Beamer top candidate at Oklahoma.

[biting curve]

I don’t see Venables leaving. He’s had his chances and turned them down.

His current gig is pretty sweet, $2 million/year and not deal with the headaches and responsibility of a HBC.

 

[Joe MorrisonLives]

Per SportsLine, Vegas odds on the next Oklahoma head football coach:

• Brent Venables +400
• Lane Kiffin +500
• Mark Stoops +500
• Matt Campbell +600
• Luke Fickell +700
• Jay Norvell +800
• Bob Stoops +900
• Josh Heupel +1000
• Shane Beamer +1100
• Mario Cristobal +1500
• Dave Aranda +1500
• Kliff Kingsbury +2000

Didn't Venables' kid want to play somewhere else his last season? I think I read that somewhere. If his kids are finishing up school and moving on he might not desire the stability that kept him at Clemson so long.

 

[Ratheolcoach]

He (Beamer) would leave tomorrow if they offered him the job.

Honestly he’d be a fool not to. More money and a tailor made team that he doesn’t have to completely re-haul as well as a notional brand he doesn’t have to build but just maintain.

 

[king ward]

Per SportsLine, Vegas odds on the next Oklahoma head football coach:

• Brent Venables +400
• Lane Kiffin +500
• Mark Stoops +500
• Matt Campbell +600
• Luke Fickell +700
• Jay Norvell +800
• Bob Stoops +900
• Josh Heupel +1000
• Shane Beamer +1100
• Mario Cristobal +1500
• Dave Aranda +1500
• Kliff Kingsbury +2000

Is that in ascending or descending order of likelihood. I don't read gamblereze.

 

[GACOCKNBOOM]

I lived in OK for 4 years. It’s a solid place with great people but growing up on the east coast it just doesn’t compare. OU fans are in for a dose of reality, they will lose a lot in the SEC. Move for Beamer doesn’t make sense in my mind.

 

[CarolinaBro]

Is that in ascending or descending order of likelihood. I don't read gamblereze.

Most likely to least likely.

Venables topping the list kind of amuses me since his OU defenses weren't that good and they were happy to get him out of town. A lot has changed since then, of course.

 

[gamecocks247]

Please let them hire Venebals. I would be very surprised if they hired him or Beamer though. Heading to the SEC shortly, you would think they would want someone proven as a head coach, neither fits the bill there. Though, you never know with these AD's.

 

[CockySC01]

I wouldn't think Ok would consider a HC with one year under his belt at SC with a 6 win record. Now, in a few years if Beamer turns THIS program around everyone would be after him. It would be Ray and the BOT’s job to keep a successful regime and maintain the success after that coach is gone. Tanner already fumbled with that. To date those guys get a no confidence vote in my book.

 

[Joe MorrisonLives]

He (Beamer) would leave tomorrow if they offered him the job.

You must be well connected to know that.

 

[Joe MorrisonLives]

Please let them hire Venebals. I would be very surprised if they hired him or Beamer though. Heading to the SEC shortly, you would think they would want someone proven as a head coach, neither fits the bill there. Though, you never know with these AD's.

Yeah, they struck out hard the last time they went out on a limb and hired a first time head coach.

 

[gamecox4982]

I believe that was from a media guy not the AD. That’s a huge difference

 

[Follyboy 56]

If anyone thinks Beamer is not going to talk to OU, they’re being naive. The fact that he HAS to win there will probably keep him here.

 

[fowl_mood]

Venables getting the most attention at 3:01 pm Monday.

 

[Bwellbaseball]

Link?

Take it for what it's worth, this is with a 30 second internet search but corroborates everything else I've heard and read.. he had an affair with a prominent donors daughter and supposedly multiple students while an assistant there. It was all over the place when Snyder was retiring.

Brent Venables

Brent Venables

247sports.com

 

[gamecocks247]

Yeah, they struck out hard the last time they went out on a limb and hired a first time head coach.

Well if there were going that route, why would they go against what worked the first time...

 

[Joe MorrisonLives]

And if Shane shows the slightest interest (even in just talking to OK), he loses a lot of credibility with some of the things he said when hired. Just saying.

It would be disrespectful to the people he worked with just last year to not hear them out, that's not how the fans would see it but it would be a courteous and professional thing to let them shoot their shot even if it's just to see some familiar faces and politely tell them no at the end.

 

[rogue cock]

Link?

The Snyder situation probably has as much as Snyder wanting his son, Sean, to take over the program. Here is a thread from the KSU board at the time discussing/speculating on some of the issues with Venables and a possible return to KSU.

