Sooners coaches promise recruit a starting job

Bob stoops to making promises to recruits?

This has trouble written all over it.

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Originally posted 09:41 AM ET  02.01 by ICEnSoCal

This has trouble written all over it.

Agreed. Promising the guy the job before he has even put in the work? Not the kind of thing that endears current players to the coach or the incoming player.

He'd better deliver, or there might be some trouble coming.

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Originally posted 09:45 AM ET  02.01 by Joe Kidd #1

Agreed. Promising the guy the job before he has even put in the work? Not the kind of thing that endears current players to the coach or the incoming player. He'd better deliver, or there might be some trouble coming.

Eggsactly

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Originally posted 09:45 AM ET  02.01 by Joe Kidd #1

Agreed. Promising the guy the job before he has even put in the work? Not the kind of thing that endears current players to the coach or the incoming player. He'd better deliver, or there might be some trouble coming.

I hope the recruit has that promise down in writing!!!

Smells of desparation.

It's not clear from the article that Stoops promised anything. If one of his coaches made promises, Stoops could disavow all knowledge of the so-called promise. Of course, this won't happen until after the young man has signed and faxed his LOI.

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Originally posted 11:40 AM ET  02.01 by DearbornSparty

It's not clear from the article that Stoops promised anything. If one of his coaches made promises, Stoops could disavow all knowledge of the so-called promise. Of course, this won't happen until after the young man has signed and faxed his LOI.

Stoops prob did, Mike Stoops that is.

0U seems to have lost some of its recruiting mojo in Texas, recruits that in the past would be a no brainer selection are now going to TCU, aTm and even Baylor. Are they getting a bit desperate to get the 4*'s?

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Originally posted 11:53 AM ET  02.01 by SL Guido

Stoops prob did, Mike Stoops that is. 0U seems to have lost some of its recruiting mojo in Texas, recruits that in the past would be a no brainer selection are now going to TCU, aTm and even Baylor. Are they getting a bit desperate to get the 4*'s?

One of the great things about CFB today is the amount of tv coverage. With just about everyone on tv each week, it levels the playing field to a certain degree. Young men can pick a smaller school, or a non-traditional power and still be seen.

So this kid is moving from Fresno to Oklahoma. Guess he really enjoys watching grass (or table grapes or wheat) grow.
I always wonder why a top recruit would choose a place like Oklahoma or even Alabama over USC or Stanford or even Hawaii. If he's really that good he'll get the attention, and in the meantime he can go to a school where life beyond the campus has a lot to offer.

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Originally posted 12:12 PM ET  02.01 by smart alec

So this kid is moving from Fresno to Oklahoma. Guess he really enjoys watching grass (or table grapes or wheat) grow.I always wonder why a top recruit would choose a place like Oklahoma or even Alabama over USC or Stanford or even Hawaii. If he's really that good he'll get the attention, and in the meantime he can go to a school where life beyond the campus has a lot to offer.

Good point, I have been to Norman Oklahoma and I never left anything there. What a hell hole!!!

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Originally posted 12:12 PM ET  02.01 by smart alec

So this kid is moving from Fresno to Okinawa? Guess he really enjoys watching topless women work the rice paddies. I always wonder why a top recruit would choose a place like Okinawa or even Korea over England or Germany or even Hawaii. If he's really that good he'll rise up the ranks, and in the meantime he can go to a theatre where life beyond the base has a lot to offer.

Fracked it for you....

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Originally posted 04:34 PM ET  02.01 by ObiWan

Actually it is a nice place

Well that is why we all have an opinion!!! :-)