Akili Smith almost was a Sooner. Look how different history would be if he had come to Oklahoma instead of Oregon. Sure, it would be different. Akili Smith would have played for a coach who didn't know what he was doing, and someone else would be the Cincinnati Bengals' quarterback of the future. You're mixed up.
Good players make good coaches.
Not the other way around. Stoops wouldn't be the golden boy right now if Jake Sills was his quarterback. That's my point. Jake Sills wouldn't be Stoops' quarterback. That's what a good coach does.