Re: I'll admit it, I was wrong about Wes G

TheScoreAtHalftime · 2025-03-13T19:19:21.293Z

I thought he was gonna be the guy. I am happy he's onto something different and I truly believe he will be a great program changer for OU. Grateful for a head coach who is willing to do hard stuff in order to keep climbing that mountain. The proof is in the playing so the jury is still out on Allen but I am loving what I am seeing so far! Go TIGERS!!!!! p.s. for all of you Wes G haters: dude is a football savant; just didn't have the stuff to be a great DC in this era of CFB and at Clemson.

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Mar 13, 2025, 7:04 PM

I will admit I was never sold on Wes. A guy who never played on any level, but was being sold as he was uniquely blessed with some vast amount of football knowledge, like a miracle child? Sorry I just didn't fall for it. Especially when you try to pass him off as trying to be a leader in a room of D1 football players. It appeared his credentials were somebody said, that somebody said, that another guy said that he is a defensive football genius. Nah...just didn't sound right to me. Maybe as an analyst to breakdown film OK but to hire him as a DC? Expecting him to lead a group a A1 personalities? It's not like he possessed a physical presence that commanded attention in a room. It's nothing against him personally but I knew from the beginning this was the dumbest decision ever. Being a leader requires presence and a resume that inspires others to follow you and have a proven track record of getting results. It's the equivalent of getting a gun designer, whose never shot a gun or fought in battle to lead a platoon of infantry men into battle. Like I said nothing against him personally but I knew from the beginning this idiotic experiment was doomed to fail from day one.

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... one of the essential traits of a good coach is the ability to motivate the players.

I coached HS football an JUCO basketball (both volunteer and at a low level). I understood what the heach coach wanted me to teach them. I could explain what I wanted them to do. I could impart the information. I cold even explain to them the reason they should do it. I could explain to them how this would make them a better player and make the team a better team.

But, I couldn't convince them to put forth the effort to do it.

I explained to the head coach of the HS football team, "They want to play, but they don't want to play better."

For whatever the reason, I suspect Wes had the same problem. It wasn't his understanding of the X and O stuff. But, it appears the problem was his ability to convince the players to put forth the effort to excel in what he was explaining to them to do.

I'll admit it, I was wrong about Wes G

I don't doubt Wes was a brilliant analyst, but he was completely in over his

Yep, WES is a good man & excellent D brain

Re: Yep, WES is a good man & excellent D brain