Not sure how his recruiting will work out here but the other side of that coin is, he was recruiting against some of the best recruiters in the country, to some of the blue bloods and, he won some of those battles.
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I think a lot of fans are apprehensive because Mike more or less failed as a big time DC at OU, and could find himself getting the role here when White moves on. Stoops loves promoting from within the program. If he can help with game planning, firing up players, recruiting, ILBs, etc, then great. If CMS promotes Mike to DC, we may have some issues.
Tons of experience or not, the dude hasn't been particularly successful when compared to brothers Bob and Mark - even when coaching under them.
I hope he kills it. I'm just cautiously optimistic, and I think a lot of folks are as well.
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Back in the day (2003), I, for one, commented here Howard Schnellenberger may require a translator if he took over HC at UK. Fast-forward a few years later and he transformed FAU with zero football history whatsoever into a G5 conference contender.
My concern is also if Mike Stoops can really relate to these kids.
Sure would be hard to fire him. I hope Brad White sticks here for ALONG time.
No offense to anyone in particular, but seeing a number of odd takes in this thread. BTW folks, regardless of who is DC in title, this is and always will be Mark Stoops defense through and through. Was the case with DJ Eliot. Was the case with Matt House and is the case now with Brad White. Sure, each guy may bring their own suggestions or wrinkles to the table, but make no mistake, they are implementing Mark Stoops system.
Would've been awesome to have HS here in his day.
Yeah, some real sour and weird takes here. He is being hired as the LBer coach.
Just to clarify. I approved of the hiring of Mark, just didn’t like a bunch of the things he did as time went along. He has gotten better with time. You make good points above and I hope his brother works out fine.
Not at all, but the likelihood is much higher if he's already on staff. Just saying it's a concern.
I'll go to my grave convinced that if we brought Howard home in 1990 instead of hiring Currys that UK would have won the SEC championship at least once over the next decade. He was ahead of his time in knowing to get Florida kids, that they were willing to go north & brought athleticism just not found elsewhere.
Well. It would probably work well considering u would have an extra man on the field.
Ditto! Don't like nepotism, never have liked it, and never will. It's just too big of a leap for me to believe that the best person available for a publicly-funded position just happens to be a close relative of the person that made the hire,
Two of my safeties would wear the same number.... They'd never notice a thing
In his defense from that Baylor game he had the absolute perfect call on 3rd down and it should have been a pick
He won't be here very long. I will be shocked if he lasts longer than a few years. If the defense continues its success he will become a DC somewhere and move on.
Methinks we have too many basketball fans who are new to football and ignorant of how important coaching is. In basketball, you can have a great head coach surrounded by recruiting only coaches and do fine, but football is a different story, especially LBs, and I won't even get into how our scheme is more complicated than most when it comes to LBs. Stoops specifically mentioned he needs a former DC level of experience in this position, but our "Put in Richie" football fans want a former player with zero coaching experience. lol
First time coaching LBs for Mike Stoops 🤔 in 30 years‼️
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
|---|---|
| 1986–1987 | Iowa (GA) |
| 1991 | Iowa (LB/DB) |
| 1992–1995 | Kansas State (DE) |
| 1996 | Kansas State (co-DC/DE) |
| 1997 | Kansas State (co-DC/DB) |
| 1998 | Kansas State (AHC/co-DC/DB) |
| 1999–2003 | Oklahoma (AHC/co-DC/DB) |
| 2004–2011 | Arizona |
| 2012–2018 | Oklahoma (AHC/DC/DB) |
| 2019–2020 | Alabama (Analyst) |
| 2021–present | Florida Atlantic (DC) |
Agreed. I was shocked when I moved here to find out he had been here and wasn't really considered for HC. CURRY....? STARTED to slide at Bama. Wtf was he going to do at UK with THAT offense? It seemed like they wanted to not recruit well and wanted UK football to lose
If he’s so overqualified, why is he an analyst at Alabama? You’d think he’d be able to get a coordinator job somewhere that pays more than $35k/year (and yes, that’s an accurate number).
Yes... DC at FAU. Rough place to live and work... before that, he was doing the Bama shuffle, living off OU's severance money, I believe. Not exactly a true market for your services when your last employer is still paying you. Thus, Sark, Butch, and a host of others have passed through on the same or similar terms.
I hope he’s watching how much UGA is sending LBs on blitzes. Even though they aren’t getting the sack they are affecting Young and disrupting the play! UK needs to stop being so passive IMO.
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