On paper, it's hard to argue against Stoops. One national championship and 8 conferences championships is pretty impressive. SOS only had one national championship, too, but no one criticizes him for it.
Still, I find myself unexcited by the prospect. I want a coach on the way up who thinks this is the best job ever, not one who thought OU was the better job, but that this might be a good place to wrap up a career. If it turns out to be him, then it'll be fine, but he's not my first choice. Rob Sent from my iPad > On Nov 20, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Darlene Goodfellow <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Me too, it sort of makes sense with the little bit of clues we have, > especially timing. I understand where Oliver is coming from, but sadly, he > may be our best overall choice. I do worry about getting OU’s sloppy seconds, > and then there’s the whole Big Game Bob thing… > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Woody > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 2:07 PM > To: Gatortalk > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] Bianchi: It's finally time for Bob > Stoops to coach Gators - Orlando Sentinel > > 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]. Follow me on Twitter @BianchiWrites. 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