Inheriting a program that was 2-10 in 2012, the year before he arrived, Stoops? rebuilding efforts took time. Two games into the 2016 season his record was 12-26. Since that time, the program has been on the rise. 33 wins in the last four seasons, ranking 16th among Power Five programs.


The problem today is teams get no stability. Let's take UF's 2 year and done. How's that working out for them? We have very real issues. We have never been a football power house. Never. The few times that we have competed have been when coaches were allowed the time. JWS... How long did it take him? Mullen. 5 years to get to 2014 right... and then dropped off for the next 4.


Our solution is that we allow time like we have in the past and like UK has. Leach is just now bringing in what we expected. Look at the QB room. Look at the WRs (yes... we all know last night). Look at the RBs. We did a major overhaul and we are not done yet.

- Defense.. Our LBs coming up are not as slow. Fact. They lack experience. They are being mixed in now and as with the rest of this list, they will have more reps as this year goes forward. Like John Lewis.... etc

- OL. We picked up a nice 4 star OL last year. Albert Reese is another that is going to go pro.

- DL.. Last year picked up 2 DL rated 4 stars.

I hope you get the point. Alot of these starters are starting their 3rd year. Those that will replace them will have had a lot of time to prep. I believe that's how you build consistency. We are not building up for a 1 year run and then taking years to rebuild it. But nobody will know the results if we fall into the trap of replacing a coach every 2 years. Every 3 years.

Our efforts need to be on building our recruiting arm and Portal, not the brutal program killing rotation of coaching staffs due to emotions.




Final point. Our staff has our team coached up. Rogers is a 3 star that plays above his rating. Many people are saying he will play on Sunday because he is accurate. The OLmen are not highly rated recruits. We have 1 OL that is rated 4 star that is starting. We just got our 2nd 4 star. We have been in more games than not from the get go. YES, we have to find a way to get the talent needed on the OL, edge, LB, and Safety, but allow the man time to build it.