• 8 months ago
Oklahoma Sooners coach Brent Venables
Transcript
00:00 Coach, what goes into the preparation for the next open portal? Will it be that
00:04 evaluating potential needs and wants for your own team or just having to deal
00:07 with the ever-present threat of potential of the departure from your own roster that maybe you weren't anticipating?
00:13 Yeah, well you just got to stay ready. I think it's the biggest thing.
00:17 So, that means that you certainly always assess your own team and where you're at.
00:25 Everybody stays with us, you know, likely in this environment.
00:31 So you just be ready, prepared to adjust when it happens.
00:35 You know, be proactive from what that's going to look like, where the needs might be.
00:43 Be prepared based on what, from an availability standpoint, might be available.
00:50 And so, with the NFL, you know who's getting ready to be a free agent.
00:56 Usually you can have like a real board that says, "Alright, these are the free agents."
01:00 That window is a small window, so you just try to stay aware in college football, but not go in.
01:08 It's always about finding the need, the needs of this team to move on to 1/3 of the dressing rooms first.
01:20 So in many ways it's kind of simple, but there are some preparation things that staff that is always prepared to understand the landscape of college football.
01:31 [unclear dialogue]
01:50 Thanks Coach.