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Column: Brent Venables Talks Offensive Coordinator: Scheme, Personality, Work Habits and More..
The Sooners’ head coach said he wants to hire someone who runs an efficient system and aligns with his beliefs and values, but “we’re not looking for a choir boy.”
Imagine the information that Brent Venables must sift through before he hires his next offensive coordinator at Oklahoma.
Start with the new guy’s scheme. What system does he run? What are his tendencies? And for that matter, what does Venables prefer as he tries to build out a complete program?
There are more variations of college football offenses than there are flavors of ice cream, so that’s a big one.
But just as important as the offensive system itself is the man who’s running it.
What personal qualities does Venables want? What are his work habits? What do his co-workers say about him? What do his bosses say about him? Who are his references? What coaching tree does he come from? Where has he competed? Did he play college football? Did he play quarterback? And does Venables prefer a young guy with fresh, new ideas? Or someone older, with more experience, who is more established?
“You just check, check, check, check,” Venables told me Tuesday at his weekly press conference, checking off the imaginary boxes on his imaginary wish list with an imaginary pencil.
“Not looking for a choir boy,” Venables said. “But also … we get to choose, and so we want to find someone that aligns with a belief system and a value system that we share. But at the same time, can we get better through this?”
