RILEY SHOWS WHY OKLAHOMA GAINED WITH HIS DEPARTURE AS USC DESTROYED BY UTAH
Let me clarify myself before I get deep into this rather short and curt writing. Former Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley is, in my opinion, a rather dubious person. He is not a man that I would want to be a role model for my children nor would I want his presence around me at most any time. I will tell you that no one person is perfect and Riley is a reflection on today’s society here in America. A man’s or woman’s word mean absolutely nothing for too many stinking human beings.
Nor do I jump his exit from Oklahoma, only the way it came down. Sooner athletic director Joe Castiglione has his hands awash in the departure but not in a moralistic fashion. Lincoln Riley wanted something that the AD did not want to give So Riley showed his true colors. Castiglione did not want to cave to what Lincoln wanted for his working conditions and program improvements at OU, the same “asks” that were given to the new head man Brent Venables as of his hire.
But one will can say that Castiglione will always be a mover and shaker with impeccable character. Not so with Riley, as he will go to whatever means necessary in accomplishing his goals. Goals of personal betterment no matter who is in the way. Lying and conniving are tools in his closet and what told the media after his sudden move to So Cal displayed his inner soul. He did not live up to his contract at OU in that final year as he planned and executed the move to USC while not giving all to that Sooner team. He was and is a dishonest person. In my personal world, I would not want to associate with him or his kind, whatever than means or whomever that would include.
On Lincoln Riley’s positive reflection, I will say, the guy is also one of the best head coaches in college football. He sure has a knack of recruiting and developing the best young quarterbacks in the college game. And he can recruit with the best of them, including the Devil in Hell. I will leave it at that.
Lincoln Riley’s University of Southen California Trojans were beat down last night in the PAC 12 Conference Football title game in Las Vegas by the Utah Utes, 47 to 24. The loss reflected what has been Riley’s achilles’ heel with his football teams, including his stint in Norman. His defensive teams have not only been bad, but totally awful. This problem reared it’s ugly head twice this season against Utah and have put the Trojans out of the 2022 playoff picture.
In the big picture, Oklahoma is better off in the long than in the short time. Brent Venables will turn the culture around and he will develop into a winning head coach Sooner Nation wants in bringing the program into the SEC.
Lincoln Riley will be at USC for a rather short time and when the opportunity comes for him to make his exit to the NFL and, if you can imagine, more money, he will be off to that league. I expect that he will, in time, be the head coach in one of the California teams or the Dallas Cowboys. I say Dallas after they derail with their current coach.
That is the way I see it sports fans. Please leave comments and I will respond.
I’m like you!!! I try to visualize if drinking a beer and shooting the shit would be fun….bob and Barry, even blake would be great….ill put lincoln right there with schnellenberger and take a hard pass
I have been around people like Lincoln. I have many experiences with folks like him. He comes from a place where I understand his mindset. I get it. You can never have enough and you will justify anything to get what you think you need. Riley is still a young man and maybe he will see the light of right and wrong and how screwing the fuck out of some of your people will in the long run ruin you, your reputation, and in a final blow, take you to where you never want to be when you pass this earth.
I agreed with this post, right up to “NFL for more money”. NCAA Head Coaches… the elite ones at least… are paid better than the NFL Coaches.
Men like LR are not at a place for more than a few years…..it is the nature….
Riley is just a bad man with no relationship with the truth. He cheated on his wife while at OU so that tells you what you need to know.
LR is who he is! That being said, We are in great hands with BV. He will prove this out over time. Character ALWAYS WINS. We must give him time. As we know from our rivals to the south “Texas”, it’s not how great a recruiter you are! It’s how good you develop these young men. That’s why I say we are in great hands. Also, it’s interesting to see who is “jumping ship” in order to rush to be a star or starter on the OU team right now. Championship football teams are hard. Just think about the talent Alabama or Georgia and even a top 20 team has on their roster? Did a recruit come to be developed over time or did they think they should start regardless of where they were in their development? Most will never play in the NFL. Few will be a consistent starter on a Power 5 team. BV demands committed players. Most will not be willing to commit at that level, so they leave. Here’s my point…that’s who LR is, he lacks championship commitment! Good luck Lincoln!
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