Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted May 12, 2022 “We’re stripping this bad boy down to the studs.” “I saw too much casualness, if you will,” Brent Venables Wasted no Time at Oklahoma, Planting Seeds of Growth ahead of the Alamo Bowl - Sports Illustrated Oklahoma Sooners News, Analysis and More WWW.SI.COM OU's new head coach knew he needed to establish a new culture in Norman from the moment he was hired on to the job by Joe Castiglione. Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 2 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Makes Riley the perfect for for USC if that's the case. They have been supremely casual culturally there for as long as I can remember. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck No. 3 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 5/11/2022 at 8:39 PM, David Marsh said: They have been supremely casual culturally there for as long as I can remember. Completely agree. Carroll's USC teams were casual, but they won. Helton was casual, and they lost. So far intense doesn't apply to Riley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notalot No. 4 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Mostly casual since the "Student Body Right". "Student Body Left". Tailback U up the middle days of John Robinson. The next few years will be interesting with a remake at the top in the PAC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 5 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 5/12/2022 at 10:00 AM, 30Duck said: So far intense doesn't apply to Riley. It all depends... I would say Lanning is pretty casual and relaxed when talking to the media, by comparison Cristobal and Kelly certainly are not. However, you also get a sense that in terms of how the program is run and what the culture looks like under Lanning that it is regulated and focused in it's desired outcomes and expectations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck No. 6 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 5/12/2022 at 2:06 PM, David Marsh said: It all depends... I would say Lanning is pretty casual and relaxed when talking to the media, by comparison Cristobal and Kelly certainly are not. As LaMichael used to say, most definitely. Cristobal was definitely intense, and that did not make him a great in-game coach. So, it's hard to say what Venables is really getting at. Carroll had a very loose appearance on the field during games, and it seems usually during practices. Saban doesn't appear to be "cool & casual" during games. If Lanning has role models, they'd probably be Smart and Saban and that should work. Bobby Bowden was as cool as could be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazeNconfused No. 7 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Venables is a quick study how to feed red meat to his base. I take what he said with a grain of salt. It's easy to crap on the last guy, I haven't heard any of that out of Lanning. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Ducky No. 8 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Lanning was probably licking his chops when he saw the talent in Eugene. The cupboard wasn’t left totally bare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 9 Share Posted May 13, 2022 If a major part of Riley’s success at Oklahoma was the strength of it’s bedrock culture which Venables all but says he road into the ground, then it’s going to be interesting to watch how he deals with a culture that in recent years has been dominate through the first 5 minutes of the 1st quarter. Sooner or later, Riley may have to pay the piper. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywarduck Moderator No. 10 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Oklahoma played a lot of close games they should have blown out and lost a couple when it got tough. I think it is a valid observation to say Oklahoma had a casualness to its program. Riley is now head coach at the University of Southern Cali Casualness, he will fit right in. Where talent goes to be respected, underperform and sadly never reach its potential. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
