He’s been here 10 years, now. He is what he is & he could coach here another 20 years & I doubt we’d look much different. In both philosophy & results. He’s never going to embrace offensive football enough to play for championships. He has hit his ceiling, here. He’s a good recruiter & is solid in defensive player development. He deserves a ton of credit for program building, too. He’s done a great job getting us to this point, from where he started. It wasnt an easy job & I’m eternally grateful for it. This is probably the best roster of my lifetime.
But, his middle school-level, offensive approach & chickenshit mentality limits our potential & will never see a championship game, of any kind. Coaching scared will never win anything. His game preparation, clock management & in game decision making are horrendous. I, honestly, don’t want to sound unappreciative bc I realize how rare 7-10 win seasons were, before him. But, I want to play for championships & at least feel like we have a shot to do that, occasionally. And, I just can’t see it happening, with him.
Despite our record against UT the last 4-5 seasons, we had the better program. Or, we won more games, at least. But, one coaching hire & TWO YEARS later & they have left us sitting. This is year 10 & at this point Stoops isn’t gonna suddenly turn into Nick Saban or grow a pair. It doesn’t, or shouldn’t, take two decades to build a team that can at least contend for a division championship. He’ll win 7-9 games most seasons, which is great, considering our history. But, if we want to play for championships or even play in meaningful late season games, we’ll just be spinning our wheels with Stoops & delaying the process of actually taking that next step. I hope he proves me wrong & makes me look stupid. But, I SERIOUSLY doubt anything changes.
