooner]

i was kind of hoping for a little change during off season but not this. Heupel and Norvell are not only two of our best position coaches (along with being good OC's ... again only in their second year) but our best recruiters too.

losing both would be a disaster.

[Camel at Sea]

If we lose Josh and/or Norvell, I think Seth Littrell is going to get a phone call.

[lobster999]

Patton and Martinez were both bad hires as well.

Martinez was terrible. Patton I'm still on the fence about, but I'm leaning towards wanting a change there too. I think Patton was a KW hire that Bob just signed off on.

[El Jefe]

Its looking more and more likely that we lose 3-4 games next year. Its always something for us. Whether it be injuries or coaches leaving.

Wow. This seasons isn't even over yet.

[Jbaker]

Patton is a bad fit now, but he was aces in KW's scheme.

True, but I also think that had a lot to do with KW being here, not just his scheme. He was a VERY good OL coach.

[soonerbornsoonerbret]

Its looking more and more likely that we lose 3-4 games next year. Its always something for us. Whether it be injuries or coaches leaving.

Wow, how is 2015 looking?

[oudidntknow84]

Wow. This seasons isn't even over yet.

I understand what you guys are trying to say. But when has a coaching change in the off season produced a better record than the year before when it comes to us?

[DHF]

I understand what you guys are trying to say. But when has a coaching change in the off season produced a better record than the year before when it comes to us?

We changed DC's last offseason and finished this regular season with a better record.

[DirtySouth_Sooner]

Martinez was terrible. Patton I'm still on the fence about, but I'm leaning towards wanting a change there too. I think Patton was a KW hire that Bob just signed off on.

agree with patton ... hell, LJ threw the ball over a 150 times in the last 3 games and was sacked maybe less than 5 times. i'm sure that had more to do with the OL than LJ's mobility. injuries have killed us in the last few years and he's done a good job making do with what's left.

[lobster999]

I understand what you guys are trying to say. But when has a coaching change in the off season produced a better record than the year before when it comes to us?

Replaced Leach with Mangino and won a national championship. Change can be a good thing. Outside of this thread I haven't seen anything about Josh leaving.

[oudidntknow84]

We changed DC's last offseason and finished this regular season with a better record.

You sir, are correct. And I hope we do it again.

[lauderdaleOU]

any truth to this rumor at all?

[ben.woods1986]

Carey is reporting something on it over at soonerscoop.

[Bruno Gianelli]

I understand what you guys are trying to say.

Which is predicting next year's record before this year is done is ludicrous.

[Fahooglegods]

i think you guys are crazy the offense can't run the ball but we had injuries and we threw the ball great. if josh and jay leave and we bring in a offense that wants to just run the ball we will be like texas cant do either

Holy **** balls, run-on sentence.

[SoonerSteve1]

Hello new offensive coordinator Norvell... Here is hear to kick **** and chew bubble gum and he is all out of bubble gum!

[Fahooglegods]

Its looking more and more likely that we lose 3-4 games next year. Its always something for us. Whether it be injuries or coaches leaving.

False, Blake Bell will not allow that.

[bruthaman]

Hes not ready, but I wish he would go.

[willie]

Replaced Leach with Mangino and won a national championship. Change can be a good thing. Outside of this thread I haven't seen anything about Josh leaving.

we also had a better record in 04 than in 03 after Mike left, although our D was not as good. Ofcourse Mike was not there for the bowl game

[greensooner]

if he does leave, will we wish we had him back next year?

[DIB]

if he does leave, will we wish we had him back next year?

Depends on who replaces him

[usaosooner]

From a recruiting standpoint. We want Josh to go and not Norvell. If Norvell goes WOOF. Josh is ready to be a HC. His goal is to be Oklahomas HC he has to cut his teeth somewhere

[zcaa0g]

Its looking more and more likely that we lose 3-4 games next year. Its always something for us. Whether it be injuries or coaches leaving.

Against who outside of the ND game? (which isn't attributed to them being better, just a damn curse) Sans OSU and Texas, a lot of the opposition loses very key personnel and OSU is having to replace an offensive coordinator and Texas still has issues on both sides of the ball. It's not just about OU, it's also about who they play.

