Mike shies away as the defensive coordinator of Oklahoma, according to several reports

Mike Stoops, Oklahoma's defense coordinator, left his post, according to many reports Sunday night, starting with this one:

On Saturday, the Sooners lost 48 points to Texas in a loss to Red River Rivalry. C & # 39; was far early evidence in recent years that Oklahoma's defense is not good. But while the Sooners have a global offensive and a shot that still blows in the playoffs at their likely last year with the Major League Baseball sign and the five-star QB Kyler Murray, this could have created an extra urgency for that the Sooners succeed. fixed quickly.

The Sooners are ranked 69th in the S & P + Defensive FBS. (They are the first in S & P + Offensive.) OR has some former FBS senior coaches with defense experience among his staff. Former ECU coach, Ruffin McNeill, and UConn's former coach, Bob Diaco, could both help fill the role of Stoops.

Stoops, the 56-year-old brother of the former head coach of the OU and the current Kentucky coach, Mark, is the coordinator of Oklahoma since Bob l? engaged for the 2012 season. Prior to that, he worked from 1999 to 2003 as Sooners co– Defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. He was a staff member for the national title of the program in 2000, although this team won the award because of its good attack in the past. He was head coach of Arizona from 2004 to 2001.

Stoops' defenses were at best uncertain for most of his tenure.

On his return to Oklahoma, Stoops was often criticized as the leader of the worst side of the Sooners. Oklahoma has regularly filed for elite offenses; In the past five years, no one has ever been better at moving the ball and scoring points than OR.

But the defense has often been mediocre or worse under Stoops' leadership. His Sooners were among the top 15 defensemen per meter per game in 2015, but since then they have finished twice in the '80s and' 50s in the six weeks of 2018.

Because Stoops is the family of a former beloved head coach (who is still close to the program), he has long seemed to be a tricky person to lay off.

Bob Stoops suddenly decided to retire from training before the 2017 season. Lincoln Riley was his hand-picked successor, and in all respects, the two have a close relationship. The head coach had named Riley a few years earlier as offensive coordinator and had thought enough of him to retire. so Riley could be the next guy.

Although Oklahoma's defense performance issues were obvious to everyone, it was a legitimate question: could Riley really get rid of brother?

The exact circumstances of Mike Stoops' departure are not clear.

Reasonable people may not agree on the extent to which the University's defensive struggles over the years have been Stoops' fault.

The Big 12 is not particularly known for defense anywhere. The league's traditional recruiting footprint has produced more good offensive players than defensive players, and has also hosted many of Canada's most innovative offensive strategists. It's a difficult conference to stop, and Oklahoma has been a driving force like everyone else.

The Sooners have recruited much better in attack than in defense. Stoops did not have any tonne first-rate talent to work with. But he is one of the most active recruiters in the program, he is largely responsible for the players who took the field for first place. These players have not often succeeded under his direction.

The layoffs of the mid-season coordinators are often panic movements of the main coaches in the hot seat, but that does not seem to be the case at all.

Riley is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant football coaches. Oklahoma was a playoff team in 2017 and may well be back again soon, although his chances have been mistreated by Texas. Sooner's offensive is so good that just having a average The Power 5 defense would make this team good enough to seriously challenge someone like Alabama.

The beginning of week 7 starts early for a coordinator who shoots, but not so much, and again, the problems of Oklahoma with Stoops go back well before 2018. The first team of Power 5 to fire a coordinator this year was Wake Forest, who put his club canned. two weeks before the release of Stoops.

Oklahoma fans are going to be thrilled that Stoops is gone.

For years, a seemingly numerous camp of Sooner fans felt that Stoops got his job because of nepotism and weighed heavily on his brother's (then Riley's) program.

There are Facebook groups "Fire Mike Stoops", Twitter accounts "Fire Mike Stoops" and more discussions in the message board of "Fire Mike Stoops".

For what seems to be more UO lovers, this move is long overdue.