Mike Stoops
Mike Stoops
Michael Jaffrey Stoopsis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma. Stoops served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona from 2003 until his firing during the 2011 season. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, and Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Bob Stoops, the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football program, and the older brother...
among best consider gets stick sure teams winning yards
The best measuring stick is if the teams win. If a team gets a lot of yards but they don't win, I'm not sure you can consider them among the best. To me, winning is the best measuring stick.
confidence decent feels gained kids last played playing sure utah
Our kids gained a lot of confidence in playing Utah last year. I thought we did some decent things. We could have played a whole lot better and I'm sure Utah feels like they could have done some things better.
plays surprising
It's not surprising to me. He made plays in camp. Why wouldn't he make them in the game?
colors game played true wore
I think we showed our true colors today. As the game wore on, we played more confidently, and played up to the end.
circumstance consequences tough trying
I thought we had some tough circumstances, but it is what it is. We'll take the consequences and concentrate on trying to improve.
work
Offensively, there are some kinks we have to work out. We have to keep getting better and more consistent.
anybody college ethic football greatest legacy relentless statement taught true turnaround work
He taught us how to coach. His legacy will always be a relentless work ethic and unquestioning loyalty. And it was the greatest turnaround in college football history. That's as true a statement as anybody can make.
chance great needs speed
He's still young, and he needs more reps, but there's great speed there. He's got a chance to play a lot for us this year.
ahead ended further game guys last lined opposed percent run springs stuff time year
As opposed to the last two springs I feel like being here two years we are much further ahead than any time. The first year you are getting guys lined up. I feel like we can go out there and run about 80-90 percent of our stuff we ended up with last year. We are further ahead of the game than during any of our time here.
afford caliber mistakes next team week
Next week is a different caliber of team and we can't afford these little mistakes that we made tonight.
ball breaks creates designed gives great job protection pull
He has a great feel for when to pull the ball down. Some of those were designed runs, but he did a great job of scrambling on his own and that creates pressure. And when the protection breaks down, it gives them another outlet.
attitude complete ethic hard player practices works
Dane works hard and practices hard; it's important to him. He's what you want. He's a very complete player. He understands the game. It's his attitude and work ethic that make him the player he is.
bad start
He got off to a bad start and never really recovered.
finally game good guy last produced quality starting stepped third
It was good to see in the last game where B.J. finally stepped up. B.J. is a guy I think has not produced the way we thought he would. Hopefully, he has matured, and going into this third year, is starting to give us some quality depth.