Mangino at OU practice Wednesday

[the_sooners_abide]

Saw this in the Oklahoman. Is he there to "advise" Patton on the o-line?

http://www.newsok.com/article/3513261

[Soonermagik]

I'd love to see them bring Mangino back has co-offensive coordinator. Even if we could hire him as a consultant it might spark some fire back into this team.

[HBick]

I'd love to see them bring Mangino back has co-offensive coordinator. Even if we could hire him as a consultant it might spark some fire back into this team.

Yeah the whale rider who beat anorexia would scare the living hell out of the players. I'm all for yelling at them until they get it right. If they can't handle it, go play a sissy sport or world of warcraft. This is the big time and people need to stop coddling athletes about their feelings.

Just my two cents.

[swardboy]

Bring on Mike Leach and his woodshed!

[TUSooner]

He smelled food.

[Soonerwake]

He smelled food.

You beat me to it. I was gonna say something about a free buffet, but this works... ;)

[TUSooner]

You beat me to it. I was gonna say something about a free buffet, but this works... ;)

There are endless possibilities here. :D

[SoonerPr8r]

http://img79.exs.cx/img79/5125/ManginoWonka.jpg

[Sooner Brewcrew]

Mangino had a pretty good scheme at OU. Maybe he's giving Wilson some tips on how to run something other than bubble screens and draws.

[sooneron]

Yeah, that 01 offense was lights out! :rolleyes:. Man, people get awfully sentimental about the past.

[fwsooner22]

and I'm sure everyone on this board is in great shape.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7424/manginoisfat.gif

[sooner59]

I could have sworn I saw Mangino at a game earlier this year. Might have been Florida State.

[OUthunder]

I bet Furrs was happy to see him back in Norman.

[Jacie]

Only as a consultant . . .

[bent rider]

I bet Furrs was happy to see him back in Norman.

Probably why they closed and moved to Moore. ;)

[bri]

I, for one, welcome our new unstoppable offense of nothing but bubble screens AND shovel passes.

[batonrougesooner]

Yeah the whale rider who beat anorexia would scare the living hell out of the players. I'm all for yelling at them until they get it right. If they can't handle it, go play a sissy sport or world of warcraft. This is the big time and people need to stop coddling athletes about their feelings.

Just my two cents.

True. It's not intramurals! It's the Big 12!

[red2008]

I for one, would love to see Mangino back at OU. He took a line of not highly ranked players and made national champions out of them. I used to watch his practices when they were at the intramural fields and he would tear into them for every mistake. But unlike the Jayhackers our kids took it for what is was.... constructive critisism. Super nice man in person and a great family guy.

[Whet]

Changes, they are a coming!

[SoonerLB]

Mangino had a pretty good scheme at OU. Maybe he's giving Wilson some tips on how to run something other than bubble screens and draws.

If he can get that done, then I say give the man all the food he wants!

[Leroy Lizard]

Two things that all fans on all message boards assume when a team loses a game.

1. The coordinators suck.
2. The players aren't trying hard.

We've been through the first item ad nauseum. But when did this crap start that the team doesn't care enough about winning? The team that played ATM looked like it was fighting to the very end.

[cvsooner]

It was. The frustrating part is in week nine you're still seeing the same mistakes you saw in week one. Old habits and all, I guess...and maybe you can't coach it out of some people.

Watched the first half again last night. Great thing about the TiVo is the ability to watch in slow motion. We were so close to just taking that game over. Overthrow Stills by one foot...overthrow Ratteree on a post...miss Stills at the goal line and try to drop a perfect pass into Ratteree in double coverage...our tackles could not handle Von Miller...a missed block here...there...Landry could run for first downs at least twice...a missed roughing the passer call...missed tackles...Alexander takes one step the wrong way and Gray adjusts beautifully and a stop for no gain turns into a 12-yard gain...the first goal line stand...on fourth down the left side of the line gets a great push and Murray goes to the right, which is getting pushed back...play prior to that, Jones hands to Millard who gets close...if he pulls it out and pitches back to Murray, he could walk in for six. And that's just the first half!

Even allowing for the quirky (missing the snap for the safety) and the occasional breakdown, we could easily have led at the half 14-9 or 14-12.

[diegosooner]

KU to the orange bowl is quite an accomplishment. Hats off to the guy.

[sooneron]

KU to the orange bowl is quite an accomplishment. Hats off to the guy.

And they shouldn't have been there. I am glad they won, tho.

[ouduckhunter]

This is encouraging news! I don't think that his visit is a random coincidence, and whatever the reason for it, this is a good thing!

[mehip]

I'd love to see them bring Mangino back has co-offensive coordinator. Even if we could hire him as a consultant it might spark some fire back into this team.

