The article mentioned how Tennessee hasn't been to a final four since 2008, and most of the kids were around 10 years old. I think the same can be said about OU, we haven’t made the final four in a long time, and it’s been even longer since we've won anything in the big 12….
It’s not always easy to recruit off tradition….
I agree, you need to be able to tell kids what you have done recently or be able to show them you are getting better, both in winning as well as recruiting. What happened 5 years ago is old news.
I think that's why OU lost out on Lauren Cox. She liked the Sooners a lot but wanted to be on a national contender.
You may be right but I doubt it. If so, it means she has no confidence in her ability to lead a team to victory (which may be true since that is what has happened in her HS years up to now).
More than likely she has been a strong supporter of a state of Texas team for years and has felt anger towards OU due to that. It is very hard for a HS kid to get past those emotions when making a decision like this. That is probably why she dropped us so early.
I will not be totally shocked if she transfers out of Baylor before all is said and done. Much like Peyton did with A&M. I'm certainly not predicting it, just saying it won't shock me if it plays out that way.
Who predicts Tennessee gets this fixed and turned around? Who predicts otherwise?
Well Cox did visit OU at one time, but if you noticed her final list of schools had a lot of talented players...It's not about self doubt on her part, it's more about kids wanting to win and putting themselves in the best position to do so... I think OU needs to win the big 12 or come in no worse then 2nd and land 1 or 2 more top 50 kids in 2017 for the elite talent to start giving OU a serious look in the future....You may be right but I doubt it. If so, it means she has no confidence in her ability to lead a team to victory (which may be true since that is what has happened in her HS years up to now).
More than likely she has been a strong supporter of a state of Texas team for years and has felt anger towards OU due to that. It is very hard for a HS kid to get past those emotions when making a decision like this. That is probably why she dropped us so early.
I will not be totally shocked if she transfers out of Baylor before all is said and done. Much like Peyton did with A&M. I'm certainly not predicting it, just saying it won't shock me if it plays out that way.
Who predicts Tennessee gets this fixed and turned around? Who predicts otherwise?
Well Cox did visit OU at one time, but if you noticed her final list of schools had a lot of talented players...It's not about self doubt on her part, it's more about kids wanting to win and putting themselves in the best position to do so... I think OU needs to win the big 12 or come in no worse then 2nd and land 1 or 2 more top 50 kids in 2017 for the elite talent to start giving OU a serious look in the future....
Well Cox did visit OU at one time, but if you noticed her final list of schools had a lot of talented players...It's not about self doubt on her part, it's more about kids wanting to win and putting themselves in the best position to do so... I think OU needs to win the big 12 or come in no worse then 2nd and land 1 or 2 more top 50 kids in 2017 for the elite talent to start giving OU a serious look in the future....
No disagreement with you about Cox's confidence. You will note I indicated that in suggesting there were probably other reasons beyond simply winning a National Title at play in her mind.
Many kids grow up as fans of a team - with dislike toward their strongest opponents. An example is Sterling Shepherd. He was going to OU if offered. He was not going to bypass us for Texas, Baylor, Notre Dame, Alabama, etc. Lots of kids grow up like that. Trying to tie the recruiting of out of state kids simply to how hard you recruit them is naïve. Of course even within a state allegiances exist. Kids who grow up as OSU fans may "hate" OU and never agree to play there - and vice versa. Same in Texas between the various schools. Emotional ties in young people are very firm in may cases - and have an impact in recruiting.
Are you serious? You just said she's not confident in her ability to win, then you went on to take a dig at her high school career as an example... It's just funny how you've been on Norm about his feelings towards some of our kids but did the same thing... P
It's still sounds like you were doubting her ability to win...
I did not mean to sound that way. She has struggled to lead her HS team to a championship so far, but this is a new year. Perhaps she has learned a lot and as a senior will lead them to a state championship. It will be interesting to see.
Plus lots of kids don't win state championships in HS, but play on college teams that achieve more success than they did in HS.
But lets get this thread back to Tennessee. Will they get it turned around?
You may be right but I doubt it. If so, it means she has no confidence in her ability to lead a team to victory (which may be true since that is what has happened in her HS years up to now).
More than likely she has been a strong supporter of a state of Texas team for years and has felt anger towards OU due to that. It is very hard for a HS kid to get past those emotions when making a decision like this. That is probably why she dropped us so early.
I will not be totally shocked if she transfers out of Baylor before all is said and done. Much like Peyton did with A&M. I'm certainly not predicting it, just saying it won't shock me if it plays out that way.
Who predicts Tennessee gets this fixed and turned around? Who predicts otherwise?
