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Bob Stoops Retiring

Hookem Horns

Hookem Horns

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Bob Stoops, the longest-tenured coach in college football, will tell the Oklahoma Sooners on Wednesday that he is retiring after 18 seasons, a source confirmed to ESPN's Mark Schlabach.

Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley, 33, will succeed Stoops, who will remain with OU in some capacity, according to The Oklahoman, who first reported Stoops was retiring as head coach.

WWLS Radio reported that Stoops said he is not retiring because of his health and will meet with the team at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Stoops joined the Sooners as a rookie head coach in 1999, and he guided OU to the 2000 national championship, 10 Big 12 titles and had reached double-digit wins in 14 seasons, including a 11-2 mark in 2016.

"When I accepted this job, I knew it wasn't a stepping-stone job, where you do well here and get a better job," Stoops told ESPN before the 2016 season.

"I thought all along this was the best job."
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http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19571249/bob-stoops-steps-coach-oklahoma-sooners

Please hire Chip Kelly!
 
Texecutioner said:
Promoting one of their assistants.

Chip already took a job as an analyst. Would be a strong hire though.

Get ready boys!! Herman is about to make Texas great again!!
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Actually I read somewhere that Kelly was rumored to eventually go there and that the guy now is just an interim guy. As a Texas fan I would love to see them hire Chip Kelly. He's an overrated blowhard that would set them back.
 
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Hookem Horns said:
Actually I read somewhere that Kelly was rumored to eventually go there and that the guy now is just an interim guy. As a Texas fan I would love to see them hire Chip Kelly. He's an overrated blowhard that would set them back.
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I disagree. I think Chip is good. I wanted him at Texas if not for Herman. But whatever, with Herman I have zero doubts that they're on their way up back to the top very quickly.
 
Texecutioner said:
I disagree. I think Chip is good. I wanted him at Texas if not for Herman. But whatever, with Herman I have zero doubts that they're on their way up back to the top very quickly.
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We'll agree to disagree there. I'm very thankful that he didn't come to Texas.

BTW, besides everything else I don't like about him, I can't see some smart ass New Englander from New Hampshire jiving with the Texas culture.
 
Hookem Horns said:
We'll agree to disagree there. I'm very thankful that he didn't come to Texas.

BTW, besides everything else I don't like about him, I can't see some smart ass New Englander from New Hampshire jiving with the Texas culture.
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I agree with you. I don't think Chip would cut it at Texas. Even Charlie Strong, a southern boy from a small town in Arkansas, didn't mesh with the culture.

It takes a special personality to get along in Austin. I think people underestimate that (myself included) because Mack made it look so easy for so long.

I think Texas has a superstar in Herman.
 
Hookem Horns said:
Actually I read somewhere that Kelly was rumored to eventually go there and that the guy now is just an interim guy. As a Texas fan I would love to see them hire Chip Kelly. He's an overrated blowhard that would set them back.
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Agree that he's a blowhard but he's a very good college coach. His scheme was too simplistic for the NFL but in college it's dangerous because of the athletic advantage he can build through recruiting.

He's going to do this year at ESPN and then enter the fray next year much like how Urban Meyer took a year off after leaving Florida. I have a lot of Aggie friends and they are hoping Sumlin is canned after this year and Kelly hired to replace him. What a culture shock that would be.
 
IMO, Chip would be a continuation of Sumlin at A&M. A better version, but a continuation of the same philosophy. Both want to play finesse ball in a league that's not built for it.
 
bah007 said:
IMO, Chip would be a continuation of Sumlin at A&M. A better version, but a continuation of the same philosophy. Both want to play finesse ball in a league that's not built for it.
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He showed that he could do just fine with that style in college. Huge reason why he got hired for the NFL. He didn't crash and burn exactly in the NFL either. He came out and made the playoffs for two straight years in one of the toughest divisions. He had a great offense with Nick Foles of all people. He went nuts by breaking up the entire offense and got himself ran out of there and landed in a get pile of dog crap in San Fran with no QB and only got one season.

Bill Bellicheck paid and went down to Oregon to get consultation from Chip on how to get pieces of his offense for NE. Bill was amazed with the speed of how they ran his offense, and shortly after the Patriots had the fastest no huddle offense the NFL had ever seen. You guys are selling Chip way short here.
 
And then there were four..
But with Stoops’ retirement, one interesting statistic now remains in college football, and that is that there are now just four active head coaches left in the sport who have won a national title. Those four include Alabama’s Nick Saban, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher, and Ohio State’s Urban Meyer.
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Compared to 14(!) active championship coaches in 2006.
 
As a UT fan this disappoints me, Stoops is the Joker to our Batman rivalry, The Red River isn't
going to be the same without him on the sidelines. So this officially sucks
 
Agreed, Charlie wasn't the guy to get it down with them, Mack I am sure was uneasy sitting
at home watching them go from power house to an outright joke! I know I for one am anxious
for the season to start under Herman

been reading up on some of their offseason moves and it looks like a lot of top names
have pledged to play for him come this fall! But the Red River won't be the same with
out Stoops on the opposite sideline

The good news is? If Herman fails I hope UT contacts Stoops and talks him out of
retirement to come coach
 
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