A little premature perhaps? A 16–10 record and just two seasons warrants a six year commitment.

Interesting nonetheless.

 

Feels pretty early for an extension of this length. 

From Twitter (Robert Behrens): “Brent Venables' $906, 250 per win during his only two seasons as a head coach is even more than Jimbo Fisher made per win at Texas A&M ($865,384) when he received his infamous extension in 2021.”

This was completely unnecessary. No major program was ever coming after him. It’s just burning money. I wonder how their fans will feel when he goes 7-5 this year. 

Dang  and he’s legit looking at an 8-4 type year. 
 

Surprised by OU.

Edited June 21, 20242 yr by CoachBobbyFinstock

12 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Feels pretty early for an extension of this length. 

I'm happy about it.  I think he is going to be mediocre at Blow U.

21 minutes ago, CaseMcCoyTruther said:

From Twitter (Robert Behrens): “Brent Venables' $906, 250 per win during his only two seasons as a head coach is even more than Jimbo Fisher made per win at Texas A&M ($865,384) when he received his infamous extension in 2021.”

Lol

I do wonder how that fanbase will take the extension a year from say if Arnold has a slow start, or the schedule gets the best of him. 

He needs a 6 inch height extension so he can look his father, Steve Sarkisian in the eyes when he talks to him. 

Surely this won’t backfire 

lol. Remember that rumor in April that he was going to get fired if those-who-still-suck didn’t win 8 games. Now he’s getting a raise and an extension?! 

They're about to 6-6.

What was his current contract? 6 years is a long time for the kind of hire he was.

Great! 

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

Feels pretty early for an extension of this length. 

He got the Herman treatment. This will end well…for us. 

30 minutes ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

lol. Remember that rumor in April that he was going to get fired if those-who-still-suck didn’t win 8 games. Now he’s getting a raise and an extension?! 

It makes sooner sense 😂

Hello recruiting pressure … OU obviously felt like they needed to make this move for recruiting purposes 

The timing tells the tale here. No question this was a recruiting move. Sooners must have been hearing from recruits that they were hearing that Venables might not be around long term. Whence the extension, which is really just for two more years. Interesting to see what the buyout terms are. Venables has not really distinguished himself as a head coach rather than just a defensive guy. OU has had trouble with roster management, game management, special teams, coordinator management, etc. These are all things directly attributable to the head coach. 

18 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Hello recruiting pressure … OU obviously felt like they needed to make this move for recruiting purposes 

Remember....

You cannot spell douche without ou!

 

The Sooners keep focusing on the modest raise to Venable’s salary. The key provision is the buyout clause. Unlike Sark’s original contract (and presumably the extension, I haven’t seen the terms) it is a fully guaranteed contract. So that adds another $16,000,000 or so to the buyout. At least it has a mitigation clause. Jimbo‘s contract was unique in that it was fully guaranteed with no mitigation provision. 

I'm having a good time listening to SoonerScoop talk about how great it is the criminal interlopers are getting lower level WR commits. Several months ago they claimed they were in on Andrew Marsh, Kelshaun Johnson, etc. They just don't mention it anymore. They're also prepping the fanbase for losing out on the big tackles from DFW, saying other schools are prioritizing individual guys with NIL deals. This all tells me they're still not up to par in NIL from a holistic perspective. Feels like a return to the 90s.

He's recruiting well the last 2 years and they have a lot of momentum currently.  Plus, he did beat us last year as an underdog.  Why not lock him in for recruiting purposes?  (We did the same thing after 1 good year btw but I was all for it)