Next season will mark a new chapter for Oklahoma’s storied football program, as it makes the move from the Big 12 to the SEC.
By the time the Sooners officially arrive in their home, the work they’ll have put in for that transition will have been underway for some time.
About two months after wrapping up his second season as Oklahoma’s head coach, Brent Venables discussed the process of building out the Sooners’ roster as they prepare to join a league with different kinds of players, coaches and schemes than what they faced in the Big 12.
“I love our guys, but it ain’t ever good enough,” Venables said in an interview with On3’s Andy Staples that was released Monday. “You always want more. It’s just how coaches are. As you chase winning and you chase success, I think that’s a mindset. You always want more, bigger, longer guys. You want more depth. That’s just the way it is. I don’t know if we can ever satisfy ourselves. No doubt about it — we can compete at a really, really high level. We’re working hard at just daily improvement to get better so that we can compete with the competitive depth of that conference week in and week out.”
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The departure to the SEC is something Venables has been bracing for throughout his tenure, as he was hired by Oklahoma about four months after it and Texas were formally extended invitations to the league.
Having to construct a roster for different types of opponents and games is something with which Venables is familiar.
Though he was doing so as a defensive coordinator, not a head coach, many of Venables’ 10 years at Clemson were spent assembling a group of players that could not only win the ACC, but be able to physically compete with SEC, Big Ten, Big 12…
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Author : The Oklahoman
Publish date : 2024-03-11 17:33:32
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