In case anyone has forgotten...

[Collier11]

Stoops will make this his best coaching job yet, have faith!

6 Big 12 Championships....1 National Championship.
2008 12-2
2007 11-3
2006 11-3
2005 8-4
2004 12-1
2003 12-2
2002 12-2
2001 11-2
2000 13-0

[delhalew]

Boomer!...bitches.;)

[primetime43]

Speaks for itself. Just don't talk about how most of those seasons ended.

[Collier11]

well, would you rather end up in the biggest games every year and lose some or end up in the cotton and holiday bowl every year and win them?

[FlatheadSooner]

well, would you rather end up in the biggest games every year and lose some or end up in the cotton and holiday bowl every year and win them?


As Forrest Gump used to say, "maybe it's a little bit of both."
:)

[josh09]

This is a great thread, good to be reminded of all his work.

[yermom]

it feels really dumb to bitch about 11 and 12 win seasons

[stoops the eternal pimp]

his 7-5 and 8-4 years may have been his more impressive coaching efforts

[Mjcpr]

his 7-5 and 8-4 years may have been his more impressive coaching efforts

Not better than 2000.

[yermom]

i remember wondering if we would make a bowl at one point in 2005

winning that Baylor game was to become bowl eligible.. and it went to OT

[spacecadet]

It's all about National Championships. If you wanna go down as one of the greats Like Bud and Barry he needs to have at least one more. His teams' failures in January do him no good.

Like it or not

[TMcGee86]

I think this is the year we return to Odd year slump.

07 was a fluke. Probably just cause 7 is a lucky number.

2010, here we come! ;)

[Collier11]

atleast Landry will be ready for 10 this way

[JLEW1818]

i think we will be better in 2011, than 2010... JMO

[tigepilot]

his 7-5 and 8-4 years may have been his more impressive coaching efforts

I thought the way the team looked at the beginning of the '05 season to reflect some of the worst coaching I've seen. They got it going by the end of the season but if your going to say '05 as a whole was one of his best coaching efforts, you can count me out. This season (one game in of course) feels a lot like '05...

Here's to hoping they get the ship righted before the point in the season where they got it righted in '05.

[soonervegas]

I think we have been in the national title discussion 8 out of the last 9 years on November 1st or later.

Ridiculous....

[Collier11]

I thought the way the team looked at the beginning of the '05 season to reflect some of the worst coaching I've seen. They got it going by the end of the season but if your going to say '05 as a whole was one of his best coaching efforts, you can count me out. This season (one game in of course) feels a lot like '05...

Here's to hoping they get the ship righted before the point in the season where they got it righted in '05.

Through 5 games we were 2-3 and really bad, we went on to finish 6-1 and our only loss was a screw job in Lubbock. Those final 7 games were a masterpiece by Stoops.

Remember how good Bomar looked those last 7 games, I think he had 2 or 3 game winning drives as well...:cool:

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Not better than 2000.

2000 doesn't happen if he doesn't come in his first year and set the foundation for it...

That 7 win season, namely blistering AtM, really put the backbone back into the program...

[Collier11]

That A&M victory was awesome, what a coming out party

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I remember some of the beatings they gave OU when Blake was there, and just hoping that we would manage to be at least competitive in the game..

[Collier11]

I was scared sh**less by that game

[stoops the eternal pimp]

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[Collier11]

notice how jackson just runs to the holes instead of dancing like Reggie and Broyles on returns

[Collier11]

also, just think if Thornton hadnt gotten hurt, we might have went 10-2 or 9-3 that year

[stoops the eternal pimp]

As little as he was, he was lucky to make it through any game healthy

Jarrail "I do not fair catch" Jackson was a fearless returner

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Brandon Daniels

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[tigepilot]

Through 5 games we were 2-3 and really bad, we went on to finish 6-1 and our only loss was a screw job in Lubbock. Those final 7 games were a masterpiece by Stoops.

Remember how good Bomar looked those last 7 games, I think he had 2 or 3 game winning drives as well...:cool:

I've always viewed that season as the one where the coaches failed the players early (like this year) and did a good job of fixing the mistakes as the season went on. Again, that season as a whole wasn't good coaching imho. Now '06, I would say was a coaching masterpiece. It had an embarrassing finish but that had more to do with poor player execution than poor coaching.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

see, what I remember from the 05 season is craptastic execution....a few games into the season, and the quarterback and center couldn't even exchange the ball...all the turnovers early on...

[cjames317]

A decade of greatness. That's why other schools, even Texas, think it's a pretty big deal to beat Stoops.

[PLaw]

Stoops will make this his best coaching job yet, have faith!

6 Big 12 Championships....1 National Championship.
2008 12-2
2007 11-3
2006 11-3
2005 8-4
2004 12-1
2003 12-2
2002 12-2
2001 11-2
2000 13-0

This record is "ridiculous"! If that doesn't say Bob is worth every damn penny, then what does?

It's always a big deal when OU loses - the bar of success is set high and expectations are perfection.

BOOMER - yep, I think we have new sig.

[mobilesteve]

also, just think if Thornton hadnt gotten hurt, we might have went 10-2 or 9-3 that year

Think if Thorton doesn't get hurt and we have Q in 2003. Think about that team with a run game.

[Partial Qualifier]

Wow. shovel passes executed to perfection.. quick hitches with actual blocking ... I miss Mangino.