Brent Venables

Brent Venables

247sports.com

 

[Joe MorrisonLives]

Well if there were going that route, why would they go against what worked the first time...

Nope, only thing it proves is that the AD is gonna trust his own judgement.

 

[biting curve]

I like Beamer, and don’t believe that he’s at the top of OU’s list.

However...if he left for OU, I’d take the buyout money from OU, add to it, and make Deion Sanders an offer he couldn’t refuse.

 

[Bwellbaseball]

Where do you draw the line with Venables?

Where do you draw the line with Venables?

goemaw.com

Here's another. I don't pretend to know exactly what he did 30 years ago but you can read between the lines enough to see he didn't just decide he didn't want to be the KSU head coach, he was blackballed.

 

[psmith5532]

If anyone thinks Beamer is not going to talk to OU, they’re being naive. The fact that he HAS to win there will probably keep him here.

Beamer just got his ass handed to him by a team who had half there players out with injury...he's not going anywhere.

 

[rogue cock]

Take it for what it's worth, this is with a 30 second internet search but corroborates everything else I've heard and read.. he had an affair with a prominent donors daughter and supposedly multiple students while an assistant there. It was all over the place when Snyder was retiring.

Brent Venables

Brent Venables

247sports.com

Yeah....prominent donor is putting it lightly. Reports are they are by far the largest donors to the university and the athletic program....the type who pick who the AD is. An example of their benevolence:

K-State campus map: Vanier Football Complex

www.k-state.edu

 

[statelinecock]

Now hearing Venables done deal with several high profile players going with him.

 

[Flameout12]

Since CSB wants to be at USC, no incentive is needed other than the normal doing a good job yearly plus up.

Welcome home.

 

[jackrabbit slim]

Until today I didn't realize just how many dumbass fans we have on this board. So many talking shit about Shane becoming our head coach and the guy was a serious candidate for a storied program like Oklahoma. Now I hope the idiots here will shut the hell up about the quality of Shane Beamer.

 

[USCBatgirl21]

This aged well.

 

[saltlifeGamecock]

Just heard on the radio he's the top candidate to fill that position. Wild.

BS

 

[uscwatson21]

Until today I didn't realize just how many dumbass fans we have on this board. So many talking shit about Shane becoming our head coach and the guy was a serious candidate for a storied program like Oklahoma. Now I hope the idiots here will shut the hell up about the quality of Shane Beamer.

We just got embarrassed by Clemson again thanks to Beamer.

 

[Cocky 45]

hope Ray isn't going to give Beamer a massive buyout and extension due to these unverified rumors

 

[uscwatson21]

hope Ray isn't going to give Beamer a massive buyout and extension due to these unverified rumors

Contract has probably already been signed knowing Ray

 

[jackrabbit slim]

We just got embarrassed by Clemson again thanks to Beamer.

Please it's year one. I'm not surprised you responded first.

 

[Lurker123]

Until today I didn't realize just how many dumbass fans we have on this board. So many talking shit about Shane becoming our head coach and the guy was a serious candidate for a storied program like Oklahoma. Now I hope the idiots here will shut the hell up about the quality of Shane Beamer.

Was he really a serious candidate?

 

[uscnoklahoma2]

That was a reporter's opinion. It was his own little list. I promise you they are not even remotely considering Beamer. Our fans are so gullible...

 

[Joe MorrisonLives]

Until today I didn't realize just how many dumbass fans we have on this board. So many talking shit about Shane becoming our head coach and the guy was a serious candidate for a storied program like Oklahoma. Now I hope the idiots here will shut the hell up about the quality of Shane Beamer.

Keep dreaming, they don't rest.

 

[uscnoklahoma2]

Was he really a serious candidate?

No. Not even close. Our fans are just dumb. Oklahoma and SC are on different levels when it comes to football. Its life out there.

 

[jackrabbit slim]

Was he really a serious candidate?

Yes.

 

[uscnoklahoma2]

Oklahoma doesn’t just hand the keys over to anyone. They’ve only had, what, 2 coaches in 21/22 years? Texas has had 4 or 5 since then.

Exactly.

 

[jackrabbit slim]

No. Not even close. Our fans are just dumb. Oklahoma and SC are on different levels when it comes to football. Its life out there.

 

[jackrabbit slim]

No. Not even close. Our fans are just dumb. Oklahoma and SC are on different levels when it comes to football. Its life out there.

What about now big guy?

 

[Lurker123]

What about now big guy?

Not him, but I'd still seriously question it. Anonymous sources cited by a reporter bug me.

I could easily see a token mention, but, jmho, OU wouldn't seriously consider him.