Originally Posted by soonermike22 View Post
All the chatter knocking Sherri Coale and her ability and desire to coach reminds me of the same stuff said about Barry Switzer in 81, 82 and 83.
Right but Switzer put together back to back to back recruiting classes with Jamelle, Keith Jackson, Dante Jones, Boz, Troy Johnson, Darrell Reed, Ricky Dixon, Mark Hutson to name just a few. To quote the great Switzer it's the Jimmies and Joes not the Xs and Os.
Bob got side tracked not adjusting to recruiting and making some bad assistant hires, letting some assistants
get too sloppy/lazy. It showed on the field. And to Bob's credit despite all the tenure trends pointing in the opposite direction OU's had a great two year run on the field and in recruiting because Bob overhauled everything about the way OU recruits including his level of personal involvement. Bob's impact in recruiting is 100% different than 5 years ago.
Sherri's a great coach. She's been a great coach for 20+ years. She hasn't forgotten how to coach. But recruiting has changed and she's been extremely slow to react to the changes. She still does not have a twitter account. Of all the Sooner major teams WBB twitter has the least posts and buzz. Take a look at it compared to how active Sooner softball's official twitter is.
How the staff gotten stale in recruiting ?? Hard to say. Recruiting rankings results would say yes.
Does the staff need to fix Texas recruiting? Yes, or get California/West Coast recruiting going again.
Is Sherri paying enough attention to International recruiting? Seems to be becoming a bigger trend.
And the further distance from a big 12 title or a final four run is only going to make recruiting harder.
