U40: Alex Grinch has his s*** together and is ready to go

Oklahoma Sooners Unofficial 40

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🗓️ 23 January 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Lincoln Riley finally introduced his next defensive coordinator Sunday and we got to hear from the architect of OU's defense moving forward, Alex Grinch. We talk about Grinch's approach to coaching, as well as our thoughts on his biggest challenges. Lincoln Riley also finally gets to address his new quarterback Jalen Hurts and the fact he can now become the quarterback whisperer. Riley also gets to talk about the situation with Austin Kendall's transfer and the back and forth that took place regarding his eligibility at West Virginia. Josh releases his Oklahoma Top 40 list and all hell breaks loose. It's also just two weeks away from the final signing day for recruiting. Plenty of off the rails madness in this one too! The full rundown follows below: OPEN - We preview everything that's been going until Eddie quickly takes us off the rails 0:02:10 - Carey tries to throw to Bob until he realizes Bob is ruining all the audio he broke down. Alex Grinch speaks 0:04:40 - Alex Grinch looking to turn around the effort on the defense 0:06:40 - Josh wants to talk about the defensive system being broken over the past few years 0:10:50 - Grinch has to coordinate the defense and fix one of the most broken positions in the program, the safeties 0:17:15 - Roy Manning's part in rebuilding the defense 0:20:08 - What is Alex Grinch's scheme going to be at Oklahoma 0:24:14 - Ruffin McNeill's place as a defensive member of this staff 0:32:30 - Riley finally let up on Austin Kendall's eligibility situation 0:41:30 - After a few tangents we finally get to Lincoln Riley's decision to bring in Jalen Hurts 0:45:05 - Amputee quarterback discussion here 0:52:30 - Josh's nightmare postgame All-American bowl interview scenarios 0:55:00 - RIP in peace to SoonerScoop's Twitter mentions after Josh released his 2020 Oklahoma Top 40. We break it down 1:02:30 - OU is No. 3 in Rivals.com national recruiting rankings with 2 weeks to go before the final signings 1:06:10 - How OU builds to the spring game in recruiting 1:14:50 - Lincoln Riley was extended and is getting a raise officially next week 1:20:50 - OU basketball pity talk rounds us out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to introduce Alex Grinch, our new defensive coordinator, safety coach here to
0:06.8	Suoner Nation.
0:08.3	Feels like it's been a long time coming now, but certainly a hire that I'm just thrilled with.
0:16.2	This is, and I think I made the comment,
0:19.0	when I first got higher, this is a 1%er,
0:21.4	you know, and there's a lot of there's a lot of
0:24.0	programs that maybe make that claim but this is the elite of the elite. It's back and bigger than ever. It's the unofficial 40 from Sooner Scoop.com presented by the Choctaw Casino When Resort in Durant.
0:55.0	Now here's the entire sooner Scoop crew,
0:59.0	Carrie, Josh, Eddie, and Bob.
1:09.0	All right, we are back, ladies and gentlemen. Another edition of the Choctaw Casino's
1:12.0	and Resort in Durant, unofficial 40 as a lot of things
1:16.2	have been put to bed since the last time we talked to you guys, Lincoln Riley, Alex Grinch
1:20.4	having their joint press conferences over the weekend. We got to talk to Roy Manning and also
1:25.3	Brian Odom, the newest coaches, newest assistant coaches on the Oklahoma coaching staff.
1:31.0	You've got recruiting that's still ongoing as well.
1:33.8	Junior days coming up.
1:35.1	OU basketball is not, well they fall now the top 25.
1:39.6	I guess we won't have an OU practice or OU football update today.
1:44.1	Or I have a couple of.
1:45.5	Oh, you basketball update.
1:46.5	Yeah.
1:47.5	Yeah, but let's start off with the top with, I think, what everybody want to talk about this week
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