OU fans should be fired up that new AD Roger Denny just matched their preposterous expectations

As crazy of expectations Oklahoma fans have for their Sooners, new OU athletic director Roger Denny will match it.

Denny on Wednesday was introduced as OU's 12th athletic director, replacing the retiring Joe Castiglione, who led the Sooners' athletic department for 28 years. The Castiglione era certainly wasn't a failure between Bob Stoops' time leading the football program and Patty Gasso building a softball kingdom, but, especially by the end, many OU fans felt like Castiglione did not hold the same lofty expectations as them that there should be in Norman.

Roger Denny boldly predicted 'dynasties' for Oklahoma during his introductory press conference

Although anyone getting a new job tries to say all the right things on Day 1, it was clear after just moments behind a mic that Denny understands what the standards are at Oklahoma.

"This place is special and it's unique," Denny said. "I want to be clear, that word often gets misused, I mean that in the absolute definitional sense. There's one of these. There's one Oklahoma."

Later on during the press conference portion, Denny was asked by Sooner Illustrated's Tom Green about a story OU president Joseph Harroz Jr. shared about asking Denny during an interview if he was a 'dawg,' a term used in sports to define an athlete with grit and toughness.

In his answer, Denny revealed to OU fans that his expectations for the Sooners not only match theirs, but he's just the leader they want in charge of their favorite teams as he dreams of dynasties in Oklahoma.

"Ultimately, I think the answer is not willing to accept anything but going out and winning," Denny said. "That all-out commitment and just the unwillingness to accept anything but the absolute best, I think when you take that and match it with a lot of confidence, that we're not going to do anything but the best. I feel really, really good about where this program is headed.

"I haven't shied away at all from conversations about dynasties. I think that's what Oklahoma deserves. And I think that's what we're gonna go get. I think more than anything, it's the unwillingness to offer any conditions to success. We are absolutely here to build dynasties, and I'm not gonna shy away from that."

As insane as these claims sound for those outside of Oklahoma, Sooner Nation views them as realistic, because it's been done before. OU softball and women's gymnastics are in the midst of dynasties right now, and the Sooners have even achieved that status before on the football field with the longest winning streak in college football history.

Those are the expectations OU fans have, and now, their athletic director is on the same page.