Yep. Having Mangino, M. Stoops, and Bret on the sideline all at once, that was some real intense stuff.

[MyT Oklahoma]

Mangino is welcome to come back to Norman anytime he wants. He did right by us and that is all that counts.

[agoo758]

Yeah, that 01 offense was lights out! :rolleyes:. Man, people get awfully sentimental about the past.

We didnt have the best offense, but we found ways to move the ball when we had to, and had a variety of misdirection in our running, something we havn't had in long time. If we have Wilson in 2001 we go 8-5 and blame it on losing many players to the draft. Book it.

[Scott D]

I love revisionist history

[Leroy Lizard]

We didnt have the best offense, but we found ways to move the ball when we had to, and had a variety of misdirection in our running, something we havn't had in long time. If we have Wilson in 2001 we go 8-5 and blame it on losing many players to the draft. Book it.

Let's see... we scored 14 against Texas, 10 against Nebraska, 13 against Oklahoma State, and 10 against Arkansas.

Oh, one thing in common with all those games: They were on the road. (EDIT: We lost to OSU on our own field. My bad.)

What is our lowest scoring game this season? 19.

If Mangino was our OC this year everyone would be after his job. Book it.

[My Opinion Matters]

I could have sworn I saw Mangino at a game earlier this year. Might have been Florida State.

That was probably a Jayhawk Blue minivan you saw.

[soonerfan69]

Mangino had a pretty good scheme at OU. Maybe he's giving Wilson some tips on how to run something other than bubble screens and draws.

Amen Brotha

[Scott D]

Mangino had a pretty good scheme at OU. Maybe he's giving Wilson some tips on how to run something other than bubble screens and draws.

I for one am waiting with excitement for the Let the QB get killed and nearly broken in half scheme to go with the shovel pass scheme.

[RedstickSooner]

Yeah, I loved the Mangino years. An offense which couldn't score points, and an O-line that had a new guy quit every week.

It was awesometacular.

Maybe we can hire Chuck Long back while we're at it?

[OUthunder]

I for one, would love to see Mangino back at OU. He took a line of not highly ranked players and made national champions out of them. I used to watch his practices when they were at the intramural fields and he would tear into them for every mistake. But unlike the Jayhackers our kids took it for what is was.... constructive critisism. Super nice man in person and a great family guy.

Interesting... I met him personally for about 20 minutes and he came across as an arrogant prick. I mean, it wasn't even a question of how big of a prick he was. The dude was a legend in his own mind, not a great person IMHO.

[goingoneight]

Kevin Wilson is to bubble screen as Mangino is to shotgun draw play.

[SoonerDood]

Yeah, I loved the Mangino years. An offense which couldn't score points, and an O-line that had a new guy quit every week.

It was awesometacular.

Maybe we can hire Chuck Long back while we're at it?

THIS

[SoonerKnight]

Mangino did coordinate a championship game that we won. And we won another BCS game with him didn't we?

[SoonerKnight]

Wasn't that the last BCS game we won????????????? When Mangino was the offensive mind behind it all??????????????? Or was Chuck?????

[Scott D]

Long would have been the OC for the Rose Bowl. Mangino was gone after the Cotton Bowl the previous season.

[usaosooner]

nothing bad could come of it.. I think....

[Toronto Sooner]

I would like to see co-offensive coordinators AND co-defensive coordinators.

Hire Mangino back as one of the offensive guys and let him b-slap and fire up his players, especially the o-line guys, until they become men. Hire Norm Chow or another top notch call calling specialist to be the other co-offensive co-ordinator. We have top talent. A top tier play caller (qicker thinker and able to make adjustments in real time) should be able to to run our offensive like a finely tuned machine (with the kinda talent we have).

We need a Mike Stoops type to pull the defense up to another level. With the talent we have (and recruit) no reason for us not to show an in your face, smothering, suffocating defense like we had when Mike Stoops was here. Mark Stoops seems to have a lot of fire like Mike. I don`t follow him enough to know if he is ready for the task at OU. I think OU`s D talent right now is an upgrade from Florida State. I think he runs the full D at FSU. It`s not clear if he would come here to be co-d coordinator with BV, but you never know, he could do it to work with brother Bob. He might get a head coaching job quicker via OU (and Bob) than if he sticks around at FSU. Jimbo just got the head job and is probably not going anywhere for a while.

[silverwheels]

Co-coordinators suck, unless you want to use one of each in Norman and one of each away from Norman.

[stoopified]

Bring on Mike Leach and his toolshed!fixed

[Scott D]

I don't know why people want an offense that struggles to score 20 points a game again.

[SoonerKnight]

I don't know why people want an offense that struggles to score 20 points a game again.

