I think before Chip or Scott get any love from Moos he will give the old ball coach a call.
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Bob Stoops is on the clock...
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If he still wanted to coach why would he have left OK?
I'm 99.9999% sure he is done coaching at this level. It just wouldn't make any sense for him to go somewhere else.
That might be the case but you give the man a call and do your due diligence.
I'd call just to make him turn it down....throw out a crazy number. He'll say no thanks.
Yep, the first thing you do, if you have a vacancy, is make Stoops say no. He is the new Urban Myer, in that regard.
Yep. For all we know he now has seller's remorse, regrets his decision, misses coaching more than he thought he would, and wants back in. So yeah, take a shot
I think you kick the tires to gauge interest. I just dont believe you go into thinking he is going to be your guy. He left OU with a Heisman candidate at QB and an outside chance to get to the CFP. He has high school aged sons that play football, that at least have a chance of playing on Saturdays and he wants to watch them play. He doesn't need the money. There is a Youngstown connection and that may be tough to overcome. He and Bo may not be best buddies, but I am sure they have spoken over the years.
Great points... and just imagine what Bob must be thinking?
"Bo got them to multiple championship games and I know I'm a way better coach and recruiter"
Here's the response when Big Game Bob gets the call:
Bob’s brother is on Bo’s YSU staff. Yes I’d be pretty surprised if Bo and Bob haven’t kicked it around since Bo left Norman.
Well the rumor mill says he didn't like the fact that he was told he had to groom lincoln Riley for the HC job when stoops retire. So to avoid it he just stepped down.
Didn't think he had the moniker of the old ball coach.
Read some articles about the interests he and his wife have in business. Sounded like they were both well established and set financially so money is not a draw.
If you are approaching it from the point to say you tried then by all means make the call. He now has no staff to bring with him.
Read some articles about the interests he and his wife have in business. Sounded like they were both well established and set financially so money is not a draw.
If you are approaching it from the point to say you tried then by all means make the call. He now has no staff to bring with him.
I would personally go to Nebraska, however, if I wasn't a big NU fan, I'd take Florida, Florida St., USC, or UCLA.
UCLA should not be on a list with those other schools. I think most coaches would take Nebraska before UCLA.
Nice responses from everyone...
Sometimes you just gotta throw conventional wisdom out the window and make the call cuz you just might get a response you weren't counting on.
I guess now we just sit back and see what happens and hopefully we beat Purdue this weekend.
Sometimes you just gotta throw conventional wisdom out the window and make the call cuz you just might get a response you weren't counting on.
I guess now we just sit back and see what happens and hopefully we beat Purdue this weekend.
I think you have to factor in the fact hat Bob was the head coach in Norman. Norman is about as far away from USC and UCLA as Nebraska is.
And could you imagine how PO'd Hawkeye fans would be!!! 
Just that by itself would be worth a phone call.
Just that by itself would be worth a phone call.
Why not call Saban & Meyer while you're at it? Seriously. I know they'll say no but it doesn't hurt.
I didn't read through this whole thread so I might be repeating what somebody else already said.
Bob Stoops was interviewed in the last 2 weeks on ESPN XM Radio and said that he is 100% done coaching, that he decided when he is done he is done.
He said the thought of retiring came up between Signing Day and spring football. He thought a lot about it for a few months.
He said that if he still wanted to coach, he would be coaching right now.
When asked if the right school would ask him to come out of retirement to coach for them he reiterated that he is 100% done coaching and no longer has the coaching bug.
Bob Stoops was interviewed in the last 2 weeks on ESPN XM Radio and said that he is 100% done coaching, that he decided when he is done he is done.
He said the thought of retiring came up between Signing Day and spring football. He thought a lot about it for a few months.
He said that if he still wanted to coach, he would be coaching right now.
When asked if the right school would ask him to come out of retirement to coach for them he reiterated that he is 100% done coaching and no longer has the coaching bug.
I would be very surprised if Bob coaches again. His dad died of a heart attack while coaching at this exact age and Bob said he has a "heart condition" himself. I think he to play golf and take it easy. I could see him as a color commentator before I see him coaching again.
It don't hurt to call but I don't believe it is coach speak. His family is more important to him. His dad died at 54 from a heart attack he had while coaching his last game. Stoops doesn't want that for his family
I think he was worn out there and I also think the Mixon tape actually surfacing made it an easier decision for him.
