Bob Stoops responds to rumors connecting him to Auburn job
Longtime Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops retired from the Sooners before the start of the 2017 season, but his name is constantly brought up for big-name coaching vacancies.
Even though Auburn doesn’t have a head coaching vacancy yet, there are rumors that current coach Gus Malzahn may be on the hot seat.
That report states that Stoops has already been contacted by the Tigers, but on Monday, Stoops took a strong stance when asked about the rumors:
Bob Stoops emphatically denies to @usatodaysports reports Auburn representatives have reached out (or will):
“I haven’t talked to anybody from Auburn. I haven’t met with anybody…nor am I set to talk to anybody. It’s just foolish speculation…that has no basis to it." pic.twitter.com/DkhHRZcGOg— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) November 27, 2018
It doesn’t seem like Stoops is eager to come out of retirement, and it wouldn’t make sense for him to connect his name to a job that isn’t even open yet.
We’ll see how things play out at Auburn over the next few weeks, but for now, count Stoops out.
Is he lying like Saban did while he was with the Dolphins?
My thoughts exactly
I don’t think Stoops is Urban. He retired for a legit reason.
Because he knew we were going to the Rose Bowl to beat the Heisman winner who had clobbered 5 top 25 teams? Probably.
Stoops grew tired of it and wanted to “live life”… He left the program in good hands. Your world is the only one that revolves around UGA.
What happened when Stoops and Saban met in the Sugar Bowl?
He retired before the season started wtf are you talking about?
Auphinphan, only fans of teams that know how to win bowl games are allowed to participate in this conversation.
What does the sugar bowl have to do with this conversation? Your attempts to troll are weak and dated….
BumTime dodges another question. The answer was OU destroyed the Tide and ruined McCrybaby’s farewell..No wonder you are so scared of Stoops going to Auburn!
I wasn’t dodging a question. You’re just trying to troll. The question has nothing to do with the topic…
I mean UGA lost to Bama last year… That’s as important to the conversation as your question.
A troll, liar, and question dodger. You keep adding to your resumé!
LMAO… UGA fans don’t even like you.
You are the biggest tool on this site as everyone calls you out for being ignorant, arrogant, and down right dumb. LOL.
What’s funny is UGA fans put you in the same category with xxilovemydawgsxx…. That in itself is bad. Then throw in the fact that UT, Missouri, Bama, SC, and Auburn fans call you out on the regular for trolling should show you that only your troll brother takes you seriously… The problem is you’re to stupid to even see it..
BamaTime, fans from every team in the conference (many of your own) call you a troll/jerk/etc and then you resort to calling them fake accounts of mine…You have no credibility. The only UGA fans that have called me out don’t post on here anymore after I set them straight. Meanwhile, you continue to troll UGA and continue to get called out by it.
30014 still posts here.. So does UGArmyret as well as boxer…. You dont lie all the time do you?
No they don’t..?
Yes they do… You even replied to UGarmyret yesterday….. Lie much?
And I shut him up…
So you just told a lie… Nothing new from you.
Learn to read.
You said the UGA fans that called you out don’t post here anymore… That is clearly a lie and you have even replied to one of those fans within the last day or so…..
Learn to keep up with your lies.
What are you talking about BamaTime? What world are you living in?? Come back to Earth.
Scroll up a few posts… it seems you haven’t “run off” the UGA fans that called you out.
Prolly so Eric_GaDawgs1. I think they might hire him and send Gus packing.
Why would Auburn even consider Bob Stoops? He was way done when he left Okla.
Why not go after an active coach like Chris Peterson? He’s making $4.75 mill this year and tops out in his 7th year at $5.825 million. AU can beat that, and the cost of living is lower here. :)
Because of the potential recruiting hit that would follow. Recruiting tends to be more regional and most coaches don’t have the network of assistants to transition from one region to another easily.
A big name coach that isn’t actively looking for a new challenge is never going to be a good fit. The head coach they need is already in-house; Kevin Steele. But the alumni have their hearts set on a name and are going to let him slip away.
What you say is interesting, but Steele’s head coaching experience is really ugly. Peterson appears to me to be a coach who can adapt as he needs to. That said, there are plenty of young coaches from places like UCF, Memphis, etc. that would seem way better than Bob Stoops.
Stoops was DC at Florida. He can recruit the South.
Recruiting is part of the reason stoops retired.
More fake news. The media are out of control. Auburn won’t fire his this year and stoops will probably have the chance to go back to ok soon if he wants back in. Riley is probably headed to the no fun league soon.