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<blockquote data-quote="JD8" data-source="post: 4121050" data-attributes="member: 24"><p>From the Tulsa World..... </p><p></p><p><em><strong>"Why did I pick OU? I really just vibed with the staff and I can really buy in to what the program is offering. Before when I visited OU under Lincoln Riley, the energy wasn’t the same as it is under Brent Venables. I see how genuine and realistic they are at OU. One of the big selling points of the OU program is football isn’t forever so they want to prepare you for more than just football. That’s with all programs, but I really feel like there’s an emphasis on this at OU and with the staff Venables brought with him.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Back in 2020, when I went on my visit, I didn’t see Lincoln Riley one time. But when I went a few weeks ago, Brent Venables was there; he was present, he was energetic, he was passionate, he was bouncing off the walls. The difference in the energy between old OU and new OU stuck out like a nail on a wall.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Coach Miguel Chavis (OU’s defensive ends coach) is always gonna bring the energy, but I’m around a lot of those type of people so I am kind of used to it. But, I definitely noticed on my visit how every single person at OU was energetic. They looked like they loved what they were doing.</strong></em></p><p></p><p><strong><em>What finalized the decision for me was when Coach Chavis looked at me dead in the eye and said, ‘Where are you going to find another place like this? Where are you going to find a place that does what we do, everything that we do?’ I thought about that and I really couldn’t come up with an answer and that alone made me think. That’s what really stuck in my head to make me really pay attention to what Caleb Kelly was saying."</em></strong></p><p></p><p>It's almost as if coaching matters.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JD8, post: 4121050, member: 24"] From the Tulsa World..... [I][B]"Why did I pick OU? I really just vibed with the staff and I can really buy in to what the program is offering. Before when I visited OU under Lincoln Riley, the energy wasn’t the same as it is under Brent Venables. I see how genuine and realistic they are at OU. One of the big selling points of the OU program is football isn’t forever so they want to prepare you for more than just football. That’s with all programs, but I really feel like there’s an emphasis on this at OU and with the staff Venables brought with him. Back in 2020, when I went on my visit, I didn’t see Lincoln Riley one time. But when I went a few weeks ago, Brent Venables was there; he was present, he was energetic, he was passionate, he was bouncing off the walls. The difference in the energy between old OU and new OU stuck out like a nail on a wall. Coach Miguel Chavis (OU’s defensive ends coach) is always gonna bring the energy, but I’m around a lot of those type of people so I am kind of used to it. But, I definitely noticed on my visit how every single person at OU was energetic. They looked like they loved what they were doing.[/B][/I] [B][I]What finalized the decision for me was when Coach Chavis looked at me dead in the eye and said, ‘Where are you going to find another place like this? Where are you going to find a place that does what we do, everything that we do?’ I thought about that and I really couldn’t come up with an answer and that alone made me think. That’s what really stuck in my head to make me really pay attention to what Caleb Kelly was saying."[/I][/B] It's almost as if coaching matters..... [/QUOTE]
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