Any guesses why Stoops retired at Oklahoma in freaking June??

[homie1975]

did he knock up a cheerleader?

some recruiting violation we don't know about?

he says it's not health related.

extremely odd timing. not long until camp starts

[KVB]

The timing is actually not so odd.

Here's some perspective...

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/gallery/joel-klatt-explains-why-bob-stoops-retirement-shouldnt-come-as-a-surprise-060817

[homie1975]

a lot of speculation in there with what klatt says, not necessarily factual.

if he's coaching somewhere in 2018 it probably means he was either forced out or really missed coaching or maybe both are true

[Ralphie Halves]

This is super interesting to me.

At first, I immediately thought there was some long-time fukkery going on with Stoops, and the hammer was about to drop, kind of like what happened with Urban Meyer at Florida, even though nothing ever came out of it (Meyer is still dirty).

I didn't know about the Lincoln Riley thing. Now it's even stranger, because why would you just duck out so quick like that and do that to your kids? Announce your retirement way ahead of time, and go for a gentler transition.

[jjgold]

He was forced out

He took a beating with Mixon

[Buffalo Nickle]

The team was not going to be as good as last year. Lincoln Riley is the hot new coach. He gets to leave on his own terms at a place that doesn't really want him around any longer and then he can take over at Florida when Jim McElwaine gets fired. Or maybe he just hangs it up and plays golf with all his millions and consults. He's been at it a long time.

If you are Florida, now you have Butch Davis, Charlie Strong, Kiffin and Scott Frost recruiting against you for 3 stars. They are going to hit the panic button pretty fast, especially with Muschamp doing well at South Carolina and apparently recruiting well.

If Stoops is not the next head coach at Florida, I will be shocked. That is made to order and they need a big name badly.

[gojetsgomoxies]

He was forced out

He took a beating with Mixon

not saying that's right........ but that's the absolute first thing i thought of when the news came out

[homie1975]

The team was not going to be as good as last year. Lincoln Riley is the hot new coach. He gets to leave on his own terms at a place that doesn't really want him around any longer and then he can take over at Florida when Jim McElwaine gets fired. Or maybe he just hangs it up and plays golf with all his millions and consults. He's been at it a long time.

If you are Florida, now you have Butch Davis, Charlie Strong, Kiffin and Scott Frost recruiting against you for 3 stars. They are going to hit the panic button pretty fast, especially with Muschamp doing well at South Carolina and apparently recruiting well.

If Stoops is not the next head coach at Florida, I will be shocked. That is made to order and they need a big name badly.

Don't forget jimbo fisher who is a great recruiter not to mention mark richt isn't too bad. Florida recruits against those guys not the FIU and FAU, UCF and south floridas

[Buffalo Nickle]

Don't forget jimbo fisher who is a great recruiter not to mention mark richt isn't too bad. Florida recruits against those guys not the FIU and FAU, UCF and south floridas

Yeah. That is even worse. Florida is not going anywhere fast and the offense has gotten no better. They would have been the same team with Muschamp. He got destroyed by injuries. They really aren't even as good as his teams were.

But those schools are going to start picking off a lot of the guys that would go to Florida as backups and some of them will be top players. Those schools are going to bet better at Florida's expense.

[homie1975]

Yeah. That is even worse. Florida is not going anywhere fast and the offense has gotten no better. They would have been the same team with Muschamp. He got destroyed by injuries. They really aren't even as good as his teams were.

But those schools are going to start picking off a lot of the guys that would go to Florida as backups and some of them will be top players. Those schools are going to bet better at Florida's expense.

Yes. You know your stuff Buff Nick.

Strong, davis, kiffin, frist, all very good recruiters. They will also keep a lot of kids at home. FL football at the college level is in very good hands in terns of pure coaching talent though kiffin is a fukkstikk as a person.

[BigdaddyQH]

You guys read way too much into this and miss the obvious fact. Stoop's father died on the sideline coaching a High School Football game at the same age as Stoops is now. Stoops admitted that this always bothered him and that he did not want to go out that way.

Now for you guys who know very little about College Football and consistently prove it with your posts. There is NO WAY that McElwain gets fired from Florida for at least three years. 19-8 over two years and two SEC East Championships guarantee that. If you think Stoops retired to get the Florida job, you guys really should get out of here. As Buffalo suggested, Stoops is just going to hang them up. What is really interesting is that no one has mentioned how many minutes it would take for an NFL team that starts out 0-4 to start the Stoops as their new HC rumor mill going.

[Buffalo Nickle]

You guys read way too much into this and miss the obvious fact. Stoop's father died on the sideline coaching a High School Football game at the same age as Stoops is now. Stoops admitted that this always bothered him and that he did not want to go out that way.

Now for you guys who know very little about College Football and consistently prove it with your posts. There is NO WAY that McElwain gets fired from Florida for at least three years. 19-8 over two years and two SEC East Championships guarantee that. If you think Stoops retired to get the Florida job, you guys really should get out of here. As Buffalo suggested, Stoops is just going to hang them up. What is really interesting is that no one has mentioned how many minutes it would take for an NFL team that starts out 0-4 to start the Stoops as their new HC rumor mill going.

