Oklahoma fires defensive coordinator Mike Stoops

[oxrageous]

Sources: Oklahoma parts ways with DC Stoops

Hell, I had no idea they even employed a DC all these years.

Discuss.

 

[SeabeeGator]

Hire him as an analyst before Bama does. Snatch up Bob too!

 

[TLB]

Wonder if he ends up at KY with his other brother.

 

[UFHealthGator]

I wonder how much they would be willing to offer Grantham to bring him on board, if he is even on their radar.

 

[Renard904]

This is a non-story considering they don't play defense.

 

[Gator87]

The way every team in the Big 12 plays defense they should all be fired. The Big 12's motto should be, Where playing defense is considered rude.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Quick, someone send them Randy Shannon's resume.

 

[BMF]

There's a good article on the Athletic website about this, saying that Riley is basically putting his final stamp on "his" program (getting rid of the last Stoops).

Here's an excerpt from the article....Stoops should have been canned a long time ago:

The once-vaunted Oklahoma defense has been only occasionally good and mostly below-average since Mike Stoops returned to Norman following his eight-year run as Arizona’s coach. There have been utterly disastrous performances, like a 2012 win at West Virginia, where Tavon Austin — playing his first game at running back — rushed for 344 yards and the Mountaineers racked up 778 total yards of offense. There was a 2016 win at Texas Tech in which the Red Raiders racked up a staggering 854 yards of total offense. There was last season’s 54-48 overtime loss in the Rose Bowl to Georgia, when the Bulldogs averaged over nine yards per rush.

 

[PaulDrake]

So I guess this is akin to Gun's & Roses firing their drummer. What in the hell do you have to do to get fired from the band? So the parallel here is just what in the hell do you need to do to get fired as the DC in that conference short of giving co-eds rides on the back of your scooter and then wrecking it?

 

[Alumni Guy]

There was a stat given during the OU-Texas game, that all year, the sooners had only stopped three 3rd down conversions of 3 yards or less

Lots of 3s in that sentence, but that is garbage 3rd down D

 

[BMF]

Ruffin McNeil moving to DC and Bob Diaco moving from analyst to OLB coach:

Oklahoma announces staff changes following firing of DC Mike Stoops

 

[InstiGATOR1]

The way every team in the Big 12 plays defense they should all be fired. The Big 12's motto should be, Where playing defense is considered rude.

Well then perhaps all the bad SEC head coaches should be exiled to the Big 12 as DCs. Of course I enjoy them here making the SEC easier for anyone who actually tries on offense.

 

[SGG]

Good, means he will be available when F$U shytcans Taggart

 

[Gator-Don]

Sources: Oklahoma parts ways with DC Stoops

Hell, I had no idea they even employed a DC all these years.

Discuss.

I could swear I heard an announcer mention this weekend that Bobby Stoops is playing the Ambassador for Kentucky role these days for his brother. Maybe they can make room for Mike as an assistant ambassador.
I figure some of their newfound prowess at football might have been be gleaned from that little nugget.

I have lived in Oklahoma and visited all of Kentucky and can totally understand how that can happen.

 

[KronoGator]

Wonder if he ends up at KY with his other brother.

Probably, nepotism is a family tradition with the Stoops.

 

[Bushmaster]

When I heard this, I made me wonder if Bob was covering for his brother helping him scheme defensively.

 

[Gator-Don]

When I heard this, I made me wonder if Bob was covering for his brother helping him scheme defensively.

It makes sense for the legendary HBC to hang his visor in Gainesville , but for a high caliber coach such as Bobby hangs his hat at Kentucky with his bro... might explain things. Not to say I could blame them.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Sources: Oklahoma parts ways with DC Stoops

Hell, I had no idea they even employed a DC all these years.

Discuss.

My OU buddy says the same about UF's offensive coordinator position....