[zcaa0g]

we also had a better record in 04 than in 03 after Mike left, although our D was not as good. Ofcourse Mike was not there for the bowl game

And for all intents and purposes, he wasn't there for the conference title game either despite physically being there.

[oudidntknow84]

Which is predicting next year's record before this year is done is ludicrous.

No **** Sherlock. Almost as crazy as predicting the score of a game?

[Nazgul]

Good news

[BoulderSooner]

In p**** protection.

our best 2 RB's ran for more YPC than osu's best 2 RB's and most people would say they are great at run blocking ...

[BoulderSooner]

Replaced Leach with Mangino and won a national championship. Change can be a good thing. Outside of this thread I haven't seen anything about Josh leaving.

josh was pretty much our OC in 2000 .... there is a reason mangino left after 01 ..and it wasn't all about getting the ku head coaching job

[Camel at Sea]

I like Mangino the HC. But I don't want Mangino the OC or Mangino the O-line coach or Mangino the recruiter.

[URNotserious]

Bump Norvell up and bring in Mark Clayton to coach and recruit WR's tell Josh he can have Patton as a gift then Call the big man to coach OL, dump Kittle

Why Mark Clayton? I think Pooh or even Justin Brown might be great candidates. Heck, just hire Ricky Seals Jones to keep him away from Aggies.

[SoonerBounce]

I think it's the manner in which he's gotten to the top-10 offense. Stats are nice, but it's not built to win a title. Relying on your QB to play mistake-free football and throw 50 passes a game is a bad formula ... especially when you can't run the ball against top-10 teams.

We run the ball 43% of the time. We have had a banged up oline that is awesome at p**** protection. We have had our best running year since 2008. We have had our best scoring offense since 2008. We've had our best offensive yards per play since 2008. We are completing over 50% of third down conversions. If it wasn't for some bad ill timed turnovers, we could be playing for the national championship. Our O hasn't been a problem and neither has Josh.

But proceed to want to run Josh out of town just like you did with Kevin Wilson (not directed at you el jefe, but the entire board)

Our offense has been really good for how banged up we have been.

[ChpThril]

as much as I liked having Norvell/Heupel at OU is anyone else really excited at the thought of re-vamping our offensive scheme if we have a brand new coordinator?? I think it would be a good thing.

Theoretically we're revamping it anyways with the QB's we have here.

[ResidentEvil]

Yet we can't run the ball, or score, when it matters.

We get a lot of stats against teams with atrocious defenses, but we can't run the ball against championship quality teams unless a have the NFL quality OL on the team.

[usaosooner]

Josh has turned the La Tech job down per Rivals. Norvell though is still in the running

going to change the name of the thread

[ChpThril]

Josh has turned the La Tech job down per Rivals. Norvell though is still in the running

going to change the name of the thread

God dammit!!! **** **** damn! ****er!!!!

[lycao]

Yet we can't run the ball, or score, when it matters.

We get a lot of stats against teams with atrocious defenses, but we can't run the ball against championship quality teams unless a have the NFL quality OL on the team.

In all fairness the team did score when it mattered against West Virgina and osu

[Turk]

Josh has turned the La Tech job down per Rivals. Norvell though is still in the running

going to change the name of the thread

No.....fvcking....way

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Fvckin it live via tapatalk dos

[SoonerBounce]

Yet we can't run the ball, or score, when it matters.

We get a lot of stats against teams with atrocious defenses, but we can't run the ball against championship quality teams unless a have the NFL quality OL on the team.

So 5 YPC isn't good running the ball? Also consider that some of the runs are at the goal line or 3rd and short with bell where he just needs a yard or two

[ChpThril]

No.....fvcking....way

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Fvckin it live via tapatalk dos

This guy's never leaving. He's here hoping JC taps him one day. ****kkkk

At least we'll continue to to have record setting QB's every year.

[SoonerBounce]

Yet we can't run the ball, or score, when it matters.

We get a lot of stats against teams with atrocious defenses, but we can't run the ball against championship quality teams unless a have the NFL quality OL on the team.

For comparison. Alabama gains about 2 more feet per attempt than OU. Not much at all.