Anyone watch Mike Stoops' post game? You can watch it on Soonersports.tv.
Three things came out of it that I found odd:
1) He preemptively stated (and then kind of glosses over his statement) that he knows he's going to catch flak from fans, and they essentially don't know what they're talking about. He even comments about how often they had 4-man fronts in the game, and he directs that comment right to the fans.
2) Back to blaming it on execution and not the schemes.
3) He commented that we simply don't have 6 DBs to rely on, and he made it sound like that was due to injuries. He kept saying players were 'out.'
I went and looked at the injury reports, and yeah, Jordan Parker is out, but he's out for the entire year. If he's one of the losses that Mike is griping about, then we're in for a long season, because he's not coming back..
The only other DB out to injury is Will Johnson with the concussion. Hopefully, he'll be back for Iowa State. OK, maybe that will make a difference? But we're talking about a single guy that is ruining the ability of Oklahoma to produce 6 DBs? Then one minor injury and we're back to 5.
CBs
Jordan Thomas
Parnell Motley
Tre Norwood
(Tanner Baum, Justin Broiles, Tre Brown, Caleb Nettles, Tylon Lynch)
DBs
Steven Parker
Kahlil Haughton
Robert Barnes
(Ryan Jones, Ronnie LaRue, Prentice McKinney, Chance Sylvie)
So how are Justin Broiles (early enrollee), Prentice McKinney and Chance Sylvie not being considered as major contenders in this rotation? What happened to McKinney? Justin and Chance are both major recruiting hauls.
How is Mike going to find 6 DBs without ever really giving these guys a try? He's got 2 weeks now to start working these guys in with the 1's on practice defense.
You've got more than 6 guys, Mike. Start giving the guys you trusted to recruit some chances.
I absolutely hated hearing him blame it on not having enough players when the only loss we have is Will Johnson with a concussion. You have to just write Jordan Parker off.
Three things came out of it that I found odd:
1) He preemptively stated (and then kind of glosses over his statement) that he knows he's going to catch flak from fans, and they essentially don't know what they're talking about. He even comments about how often they had 4-man fronts in the game, and he directs that comment right to the fans.
2) Back to blaming it on execution and not the schemes.
3) He commented that we simply don't have 6 DBs to rely on, and he made it sound like that was due to injuries. He kept saying players were 'out.'
I went and looked at the injury reports, and yeah, Jordan Parker is out, but he's out for the entire year. If he's one of the losses that Mike is griping about, then we're in for a long season, because he's not coming back..
The only other DB out to injury is Will Johnson with the concussion. Hopefully, he'll be back for Iowa State. OK, maybe that will make a difference? But we're talking about a single guy that is ruining the ability of Oklahoma to produce 6 DBs? Then one minor injury and we're back to 5.
CBs
Jordan Thomas
Parnell Motley
Tre Norwood
(Tanner Baum, Justin Broiles, Tre Brown, Caleb Nettles, Tylon Lynch)
DBs
Steven Parker
Kahlil Haughton
Robert Barnes
(Ryan Jones, Ronnie LaRue, Prentice McKinney, Chance Sylvie)
So how are Justin Broiles (early enrollee), Prentice McKinney and Chance Sylvie not being considered as major contenders in this rotation? What happened to McKinney? Justin and Chance are both major recruiting hauls.
How is Mike going to find 6 DBs without ever really giving these guys a try? He's got 2 weeks now to start working these guys in with the 1's on practice defense.
You've got more than 6 guys, Mike. Start giving the guys you trusted to recruit some chances.
I absolutely hated hearing him blame it on not having enough players when the only loss we have is Will Johnson with a concussion. You have to just write Jordan Parker off.