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Wilson unsure of Offensive direction: Kevin Wilson continues his first spring as offensive chief of Oklahoma football, offering few clues to the eventual look of his Sooners. Spread? Power? Single-wing? Wishbone-T? "Like I told the tight ends and fullbacks, if you're not going to perform at a high level, we don’t necessarily have to have a tight end or a fullback on the field," Wilson said. Under the departed Chuck Long, the Sooner offense rocked amid several identities over recent years. OU generally played to its strength. Quentin Griffin was a lightning bug in the shotgun spread of 2002; Adrian Peterson was a downhill missile as an I-formation tailback in 2004. Wilson says there is no need to change just to change. "You gotta do what your line can handle and what your quarterback can handle," Wilson said. Then it's up to the guys competing for positions. "How those guys perform will determine the direction we go," Wilson said. “It will be interesting to see how Joe Jon Finley performs ... I'd like to keep a fullback, we don't necessarily want to go to the spread unless that’s the best thing for our personnel. Wilson was known for the spread at Northwestern, where he coached from 1999-01, but says Northwestern never went into a season regimented. Always went into a season adapting to personnel. "I don't know if we'll make any real decisions until summer," Wilson said. (In part from NewsOK.com)
Q&A with OU's DeMarcus Granger: The Oklahoman
Q&A with OU's Eric Huggins: The Oklahoman
Wilson unsure of Offensive direction: Kevin Wilson continues his first spring as offensive chief of Oklahoma football, offering few clues to the eventual look of his Sooners. Spread? Power? Single-wing? Wishbone-T? "Like I told the tight ends and fullbacks, if you're not going to perform at a high level, we don’t necessarily have to have a tight end or a fullback on the field," Wilson said. Under the departed Chuck Long, the Sooner offense rocked amid several identities over recent years. OU generally played to its strength. Quentin Griffin was a lightning bug in the shotgun spread of 2002; Adrian Peterson was a downhill missile as an I-formation tailback in 2004. Wilson says there is no need to change just to change. "You gotta do what your line can handle and what your quarterback can handle," Wilson said. Then it's up to the guys competing for positions. "How those guys perform will determine the direction we go," Wilson said. “It will be interesting to see how Joe Jon Finley performs ... I'd like to keep a fullback, we don't necessarily want to go to the spread unless that’s the best thing for our personnel. Wilson was known for the spread at Northwestern, where he coached from 1999-01, but says Northwestern never went into a season regimented. Always went into a season adapting to personnel. "I don't know if we'll make any real decisions until summer," Wilson said. (In part from NewsOK.com)
Q&A with OU's DeMarcus Granger: The Oklahoman
Q&A with OU's Eric Huggins: The Oklahoman
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