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Switzer tales: Switzer signs the 1975 class...and never leaves the state.
Posted by Berry Tramel, The Daily Oklahoman
Barry Switzer says the best rule college football has instituted was banning head coaches from personally attending the signing of letters of intent. Maybe so. The old days could wear out a coach and create all kinds of political problems. But they sure were wild and fun.
Switzer’s wildest day as a head coach might have been Feb. 19, 1975. National signing day. “A free-for-all,” Switzer said. “My biggest problem is who I had to sign first.” 1975 was the year OU signed 19 of the 19 players on the Dallas Times-Herald’s blue-chip list, a recruiting haul that is beyond duplication. And signing day took Switzer on a wild ride. He had a tough choice to make initially; start out with Kenny King in Clarendon TX or Billy Sims on the other side of the state in Hooks Texas. They were the two best running backs in Texas recalls Switzer, though Sims was clearly the bigger catch. He was the Adrian Peterson/Marcus Dupree of the day. So Switzer hatched a plan. He told Sims why not wait a day or two to sign; go into hiding, don’t sign and let everyone wonder about the big mystery. Then after signing day, Sims would become an even bigger story and could get all the headlines to himself. Plus he would have Texas thinking now they had a chance. “Coach, that’s a hell of an idea” Sims said.
Seems like a big gamble, telling the nation’s best high school football player to hold off. But Sims already idolized Switzer after watching his success starting in 71. He started idolizing Switzer on the dusty streets of Hooks Texas.
Switzer wasn’t really trying to give Sims the solo stage. He wanted to make sure he signed King. So the night before signing day off to Clarendon went Switzer. These days coaches can’t recruit the two days before signing day. But then it was open season and Switzer used it to his advantage. No other coach in the country had Switzer’s charisma and knack for connecting with players, especially the black players. He picked up King and his girlfriend and went to the pool hall and shot snooker deep into the night.
Switzer tales: Switzer signs the 1975 class...and never leaves the state.
Posted by Berry Tramel, The Daily Oklahoman
Barry Switzer says the best rule college football has instituted was banning head coaches from personally attending the signing of letters of intent. Maybe so. The old days could wear out a coach and create all kinds of political problems. But they sure were wild and fun.
Switzer’s wildest day as a head coach might have been Feb. 19, 1975. National signing day. “A free-for-all,” Switzer said. “My biggest problem is who I had to sign first.” 1975 was the year OU signed 19 of the 19 players on the Dallas Times-Herald’s blue-chip list, a recruiting haul that is beyond duplication. And signing day took Switzer on a wild ride. He had a tough choice to make initially; start out with Kenny King in Clarendon TX or Billy Sims on the other side of the state in Hooks Texas. They were the two best running backs in Texas recalls Switzer, though Sims was clearly the bigger catch. He was the Adrian Peterson/Marcus Dupree of the day. So Switzer hatched a plan. He told Sims why not wait a day or two to sign; go into hiding, don’t sign and let everyone wonder about the big mystery. Then after signing day, Sims would become an even bigger story and could get all the headlines to himself. Plus he would have Texas thinking now they had a chance. “Coach, that’s a hell of an idea” Sims said.
Seems like a big gamble, telling the nation’s best high school football player to hold off. But Sims already idolized Switzer after watching his success starting in 71. He started idolizing Switzer on the dusty streets of Hooks Texas.
Switzer wasn’t really trying to give Sims the solo stage. He wanted to make sure he signed King. So the night before signing day off to Clarendon went Switzer. These days coaches can’t recruit the two days before signing day. But then it was open season and Switzer used it to his advantage. No other coach in the country had Switzer’s charisma and knack for connecting with players, especially the black players. He picked up King and his girlfriend and went to the pool hall and shot snooker deep into the night.
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