Pepito, Norman (10/6/2009 7:18:57 AM)

Stoops is misreading the criticism leveled against his regime. The critics are saying he does not demonstrate an ability to adapt to changing conditions. And the truth is, he just doesn't get it.

coach t, Holdenville (10/6/2009 7:21:41 AM)

come on sooner dummies, check out the wide outs and see how many can get off the cornerback and run routes - pretty basic to pass offense

Steff M, Claremore (10/6/2009 8:05:27 AM)

I saw 2 who weren't having that much trouble. It was horrible play calling and a game costing decision not to go for two. If they have so much confidence in Landry then why didn't they let him have the opportunity to make some plays when they had the chance? Ever heard of play action, Kevin?

boomercowboy, sapulpa (10/6/2009 8:25:31 AM)

Half these people are friggin idiots. Bandwagon fans the lot of them. For all you people who think Bob Stoops and Kevin Wilson need fired go be Texas fans or Osu fans.
OU has been the winningest program in the country for the last decade gotten us to 4 national title games . Dominated the big twelve and produced 2 Hiesman trophy winners and 3 or 4 Hiesman runner ups . Not to mention all the other awards and all americans this guy has coached . Oh but we need to fire him cause we lost a couple of games . I am sorry folks But even urban myer and pete carrol cant coach through injuries.
If you were true sooner fans you would be supportung your team and the coaches through these issues . Berating them and telling them they need fired is not gonna help right the ship .

hornhater2, (10/6/2009 8:27:53 AM)

When you have 9 yards to go for a 1st down your receivers should be on routes that take them past the 1st down marker. How many plays were there that the pass play was way short of the first down?

driller53, (10/6/2009 8:34:57 AM)

If the offensive line did it's job, it would help. If Gresham were healthy, the wide receivers would be open more often and then passes could go down field. If "ifs and buts," but the line doesn't move well because it is too slow and fat and Gresham is hurt, so the season will be one of those where the team has to figure out how best to make things work. Hopefully they'll stay healthy and have a chance to win, otherwise it's going to get ugly and we'll wait till next year.

referee, BA (10/6/2009 8:36:48 AM)

I agree with Pepto, it appears that we either cannot or will not adapt to game change situations. I also suggest this is true with the defense as well as offense. I think we "wimped out" going for the FG with less than 3 Minutes in the game and four points behind. Going for the first down would have at least given us a chance for the win. At that point it didn't matter if we lost the game by one point or by four. I think it was nieve to think we could turn the ball over to them and then hold them to three and out then drive the ball into FG range.

tulsandn, out in the woods (10/6/2009 8:37:03 AM)

At least OU has stopped having the offensive lineman look at the sidelines for play calls....

The Sooners are so thin at all offensive positions, what happened to all those 4-5 star blue chip high school recruits we read about every February ????

Are the recruiters incapable of judging talent, character, intellegence ????

Who are the offensive recruiters ????

As far as running backs go, Chris Brown runs like he has his eyes closed and as soon as he runs into somebody he falls down, DeMarco is a shell of what he used to be because of his special teams injuries, a blue chip potential superstar running back playing special teams, good call coach....I guess OU shoulda ignored the gun charges on that one recruited receiver, at least he would have played with attitude, maybe....

Lance-a-lot, Tulsa (10/6/2009 8:43:30 AM)

Ah...remember the good old days of Chuck "third and" Long? It seems like they never left.

About 3:00 into the third quarter, I started calling OU's plays...with about 80% accuracy. If I know what OU is going to run, you know darn well Miami (and other foes) know what they are going to run.

One word: predictable.

Willard_Roker, (10/6/2009 8:44:36 AM)

If the o-line would start doing its job all would be well.

Sooner Alum 04, (10/6/2009 8:48:48 AM)

OU is behind and Kevin Wilson calls a draw play on third and 9? Still behind third and 11 screen pass? Still losing third and 12 and he calls a bubble screen pass. He didn't give his players a chance. Nat'l title game he calls three of the same running plays at the goal line, florida stuffed it. I love OU but Stoops will change his tune when those 85000 that show up in Norman drops to 50 or 40 thousand people instead, people won't watch stupid coaching, trust me ask JOhn BLAKE!!!!!!!

AtlantaSooner, Atlanta (10/6/2009 8:57:08 AM)

Those calling for Wilson's scalp are not real Sooner fans, and should wear Orange instead of Red.

However, surely the coaches agree that it was not the wisest choice in the world to call those two runs with Brown to the right side of the line those last couple plays on offense that doomed our chances. While it is true that Murray had been running the ball well on that drive, he ran it to the left side of the line where they were doing their jobs. The right side of the line didn't do much to help us all game, and I'm not sure we'd want to put the game in their hands again.

My take is the fans calling for Wilson to resign are dumber than dirt, while at the same time the coaches are not being entirely honest when they say we called exactly the plays we wanted to call.

AtlantaSooner, Atlanta (10/6/2009 8:59:38 AM)

All OU fans are spoiled, for we've had good coaches and good players who have given us more than our shares of wins and championships. Some OU fans, however, are childish, demented, foolish, counterproductive, foul, misguided dimwits. If you can't stick behind the coaches and players when we lose, don't call yourself a Sooners fan when we win.

justanotherokie, (10/6/2009 9:10:41 AM)

Hey Atlanta, boB&Co is very well paid and when they make that kind of dough they CAN be criticized. This loosing games late in the 4th Quarter has become a habit. The offense sucks and the defense sucks in the 4th. boB is far to scared of making a mistake.

