It is no secret that I am not a fan of a lot of the recruiting "discussion." Let's see if we can make a couple of points.
I have read that:
---Brooke Alexander is a huge OU fan and wants to come to OU.
---Brooke Alexander and Lauren Cox are friends and have visited OU several times on their own.
---Brooke Alexander is friends with Nicole Kornet and would love to play with her.
Then, I have read that:
---Brooke Alexander has had an offer from OU on the table for some time.
What am I missing here? What is the situation? I suspect that none of the "facts" that we know about Brooke Alexander are any more than speculation.
But, then, I look at what everyone is saying they want. We have about two scholarships for the next two years, and everyone seems to want a bunch of girls to play post. I see constant complaints that we have too many guards and not enough posts (or forwards as Notre Dame uses them interchangeably).
I also see that we need more McDonald All-American types. We won't get better unless we get the elite recruits.
OK. Well, Brooke is a 6-0 guard who is not listed among the elite prospects of Texas and is regarded as someone with a high basketball IQ, but less than ideal athletic ability. But, I also see that someone wants her more than anyone else.
Is there any inconsistency here? I see so little in the way of logic in any of this that I'd rather concentrate on whether Rick and Kate should let Martha do the flowers for the wedding on Castle than wrestle with the anxiety of recruiting when I have zero facts. Given that I know nothing, I think it might be an idea to trust the judgement of someone who built a program almost from scratch and became one of the better programs in the nation. I'm more concerned about whether we can keep a player's knees healthy than I am about whether we get the top recruits. I'd like our chances if we had not had knee problems with Chelsi, Erin, Whitney, Britney, and Maddie. If not for ACLs, I think we might have a title by now.
I rather hope that the prospects don't read the boards. But, I know that they do, to some extent. I've followed the boards with some football prospects, none of whom were recruited by OU. But, I hope that we don't offend a prospect by something that we say about her abilities or lack thereof during recruiting. I'm rather glad that a lot of the "inside" information is on a pay board, primarily so it isn't seen by the prospects.
I think that most of our McDonald's prospects can be traced to some link to Courtney, with the exception of Aaryn. I wonder if our next series of recruits like that won't come from a link to Dungee, Pierre-Louis, Penzo, or Ortiz?
I don't post a lot about recruits because I also see some negatives at times. One player that everyone has talked about was said to take a lot of time off during the game, not exactly a glowing recommendation. Do you want that prospect? The consensus here was yes.
I think I'd rather trust Sherri. Any more, we are as good as Tennessee and North Carolina every year, and they get a lot of great recruits, as does Rutgers. Every big name seems to mention Tennessee. Our recent history is as good as theirs.