Have u seen our road games????? :eek:

[Scott D]

Yeah, so that Mangino led offense that couldn't break 2 TD at home is the answer?

[tulsaoilerfan]

Yeah, so that Mangino led offense that couldn't break 2 TD at home is the answer?

He was playing with a short deck with a bunch of freshmen on the line wasn't he? I still think if Jason hadn't gotten hurt we would have been back in the NC game that year so it's hard to blame Mangino IMO

[Scott D]

He was playing with a short deck with a bunch of freshmen on the line wasn't he? I still think if Jason hadn't gotten hurt we would have been back in the NC game that year so it's hard to blame Mangino IMO

it was a short deck of his own creation. But hey, if you guys want to go back to running 5-10 players off the team every year then by all means let's bring Mangino back.

[gaylordfan1]

And he was on our sidelines today. Anyone know whats up? Is he just visiting?

[Rocko]

Something is up, our gameplan was like night and day. Direct snaps to Murray with Landry faking out the D, almost no bubble screens/shovel passes to be heard to of. Mangino no doubt had something to do with this. You don't just show up to an OU game/practice and dick around with Bob while talking about the good ol' days.

[SoonerKnight]

He was on the sidelines? Maybe he is gonna comeback???

[swardboy]

Something is up, our gameplan was like night and day. Direct snaps to Murray with Landry faking out the D, almost no bubble screens/shovel passes to be heard to of. Mangino no doubt had something to do with this. You don't just show up to an OU game/practice and dick around with Bob while talking about the good ol' days.

I felt a difference in the playcalling too. It was nice to not be jumping out of my chair yelling "stop throwing that pass into the sideline!!!"

[Sooner70]

Folks, I think I've got it figured out. Stoops is going create two new Offensive Coordinator positions to replace the current one position. The "Home Game Offensive Coordinator" position will continue to be filled by the OC incumbent Kevin Wilson. The new "Away-From-Home Road Offensive Coordinator" will be filled by Mangino.

What do you think? Not.

[Collier11]

I wondered if Mangino was there to help out with the O-line. I know it was TECH but our run blocking looked so much better, you all agree?

[oumartin]

I thought the run game looked meh yesterday. however I think Mangino is there for more than just sh!ts and giggles too.

[Collier11]

This from the DOK


Former Kansas coach and former OU assistant Mark Mangino attended Saturday’s game. Mangino said he’s visited a few former friends around the country since being fired last season. Asked about his future plans, Mangino declined comment but said: “We’re working on a few things.”

Read more: http://newsok.com/ou-football-notebook-ryan-broyles-tops-sooners-receiving-charts/article/3514502#ixzz15Ht9Xfqb

[Collier11]

I thought the run game looked meh yesterday.

Cmon Martin, we ran for 246 yards and 5.6 per carry

[mightysooner]

I think Mangino helped out with more than just O-line issues. It's no coincidence that he's in practice all week, and on the sidelines during the game, and all of a sudden we have new wrinkles everybody has been b*tching about for years now. And all of them worked. KW has a tutor. Go figure.....

[StoopTroup]

Cmon Martin, we ran for 246 yards and 5.6 per carry

The newest term I heard for us...

"3rd and Finches". Heard it in the stands. I LOL'd.

[oumartin]

Cmon Martin, we ran for 246 yards and 5.6 per carry

We did? Wow, guess I didn't really notice it. I take back my comment then. I thought Landry looked good but heck if they ran for 200 that makes me happy in my pants.

[StoopTroup]

We hit some FGs too but I'm not convinced we have that little problem cured. We should fire somebody I'm sure.

[Collier11]

The thing that I liked to see is that we really got Murray running down hill, he looked faster yesterday than I remember him looking in 2 years. Maybe the holes were just bigger, he looked good though

[mightysooner]

We did? Wow, guess I didn't really notice it. I take back my comment then. I thought Landry looked good but heck if they ran for 200 that makes me happy in my pants.

We actually ran the ball very well yesterday. It's probably that we split carries between several different backs that made you think it was bleh. They all put up great numbers for the number of carries they got.

[mightysooner]

We hit some FGs too but I'm not convinced we have that little problem cured. We should HIRE somebody I'm sure.

Fixed your post. We need a special teams coach.

[OUthunder]

Defense wise, it seemed that the D played harder after the injury to Adrian Taylor. It also looked like Venables, mixed stuff up much more than usual. It also appeared that Beal decided to bring his game from about two years ago. Also, I never saw Wort take the field in the 1st half, is that right? I saw him on the bench though. Box played well IMHO and will only get better.

[StoopTroup]

Fixed your post. We need a special teams coach.

