Well that happened, it's not fun to lose an athlete that caliber but as i've written before is the nature of college football recruiting. The class will move forward to national signing day and will in all likelihood still finish with a consensus Top 10 class.
You can't be mad about playes flipping, you just can't. Oklahoma is still trying to flip others as I type this out over my coffee (Sorry to ruin the illusion,this is all pre-wrote I can't just pump out this high quality content in minutes)
It does seem unwise to choose Ed Ogeron and his career 22 wins as a headcoach over Bob Stoops but at the end of the day you got to let the kid live. Phillips is a special talent and should do big things. Don't be an ass to him on social media either, if you want to yell at somebody go look at @dog_rates for like three minutes and I promise you it won't matter
Oklahoma is still taking in an elite class for the first time in years and ELEVEN of them are already on campus and will go through spring ball. I get tired of the sky is falling routine when a situation arises like this because it seem we forget/write off/discount the hay that is already in the barn.Draper,Gumbs,Murray are also blue chip prospects at linebacker. Phillips, as good as he isn't going to be the difference in Oklahoma winning a national title or not. I'm not ignoring that top ranked classes are important, but I am saying people losing their minds over one kid isn't the best use of ones time.
The main problem with being Recruitniks is some take this too personally believing any flip is an affront on your Alma-Mater or your fandom, folks got to get out of that mindset. The healthiest way to follow recruiting is #1 Don't or #2 View it as Stocks. You don't take stock loses personally, you know the market ebbs and flows, You're aware of the risk.
Six days till National Signing Day.
