If We Build It, They Will Come...Another New Recruit...

[Senior Sooner]

Highly Rated WR/Corner Verbally Commits to Sooners...

A Bonus at the End of this News Article is a List of All of the 2016 Recruits...
http://oklahoma.247sports.com/Article/Parnell-Motley-commits-to-Oklahoma-Sooners-42197116

HS Highlights...The poor film quality improves about half-way through...Look for the Yellow Arrow...

 

[soonerfastnloud]

AWESOME, we need a corner or wide receiver to replace Sterling and Sanchez.

 

[K2C Sooner]

The link has us rated at about 30+ in recruiting. Really?

When will these recruiting sites give us credit? We are in the final four........


Edit: I think we have been underrated for years by these pundits. Shows how much they know about our former classes.............

 

[SoonerTulsan]

The link has us rated at about 30+ in recruiting. Really?

When will these recruiting sites give us credit? We are in the final four........


Edit: I think we have been underrated for years by these pundits. Shows how much they know about our former classes.............

Ignore them like you ignore fans that think we should fire a coach after every loss. They are few and far between anyway.

 

[SoonerTulsan]

Kidn

Highly Rated WR/Corner Verbally Commits to Sooners...

A Bonus at the End of this News Article is a List of All of the 2016 Recruits...
http://oklahoma.247sports.com/Article/Parnell-Motley-commits-to-Oklahoma-Sooners-42197116

HS Highlights...The poor film quality improves about half-way through...Look for the Yellow Arrow...

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Kid has hands, speed, and ball instincts. Could fit in as a WR or DB. Looks like a nice pickup.

 

[Soonersincefitty]

The link has us rated at about 30+ in recruiting. Really?

When will these recruiting sites give us credit? We are in the final four........


Edit: I think we have been underrated for years by these pundits. Shows how much they know about our former classes.............

Eh, it's a dumb metric that doesn't mean squat.

Like, for example...the #1 class for 2015 was USC, with 4 so called 5 star players.
I don't need to remind you that they're rocking 5 losses to date, and might lose their bowl against the Badgers.

Yes, I'm aware of the coaching turmoil, but still...just saying.

Just for reference, OU ended up #14 in last years class.
So clearly, all that glitters isn't gold.

 

[SoonerTulsan]

Eh, it's a dumb metric that doesn't mean squat.

Like, for example...the #1 class for 2015 was USC, with 4 so called 5 star players.
I don't need to remind you that they're rocking 5 losses to date, and might lose their bowl against the Badgers.

Yes, I'm aware of the coaching turmoil, but still...just saying.

Just for reference, OU ended up #14 in last years class.
So clearly, all that glitters isn't gold.

What?? I thought our recruiting sucked for years because of Medium game Bob.

 

[Soonersincefitty]

What?? I thought our recruiting sucked for years because of Medium game Bob.

Yeah, that's what the critics would have you believe.
I don't remember any of Bobs classes being outside the top twenty...ever.

Not bad for a state with 372 people...

 

[SoonerTulsan]

Yeah, that's what the critics would have you believe.
I don't remember any of Bobs classes being outside the top twenty...ever.

Not bad for a state with 372 people...

372??? Who moved in?????

 

[Soonersincefitty]

372??? Who moved in?????

Syrians...who else?

 

[SoonerTulsan]

Syrians...who else?

"Off with their heads!"

 

[Senior Sooner]

372??? Who moved in?????

OR, Who died?

 

[SoonerTulsan]

OR, Who died?

LOL...OUtstanding point. The Syrians???

 

[MiccoMacey]

Eh, it's a dumb metric that doesn't mean squat.

Like, for example...the #1 class for 2015 was USC, with 4 so called 5 star players.
I don't need to remind you that they're rocking 5 losses to date, and might lose their bowl against the Badgers.

Yes, I'm aware of the coaching turmoil, but still...just saying.

Just for reference, OU ended up #14 in last years class.
So clearly, all that glitters isn't gold.

I don't disagree that the metric is stupid. But I think the USC example is off a bit. A program isn't made by one recruiting class, regardless how many quality kids it has. It's made by consistent rock-solid classes year in, year out (like OU). Using one class and expecting huge returns from that one class isn't all that fair.

But yes, stars are stupid.

 

[BillyRay]

But yes, stars are stupid.

Absolutely this!!! I can't stand all the hoopla and such over recruiting rankings, how many stars a kid has, etc. And it certainly isn't a direct reflection of what a team is ranked or if that program is in the playoff or not. Recruiting rankings I suppose are there to give rabid fans something to talk about to keep chatter up.

 

[WhyNotaSooner]

When we get a 5 star, we spout, "He's a 5 star"

When we don't get a 5 star, we spout, "Sammy wasn't a 5 Star!"

The odds are greater that the higher the kid is ranked, the better that he performs. Unfortunately, not so much for IU though.

 

[Okie70]

Alabama, on the other hand. . . .