Bob Stoops

[BULLET VOL]

Would he be a good head coach in Knoxville? Would he ever consider coaching here??

 

[Rocky_Top_Vol13]

Would he be a good head coach in Knoxville? Would he ever consider coaching here??

 

[coffeevol]

Yes of course he would love to, after being at a garbage program like Oklahoma for all those years he'd jump at the chance, really surprised no one else has thought of this.

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

They should make him say no IMO

He has the itch to coach again. Was set to in the XFL for Dallas and is currently helping Riley out in OK.

Has a better record than Fulmer and a national title.

 

[Southeastern VFL]

I think Fulmer being A.D helps us out a lot I know people are upset with him because he won't fire Pruitt but he has giving Pruitt everything he has ask for from the word go and that speaks volumes to coaches.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

You mean at U.T., right?

 

[JBVolunteer]

It would take a Jimbo-like contract (money + security) but yes, he would coach at Tennessee and he would do well.

 

[mercuryvol]

They should make him say no IMO

He has the itch to coach again. Was set to in the XFL for Dallas and is currently helping Riley out in OK.

Has a better record than Fulmer and a national title.

This. In my book he’s the only answer to this disaster.

 

[TheFlash1971]

Freeze, Kiffin, Stoops, Campbell, I'm done analysing which coach we should hire.
I just want to be relevant again.
Whoever wants to come here and is a damn good coach, that's who I'll support.


I'm Done with these dollar store coaches.
Done watching getting beat by everybody.

 

[Hairy Vols]

I think Fulmer being A.D helps us out a lot I know people are upset with him because he won't fire Pruitt but he has giving Pruitt everything he has ask for from the word go and that speaks volumes to coaches.

Havent heard this point before. Very solid and valid point.

 

[JoAllan]

“IF”

Meyer
Stoops
Biggest names and best coaches “possible.”

Freeze
Biggest name and best coach in reality “possible”......for Tennessee.

However there’s that little “if”.........if Pruitt were to get fired.

We’ll all have to endure more of the Pruitt nightmare.

Stoops would be awesome though.
18 years coaching. 10 of those he had 2 or fewer (or zero) losses. Another 4 he had 3 losses. Stoops only had 4 seasons out of 18 with more than 3 losses. Coaches like that change things quickly.

Also he went 11-2 and 11-2 his final 2 seasons......so it wasn’t like he got terrible at the end.

 

[DaddyChad]

I think Tennessee can land a great coach but some of you are so completely disconnected from reality it’s ridiculous. We’re not getting Stoops or Meyer; we have about as much chance at them as we would hiring Saban a way from Bama.

 

[vik]

Would he be a good head coach in Knoxville? Would he ever consider coaching here??

Yes and No.

 

[Jax_Vol]

STOOPS!!!...……...there it is


- Tag Team, 1988

 

[onevol74]

Let’s see, he is not a loser, an up and comer, a coordinator, or a bargain basement coach. They have probably scratched him off the board due to his qualifications.

 

[DaddyChad]

Let me expound on this. A coach like Meyer or Stoops can pick and choose their ideal situation or they can just stay retired. Tennessee just isn’t an ideal situation for anyone that has several options other than maybe Freeze. You’ve got opportunities like Michigan, USC, Texas, etc which have easier paths to winning a title and are easier to recruit to.

 

[jonnon111]

Bob Stoops is not coming out of retirement to start over at a program, especially a bad one. And he doesn't want the smoke after all the trash he talked about the SEC.

 

[DaddyChad]

How many coaches with no affiliation to a place come out of retirement to rebuild a dumpster fire?

 

[GetEmVols]

It must be coaching search season. Always gotta include Bob Stoops in these.

 

[jonnon111]

Let me expound on this. A coach like Meyer or Stoops can pick and choose their ideal situation or they can just stay retired. Tennessee just isn’t an ideal situation for anyone that has several options other than maybe Freeze. You’ve got opportunities like Michigan, USC, Texas, etc which have easier paths to winning a title and are easier to recruit to.

Totally agree about top.coaches, but not so fast on the other jobs imo.
Michigan is UT in the Big10, storied history, but has mostly been inferior to the best in their conference who happens to be their biggest rival. Kinda like us and Bama and I don't think living in Ann Arbor is an easy pit h to most kids from reasonable climates.
Texas is losing a lot of recruits to LSU (not new) and Bama (not new) but also aTm, and Oklahoma, etc. And they are spinning their wheels chasing the glory days as well.
I'd have to admit USC still carries a ton of sway out west, easy path to the conference title, large fan base, money and very few comparable recruiting rivals. So that's where I believe Meyer ends up.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

We’d never pony up the cash to coax him out of retirement. But he’d be an awesome hire.

 

[Eastknox865]

I guess wasting our time dreaming about coaches is better than wasting our time watching us getting our butts kicked

 

[uncle chewii]

Would he be a good head coach in Knoxville? Would he ever consider coaching here??

Big game Bob? Good for the season but not for playoffs but I would take him in a heartbeat.

 

[VOL Campbell]

Bros, please just pump the brakes on these threads. Save them for next year when it’s much more feasible that Pruitt could be fired.

 

[Zues1]

Spotted at Waffle House on Papermill early Sunday morning.