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Mike Stoops (Okla Co-DC, former Arizona HC)

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buckeyesin07;2057989; said:
There are different ways to define loyalty. You've identified one of them, but that certainly isn't the only way. Your post, as a Nebraska fan, suggests that Coach Stoops is a disloyal person if he elects to go to OSU instead of Nebraska, and that isn't fair to Coach Stoops.
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Correct. His loyalties could be to Pelini, or to some other factor that could pull him to Ohio, or back to his brother at Oklahoma...or somewhere else.

I wouldn't see anything disloyal in Stoops chosing to come to tOSU.

I'm still wondering whether he'll get a HC opportunity at a smaller school though.
 
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matcar;2058008; said:
Correct. His loyalties could be to Pelini, or to some other factor that could pull him to Ohio, or back to his brother at Oklahoma...or somewhere else.

I wouldn't see anything disloyal in Stoops chosing to come to tOSU.

I'm still wondering whether he'll get a HC opportunity at a smaller school though.
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He'd probably be a quick fit as a HC in a bunch of other places. Hell, the guy could hand pick a job right about now - there's tons of openings :biggrin:
 
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OU football: Could Mike Stoops be waiting on Brent Venables?
Posted by berrytramel
on December 11, 2011

The Mike Stoops Watch continues. We can even add Iowa, Stoops? alma mater, to the list that also includes Ohio State, Nebraska, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Where will Stoops land?

Fired in Year 8 as Arizona?s head coach, Stoops is back on the open market as a defensive coordinator prospect. Ohio State, Nebraska and now Iowa, with the announced retirement of Norm Parker after the Dec. 30 Insight Bowl, are looking for defensive coordinators, though the Buckeyes have interim head coach Luke Fickell to fall back on if they desire. Arkansas did have an opening, but it?s been filled.

Which leaves OU, which does not have an opening. But speculation has mounted that Bob Stoops might summon his brother back to Norman.

Is it possible that Mike Stoops is waiting to see if current OU defensive coordinator Brent Venables lands a head coaching job. Places like Southern Miss, Colorado State, Houston and Arkansas State seek head coaches. Venables long has been considered a potential head coach. If Venables should leave, Bob Stoops? decision is made easy. Come back, bro.

But if Venables does not get a head coaching job, it would be very uncomfortable for Bob Stoops to bring back Mike. To either demote or fire Venables would not be Bob Stoops? standard operating procedure. Mike Stoops and Venables spent five years together at OU as co-coordinators, but Mike Stoops clearly was the leader of the defense. It would be very combustible to put the old gang together. Eight years have past.

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http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/...uld-mike-stoops-be-waiting-on-brent-venables/
 
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alexhortdog95;2062704; said:
If Stoops does go back to OU with his brother, you can probably mark that as the end of the Willie Martinez era as the secondary coach.
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Willie Martinez is my favorite trivia answer...

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Bummer that this doesn't seem to be panning out (at least from what I gather)...Stoops would be my top choice for DC and I didn't really think he would have a shot at HC somewhere after what went down in Arizona. But with Ohio ties, recruiting ties out west, name recognition, and the defensive pedigree, I thought he would be our top target.
 
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RB07OSU;2062763; said:
Bummer that this doesn't seem to be panning out (at least from what I gather)...Stoops would be my top choice for DC and I didn't really think he would have a shot at HC somewhere after what went down in Arizona. But with Ohio ties, recruiting ties out west, name recognition, and the defensive pedigree, I thought he would be our top target.
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He wants to be a HC again and so even if he came here it would probably be short lived...

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RB07OSU;2062763; said:
Stoops would be my top choice for DC and I didn't really think he would have a shot at HC somewhere after what went down in Arizona
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Stoops will get a HC coaching gig again. It was only his first one.

On that note..

I present to you...the MAN-E-FACES of Charlie...if HE can get a job....hope reigns eternal for anyone else.


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Since UNC put Withers on the market, I'd rather have him than Stoops.

Not that Withers wouldn't have ambitions of his own, but it seems more likely for Stoops to treat Ohio State like a short pit stop before moving back into head coaching or taking a gig with family, friends or his alma mater.

Plus, Stoops' recruiting network is not very congruent with what Ohio State usually does, and also doesn't seem very congruent with the places Coach Meyer is hitting hard right now. Withers on the other hand has ties to the Mid-Atlantic, where Ohio State has been putting in more and more effort in recent years (and especially in the last couple weeks.)
 
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All valid points (especially alexhort on Chaw-lee :biggrin:), but even if it was a one year pit stop, I like the message it sends and we get big momentum and potentially a recruiting boost out west. If he leaves after a year or two, Fickell is more than capable to take over once he is gone, so I'm not too worried about how long our potential DC will be here for.
 
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GeorgiaBuck2;2062773; said:
Is it just me, or has cheeseburger gotten progressively fatter?
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Fatback Weis is the only guy I've known to have Gastric Bypass Surgury and GAIN weight...

Ferguson, director of Massachusetts General's surgical residency program, and Hodin, a surgeon and professor at Harvard Medical School, said internal bleeding was a well-known complication of the stomach stapling surgery. They said they believed the bleeding would stop on its own and were concerned about performing a second surgery because of the risk of a pulmonary embolism.

Ferguson testified Weis ignored his advice and pushed to have the operation done quickly rather than going through a recommended six-week preoperative program.
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Funniest thing is, Fatback said he had the surgury after he saw Al Roker and decided to have the surgury...hmm...

Roker (before - after)

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And here's regular people:

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And then...there's Fatback:

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