oldkoot
11/11/2010, 12:46 PM
Standing Up for Coaches Patton and Wilson
Dear fellow Sooners, some of us old timers have been watching the greatness of OU football for many, many years. I have been a Sooner since 1954, and I am certain there are more like me, and others who have been Sooners longer than I have.
Right now, in my opinion James Patton is the best O Line Coach we have ever had. Bar none, and I go back to the Gomer Jones - Bud Wilkinson days. By this I mean that he is placing more linemen into the NFL than any other O line Coach we have ever had. This should help with our Recruiting as well, but for some reason it does not seem to be doing so, but that is a different story.
I can all too well remember WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE AN O LINEMAN IN THE NFL. That really made it hard when we tried to recruit big time O Linemen. That has all changed, but it is still hard to recruit big time linemen on a consistent basis. Why? Until we are able to recruit the top notch type of O Linemen on a constant basis and have not only great starters but great back up players, we should not be too critical. Ask yourselves why we have had a major problem the past 10 or so years in bringing capable O Linemen as starters and backups? Why cannot a program like OU bring in the proper O linemen so as to have not only great starters but back ups as well? We must realize this, the KICKING CAME IS NOT OUR ONLY MAJOR PROBLEM. This O line problem goes further back than before Coaches Hayes left.
Let us remember that is very difficult with the limited time for coaches to work with their players, to have outstanding pass blockers and run blockers at the same time. I do not know why we are going with more athletic linemen this year, this would seem to favor more and better run blocking than pass blocking. I think the line coach is developing linemen for future run blocking that is not being taken full advantage of this season, and that is another story.
Patton has more than proved his value as our O line Coach. Before anyone should condemn him, they need to find out why he is not able to do all the recruiting for the O line position? Who is in charge of this part of the OU way of recruiting? In my opinion this needs to change. Until Patton can recruit his own players, the ones he wants, until that happens, he is not fully responsible for the O line. It is just like asking a chief to prepare a delicious stake supper using lips and a-h….s rather than steak. I am not downgrading any of our players, just using that as an illustration. Coach Patton needs to be in total charge of the O Line. Right now it seems he is not. Once he is in charge of the entire line, not only coaching it but recruiting for it, then someone else needs to be the target of why we are in the position we are in on the O line. Who is responsible for not allowing the position coaches to recruit their own recruits? Find that person and you have the answer.
Concerning coach Wilson, let me be one of the first to admit that I have called for his firing many times, but let me also admit that I may have been wrong in doing this. UNTIL COACH WILSON HAS THE TYPE OF QB IN THE GAME THAT HE NEEDS AND LIKES THEN HE IS LIMITED IN HIS TYPE OF GAME PLANING AND CALLING PLAYS IN THE ACTUAL GAME. I know he is taking the heat for the terrible showing against TAM inside the red zone. I understand, but why is this? I know because it did not work. Okay, what about if we had a mobile QB in the game during those times and other coming times? Did we not see what Allen did against Colorado? Why was not Allen in the game after the first set of failed attempts? Who kept Allen out of the game under those conditions? Remember the way that Florida used Tebow his first year? Who is keeping us from having a two QB system?
What I am saying is that Coach Wilson is not given the freedom to use the type of QB that he wants to use in his system. In the Big 10 Coach Wilson was very successful with what he had, when he was allowed to use his own type of QB. He should be given that chance here at OU. Right now someone is forcing us to have a mutant Big 10 system in place and it is not Coach Wilson.
Yes, we do certainly need coaching changes and quickly as well, but I really don’t think it needs to be either Patton or Wilson. I am not against Coach Josh either. He has IT as proven by his leading us to the NC. He has IT and should be our next HC very soon.
Dear fellow Sooners, some of us old timers have been watching the greatness of OU football for many, many years. I have been a Sooner since 1954, and I am certain there are more like me, and others who have been Sooners longer than I have.
Right now, in my opinion James Patton is the best O Line Coach we have ever had. Bar none, and I go back to the Gomer Jones - Bud Wilkinson days. By this I mean that he is placing more linemen into the NFL than any other O line Coach we have ever had. This should help with our Recruiting as well, but for some reason it does not seem to be doing so, but that is a different story.
I can all too well remember WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE AN O LINEMAN IN THE NFL. That really made it hard when we tried to recruit big time O Linemen. That has all changed, but it is still hard to recruit big time linemen on a consistent basis. Why? Until we are able to recruit the top notch type of O Linemen on a constant basis and have not only great starters but great back up players, we should not be too critical. Ask yourselves why we have had a major problem the past 10 or so years in bringing capable O Linemen as starters and backups? Why cannot a program like OU bring in the proper O linemen so as to have not only great starters but back ups as well? We must realize this, the KICKING CAME IS NOT OUR ONLY MAJOR PROBLEM. This O line problem goes further back than before Coaches Hayes left.
Let us remember that is very difficult with the limited time for coaches to work with their players, to have outstanding pass blockers and run blockers at the same time. I do not know why we are going with more athletic linemen this year, this would seem to favor more and better run blocking than pass blocking. I think the line coach is developing linemen for future run blocking that is not being taken full advantage of this season, and that is another story.
Patton has more than proved his value as our O line Coach. Before anyone should condemn him, they need to find out why he is not able to do all the recruiting for the O line position? Who is in charge of this part of the OU way of recruiting? In my opinion this needs to change. Until Patton can recruit his own players, the ones he wants, until that happens, he is not fully responsible for the O line. It is just like asking a chief to prepare a delicious stake supper using lips and a-h….s rather than steak. I am not downgrading any of our players, just using that as an illustration. Coach Patton needs to be in total charge of the O Line. Right now it seems he is not. Once he is in charge of the entire line, not only coaching it but recruiting for it, then someone else needs to be the target of why we are in the position we are in on the O line. Who is responsible for not allowing the position coaches to recruit their own recruits? Find that person and you have the answer.
Concerning coach Wilson, let me be one of the first to admit that I have called for his firing many times, but let me also admit that I may have been wrong in doing this. UNTIL COACH WILSON HAS THE TYPE OF QB IN THE GAME THAT HE NEEDS AND LIKES THEN HE IS LIMITED IN HIS TYPE OF GAME PLANING AND CALLING PLAYS IN THE ACTUAL GAME. I know he is taking the heat for the terrible showing against TAM inside the red zone. I understand, but why is this? I know because it did not work. Okay, what about if we had a mobile QB in the game during those times and other coming times? Did we not see what Allen did against Colorado? Why was not Allen in the game after the first set of failed attempts? Who kept Allen out of the game under those conditions? Remember the way that Florida used Tebow his first year? Who is keeping us from having a two QB system?
What I am saying is that Coach Wilson is not given the freedom to use the type of QB that he wants to use in his system. In the Big 10 Coach Wilson was very successful with what he had, when he was allowed to use his own type of QB. He should be given that chance here at OU. Right now someone is forcing us to have a mutant Big 10 system in place and it is not Coach Wilson.
Yes, we do certainly need coaching changes and quickly as well, but I really don’t think it needs to be either Patton or Wilson. I am not against Coach Josh either. He has IT as proven by his leading us to the NC. He has IT and should be our next HC very soon.