Stoops to Michigan?

[Bandwagonbo2]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-michigan-should-call-bob-stoops-232902254.html

Stoops is 54 years old and has spent his entire head coaching career at OU. If he is open to a new challenge and a fresh start then there may never be a better time or place than Ann Arbor right now, an elite program in desperate need of a legitimate winner.

Stoops' 15th-ranked Sooners host No. 12 Baylor Saturday in what once looked like it would be the de facto Big 12 championship game. Instead, Kansas State-TCU is overshadowing it, two teams OU lost to by one and four points, respectively.

It's sort of the perfect example of where Oklahoma football is – damn good, but maybe not damn good enough for a place (and a coach) that strives for national titles.

Stoops has won more than 80 percent of his games at OU, delivering a steady diet of 11 and 2's, and 10 and 3's, with top-15, even top-five finishes. The problem, if you want to categorize it as that, is he hasn't won a national title since his second season, way back in 2000.

Seems plausible to me, what do you think?

 

[GoBlueNavyNuke]

Highly speclative, and really not on anyones radar.

 

[Gooch1034]

I have heard this many times the last couple years but I just don't see him leaving OU. Besides, Jesus may be the only HC that could fix Michigan?

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Highly speclative, and really not on anyones radar.

You dont have an AD, so i imagine that radar is probably seeking out the perfect AD. Things like this can take on a life of their own with just a simple little nudge.

 

[Goldbug]

Here is a comment I posted earlier on another thread. I don't think Stoops would leave OU for any other job, college or pro at this point in his career. But something's going on in his head. His facial expressions and body language are different right now.

I watched the playback show yesterday and Bob Stoops was so complacent it was hard to understand what's going on in that guy's head. He droned on and on in response to Dean Blevins' comments but there was no fire....not a bit of excitement or enthusiasm. I kept thinking "how would recruits feel watching this?". And this was after kicking the heck out of ISU so there were plenty of "highlights". This was definitely not the same Bob Stoops as in 2000-2008 or even January 2014. I'm a pretty good judge of body language and something's different.

 

[TexasExes98]

Wouldn't this be considered a step down for Stoops?

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Here is a comment I posted earlier on another thread. I don't think Stoops would leave OU for any other job, college or pro at this point in his career. But something's going on in his head. His facial expressions and body language are different right now.

I watched the playback show yesterday and Bob Stoops was so complacent it was hard to understand what's going on in that guy's head. He droned on and on in response to Dean Blevins' comments but there was no fire....not a bit of excitement or enthusiasm. I kept thinking "how would recruits feel watching this?". And this was after kicking the heck out of ISU so there were plenty of "highlights". This was definitely not the same Bob Stoops as in 2000-2008 or even January 2014. I'm a pretty good judge of body language and something's different.

Coaches burn out sometimes and need a challenge. If you notice in the article there is a quote by a basketball coach about changing schools every 7 or 8 years to keep things challenging. I imagine Stoops is probably feeling the burnout on this school and change could and would do him some good most likely.

Steve Smith of the Carolina Panthers was cut this past offseason by them and he landed in Baltimore with the Ravens. He stated he was about done at Carolina and was going through the motions, but when he got to the Ravens he felt renewed and refreshed like he was a rookie again and wanted to play a few more years now. Change can be good for the soul.

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Wouldn't this be considered a step down for Stoops?

How so, Michigan is actually as big a name, even though the name is tarnished a bit, its still one of the bluest blood names in CFB.

 

[outofyourmind]

What do I think??
I think Stoops has lost the drive that it takes to win Championships and that if he wants to go do something else, then sooner the better. Thanks for the memories.

 

[TexasExes98]

What do I think??
I think Stoops has lost the drive that it takes to win Championships and that if he wants to go do something else, then sooner the better. Thanks for the memories.

Be careful what you wish for. Two names: Schnellenberger & Blake

 

[Goldbug]

What do I think??
I think Stoops has lost the drive that it takes to win Championships and that if he wants to go do something else, then sooner the better. Thanks for the memories.

On one condition: Heupel isn't the new head coach.

 

[outofyourmind]

Be careful what you wish for. Two names: Schnellenberger & Blake

That was just a dumbass AD and President making bad choices.
It just isn't that hard to win at Oklahoma with even an above average coach.

Being afraid of making a bad decision is for pussies.
And if we aren't winning Championships now, what the hell does it matter if you loose 1 or 2 more games a year. It's all the fucking same.

 

[Wild Turkey]

There are exceptions but somewhere near the 10 year mark things get stale for coaches I saw it happen with:

Pat Dye
Spurrier (happening again at SC)
Fulmer
Tuberville
Richt (happening right now)
Mack Brown

The list could go on and sometimes it is 8 sometimes 12 but in todays game anything over a decade seems to yield unsatisfactory results. There are multiple reasons:

Ordinary burn out and stress
Resistance to change long term assistant coaches
Kids start trending to other schools
Game innovation leaves them behind

There are exceptions like Paterno, Bowden and Beemer but for the most part 10 years in one place is long enough and it's time to get some new blood in.

 

[Pariah]

Sad thing is that OU would have to pay a new coach the same as Bob was making.

 

[7Samurai13]

Saban to Michigan!!!!!

Am I doing this right?

 

[Wishbone]

Bob would make Michigan a top ten team in 2 years. But I suspect this will go the way of the Les Miles to Michigan rumors.

 

[Mistaken4193]

Saban to Michigan!!!!!

Am I doing this right?

You Shut Your Whore Mouth.

 

[Mistaken4193]

Stoops is an OU lifer. He aint going anywhere.

 

[7Samurai13]

You Shut Your Whore Mouth.

But he is due for a pay raise. Michigan cab outspend Alabama if they aren't too strapped from paying for Rich Rod, Hoke, and Brandon.

 

[MarkOU]

Trade the warm recruiting grounds of California, Texas and Florida for the cold tundra of Ohio and Michigan?