Let's assume that the following players are gone, based upon the various rumors floating around and graduating seniors:
Wright
Crocker
Gerber
Mason-Griffin
Warren
Allen
Gallon
Willis
That would leave the following players as returnees:
Pledger
Franklin (walkon)
Fitzgerald
Randolph (walkon)
Hardrick
Davis
Honore (walkon)
With possibly only 4 returning scholarship players and 3 returning walkons, that would be nearly a complete turnover of the roster. When was the last time OU only had 4 returning scholarship players? Of course, that's assuming that ALL of the rumored transfers actually occur.
With Clark and Taylor committed, OU would have 6 scholarship players. With the scholarship limit at 13, OU would have to sign 7 more players to be at the scholarship limit.
It almost reminds me of the situation Baylor was in after Bliss. I believe they only had 4 scholarship players returning and had to hit the juco ranks hard to fill out their roster (if memory serves me correctly). Drew was a good enough recruiter and coach to get them to where they are now, but it didn't happen overnight. Is Capel capable of doing the same thing? It's so late in the recruiting season, will OU even have 8 or 9 scholarship players next year? A real concern could be whether or not OU has enough quality players to even effectively practice next season. That could certainly make it even more difficult to rebuild the program.
Much of this has been discussed already, but I wanted to throw the Baylor comparison out there in order to offer eventual hope.
Wright
Crocker
Gerber
Mason-Griffin
Warren
Allen
Gallon
Willis
That would leave the following players as returnees:
Pledger
Franklin (walkon)
Fitzgerald
Randolph (walkon)
Hardrick
Davis
Honore (walkon)
With possibly only 4 returning scholarship players and 3 returning walkons, that would be nearly a complete turnover of the roster. When was the last time OU only had 4 returning scholarship players? Of course, that's assuming that ALL of the rumored transfers actually occur.
With Clark and Taylor committed, OU would have 6 scholarship players. With the scholarship limit at 13, OU would have to sign 7 more players to be at the scholarship limit.
It almost reminds me of the situation Baylor was in after Bliss. I believe they only had 4 scholarship players returning and had to hit the juco ranks hard to fill out their roster (if memory serves me correctly). Drew was a good enough recruiter and coach to get them to where they are now, but it didn't happen overnight. Is Capel capable of doing the same thing? It's so late in the recruiting season, will OU even have 8 or 9 scholarship players next year? A real concern could be whether or not OU has enough quality players to even effectively practice next season. That could certainly make it even more difficult to rebuild the program.
Much of this has been discussed already, but I wanted to throw the Baylor comparison out there in order to offer eventual hope.