Daily Bullets (March 24)

Dream Job Jitters

Doug recaps his Yankee job interview a bit:

“I feel good about it,” he said while hurrying through the airport to catch a flight. “I have no idea, but I talked a lot, maybe talked too much.

“What I did was I kind of walked them down a path of presentation. ‘Feel free to interject and interrupt.’ They felt like I answered a lot of their questions in what I was presenting.

“We’re all in this together. Everybody wants Oklahoma State to be successful. I’d hire me.” [NewsOK]

Take away the context and just listen to a guy talking about a job he yearns for. Have you ever interviewed for a job you desperately wanted? You press to convince, pointing at your credentials while pining for the longed for result?

I’m not painting Doug as a teenage boy hoping to take out the prom queen but as someone with relatively major time and emotion (and minor $$$) invested in the university, it’s attractive to consider a coach who resembles that. A coach you can trust.

R(o)amon-ing the Plains

More on the reason for the change here.

“He’s better out there roaming around than he is locked into a certain area,” Gundy said. “He’s like one of those people that you work with that you’re talking to and they never look at you because they’re thinking about something else and working over here on something. That’s how Ramon is. So he’s better roaming around and freelancing.”

In turn, the Pokes are hoping they can utilize Richards’ instincts to allow him to be aggressive without fear of giving up the big play. They also hope that in most games, he’ll be able to hold up enough against the run to stay on the field. [ESPN]

Do you think it was Ramon at times struggling in man coverage or his highlight reel of consistently being in the right place at the right time that led to the position change? Ramon just getting instinctive in the middle of the field is a pretty interesting idea.

OSU and NCAA Notes

West Virginia came up just shy against Gonzaga, KU throttled Purdue late in KC….Cowboy Baseball fourth in these Big 12 power ranks….Arkansas fans can now pack heat when attending home games….Kyle P. goes on a pod (~17 minutes) to talk about the Pokes’ job opening….Wichita State would join the American….Baylor defensive end previously convicted getting a new trial

Pokes open the Big 12 schedule playing in Fort Worth tonight:

Pokes getting ready for Big 12 opener tomorrow night in Fort Worth #okstate pic.twitter.com/ulxIM6rLWB

— Cowboy Baseball (@OSUBaseball) March 23, 2017

I'm nothing if not subtle pic.twitter.com/2NH4wN9rqZ

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) March 23, 2017

Doug’s not in it for the money.

Quote of the day from Mike Gundy: "I may be on the Animal Planet someday." #okstate

— Mark Cooper (@mark_cooperjr) March 22, 2017

This slipped through the cracks somehow on Wednesday: Somebody may need to clarify that Animal Planet is a channel on cable TV, not a separate planet.

PFB Coverage on the Coaching Search (just from yesterday!)

• Who the experts think the Pokes should hire
• What did Iowa State fans think about hiring Fred Hoiberg?
• Boone joins the pod to talk Coaching Search
• Porter on what the fans need most from a hire
• Doug went on the Animal after his interview
• Desmond Mason stumps for the gig
• Cox talks us through Doug’s inexperience
• Five candidates interviewed yesterday

Other Stuff on PFB

• Spring Ball coverage from Hayden: Offensive notebook and defensive notebook
• The Cal grad transfer left tackle has the list down to three
• Union defensive tackle has the Pokes in his top three
• Gundy’s fanning himself watching Tyron Johnson

Other Stuff I’m Reading

NFL’s biggest free agency upgrades (P. Cox release was the reason for the fifth one)….Is Andre Roberson a top 10 defender?….Hard but good read: the God who broke my heart