Football question

[daqman]

getting heineke back is a must

 

[daqman]

Again, you keep saying starters. Football teams don’t play 11 guys on offense and 11 on defense. Like I said, the second we have our annual offensive line injury parade, the excuses will start. Hell, on this board this season there were people saying “if only Sexton and Taylor were available” when our line was struggling. We stayed healthy on defense for the most part but that’s not always going to happen. Losing two guys in one day who absolutely would have been in the rotation matters.

If Kip leaves and Owen doesn’t get a waiver, we will need to replace our top 3 linebackers. We already needed to replace 2 of our 4 rotational defensive tackles and now we lost a guy who would have at least been in the mix for playing time.

I’m not saying we are screwed. All I said is that this just shows that we are in the same boat as other teams, despite everyone acting like we have a roster of guys who would jump through a wall for Brent. And don’t forget we had a running back who had gotten more than fair treatment for four year literally quit on his team in the middle of a playoff run. Barnes started games every season he was at OU and likely would have started the last two regular season games given the injuries to X and Blaylock, but he quit.

barnes didn't really quit....he just got greedy
wanted another year paid

 

[mict085]

strong is the only departure that's disappointing so far...
he would have been a big rotation piece next season....makes no sense to leave
he's one play away from starting.
he's been in the system.....there's no guarantee we get someone better....knowing stone/jackson will be the starters

Strong wants to start and can probably make more money elsewhere. That’s the rub. It’s hard to keep guys that can start elsewhere. We can’t pay everyone like a starter. It sucks but it’s the reality for everyone.

 

[daqman]

Strong wants to start and can probably make more money elsewhere. That’s the rub. It’s hard to keep guys that can start elsewhere. We can’t pay everyone like a starter. It sucks but it’s the reality for everyone.

the money we had for halton/williams/stone/jackson apparently was good enough to keep them around...
why not strong? what level of team will give him starter money...and will it be that much more than he would have gotten at ou?
i guess we'll find out soon enough

 

[WichitaSooner]

barnes didn't really quit....he just got greedy
wanted another year paid

I mean, that’s exactly what he did. His motive was money, yes, but he absolutely quit. He was healthy weeks before the season ended, his team needed him, and he chose not to play. That’s quitting. And it cuts against the argument that our culture is somehow superior to others. Like I said, I’m not saying ours is bad. It’s just the same as most places.

In other news, man Miami was impressive. I had wondered how we would have looked against them, but their defensive line would have manhandled us.

 

[BCSooners]

Again, you keep saying starters. Football teams don’t play 11 guys on offense and 11 on defense. Like I said, the second we have our annual offensive line injury parade, the excuses will start. Hell, on this board this season there were people saying “if only Sexton and Taylor were available” when our line was struggling. We stayed healthy on defense for the most part but that’s not always going to happen. Losing two guys in one day who absolutely would have been in the rotation matters.

If Kip leaves and Owen doesn’t get a waiver, we will need to replace our top 3 linebackers. We already needed to replace 2 of our 4 rotational defensive tackles and now we lost a guy who would have at least been in the mix for playing time.

I’m not saying we are screwed. All I said is that this just shows that we are in the same boat as other teams, despite everyone acting like we have a roster of guys who would jump through a wall for Brent. And don’t forget we had a running back who had gotten more than fair treatment for four year literally quit on his team in the middle of a playoff run. Barnes started games every season he was at OU and likely would have started the last two regular season games given the injuries to X and Blaylock, but he quit.

You do know OU will get transfers as well right?

DL - Okoye/PJ, Stone, Jackson, Wein
LB - Lewis, Omosigho, Powers
DB - Bowen, Bowen, bogdanowski, Guilloury

They literally have a very solid starting lineup right now. Then will have a ton of $ available to upgrade a starter or 2, & build depth everywhere.

 

[hoopsaustin]

barnes didn't really quit....he just got greedy
wanted another year paid

I'm confused how you think this it's a distinction

 

[hoopsaustin]

Strong wants to start and can probably make more money elsewhere. That’s the rub. It’s hard to keep guys that can start elsewhere. We can’t pay everyone like a starter. It sucks but it’s the reality for everyone.

3 star who cares. I hope we can replace his 11 2 and 1