It’s not that I don’t think it can be better, and I certainly do not see this as worthy of 9M a year.
But you aren’t going to make too many business decisions that eating a good 30-40M to fire a guy that has led to the best era in my life(45 years) of UK Football. The money is still there in support, facilities are good and the recruiting is still solid so the future should be fine.
Personally I think the OC/QB rotating door is to blame for a lot of the offensive incompetence. But I also honestly think this NIL stuff has made otherwise solid players think they are damn stars!
Lastly and least important but coach should be allowed a down year. Now I know some believe the past 2 years were down and I’d have a hard time arguing against that except we made bowl games so Stoops bosses probably don’t see it from a fans perspective especially with 30-40M on the line.
The product is flat out underwhelming at best and I’d really say it’s almost a guarantee that Stoops is lacking focus between a divorce, investment in RD1, coaching changes, Texas A&M last off season it’s just a clear whirlwind and now his mom has passed……..that’s just a ton for any person and especially a person in the limelight and having to be accountable for his failures.
I honestly could see him stepping down and going off the grid for a year which would be best for all parties at this point.