No, I am saying that simply having a top 5 class means jack shit if you fail to address holes in the roster which we have with our shitty D Line recruiting. Getting projects and 3* and coaching them up may win the big 12 but it won’t stand up to the Bama/Clemson buzzsaw in the playoffs.
I think it was @sushihorn that broke down OUs recruiting, but they are getting very Techy in how lopsided their O vs D recruiting is getting. I think Grinch and Lincoln are in a do or die year for OUs defense and if they don't take a noticeable step forward their recruiting on that side of the ball will dry up real quick.
Just look at their personalities and egos I doubt they had a great personal relationship. But Herman really stole the show in 2014 and then piled it on in 2015 with his run at UH, tOSU fans loved him and thought he was a genius and wanted to bring him back and make him HC in waiting kinda like how OU and Reily were. That chapped Meyers ass and when he got a chance to knock Herman down a peg he did.