Joe Castiglione to retire; Selmon favored to replace him as OU AD

[Pancho]

Tater says that our AD is gone. Who do we hire now?

[BrunswickDawg]

Tater says that our AD is gone. Who do we hire now?

I hear there is a guy named Larry with MSU connections who is well thought of in Birmingham. Maybe we should give him a shot??***

[Brobi-wan]

I’ll do it for 200k and guarantee you 4-8 in football. Where do I sign?

[PGHBulldogBG]

I agree with Steve that I would go after Wren Baker. He has done well at WVU and has a lot of success for his age

[ScottH]

He's not the favorite. There's 4 or 5 names above his accd to some OU people. He's on the list, but he's not at the top of it. They'd have to strike out on some candidates before. And unlike when he interviewed for our job, they already know him. There's nothing he's going to do to blow them away like he did our people.

The opening created by OU filling their job is the one I was told tonight to be wary of by a Bryan Building higher up.

[Tater]

So Tater you are pretty plugged into OU, what are their thoughts on Castiglione leaving? Is this a they are glad he is gone situation? Is he getting out before he has to make tough decisions on coaches? Did this shock them?

Also, what do you think his legacy will be? He got pretty lucky that he really only ever had to hire one football coach because Stoops gift wrapped his other two football hires. He obviously had some NCAA problems with Kelvin Sampson but Sampson had already left so he never had to make tough decisions on that. And obviously the biggest thing, he got them into the SEC. Seems like a great legacy. The Riley to Venables thing could be the only thing I see people being able to hold against him.

Been known it was coming - just a little earlier than anticipated. 27 years as an AD is a great run. There were whispers of wondering if NIL was passing him up; however, no one really entertained that thought. OU has had a phenomenal run in many sports under him. That stability is cherished. He'll always be revered in OU.

Even in the what have you done for me lately space - everyone was sold on BV. I think the Arbuckle hire will do wonders and OU will be very competitive this year. Hate we missed them on this two cycle, but I don't think we'd beat much of anyone last year even with our schedule.

@Pancho - I didn't say he was leaving. I said he's favored for this job. Ultimately, it's up to people way above our pay grade to make the decision. But early thoughts are Selmon. Part of why he took our gig was to actually build the resume when this time came so that it would be seamless. Joe just is about 2 years early for Selmon's ideal timeline.

[Cowbell]

I'd be happy to keep Selmon. But Hocutt is 2, Selmon is 1. Yes there are a couple significant money people that have it the other way. They were the ones that wanted Lebby gone sooner than the end of the season in 23*. It was no secret Lebby knew he had to find somewhere else to be for 24. We threw him a life raft. But that won't matter.

Michael Alford has done nothing of note for FSU that inspires confidence like what Hocutt and Selmon have pulled off the last two years. He's an alternate choice if those spurn OU. (It would be a shock and a huge boon for us if Selmon declined the job.)

I married into a Big OU family and this is dead on from what I hear

[StarkVegasSteve]

Been known it was coming - just a little earlier than anticipated. 27 years as an AD is a great run. There were whispers of wondering if NIL was passing him up; however, no one really entertained that thought. OU has had a phenomenal run in many sports under him. That stability is cherished. He'll always be revered in OU.

Even in the what have you done for me lately space - everyone was sold on BV. I think the Arbuckle hire will do wonders and OU will be very competitive this year. Hate we missed them on this two cycle, but I don't think we'd beat much of anyone last year even with our schedule.

@Pancho - I didn't say he was leaving. I said he's favored for this job. Ultimately, it's up to people way above our pay grade to make the decision. But early thoughts are Selmon. Part of why he took our gig was to actually build the resume when this time came so that it would be seamless. Joe just is about 2 years early for Selmon's ideal timeline.

I actually am glad we missed on them tbh. I think Arnold or Hawkins would've killed us last year just simply running the ball and I'm really high on Arbuckle so I'd be very worried about what he and Mateer would do to us this year. I actually think we'll be catching them at a good time next year. We know that Arbuckle is probably there one year and will get a HC job and it's like you said earlier in the thread, can Venables keep making OC hires? I think the answer is no. I think he struck lightning in a bottle with Arbuckle. He got lucky that Dickert up and took the Wake job and pounced on the opportunity to get Arbuckle. I think if the Pac 12 was still a thing, I don't know if they pull that off. Because they only got Mateer because of Arbuckle.

[BravesDoggy]

Arbuckle is going to get humbled this year. Not sure what his HC shot is going to be next season. Maybe he can go get a big PAC (8) 12 job.