Seneca Driver: Any chance of flipping him to us or is his recruitment over ?
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I think he comes to us from the portal. Willie Rodriguez will be a star.
I would love to see Driver at Cat. The kid did it all on both sides of the ball against Bryan Station in the first half alone!
That's why we hired Will. Stoops wasn't pulling that talent out of his backyard. Give Will a few more years.
If I remember correctly, when they interviewed Seneca the day he committed, he stated the former staff quit recruiting him several months before Stoops left...What a friggin' crime
Sometimes kids just want to move away from home for college.
If he doesn't want to be here we don't need him.
This. Seems pretty clear he just always wanted to go somewhere else. That's fine. As another poster said, with the portal, anything can happen down the road.
What I love is apparently both staffs just moved on. No need to dote over a kid that doesn't want to be here yet. Move on.
With Stein reeling in great talent, we can do at least as good.
Disagree. First, he was very interested in UK under the prior regime (from previous posts on this Board) until, according to him, the previous staff mysteriously stopped recruiting him, and second, current staff continues to recruit him...I 100% fault the lazy a** prior staff for this situation...and it isnt the first such debacle
Stein’s TEs are a huge part of his offense. The Oregon TEs had over 1100 yards combined last year with two guys over 500 yards. As stated above, can totally understand wanting to be tutored under Witten but for the most part the NFL will recognize the talent wherever a kid plays and no doubt Stein would target him a lot.
Yes. He did not want to compete with Rod this year. We could see him next year.
It would be hard to say no to go play for one of the best tight ends in the history of football. I’d want Witten to coach my kid also. Oklahoma staff got a good one.
And we turned around a few days after Seneca's commitment to OU an got a pretty big replacement at TE ourselves.
He seems really firm on his commitment. Even after we beat OU, he said he was still going there. I’ll give Stein credit for trying. But, I’d be surprised if he was here.
Our TE commit Trae Proctor just got bumped up to a 4 star on 247.
Venables will likely be fired in the next year or two so Driver could be in the portal sooner rather than later. I like our chances to eventually get him.
Venables will likely be fired in the next year or two so Driver could be in the portal sooner rather than later. I like our chances to eventually get him.
But in today’s portal/mercenary era, even a “really firm” commitment only ensures one season.
So that’s fine, Oklahoma can have him in year 1 when he’s raw and learning the ropes. And then perhaps we can have the more finished version in years 2,3,4 or 5.
If the kid is as dedicated to Oklahoma as it seems, it is actually the smart move. Why waste any resources on a kid that absolutely doesn't want to be here?
I know I post this in Seneca driver threads but he is the least of my concern in this upcoming roster. Stein will absolutely have elite TEs begging to come here. Being in state I much prefer it be driver but we'll have elite talent there either way and some that will commit with way fewer resources aimed at them.
I agree with other posters who think its best just to let him go and keep the portal door open. As committed and confident as it sounds he is to Oklahoma, it might well be a situation where he already has nil papers signed there and nothing anyone can do. Imo bare minimum they're willing to pay him a price we are not, which is fine too.
Stein will always have great TEs.
It might be a matter of $$$ .
If you can get a great TE and not pay Driver's asking price you can spend that money on other positions that are more difficult to fill
It might be a matter of $$$ .
If you can get a great TE and not pay Driver's asking price you can spend that money on other positions that are more difficult to fill
I understand the draw to Whitten but it doesn’t matter who your position coach is if the OC doesn’t scheme to use the TE as a weapon. Stoops didn’t target the TE a lot but they were heavily involved in the blocking scheme. OKC doesn’t even do that. They are a more spread offense. Dumb decision to go somewhere that doesn’t feature your position.
Thats like a speedy outside receiver coming to play for Stoops. We never went vertical, didn’t even try.
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Plus his dad played for Rich Brooks back in the day and his brother plays for EKU right now.
Agree and he’s already made it clear that’s the case. Now with Oklahoma having the season they are, things could shake up at the end of the season. I’m thinking , even If they let Brent go, (doubtful), the new Head Coach will keep Jason on the staff. It would give him something to look at though so we’ll see. He would be unbelievable under our current staff and I hope we can flip him. The money could just be too much to make it happen with what we’ll need to replace and try to upgrade a couple positions. In a great spot either way and if we can somehow keep Willy, it’s gravy.
Honestly, it was probably a waste of time and money for them to keep in his recruitment. Probably the right move and I’m sure they saw he was going to play under Witten.
Is Mr Driver watching tonight the trainwreck that is SOONER fB ?
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