Comments on: Kenny Stills: It’s not Landry’s fault

By: johnny harrison

johnny harrison — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:41:19 +0000

i call it down syndrome and whitney on my mind like tony romo, the guy is not a general on the field, i admit he is a very nice guy and christian give that up too him, but after that he is a regular joe down the block, after his soph season i jump off the ou bandwagon and seen enough, you sooner fans can keep bragging thats my boy, but don,t have high expectations, cause they will only fall down from the sky… sometimes nice guys and coaches finish last and the very bottom and landry is taking a toll on his team and coach wins and losses lol… whitney do what you can, i don,t blame you for standing up for him, but let him do his own battles he dug his own holes, so let him dig himself out and admit coach if i struggle put someone else in who can spark the team, if not landry jones you are not admitting too urself you are struggling very bad and taking the team down with you… coach you have been blaming urself for 4yrs and the team, but truthfully it all starts in football with the quarterback and you know that….

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:05:29 +0000

Landry is a good kid. He just doesn’t have the “IT” factor. No fire in the belly that I can see. Doesn’t have that field general presence. Coaches can praise his cool, even keeled, not to high, not to low and unflappable personality all they want. That’s great to an extent but you’ve got to have a little emotion now and then to
fire up the guys around you. Good or bad circumstances he always looks like he’s shopping at the grocery store. Kinda there but not to thrilled.

By: johnny harrison

johnny harrison — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:39:19 +0000

c,mon kenny taking up for ur boy landry, now for sure your on bob stoops good side lol… this game was trulylost by landry his interception,fumbles, wide open guy in the enzdzone for a touchdown and miss, c,mon bro give k-state for hanging in there 24-19 win, i told my boys a week ago, if landry on,t put away a team you should beat and keep them around it will happen and guess hat it did, so goes landry jones so goes okahoma…. told you so sooners, loo for two more losses west virginia and tcu, culd be more if this guy does not put out, bench him and bring sumfresh blood in too spark ths team… i got off the landry band wagon after his soph season and seen enough lol…

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:10:29 +0000

Refuse to read a reply longer than the original article.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:04:59 +0000

Stills is just defending his teammate. But a look at the game in a ruthlessly honest manner reveals that Landry IS IN FACT responsible for the loss. Any other analysis without including Landry’s poor play is either incomplete or a denial of the facts.

It’s natural for people to rally around Landry. Criticism is not hatred. I don’t know why that hasn’t been learned. He’s our guy for sure. But has EARNED this criticism. He has the tools, why he hasn’t used them consistently is anyone’s guess. He’s letting his teammates down, his coaches down, and the school down.

By: willie

willie — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:41:54 +0000

Stills, quit ball-bagging for Landry. It’s the head that’s attached to Landrys body thats the problem. But that’s not the only problem on that team. Better start with the head coach and work down.

By: Walter Sobchak

Walter Sobchak — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:48:39 +0000

Kenny is right: it is not Landry’s fault.

It is the ball’s fault.

It jumped out of his hand and into the end zone.

It flew into the hands of an opponent when he threw it.

Darn that ball! Ball had better step it up and stop making Landry Jones look bad.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:55:31 +0000

Stills is a smart man…once the fuming over how OU lost subsided, what is very apparent is that this team has a lot of growing pains before OU gets back to being a contender…a role thrust upon them by the polls and media. I am not blaming the media…with a program like OU, its success and the apparent pieces in place on offense and a new defensive coach made it look promising for a title run in early May in spite of all of the signals that this was a program experiencing many internal issues.

If fans would have really looked closely at the program since last December, they would admit feeling that 2012 was going to be a tough year coupled with a tough schedule. At this point it is about not falling over the cliff like Texas did a couple of years ago. OU has had a sting of winning seasons (many 10 win seasons) for 13 years. It would be a huge step backward if OU returns to a 5 win season or worse. It could happen. Stoops is going to earn every cent he makes this year to keep that from happening.

So, the best thing is for fans to do what the players are doing…take this season game by game and celebrate the steps forward and stop being overly critical – to the point it is a detriment to all those that are part of the program. I am not saying to give every player a pop cycle for doing things that are expected or to let the coaches off the hook. I am saying that the tone needs to change by fans and media. I am guilty, too. The KSU game was one of the most frustrating games I have attended until I think about the games I saw when John Blake coached. The negativity by fans and the implications of some of the news articles is appalling. Give this team a chance. I think criticism about effort, coaching calls, schemes, execution are fair game. But comments that demean or stories that set up those kind of demeaning remarks is turning OU football into the Jerry Springer Show. Sometimes things are just better left unsaid.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not lowering my standards for OU by using John Blake as my reference point for OU football. No way…Stoops has had too many teams that have played at the highest levels. I won’t even mention Bud and Barry. But context is important and I think we have thrown the context out when examining this team. That doesn’t mean we have to settle…what it means is we have to “temper our irrational exuberance ” and think about the consequences of the printed word.