Venables showing signs of growth?

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables runs onto the field with his team before the start of an NCAA college football game against Iowa State, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

Let’s say the way everybody thinks it will go for Oklahoma the last three weeks of its, for lack of a better term, “regular season,” is indeed how it goes.

That is, the Sooners may win one of their last three games but not more than that, for after Saturday's skirmish at Missouri, No. 11 Alabama and No. 14 LSU remain.

Let’s also say, though everybody presumes said finish would make next season a make or break campaign for head coach Brent Venables, it won’t be because his buyout will be too big still and, like it or not, OU’s stuck with him for at least two more seasons after this one.

But  even if that’s the case, can we all agree on this? 

The only way Venables makes it to 2027 will require real growth on his part because if he’s the same head coach he’s been to this point in his tenure, he won’t make it.

Agreed?

Even if everything he appears to be doing well from a macro standpoint remains in place, that still leaves a bunch of daily, Saturday and annual decisions he must become better at making.

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