I understand. I’m torn on them. They clearly are incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to the sport, but they can’t seem to be objective in evaluating our roster. Especially Gabe, but Teddy isn’t immune to it, either.
They call out bad play after the fact, but going into every season, they convince themselves that we are stacked at every position group. I guess I just don’t get why they do that. You can cheer for a team without lying to yourself and the fans, and that allows you to maintain your credibility.
I would say 90% of folks are optimistic in preseason.
Texas is favored because vegas thinks Mateer will not play.
I question whether some of you actually listen to them when you listen to them. Teddy was all over the D after the Auburn game and Gabe couldn't wait to tear into the offense after KSU.
I think it falls back on the oline at the end of the day. I like his play calling and his concepts seem to get people open.
I question if you actually read my comment since I expressly said they will criticize after the fact, but spend months leading into every season talking about how many talented playmakers our offense has. The reality is that we haven’t had any true playmakers at the skill positions in years. There is a reason none of our WRs or RBs will even sniff any draft boards. It’s not just a matter of our offense not executing. We just don’t have any dudes at the skill positions. Those guys should know the sport well enough to recognize that, and not just after a bad offensive game. I mean, even in the current pod, Gabe still talked about how much talent Hawkins has. He might be able to throw the ball a long way, but that’s about it. He’s now played in eight or more college games. Don’t evaluate him based on what you saw in spring practices. It’s so strange to me how often people do that in football. You don’t hear that in any other sport. “Boy, I tell you what, so-and-so had a couple really good at bats in our intrasquad scrimmage in early October.” In general, I think the OU media are way too willing to just accept the company line coming from the coaches and other players. Again, back to Hawkins … they were all so eager to report about teammates talking about how much better he is than last year. What on earth would you expect teammates to say? “Guys, he has awful mechanics, doesn’t have patience in the pocket, and his decision making is poor.”
Really?
lol ok. What makes him awful? I understand if you don't like his delivery but he knows his stuff.
I highly doubt that. If he is good enough to be a backup emergency, he is good enough to start.
this is really not accurate when it comes to OU ..
I know you will cite advanced metrics, but you can't possibly have watched us through five games and think we are a good offense. What do we do well? We can't run. At all. Against any level of opponent. We produce almost no explosive plays in the passing game. Mateer has been good but isn't particularly accurate.
