If he indeed had a agreed to take the OU job, WSU should have got him out of Pullman the day he accepted and hire Jarrail Jackson to take his place. He was a lame duck recruiter for us once he took the job. Trying to hold out and wait until after signing day killed this class. Tezino probably found out he was leaving, Green knew he was heading to OU, Burnett probably knows and will end up at ASU because we haven't hired his replacement yet. Faamatau flipped to ASU, Sykes flipped to Nebraska all in the last week. Would have some flipped? Sure, but Tezino went from 100% committed to decommitting 2 days before signing day.
This falls on Moos and Leach. Moos talks about running with the big boys, well big boys don't let coaches try and fill out a class that are leaving. Did they offer him money to stay? Was the pay raise so big at OU that he we couldn't match it? Lincoln Riley is making $500K to be their OC, I don't see Simmons making anything near that. Maybe $350K, he was making about $210K, could we have not got him up to $300K or so? I don't know.
From a class that had so much promise to scrambling to just sign 25 kids is tough.
This falls on Moos and Leach. Moos talks about running with the big boys, well big boys don't let coaches try and fill out a class that are leaving. Did they offer him money to stay? Was the pay raise so big at OU that he we couldn't match it? Lincoln Riley is making $500K to be their OC, I don't see Simmons making anything near that. Maybe $350K, he was making about $210K, could we have not got him up to $300K or so? I don't know.
From a class that had so much promise to scrambling to just sign 25 kids is tough.
