Ding! Dong! Venables Gone!

[landrun]

Venables Gone! Venables Gone!

Officially to Clemson as of this morning.

I think this is a good thing for everyone involved!
We get a new DC. Bob didn't have to fire anyone. And BV gets a raise for the same position at another school.

I for one am very happy!! :excitement::excitement:

[Breadburner]

Not a good start to 2012.......

[picasso]

I'm of the camp that wanted him to stay. Brent camp?

[OULenexaman]

Me too.....Camp Brent.

[BigJerm7]

fire vulnerables

[SoonerMarkVA]

I wanted him to stay as the LB coach, just not the DC. But maybe it's for the best. Just depends on what Stoops does from here.

[TahoeSOONER]

I just can't understand why anyone would want BV, a true Sooner on and off the field, anywhere but in Norman.

[btk108]

Hopefully Bob goes after a real Special Teams coach.

[OULenexaman]

I find the time stamp on this announcement to be rather odd.....to say the least.

[85sooners]

Do you think we will get a shutout this year?

[Soonerjeepman]

I'm mixed...the D really hasn't played well the last few yrs OVERALL....but not all of that is on him.....but I'm happy for him if that what he wants...

coaches come and go....just like the players...BOOMER SOONER!

[LVSOONER15]

I think his time here was done. He did some good thing but I think our D was not moving up, we were staying stagnant. Good luck Brent.

[KantoSooner]

I wanted him to stay....but it may be best for him to move on. He needs to grow and take the mental next steps to be his own man if he's ever to graduate on to being a head coach.
Hopefully the new venue will force him to reevaluate his base concepts of defense and he'll end up a better coach for it.
Best of luck to him.

[BB37]

I just hope BV's critics are as happy about this move a year from now as they are today.

Somehow, I doubt it.

[StoopTroup]

I just hope BV's critics are as happy about this move a year from now as they are today.

Somehow, I doubt it.

Most of those folks would never admit they were wrong even if we got shutout by Clemson in the MNC Game this year.

[hawaii 5-0]

I'm happy Venables has a new job at another school. I wish him well.

I would take Mike Stoops over Venables any day.

I'm real happy with this deal.

5-0

[landrun]

I just can't understand why anyone would want BV, a true Sooner on and off the field, anywhere but in Norman.

For the same reason we wouldn't want John Blake (an ever truer Sooner) here.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Exactly...OU couldn't win 12 games in 3 years with Brent on staff..wait

[Salt City Sooner]

Exactly...OU couldn't win 12 games in 3 years with Brent on staff..wait
x 2, plus, I'd love to see where Brent went out of his way to deliberately attempt to sabotage the program.

True Sooner my butt.