4 losses a year does not cut it at Florida. He could get fired this year. If he does not pull 10 wins in the next two years, he is probably out. They cannot afford to lose 4 games per year.

[BigdaddyQH]

4 losses a year does not cut it at Florida. He could get fired this year. If he does not pull 10 wins in the next two years, he is probably out. They cannot afford to lose 4 games per year.

Ridiculous. First, if he is let go after this season, NO decent HC or HC wanna-be will take the job. Florida plays Michigan and Florida State as well as conference games against LSU, Georgia and Tennessee. If they make it to the SEC Championship game, they will get Alabama, or a team just as good. And you really think that he is gone if he loses 4 games? Well this season Florida will lose 4 games. Maybe more. I will wager you any amount of money that unless an unforseen circumstance happens, McElwain is back next season. Name your price.

[thetrinity]

I think Big Daddy is right here. I'm pretty sure Stoops put less time into the job then pretty much everyone else from what I've heard. Seems like a well rounded guy and just had enough.

[Grits n' Gravy]

You guys read way too much into this and miss the obvious fact. Stoop's father died on the sideline coaching a High School Football game at the same age as Stoops is now. Stoops admitted that this always bothered him and that he did not want to go out that way.

Now for you guys who know very little about College Football and consistently prove it with your posts. There is NO WAY that McElwain gets fired from Florida for at least three years. 19-8 over two years and two SEC East Championships guarantee that. If you think Stoops retired to get the Florida job, you guys really should get out of here. As Buffalo suggested, Stoops is just going to hang them up. What is really interesting is that no one has mentioned how many minutes it would take for an NFL team that starts out 0-4 to start the Stoops as their new HC rumor mill going.

You should never speak about NCAA football when you lost units betting nothing but -400 and up favorites.

[reigle9]

You should never speak about NCAA football when you lost units betting nothing but -400 and up favorites.

bro, you just don't get the away favorite -400 angle

[Buffalo Nickle]

Ridiculous. First, if he is let go after this season, NO decent HC or HC wanna-be will take the job. Florida plays Michigan and Florida State as well as conference games against LSU, Georgia and Tennessee. If they make it to the SEC Championship game, they will get Alabama, or a team just as good. And you really think that he is gone if he loses 4 games? Well this season Florida will lose 4 games. Maybe more. I will wager you any amount of money that unless an unforseen circumstance happens, McElwain is back next season. Name your price.

I said he could get fired this year. I expect him to get fired next year after another 8-4. If he can go 10-2, he'll keep his job. But if the offense does not get A LOT better, I expect him to get axed after next season and very good chance Stoops would be the top choice if he wants the job.

[Ralphie Halves]

I'm super high on McElwain and I think you guys are nuts, but some interesting takes on here, and now I'm interested to see how it plays out.

[BigdaddyQH]

You should never speak about NCAA football when you lost units betting nothing but -400 and up favorites.

The fact is that I know more about College Football, and won more money than your pathetic arse ever will. Now go back to playing with yourself because no one else, male or female, will.

[Chi_archie]

He bought a home in Chicago a few weeks before retiring

he already had one

what is up with that?

[BigdaddyQH]

[QUOTE=Buffalo Nickle;27019950]I said he could get fired this year. I expect him to get fired next year after another 8-4. If he can go 10-2, he'll keep his job. But if the offense does not get A LOT better, I expect him to get axed after next season and very good chance Stoops would be the top choice if he wants the job.

WRONG. Stoops will NOT be the top choice because too many other schools or pro teams will give him a shot in the next two years. If he wants to coach, he will do so before McElwain gets fired. Also remember that ever since Meyer left Florida at the end of the 2010 season, the Gators have only had ONE season where they lost less than 4 games. So Florida has lost 4 or more games 5 out of 6 seasons since, Meyer left, and in 2010, his last season there. Georgia and South Carolina have done better in the SEC East in that time span. Obviously Alabama has done better, along with LSU. Florida is also 1-5 vs Florida State in their last 6 outings. Florida is nothing special, and will not waste the money on buyouts. There is a better chance that they just wait for the contract to expire and let him go.

[TheMoneyShot]

Truth will be out in a few more weeks.

Everyone talks about "winning" constantly... what else did you expect this guy to do? Guy definitely isn't a loser....

Something going on behind the scenes....

Guy just doesn't walk out or step down... or demote himself like that.

[homie1975]

You guys read way too much into this and miss the obvious fact. Stoop's father died on the sideline coaching a High School Football game at the same age as Stoops is now. Stoops admitted that this always bothered him and that he did not want to go out that way.

Now for you guys who know very little about College Football and consistently prove it with your posts. There is NO WAY that McElwain gets fired from Florida for at least three years. 19-8 over two years and two SEC East Championships guarantee that. If you think Stoops retired to get the Florida job, you guys really should get out of here. As Buffalo suggested, Stoops is just going to hang them up. What is really interesting is that no one has mentioned how many minutes it would take for an NFL team that starts out 0-4 to start the Stoops as their new HC rumor mill going.