So we should keep things the same and hire someone to straighten things out?

[mightysooner]

Wort scratched his eye in practice last week pretty bad and sat out because of it.

[silverwheels]

We don't have room on the staff for a special teams coach.

[mightysooner]

Make room.

[CrimsonJim]

Which coach do we get rid of to make said room?

[Scott D]

in terms of size we'd have to get rid of 3 coaches.

[CrimsonJim]

Bazinga (http://instantbazinga.com/)!

[Leroy Lizard]

I think Mangino helped out with more than just O-line issues. It's no coincidence that he's in practice all week, and on the sidelines during the game, and all of a sudden we have new wrinkles everybody has been b*tching about for years now. And all of them worked. KW has a tutor. Go figure.....

Don't coaches do this all the time?

[tulsaoilerfan]

it was a short deck of his own creation. But hey, if you guys want to go back to running 5-10 players off the team every year then by all means let's bring Mangino back.

I never said i wanted back i just think it's funny that alot of people blame him for the 01 season

[tulsaoilerfan]

We hit some FGs too but I'm not convinced we have that little problem cured. We should fire somebody I'm sure.

We hit 1 FG out of 2, so that's about our average on them isn't it? :D

[mightysooner]

Don't coaches do this all the time?


Not that I'm aware of, no.

[Collier11]

coaches drop in on practice and games all the time

[ictsooner7]

Who won a BCS game last, Stoops or Mangino?

His weight didn't interfere with coaching football.

[picasso]

Who won a BCS game last, Stoops or Mangino?

His weight didn't interfere with coaching football.

Who won in a head to head last, Stoops or Mangino?

What's your point there?

[StoopTroup]

coaches drop in on practice and games all the time

He's not a Coach though...he's a heavy weight free agent. :D

[CrimsonJim]

Who won a BCS game last, Stoops or Mangino?

His weight didn't interfere with coaching football.


Who won in a head to head last, Stoops or Mangino?

What's your point there?

Stoops won the head to head matches 4-0. Still waiting on that point. ;)

[Collier11]

He's not a Coach though...he's a heavy weight free agent. :D

Dont have to be employed to be a coach, now whether he was just visiting or actually had some role, who knows

[Leroy Lizard]

Not that I'm aware of, no.

I thought Urban Meyer and consulted with Stoops at one point. And I'm pretty sure Stoops had consulted with Notre Dame's staff as well.

Edit: It was Nick Saban that consulted with Stoops.

And Urban Meyer consulted with Utah's staff before they played Alabama.

This is a fairly common practice I'm pretty sure, especially in the offseason.

[webfoot]

Stoops won the head to head matches 4-0. Still waiting on that point. ;)

Barry pwned JJ quite a bit before he went to Miami.

[85sooners]

:pop:

[Scott D]

I thought Urban Meyer and consulted with Stoops at one point. And I'm pretty sure Stoops had consulted with Notre Dame's staff as well.

Edit: It was Nick Saban that consulted with Stoops.

And Urban Meyer consulted with Utah's staff before they played Alabama.

This is a fairly common practice I'm pretty sure, especially in the offseason.

This season Urban Meyer and his staff consulted with the OU and Oregon staffs in regards to no huddle offense. I guess Urban Meyer and Chip Kelly are going to be the next OU co-coordinators ;)

[I Am Right]

I saw Managino standing on the 19 and 25 yrd lines at the game Sat.

[Leroy Lizard]

I saw Managino standing on the 19 and 25 yrd lines at the game Sat.

I was wondering why our team found it easier running toward that side of the field.

[mightysooner]

I thought Urban Meyer and consulted with Stoops at one point. And I'm pretty sure Stoops had consulted with Notre Dame's staff as well.

Edit: It was Nick Saban that consulted with Stoops.

And Urban Meyer consulted with Utah's staff before they played Alabama.

This is a fairly common practice I'm pretty sure, especially in the offseason.

I've only seen that in the offseason. I've never once seen a former assistant return to the sidelines during the season to consult during a game. That's not the same as the offseason camps coaches host at all.

[Leroy Lizard]

I've only seen that in the offseason. I've never once seen a former assistant return to the sidelines during the season to consult during a game.

Is he consulting?

We've been through these "campus sightings" before. In the end they usually don't amount to much. For example, Dick Tomey also spent time with the UT coaching crew and everyone was wondering if he was consulting with the team. Apparently not.

[Scott D]

I've only seen that in the offseason. I've never once seen a former assistant return to the sidelines during the season to consult during a game. That's not the same as the offseason camps coaches host at all.

any proof that he was consulting? perhaps he was an invited sideline guest for the game, and he hung around all week because it's not like schools are beating down his door to hire him as the head coach.