OU recruiting 2017

I had the general impression that schools were beginning to cool on her by the end of the year. I have no idea why, only having seen a couple of youtube videos of her.
 
sybarite said:
I had the general impression that schools were beginning to cool on her by the end of the year. I have no idea why, only having seen a couple of youtube videos of her.
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I haven't paid attention to her much the last year or so but thought she was a "can't miss".
 
tycat947 said:
I haven't paid attention to her much the last year or so but thought she was a "can't miss".
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I think there were some on this board who thought she was a can't miss. But, we always seem to think that, unless they commit to OU.
 
Difficult to define what is a can't miss prospect. It is probably different in everyones eyes. To some they envision an All American or perhaps an all conference player. To me a can't miss prospect is probably ranked in the top 15 nationally by one or more of the recruiting services perhaps even in the top 20. Furthermore, I think that projection will be correct if that player starts by their second year and is a multiple year starter.

I also think that probably 25% of the can't miss prospects never reach the above referenced success and are labeled bust. Rankings are not absolutes but merely a means of projecting future success and there will always be a significant error factor in those projections.

But we must remember that is if 25% of the can't miss players are bust 75% are not and projecting with 75% accuracy future undetermined success is a very effective tool for the coaches. All coaches would love being 75% accurate in projecting future success of their players.

If you look at the number of nationally top 20 prospects on the present rosters of Texas, Baylor and OU the numbers are Texas 7, Baylor 6 and OU 2. Lower that to top 15 players are the numbers are Texas 6, Baylor 4 and OU 1.

What the numbers then tell me is that both Texas and Baylor have significantly more talent on their roster than does OU and that the probability of both those schools being more successful at the conference and national level is significantly higher than it is for the Sooners. Nothing more!

There will be exceptions to the rule of large numbers but they will not be frequent. To paraphrase Barry Switzer you win with the Jimmies and the Joes much more so than with the X's and the O's.
 
From what I have heard, Johnson's attitude had a lot to do with teams cooling off. I believe she still had plenty of offers from D1 schools, but not the ones she was wanting so she decided to stay close to home. Good luck to her on her career at UCO!
 
SoonerSpock said:
Difficult to define what is a can't miss prospect. It is probably different in everyones eyes. To some they envision an All American or perhaps an all conference player. To me a can't miss prospect is probably ranked in the top 15 nationally by one or more of the recruiting services perhaps even in the top 20. Furthermore, I think that projection will be correct if that player starts by their second year and is a multiple year starter.

I also think that probably 25% of the can't miss prospects never reach the above referenced success and are labeled bust. Rankings are not absolutes but merely a means of projecting future success and there will always be a significant error factor in those projections.

But we must remember that is if 25% of the can't miss players are bust 75% are not and projecting with 75% accuracy future undetermined success is a very effective tool for the coaches. All coaches would love being 75% accurate in projecting future success of their players.

If you look at the number of nationally top 20 prospects on the present rosters of Texas, Baylor and OU the numbers are Texas 7, Baylor 6 and OU 2. Lower that to top 15 players are the numbers are Texas 6, Baylor 4 and OU 1.

What the numbers then tell me is that both Texas and Baylor have significantly more talent on their roster than does OU and that the probability of both those schools being more successful at the conference and national level is significantly higher than it is for the Sooners. Nothing more!

There will be exceptions to the rule of large numbers but they will not be frequent. To paraphrase Barry Switzer you win with the Jimmies and the Joes much more so than with the X's and the O's.
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I agree on the can't miss being a kid in the top half of there class as well... When you look at some of our best teams they had the twins and Drob all were top 20 or better in there classes. We also have the kids who go on to become high school all Americans lil Aaryn who was our best player for a few years. OU needs to sign Davis and Decosta if we want to keep up with Baylor and Texas...
 
Estella Moschkau has given a verbal to Stanford...
 
Things will change with several high ranked players yet to commit but as of today OU's 3 player class is ranked 8th by Prospects Nation.
 
Soonercuda said:
Things will change with several high ranked players yet to commit but as of today OU's 3 player class is ranked 8th by Prospects Nation.
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Nice to see the Sooner class ranked so relatively high. I would note a couple of things regarding Prospects Nation's ranking. First they have Baylor ranked #1 but if Sherri can finish with top ten classes annually she will more than be doing her job.

Also of note Prospect Nation also has the whorns class ranked #21 with their only commitment being the #4 PG (#8 overall) Chasity Patterson. However Prospect Nation has 10 classes with just one player ranked higher than the whorns. Those players are ranked #48, #53, #34, #35, #38, #43, TBA, #21, #56 and #64. Personally I find it confusing that the #8 player is ranked significantly higher than the 10 players in the 1 player classes ranked immediately above the Texas class.

By my logic it says the Texas class should be ranked #11 not #21 based on the player rankings if theire #8 ranked player is in fact higher ranked than the other 10 player. Sounds like Prospect Nation likes to talk out of both sides of their mouth. You cannot have this discrepancy between player rankings and class rankings when both are identical. Duh!!


https://prospectsnation.com/class-rankings-2017-october-14
 
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zacj33 said:
From what I have heard, Johnson's attitude had a lot to do with teams cooling off. I believe she still had plenty of offers from D1 schools, but not the ones she was wanting so she decided to stay close to home. Good luck to her on her career at UCO!
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Which schools were still offering her when she committed to UCO?
 
SoonerSpock said:
Nice to see the Sooner class ranked so relatively high. I would note a couple of things regarding Prospects Nation's ranking. First they have Baylor ranked #1 but if Sherri can finish with top ten classes annually she will more than be doing her job.

Also of note Prospect Nation also has the whorns class ranked #21 with their only commitment being the #4 PG (#8 overall) Chasity Patterson. However Prospect Nation has 10 classes with just one player ranked higher than the whorns. Those players are ranked #48, #53, #34, #35, #38, #43, TBA, #21, #56 and #64. Personally I find it confusing that the #8 player is ranked significantly higher than the 10 players in the 1 player classes ranked immediately above the Texas class.

By my logic it says the Texas class should be ranked #11 not #21 based on the player rankings if theire #8 ranked player is in fact higher ranked than the other 10 player. Sounds like Prospect Nation likes to talk out of both sides of their mouth. You cannot have this discrepancy between player rankings and class rankings when both are identical. Duh!!


https://prospectsnation.com/class-rankings-2017-october-14
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With OU in the running for both Davis and Gray our ranking can still move up...
Right now our class is ranked somewhere out side of the top 20 over on espn, but they also have us with only 2 committed players.
 
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