He turned "his father's age 56 at death" last seotember. College football coaches do NOT retire in june. Plain and simple. Something happened here. Maybe he saw after the spring that his team wasn't very good outside baker mayfield. Maybe the team stopped responding to him. Maybe the OU brass saw that in the near future tom herman at Texas would start out recruiting stoops so they wanted a millenial youthful cat like Lincoln to go H2H on the recruiting trail vs young stud herman. Or maybe the fact backed joe Mixon for so long finally took its toll. To not acknowledge that the timing was very odd would be extremely naive.

In college hoops, we saw two wisconsin coaches (bennett in 2000 and bo ryan in 2015 I believe) both walk away about 10-12 games in the season because they just didn't have the fire anymore.

Stoops hot through the bowl game, the recruiting season, the spring game, another 2 mos, then woke up and said "I retire".

Sorry bit that doesn't pass the laugh test. Something happened and he was forced to resign.

Signed,
A guy who will put his college football expertise against anyone, anywhere, anytime.

[KVB]

You guys read way too much into this and miss the obvious fact. Stoop's father died on the sideline coaching a High School Football game at the same age as Stoops is now. Stoops admitted that this always bothered him and that he did not want to go out that way...

You missed that this was addressed in the 2nd post in this thread. Probably because you never read before posting.

[unluckysob]

Oklahoma people want national championships. Being very good is not good enough. They want to be Alabama, Clemson good.

[Buffalo Nickle]

[QUOTE=BigdaddyQH;27020550]

I said he could get fired this year. I expect him to get fired next year after another 8-4. If he can go 10-2, he'll keep his job. But if the offense does not get A LOT better, I expect him to get axed after next season and very good chance Stoops would be the top choice if he wants the job.

WRONG. Stoops will NOT be the top choice because too many other schools or pro teams will give him a shot in the next two years. If he wants to coach, he will do so before McElwain gets fired. Also remember that ever since Meyer left Florida at the end of the 2010 season, the Gators have only had ONE season where they lost less than 4 games. So Florida has lost 4 or more games 5 out of 6 seasons since, Meyer left, and in 2010, his last season there. Georgia and South Carolina have done better in the SEC East in that time span. Obviously Alabama has done better, along with LSU. Florida is also 1-5 vs Florida State in their last 6 outings. Florida is nothing special, and will not waste the money on buyouts. There is a better chance that they just wait for the contract to expire and let him go.

How many schools do you think Stoops is going to consider if he just left OU? He can make three times the money in college he can make in the pros because he has free labor.

You are listing all the reasons McElwaine is getting fired.

[Grits n' Gravy]

The fact is that I know more about College Football, and won more money than your pathetic arse ever will. Now go back to playing with yourself because no one else, male or female, will.

But I put my dick in every female relative you have. Just remember when you kiss your ugly wife that my dick stretched her mouth out and you are tasting my love mayo that she swallowed.

Yes you are a college football genius.....not. Anybody who bets huge road faves ml as a sound strategy is a moron. Thus you are a moron. You are Just a fatter version of Brock Landers. Just know that everyone who reads your posts laughs at your stupidity. Get back to fingering your grandkids.

[reigle9]

bd hates you cause youre black

[The Kraken]

One of the greatest college coaches ever

Good luck to him where ever he goes

[homie1975]

But I put my dick in every female relative you have. Just remember when you kiss your ugly wife that my dick stretched her mouth out and you are tasting my love mayo that she swallowed.

Yes you are a college football genius.....not. Anybody who bets huge road faves ml as a sound strategy is a moron. Thus you are a moron. You are Just a fatter version of Brock Landers. Just know that everyone who reads your posts laughs at your stupidity. Get back to fingering your grandkids.

Grits just dresses down Big Phaggot QH like no one's "bidness"

[Capitols44]

So how much of impact does this have on the oklahoma ohio state game ? I was leaning on Oklahoma to win a revenge game on Bob Stoops birthday as him as head coach until he stepped down.

[homie1975]

So how much of impact does this have on the oklahoma ohio state game ? I was leaning on Oklahoma to win a revenge game on Bob Stoops birthday as him as head coach until he stepped down.

Last yr I leaned TOSU at OU but didn't bet it. I felt buckeyes had more pure talent. This year w or w out stoops I hate OU in this spot. Dede westbrook, mixon, perine, all gone. Several D studs all gone. It's basically baker n a bunch of newbies. If anything the new coach Lincoln gives them a better chance because he'll bring new energy

[D Med]

I think he simply retired. No idea why he waited this long after the season. He might of not done it right after the season, so they didn't lose recruits, but signing day has come and gone lol.

[MaddyMax]

Okc wanted a change. can't fire someone like stoops so they asked him to step down.

[lonegambler23]

good maybe theyll stop running the ball every fukking down