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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
“IT'S OHIO STATE.” Mookie Cooper sure isn't the first highly-touted player to transfer out of Ohio State without ever playing a snap, and realistically, he won't be the last. But by all accounts, it seems to be one of the most drama-free departures I've seen in a while.
Based on how his former coach, Arnold Britt, explains his situation, it seems everyone involved understood the roster situation with no ill-feelings, but Mookie just couldn't wait around.
The Buckeyes would eventually kick off a shortened season and reach the College Football Playoff championship game, but Cooper didn’t crack a loaded rotation at receiver. Late in the year, Cooper realized his path to playing time might take longer than he expected, Britt said, especially with how the Buckeyes only played a small core of wideouts. In OSU’s eight games this past season, only three receivers played more than 300 snaps — and all three would return in 2021, including fellow St. Louis native Jameson Williams.
“I told him, ’It’s Ohio State. Not to knock any other schools, but they had a hell of a recruiting class,’” Britt said. “He could wait until his junior year because none of those guys in the Ohio State (receiver) room deserved to lose a starting spot.”
If Cooper stayed, Britt was concerned Ohio State might ask him to gain weight and move to running back. Otherwise, playing time could be sparse.
“And he hasn’t touched the field in two and a half years,” Britt said. “That’s not gonna sit well.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...w-he-couldnt-wait-to-play-and-seth-towns-isnt
Based on how his former coach, Arnold Britt, explains his situation, it seems everyone involved understood the roster situation with no ill-feelings, but Mookie just couldn't wait around.
The Buckeyes would eventually kick off a shortened season and reach the College Football Playoff championship game, but Cooper didn’t crack a loaded rotation at receiver. Late in the year, Cooper realized his path to playing time might take longer than he expected, Britt said, especially with how the Buckeyes only played a small core of wideouts. In OSU’s eight games this past season, only three receivers played more than 300 snaps — and all three would return in 2021, including fellow St. Louis native Jameson Williams.
“I told him, ’It’s Ohio State. Not to knock any other schools, but they had a hell of a recruiting class,’” Britt said. “He could wait until his junior year because none of those guys in the Ohio State (receiver) room deserved to lose a starting spot.”
If Cooper stayed, Britt was concerned Ohio State might ask him to gain weight and move to running back. Otherwise, playing time could be sparse.
“And he hasn’t touched the field in two and a half years,” Britt said. “That’s not gonna sit well.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...w-he-couldnt-wait-to-play-and-seth-towns-isnt
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