{"id":5867,"date":"2018-09-29T12:28:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T17:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2018-09-29T19:20:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T00:20:05","slug":"ou-head-coach-riley-suspends-sooner-qb-kyler-murray-for-todays-baylor-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=5867","title":{"rendered":"OU head coach Riley suspends Sooner qb Kyler Murray for today’s Baylor contest…."},"content":{"rendered":"
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LAWRENCE, KS – NOVEMBER 18: Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Kyler Murray (1) in the first quarter of a Big 12 game between the Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas Jayhawks on November 18, 2017 at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, KS. (Photo by Scott Winters\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Update:\u00a0\u00a0After kickoff, Murray Missed one series of play <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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If there is one thing I like about head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners football program is that he does not play favorites in discipling his players. He is a man of his word.<\/p>\n

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Riley has suspended Kyler Murray, OU’s highly effective quarterback for today’s start in Norman. At this time, the amount of missed game time\u00a0 is not known. It has been suggested that he will miss the first series of the game when the Sooners have the ball, but it could be longer.<\/p>\n

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The important thing with Riley’s action is that no matter the player or his importance to the team, he will take decisive action on handing out punishment and he plays no favorites in doing so.\u00a0This allows the players to know what will happen when their indiscretions are negative to the team. I applaude his consistency.\u00a0 As of last year when star quarterback Baker Mayfield was suspended for his actions in a game the week before.<\/p>\n

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I remember a few years ago when my Uncle John Pratt, (Oklahoma Coaches Hall-of-Fame member)\u00a0former basketball coach at Midwest City High School (23 years)\u00a0 related a true story to me.\u00a0\u00a0He\u00a0 taught me how important discipline can be in working with players.\u00a0He understood\u00a0that\u00a0being fair and\u00a0consistent will all players is\u00a0a must.\u00a0 He took a little and upcoming school in Midwest City back in 1950 and as the city grew, the high school became a powerhouse in sports at the highest level in the state.\u00a0 He set standards that were harsh\u00a0and unrelenting but fair and understood.\u00a0 Uncle John learned his coaching philosophy from Hank Iba, legendary college coaching icon, being a student assistant with the “Iron Duke” for two years while at Oklahoma A&M.<\/p>\n

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The previous year before my Uncle took the job, \u00a0the Bombers had won two basketball games. In his first year, Uncle John knew that he had to set a foundation for his program for it to grow and flourish into a winner.\u00a0 On day one of his first\u00a0basketball practice at the school\u00a0the rules that his players\u00a0were to follow if they wanted to be part of the team\u00a0were established along with the consequences of punishment of those that did not follow said rules.\u00a0 My Uncle, being a young coach, had to learn a\u00a0lessons (as the coach)\u00a0in that first year as a head man.\u00a0 The first one he learned is that your word has to be totally genuine and you have to do what you say.<\/p>\n

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The young coach’s\u00a0learning of running a program of fidelity came quickly. One rule was that players would not smoke during the season and to do so would be a quick suspension for the year.\u00a0 You smoke, you do not play for Midwest City.\u00a0 My Uncle, in a visit with an already established coach at a rival school, Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City, C.B Speegle, was telling.\u00a0 Coach Speegle, told my Uncle that yes, it was good to make stiff rules and such, but be prepared to\u00a0face the consequences of your word.\u00a0 (My Uncle said that the Capitol Hill coach told him that if he had such rule of no smoking his whole Redskin team would have to be suspended).<\/p>\n

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You can see where I am going.\u00a0 The first week of school, my Uncle’s best player was caught smoking and admitted it. Uncle John summarily suspended the young man, a junior, for the year. The player that he was going to build the next two seasons with was off the team.\u00a0 You have to understand that my Uncle felt bad, but had to do what he said he would do. To be fair, he allowed the player to practice and sit on the bench during games, to watch.\u00a0 Rules were established at Midwest City.\u00a0\u00a0They were harsh. But the program was established and in three years Midwest City was in the State tournaments and winning twenty games a year\u00a0as a norm.<\/p>\n

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Yes, my Uncle missed out on\u00a0some players at the school as of his “iron Duke” coaching attitude was too hard for them to adhere to.\u00a0 But Uncle John Pratt\u00a0did not have the player problems\u00a0that arose at other schools.\u00a0 He, as is Lincoln Riley of today, set a high standard that gives to a winning atmosphere.\u00a0 OU is in good hands with Mr. Riley.<\/p>\n

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Feature photo:\u00a0 The Sporting News<\/p>\n

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