thebigabd
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Excluding portal. Traditional recruiting only.
2018 - 2 players
-Jamal Bienemy
-Kur Kuath
2019 - 7 players
-Jalen Hill
-Victor Iwuakor
-Devion Harmon
-Rick Issanza
-Anyang Garang
-Alondes Williams
-Corbin Merritt
2020 - 2 players
-Trey Phipps
-Josh O'Garro
2021 - 4 players
-CJ Noland
-Akol Mawein
-Alston Mason
-Bijan Cortes
2022 - 4 players
-Luke Norweather
-Milos Uzan
-Otega Oweh
-Benny Schroeder
19 total players signed.
By my count, 10 of the 19 players didn't work out. We will see what happens with Noland, Cortes, Norweather, etc as well.
Didn't work out:
Another concerning trend is good players, starters, etc fleeing the program. Kur Kuath could have stayed at OU, and instead went to Marquette. Brady Manek could have stayed at OU, and instead went to UNC... Umoja Gibson could have stayed, and went to Depaul. Eli Harkless could have stayed, and instead went to UNLV... Alondes Williams could have stayed, and instead went to Wake Forest and was ACC player of the year....
We can talk about coaching, Porter Moser, the offense, etc... But you can't have half your incoming players not work out and all your starters, contributors, etc fleeing the program every year and sustain any level of success.
The purpose of this is the debate on whether this is a coaching problem or a talent/roster problem... I keep stating its a talent/roster problem, so I decided to look at the foundation of the program and see if anything was amiss. I think its quite clear that something is wrong. The program is bringing in too much dead weight, and has too much talent leaving the program in the past few years with eligibility on the table.
2018 - 2 players
-Jamal Bienemy
-Kur Kuath
2019 - 7 players
-Jalen Hill
-Victor Iwuakor
-Devion Harmon
-Rick Issanza
-Anyang Garang
-Alondes Williams
-Corbin Merritt
2020 - 2 players
-Trey Phipps
-Josh O'Garro
2021 - 4 players
-CJ Noland
-Akol Mawein
-Alston Mason
-Bijan Cortes
2022 - 4 players
-Luke Norweather
-Milos Uzan
-Otega Oweh
-Benny Schroeder
19 total players signed.
By my count, 10 of the 19 players didn't work out. We will see what happens with Noland, Cortes, Norweather, etc as well.
Didn't work out:
- Akol Mawein
- Alston Mason
- Jamal Bienemy
- Victor Iwuakor
- Devion Harmon
- Rick Issanza
- Anyang Garang
- Corbin Merritt
- Trey Phipps
- Josh O'Garro
Another concerning trend is good players, starters, etc fleeing the program. Kur Kuath could have stayed at OU, and instead went to Marquette. Brady Manek could have stayed at OU, and instead went to UNC... Umoja Gibson could have stayed, and went to Depaul. Eli Harkless could have stayed, and instead went to UNLV... Alondes Williams could have stayed, and instead went to Wake Forest and was ACC player of the year....
We can talk about coaching, Porter Moser, the offense, etc... But you can't have half your incoming players not work out and all your starters, contributors, etc fleeing the program every year and sustain any level of success.
The purpose of this is the debate on whether this is a coaching problem or a talent/roster problem... I keep stating its a talent/roster problem, so I decided to look at the foundation of the program and see if anything was amiss. I think its quite clear that something is wrong. The program is bringing in too much dead weight, and has too much talent leaving the program in the past few years with eligibility on the table.