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.
good liked players three threw
I liked the way they all threw the ball. They've come a long way. We feel like we have three really good players there.
backup defensive ends fun middle playing
It's not fun playing with your two backup defensive ends and your fourth-string middle linebacker.
expect last percent
That is on their own. They know what we expect from them. We have had 100 percent participation last summer, we expect the same.
game good happy running team
I'm happy with our performance, but turnovers and our running game was unsuccessful. And we are not a good enough team to make those mistakes.
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.
level next program
We feel we can really take the program to the next level with Willie.
hard last plays three time year
We give up too many big plays defensively. We are inconsistent. That has been our nemesis for the last year and three games. We have a hard time with consistency.
certain processes shortcuts year
You go through processes and there are no shortcuts from year to year. Certain things have to happen. We are close.
work
Offensively, there are some kinks we have to work out. We have to keep getting better and more consistent.
adam presents situation
Adam can play. If the situation presents itself, he'll do well. If he's called upon, he'll be ready.
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.
combine might six
You might have to combine about six teams.