We will never be able to recruit the players that OU, Texas, OSU, and A&M recruit. It is simply never going to happen. Sure we will be able to land a 4 star player here or there. Beat out Okie State for a recruit every now and than. But top to bottom, they will always out recruit us.
So how can we compete with them? Depth! We need to get to the point where our program can redshirt guys like AJ Klein and Jake Knott instead of using them as true freshman. Where if a player goes down with an injury we have a couple guys behind them that are capable of playing. Where we can put backups in at times to give the starters a rest and not have to worry about missing a step. Right now I bet our players are tired and beat up. And we have nobody that we can put in to give them a breather. We have to build up depth at every position. It also makes the players compete even more because there are more guys to fight with for playing time.
I think that Rhoads is doing a great job of starting to build the depth that has been missing since McCarney's last 3 recruiting classes and we are 2-3 years away from really seeing it pay off.
So how can we compete with them? Depth! We need to get to the point where our program can redshirt guys like AJ Klein and Jake Knott instead of using them as true freshman. Where if a player goes down with an injury we have a couple guys behind them that are capable of playing. Where we can put backups in at times to give the starters a rest and not have to worry about missing a step. Right now I bet our players are tired and beat up. And we have nobody that we can put in to give them a breather. We have to build up depth at every position. It also makes the players compete even more because there are more guys to fight with for playing time.
I think that Rhoads is doing a great job of starting to build the depth that has been missing since McCarney's last 3 recruiting classes and we are 2-3 years away from really seeing it pay off.