[spacecadet]

the assistants Stoops has now are no where the assistants of the past. there is a reason BV is still coaching here and not running a program.

[Collier11]

I remember when some OU fans bitched about Mangino, he def was creative

[Collier11]

the assistants Stoops has now are no where the assistants of the past. there is a reason BV is still coaching here and not running a program.

probably cus he has turned down several jobs, do we have to rehash this same stupid BS every year, especially when his D only gave up 24 to a stacked Florida team despite our inept offense and 14 to BYU despite our inept offense

[spacecadet]

yeah, lets go over it.

over the past five years this team has dropped some unbelievable games. Games that Stoops and his assistants had no business losing. you can run your mouths about the players gotta exucute blah blah blah but there have been numerous times that their game plan was so vanilla that the oppossing coaches knew what freakin' play was coming.

I'm sick of people sucking up to these coaches. They make big money and the university and the fans deserve better than what they get come big games. Bob makes 4 million a year and by god if his assistants can't watch a freakin' play clock or have a team prepared enough to play a damn game after 8 months he better have the nads to let them have it and since it has happened repeatedly he needs to have the nads to cut em loose.

Bob is a good coach but there comes a time when people need to be accountable for the shortcomings. he has lost 5 straight bcs bowl games.

run your mouth about being in the bcs bowls. well somebody from this weak *** conference has to go. Texas has won 3 outta 4 from OU and if not for them losing some heartbreakers it would be Texas winning the big 12. OU has backed into a couple big 12 championships.

The big 12 is not a strong conference and so far anytime this coaching staff has gone up against equal coaching talent they have had their butts handed to them.

Do we want john blake? NO but this making excuses for some obvious coaching woes is getting ridiculous

[okiewaker]

That A&M victory was awesome, what a coming out party

This game and the NC game are the two most memorable for me.

[delhalew]

yeah, lets go over it.

over the past five years this team has dropped some unbelievable games. Games that Stoops and his assistants had no business losing. you can run your mouths about the players gotta exucute blah blah blah but there have been numerous times that their game plan was so vanilla that the oppossing coaches knew what freakin' play was coming.

I'm sick of people sucking up to these coaches. They make big money and the university and the fans deserve better than what they get come big games. Bob makes 4 million a year and by god if his assistants can't watch a freakin' play clock or have a team prepared enough to play a damn game after 8 months he better have the nads to let them have it and since it has happened repeatedly he needs to have the nads to cut em loose.

Bob is a good coach but there comes a time when people need to be accountable for the shortcomings. he has lost 5 straight bcs bowl games.

run your mouth about being in the bcs bowls. well somebody from this weak *** conference has to go. Texas has won 3 outta 4 from OU and if not for them losing some heartbreakers it would be Texas winning the big 12. OU has backed into a couple big 12 championships.

The big 12 is not a strong conference and so far anytime this coaching staff has gone up against equal coaching talent they have had their butts handed to them.

Do we want john blake? NO but this making excuses for some obvious coaching woes is getting ridiculous

Get 'em, spacey! Tell 'em you're mad as hell, and you're not gona take it anymore. Overpaid sumbitches.:D
:pop:

[okiewaker]

SC just Bitch slapped someone. :D

[TMcGee86]

Wow. shovel passes executed to perfection.. quick hitches with actual blocking ... I miss Mangino.

X2.



And I agree that 06 was the real coaching genius year. We had no business ending up where we did with the talent on the field that year.

[landrun]

1999 - That was by far the best 7 win season in OU history.
The A&M game was awesome. And I think that was the year Thatcher took a punt return to the house against OSU int he last few minutes of the game. The coaches told him to call for a fair catch. He had other plans. :)
I loved it.

[SicEmBaylor]

i remember wondering if we would make a bowl at one point in 2005

winning that Baylor game was to become bowl eligible.. and it went to OT

Triple-OT actually.

[CtheB]

I thought the way the team looked at the beginning of the '05 season to reflect some of the worst coaching I've seen. They got it going by the end of the season but if your going to say '05 as a whole was one of his best coaching efforts, you can count me out. This season (one game in of course) feels a lot like '05...

Here's to hoping they get the ship righted before the point in the season where they got it righted in '05.

Understand your points, this team; however, is far more talented than the team in 2005, which was riddled with two very poor recruiting classes. Thankfully, this year's team only has one of them.

My concern is that we are showing loyalty to seniors from that class when there is greater upside with some younger players.

From everything I have read and learned this week, the coaches are not taking this as the case anymore. It is understood we have a few weeks to get those younger players some experience and development, and I fully expect the coaching staff to take advantage of this opportunity.

[soonervegas]

Its funny the small difference between stoops the human and stoops the football god. Change 1 game in his resume and our conversations are revolving around whether he is bud and barrys's equal. If he is 2-2 in BCS Title games this board is a whole different animal.

[Collier11]

Triple-OT actually.

dont give yourself too much credit, it was double OT

[cjames317]

Its funny the small difference between stoops the human and stoops the football god. Change 1 game in his resume and our conversations are revolving around whether he is bud and barrys's equal. If he is 2-2 in BCS Title games this board is a whole different animal.

If Stoops was 4-0 in BCS Title games, this board and the Sooner Nation would be an even larger monster.