This time last year, A&M paid a ridiculous $75M to get rid of their coach, Jimbo Fisher, who had just gone 7-6, dallied with Stoops and then hired Duke's Mike Elko.
So how did it turn out? A year later A&M ended up a whopping 8-4, a whole game better than last year, and Duke hired Manny Diaz, who had flopped at Miami, and Duke ended up 9-3 anyway under the new guy, better than last year under Elko.
Don't know why I wanted to look at this, but goes to show that blowing through a ton of money, to hire a new coach, or letting a good coach move on, is any sure fire way to improve, or a sure fire way to slide back to a bad program. If Diaz can get hired and be very successful, obviously, some other school would look at Stoops and think a change of scenery might do all parties a favor
So how did it turn out? A year later A&M ended up a whopping 8-4, a whole game better than last year, and Duke hired Manny Diaz, who had flopped at Miami, and Duke ended up 9-3 anyway under the new guy, better than last year under Elko.
Don't know why I wanted to look at this, but goes to show that blowing through a ton of money, to hire a new coach, or letting a good coach move on, is any sure fire way to improve, or a sure fire way to slide back to a bad program. If Diaz can get hired and be very successful, obviously, some other school would look at Stoops and think a change of scenery might do all parties a favor
