I Hate Ou But How About This Guy

[jtm0097]

He has run some awesome offenses. Kevin Wilson

[UNT Mean Green]

The lineage of Stoops/Bill Synder/Hayden Fry have had a large group of successful coaches. I would not be opposed to Kevin Wilson or Brent Venables at all.

[SilverEagle]

The lineage of Stoops/Bill Synder/Hayden Fry have had a large group of successful coaches. I would not be opposed to Kevin Wilson or Brent Venables at all.

How about someone contacting Hayden Fry and asking him for a list of candidates.

If ANYONE knows what it takes to turn things around here it's Hayden Fry.

[GMoney]

He has run some awesome offenses. Kevin Wilson

Gotta raise the $$$, I believe his OC contract with OU is $465,000.

[Green Mean]

Wouldn't mind Brent Venables. He is young, seems energetic...has served under Stoops and Bil Snyder and his current salary is about 250K. I think he can come here and he'd bring in a guy from OU that could plan a similar offense to what OU has put up these last few years.

[UNT Mean Green]

and Venables can recruit the region at a much higher level than Dodge's group did. Dodge's best asset was Shelton Gandy, who I think the new regime should take a look at as one who could stay around.

[Mean Green 93-98]

I don't see Venables as a realistic target. He's making over $400k/yr, very happy at OU, and probably next in line to be HC should anything happen to Stoops. If he leaves, it is probably as HC at a Big XII school, and probably at one of the better Big XII schools.

I'm not saying don't ask him if he's interested, just saying it's very unlikely to happen.

[Green to the Bone]

and Venables can recruit the region at a much higher level than Dodge's group did. Dodge's best asset was Shelton Gandy, who I think the new regime should take a look at as one who could stay around.

Agree about Gandy, although I don't think any assistant's job is safe. But in terms of previous local ties being important in regional recruiting, I think it's one of the all-time greatest homer myths, right above the one that says an alum makes the best coach because he really cares. Gary Patterson had never worked in Texas until he joined TCU's staff in 1998; he became head coach in 2000. Today his roster only has a handful of non-Texas players. Resume' x results = recruits.

[greenjoe]

How about Bob Stoop's brother, Mark. He's the Defensive guy at Florida State. He comes with a good pedigree.

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