Even if Stoops was fully invested, he’s already reached his peak. His style of football will always hold back his teams. He’s a first class chickenshit & coaches like he’s terrified on both sides of the ball. His teams are always flat out dumb & undisciplined. His teams rarely show up prepared & ready to play. He avoids responsibility & throws ppl under the bus. One of our 30 OCs under Stoops could attest to that.
The passing game is always shit. Simply completing passes feels like a major accomplishment most years. He has no killer instinct, whatsoever, & can’t put away opponents to save his life. He has had two really good seasons out of 11, soon to be 12. And, even those two 10 win seasons could’ve been better with just an average passing attack.
But, aside from those two years, he’s a 6-6 coach. And, that’s only bc we get to schedule 3 cupcakes every season. I’ll give him credit, he’s very good at team building/recruiting & many aspects of the job, with one glaring exception of in-game philosophy/decision making. But, that’s a pretty big, important exception. Strategically, I wouldn’t trust him to out-scheme most HS coaches.
For the last few years, we have basically had a top 25 roster. And, we’ve done very well with the transfer portal, too. It’s not like he doesn’t have the players to compete. And, he’s been given every advantage, imaginable. He’s gotten FAR more support, from administration & donors, than any coach that preceded him. Not even close.
IMO, it’s just unacceptable for a coach, in his TWELFTH season, to roll out a product like what we saw, yesterday. Especially, considering the talent at his disposal. And, it would be different if shitting our pants like that was a rare occurrence. But, it’s been a pretty consistent pattern. We have at least a cpl embarrassing games like that every season. That’s just part of why I believe that if you’ve seen one Stoops team, you’ve seen them all.
