and just so you know... there is A LOT of chatter about Stoops right now..
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Woody <[email protected]> wrote: > Wouldnt stay as long as Freeze might... and from what ive heard.. Foley > doesnt really care much for Mullen. > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Personally, I would be happy. He would be much better than Freeze or >> Mullen! >> >> >> Sent From Shane's iPhone >> Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! >> >> >> On Nov 20, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Woody <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> And if it happened? >> >> >> Woody (via iPhone) >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:53 PM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I have one word for this suggestion. No. >> Stoops never wanted the Florida job before, why now? >> Besides, what has he done, really? Won a NC. Then what? His photo is >> next to the definition for almost in Webster's dictionary. >> >> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR >> Real Estate Broker >> Bob Parks, LLC >> 145 Maple Row Blvd >> Hendersonville TN 37075 >> Mobile: 615-972-4239 >> Office: 615-826-4040 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From:* Woody <[email protected]> >> *Date:* November 20, 2014 at 10:06:27 AM CST >> *To:* WXIA <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* *[gatornews] Bianchi: It's finally time for Bob Stoops to >> coach Gators - Orlando Sentinel* >> *Reply-To:* [email protected] >> >> >> >> http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/open-mike/os-gators-sooners-stoops-muschamp-20141119-post.html >> >> lRelated >> >> Several years ago, I wrote that Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops would >> be crazy to take the University of Florida coaching job. >> >> Now, I'm writing he would be crazy not to. >> >> Memo to the man Steve Spurrier nicknamed "Stoopsy" when Spurrier was the >> Gators' head coach and Stoops was his defensive coordinator: You've done >> all you can do at Oklahoma. Now it's time to come save the program >> that gave you one of your biggest breaks in coaching. >> >> Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley, when he hired Will Muschamp four >> years ago, hoped that Muschamp would bcome the next Stoops -- a former >> defensive coordinator who became a rock star as a head coach. Not many >> people know that it was Foley who actually urged Spurrier to hire Stoops. >> >> It was back in 1996 when the Gators were looking for a defensive >> coordinator, and Foley went to Spurrier with a stat sheet that showed the >> most dominant defenses in the NCAA. At the top of the list was Kansas >> State, where Stoops was a co-defensive coordinator along with Jim Leavitt, >> who would go on to become the head coach at the University of South >> Florida. Foley suggested to Spurrier that maybe he should hire Stoops. >> >> The rest, of course, is collegiate coaching history. Stoops came to UF >> and took over a defense that had given up 62 points to Nebraska in the >> previous season's national title game. The very next season, with Stoops >> choreographhing the defense, the Gators won the national >> championship. Consequentely, Stoops became one of the hottest coaching >> commodities in the country and was hired by Oklahoma as its head coach two >> years later. >> >> That was 16 years ago -- 16 long years ago. >> >> Certainly, Stoops must know deep down that he's just not appreciated as >> he once was at Oklahoma, where fans have booed the team this >> season. Spurrier himself once said that spending 10 or 12 years at one >> program is enough and then you need to move on. One of the stated reasons >> Spurrier left Florida is because Gator fans had become so spoiled that they >> expected perfection every season. >> >> "Anytime we lose, it's us coaches; we screwed up," Spurrier said when he >> left UF. "... That sort of wears on you a little bit." >> >> Surely, Stoops is starting to feel the same way. He won his only national >> title at Oklahoma in 2000 when his defense bombarded and bumfuzzled Florida >> State in the championship game as the Sooners took a 13-2 victory. In the >> years that followed, Stoops -- "Big Game Bob" as he was once known -- was >> recognized as one of the top two or three college coaches in the country. >> >> But in recent seasons, his reputation has begun to fade. His teams have >> been good -- just not great -- and OU fans have started grumbling. >> >> I's time for Stoopsy to move on. >> >> Time for him to leave Oklahoma and come back to a place that his >> been dreaming of his return ever since Spurrier left all those years ago. >> >> *Email me at [email protected] <[email protected]>. Follow me on >> Twitter @BianchiWrites <http://www.twitter.com/bianchiwrites>. 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