OU fires offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle

[Roy Hinojosa]

We better be on the phone with top OC candidates before OU gets a good one.

[Jordan Scruggs]

Jason Witten will take over offensive play calling for the Sooners

 

[Roy Hinojosa]

Going to be pissed if OU hires Chip Kelly.

[Rockin TL]

2 minutes ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

Going to be pissed if OU hires Chip Kelly.

You think they will try and poach our OC?

[Deep in the heart]

That's how you make decisive decisions. Sark needs to do the same with Flood. Not mid season but after our last game on the way to the locker room.

[Deep in the heart]

2 hours ago, General Grant said:

That loss will haunt me forever 

Second time we lost to a team that made a major firing before the season was over. Depressing.

[Neil Leininger]

38 minutes ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

We better be on the phone with top OC candidates before OU gets a good one.

There will be a new OC when there is a new HC. I have always said, that if the powers that be need to tell Sarkisian to hire a new OC, then you should just go ahead and fire him and start over.Though I do hope that the new guy would like the defensive staff and keep them mostly in place, if not the entire crew. They are really good at what they are doing, except Nansen. We could upgrade there.

[jbseamus83]

2 hours ago, General Grant said:

That loss will haunt me forever 

No joke. The whole "throw the records out" in a rivalry may have some merit, but to lose that game was inexcusable.

[jbseamus83]

14 minutes ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

Going to be pissed if OU hires Chip Kelly.

That was my first thought. Hopefully he's smart enough to see a sinking ship and stay off of it.

[jbseamus83]

35 minutes ago, Jordan Scruggs said:

Jason Witten will take over offensive play calling for the Sooners

 

Wow. A guy who has never called plays. Good luck to him🤣

[chennups]

15 minutes ago, Neil Leininger said:

There will be a new OC when there is a new HC. I have always said, that if the powers that be need to tell Sarkisian to hire a new OC, then you should just go ahead and fire him and start over.Though I do hope that the new guy would like the defensive staff and keep them mostly in place, if not the entire crew. They are really good at what they are doing, except Nansen. We could upgrade there.

aren't the linebackers playing really well this year? we've had some good ones as of late as well--ford, hill, etc.

[CJ Vogel]

 

[mmdaytontexas]

3 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

They gave up 550 yards.  Could have won with a a good defensive effort.

You can't fire the DC without firing the Head Coach. Sound familiar?

[mmdaytontexas]

1 hour ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

Going to be pissed if OU hires Chip Kelly.

Why? They can have him. Since he left Oregon, what had he really done?

[Colby TS]

11 minutes ago, mmdaytontexas said:

Why? They can have him. Since he left Oregon, what had he really done?

Well, he currently has Northwestern putting up better offensive numbers than Texas in just about every category, so there's that. If OU somehow pulls off landing Chip Kelly, they're going to be a MAJOR problem. Also, since leaving Oregon, he was the offensive play-caller at Ohio State when they won it all in 2024.

Edited 5 hours ago by Colby TS

[Tuco Ramirez]

57 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

 

That aged well. 

[CJ Vogel]

 

[Inspired73]

5 hours ago, Jordan Scruggs said:

Arbuckle, who came over first from Wazzu as part of the Arbuckle-Mateer package, lasted only 21 games in Norman and now leaves his post 8 games into year 2. 

The Sooners went 14-7 during Arbuckle's time in Norman

Sounds like OU is circling the wagoons.  Gotta blame someone.......someone with a low buyout.

[Roy Hinojosa]

2 hours ago, mmdaytontexas said:

Why? They can have him. Since he left Oregon, what had he really done?

He was the OC for Ohio State when they won a national championship...

[GoHorns1]

2 hours ago, mmdaytontexas said:

Why? They can have him. Since he left Oregon, what had he really done?

OC for OSU Natty, Look at Northwestern yep that Northwestern offense this year.

[thatdude2]

4 hours ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

Going to be pissed if OU hires Chip Kelly.

The question would be does Venebles let the new OC have complete autonomy on who he could bring in as his position coaches. I subscribed onto a solid OU site off and on for the last few years. I don’t see OU cutting bate with Witten or the RB coach they hired from ND this past year. Also, I don’t know if they finally cut ties with Bedenbaugh (OL coach). 
 

Also same thing that happened with Littrell happened with Arbuckle in his second year. They were asked to run things or incorporate things on offense that were not familiar with them. Littrell basically had to try to mix Lebby’s Veer and Shoot with some spread/power concepts. Arbuckle had to mix his Air Raid with two TEs and concepts from Witten and the RB coach. 
 

Lastly would BV give a well established OC  some control in how practices are run?

[mmdaytontexas]

4 hours ago, Colby TS said:

Well, he currently has Northwestern putting up better offensive numbers than Texas in just about every category, so there's that. If OU somehow pulls off landing Chip Kelly, they're going to be a MAJOR problem. Also, since leaving Oregon, he was the offensive play-caller at Ohio State when they won it all in 2024.

He didn't even stick at Ohio State which is one of the premier programs in the country. He did nothing for UCLA, and on and on. He has not been that successful since he left Oregon where he was a super star, and his offense at Northwestern which I've watched 2x now is nothing special. I think he's way overrated, and Rice is putting up better numbers than Texas so that isn't saying much.

[mmdaytontexas]

2 hours ago, GoHorns1 said:

OC for OSU Natty, Look at Northwestern yep that Northwestern offense this year.

Mediocre. I've watched them 2x this year against a bad Oregon and Penn State defense and it's not that special. It reminds me of Greg Davis' zone read 2-man passing game offense. And OSU ran him off. Their defense won that Natty for then, not that offense.

[hookem1014]

8 hours ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

If OU nails their next OC hire, beats Texas again and makes a deep CFP run next season while Sark runs it back with the same offensive staff and the results are the same, I don’t think that will go over well with the big wigs at UT.

I don’t see Sark running it back with the same offensive staff if Texas misses the CFP. Fingers will be pointed at Flood and Sark as an OC. Long overdue. 

[AusMOJO]

Well they're definitely not hiring anyone good. Venables is the type of DC you hire who thinks he can just win everything with good defense and puts all his resources there. On top of that, they have Jim Nagy who thinks he knows everything and probably has way too much power for a guy at his position. 

People worrying about them hiring Chip Kelly don't need to worry. Kelly would never put up with that crap and would want full control. If he doesn't get that, why would he bother? At Northwestern he has full control to do what he wants. Which is working.

I expect they'll hire another up and comer, give him some discount pieces to work with and then fire him in a few years time. Jason Witten being the play caller is going to be laughable.