re: OFFICIAL 2020 Head Coach Search thread

not sure I get the love for Stoops, yes he was a good coach a few years ago, but that was at OK. He was good in a weak conference and never seemed great after his first few years. Stoops was named "Big Game Bob" because he always lost the big games and I dont know if he would do any better going up against Bama, LSU, and UGA.

Not saying I wouldnt be happy if he came just not sure he is worth "back up the money truck" for.

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Bob Stoops is the dream hire?

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See him kinda like a David Cutcliffe hire would be. Ya know what they got, it's largely good, and mostly behind them. Throw in Bobby Petrino as well he's had his day and unfortunately mismanaged a promising career. . . (and probably done in the Bible Belt) . . . he needs to try again further north or west.

As for pie in the sky: Anthony Lynn

As a NFL coach that's probably on the hot seat and coupled with the dollars involved he might give college a try... if nothing more than later getting back into NFL head coaching. And he sounds/carries himself like a coach that could recruit well in the SEC. Which is our biggest dilemma in competing with other 'state teams'. We're not getting the pick of the litter to build a perfect system. Because it's not just his X's and O's, it's also signing the Jimmy's and Joe's who don't fit.

true dat

However being coach of the Chargers it's easy to be in deficit wins. And I think walking into a living room he might make a way better impression than ole what's his name. Plus his built-in NFL credibility would be a big plus for the top tier we're after.

eta: of course he still has a job!!!

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2-3 in the XFL Bob Stoops is the dream hire?

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I remember when everyone on this board laughed and made fun of Bob Stoops. Big Game Bob and so forth.

Now we want him.

I think of Stoops and Clark the same way, to some extent.

I don't think on paper either is the right hire, but both have potentially high ceilings and would get strong fan support once the hire was made. I'm interested to see what Clark could do, and I'm interested to see what Stoops still has.

But I think there are better all around choices.

Venables is hard because going this long without becoming an HC raises red flags. Sort of like Gary Patterson not moving beyond TCU. But at some point that narrative becomes self-fulfilling, and there's always the chance that schools are passing to their detriment.

Uh, pretty self explanatory -

Patterson - Looked at by a ton of bigger schools and hasn't been hired

Venables - Looked at by a ton of schools and hasn't been hired

They wear those reputations now, rightly or wrongly. It's like a player sliding in the draft. Some probably have a good reason for passing, some are probably spooked by other programs passing.

Stoops is a choker and we don’t want someone who has taken a break.

Venables has had a shot at high profile HC jobs for a few years but hasn’t taken them. Don’t care about the reason. He’s not alpha enough. We need an alpha.

I know he lost to Louisiana, but I like Matt Campbell at Iowa state. They play well in all phases and are currently 1st in the big 12.

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I may be mistaken, but I don't think he's even interviewed for any HC gigs yet.

Yahoo article from this September I posted earlier ITT indicated that he didn't think he was ready to be an HC at the time, but is ready to seriously consider opportunities now.

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He may say that publicly, but he is one guy who is strongly rumored to have some background stuff with him that has made him a non-candidate for certain job opening that have come up.

The comparison to Aranda doesn't work. Aranda came to Wisconsin as DC in 2013; in 2016 he took the LSU DC job, and in 2020 the HC job at Baylor. That is pretty normal progression for a successful coordinator-turned-HC. With Venables, you have to realize that this guy became the DC at Oklahoma in 2004 and has been DC at two top programs (Oklahoma and Clemson) for 16 years now. He has been a top recruiter that entire time as well, won titles, won the Broyles award, etc, etc. I don't buy that its taking this guy nearly 20 years to decide that he's ready to be a HC. He is either being absurdly picky, or there is semblance to some truth with regards to the rumors that circulate around him. Or, as mentioned previously, there is the possibility that programs are just following others to their own detriment (ie: a few programs pass under a certain pretense, and then that spooks future schools from giving him a serious look).