BobSmith007, (10/6/2009 9:27:11 AM)

Atlanta..."We"?....You're on the team? Then tell the coaches to quit blaming you everytime they lose a game. You have the talent and don't make 5 mil a year. Tell them to grow up and take some responsibility.

oddy, Santa Fe/Tulsa (10/6/2009 9:31:15 AM)

I hate to repeat myself but it is only a matter of time. Stoops and his entire staff. Do it now and they could win a bowl game for a change. Send them packing.

forkandknife, Tulsa (10/6/2009 9:31:41 AM)

HOOK EM' HORNS!

bravo, (10/6/2009 10:02:05 AM)

wonderful take on the 3rd down. from that perspective, it certainly doesnt look bad. however, checking the play calls on second down has a lot to do with being in a 3rd and manageable versus 3 and 9+

coweta, (10/6/2009 10:18:47 AM)

I want Venebles and Wilson gone. I am not a fairweather Sooner fan, and I did graduate from OU. Wilson isn't as bad as Chuck "3rd and Long", but he's darn close. He does not adapt to anything. He keeps swapping out our o-line guys every game, so there's no consistency. Try running some different plays for once! So Gresham is hurt, that means we don't have another TE capable of catching the F'ing ball?!! Get real, Wilson just doesn't use the TE's much, which is a big mistake.

Granted all of our "blue chip" players don't seem to be having standout seasons, but I believe most of that is because they aren't coached to do so. Mack Brown was in our same position back in 2000-01, he cleaned house, got some new coordinators: won championships.

With as much prestige as OU commands, we can find better coordinators. I want Venebles gone before Wilson though. We have ranked the lowest pass defense since Mike Stoops, Mangino, and Leach were with us. Wake up Bob, I love ya, but get rid of your friends in the coordinator jobs and get people who can get it done.

broozer, (10/6/2009 11:05:51 AM)

I didn't see the Miami QB stop passing after he was picked on their first two possessions. Bob, its time you stop blaming the media and the fans that love you and our sooners. Loyalty is not a bad thing, but you can be loyal to a fault. Great players need great assistant coaching.

soonerterry56, (10/6/2009 11:31:31 AM)

First of all I am a sooner fan and have been through Blake and Shellenburger regimes,but I'm also not neieve enought to realize that we have been "outcoached" and outschemed in several games,we just don't seem to make adjustments to the gameplan.I'm no less of a fan than anyone else if you see something that is not working and say so,and no I won't go be a Stoolwater or Texass fan,sorry when you make the money that Bob Stoops makes, you are also open to not just be praised but also critized!

tcdok#1, Chattanooga (10/6/2009 11:31:33 AM)

I love my Sooners. It is true that when things start going bad that the fans want someone fired. Look at what happened to Tennessee. They cried for Fulmer's resignation and they got Kiffin who hasn't really done that much improving on their quarterback situation. He insists on staying with the boy even though he can't pass worth a "hoot"...I am proud of what Stoops has done for the Oklahoma athletic program. He is an awesome coach and yes, I think that he is stubborn when it comes to Kevin Wilson. I believe that as the program changes; so should the play calling and the way the guys are coached. I also believe that players need motivation and that should come from coaching. I believe that sometimes our coaches don't try to motivate the guys enough and they need to get those guys believing in themselves...look at these smaller conference teams....their coaches get them believing that they can beat the bigger conference teams and it works....it all boils down to the coaching staff....as far as our injuries and the fact that we are thin on offense right now...it is going to take some of these new, young guys to say "let me go in, I will do the job for you"....we need that, right now! Love you, Sooners....BOOMER SOONERS!!!!

BMRSNR, (10/6/2009 12:31:48 PM)

Sure, everyone wants to blame Kevin Wilson for conservative play calling when the game was on the line (and the same goes for the NC games and bowl games in the past). However, we were overrated coming in. We had a QB, TE and RB. Without an experienced line those don't matter. We have no WR's who are a threat, especially now that Broyles is out. We were overrated coming in. The coaches blew smoke about the line and got everyone's hopes up. The fact is, we are rebuilding and have lost others to injuries that we were building around. If, if, if.......if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle. Everyone should just deal with the fact that we aren't that good this year. I'll be in Norman on Saturday, disappointed that we don't have many playmakers but I'm still a fan. Just pray we have some good recruiting classes despite the lack of success this year. And, we can still win the Big XII and go to a BCS game. Although I'm not holding my breath but I'm hoping. Boomer Sooner! And don't expect Bob to throw his assistants under the bus, that's not going to happen. Wouldn't you want to work for someone like that?

tulsandn, out in the woods (10/6/2009 12:55:23 PM)

REBUILD - There was a time when OU never rebuilt, they just reloaded....

When the assistant coaches all make more money than the President of the United States & the Head Coach makes 5 million+, NOBODY's HUNGRY....

How can you have your players play with fire & passion when your own fire & passion is focused on vacations, stocks & bonds, all the other time consuming distractions that the upper crust enjoy....

Nobody's worried about losing their job or finding another job because the big boss man won't get rid of you & why become a head coach somewhere else making less money than you are now & have to be responsible for your teams performnance. At Oklahoma big game\money Bob runs interference for all his assistants and they don't face the heat of the fire, that's why he gets $5,000,000.00+....Life is good, if not great or better than that as an Oklahoma assistant coach....Man, that sun, sand & surf sure is hot on the beach ain't it COACH....

rocky1, (10/6/2009 1:00:13 PM)

ou could have thrown the ball more, but who would have caught the passes? bob stoops is still the best coach in the nation, and he will get this figured out.