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New Oklahoma Sooners general manager Jim Nagy was, simply put, a slam dunk hire. The former executive director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl was a scout in the NFL for 18 years and is helping bring a progressive new structure to OU Football.
Following two losing seasons in three years after zero losing seasons over the previous 23, the Sooners have to get better at playing the name, image, likeness, and transfer portal game prevalent in the current landscape of college football. Otherwise, they could fall further behind. Jim Nagy is now tasked with getting the Sooners to the forefront.
On3 Sports college football analyst J.D. PicKell, who hosts “The Hard Count with J.D. PicKell”, believes that the Nagy hire is OU sending a message to the rest of college football.
“This is a move you make when you’re looking to the future, when you’re adapting to modern college football,” PicKell said. “This was a, I believe on paper at least, a home-run hire from the Sooners.”
PicKell lauded the move, but also said it sends a message that the Sooners are serious about competing in the new era of college football.
“You don’t go hire a guy who is interviewing for NFL GM jobs, unless you yourself are going to operate like an NFL organization,” PicKell said. “If the output you want is to win at the highest level, what does that require? Probably gotta have pretty good players, probably gotta have one of the better rosters in college football.”
In the sport’s new era, buying the best players typically leads to success. Just ask Ohio State. While Oklahoma doesn’t have the deepest pockets in college football, they hope that the addition of Nagy can give them an advantage and get them back to the top; back to being Oklahoma.
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Publish date : 2025-04-07 17:52:00
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