Wasn't Stoops the defensive coordinator under Spurrier at Florida? And he also was the D-coordinator at Kansas State under Bill Snyder. So he is primarily a defensive guy... Mike Leach, Mangino, and Chuck Long have been his offensive minds at OU.
But... There's some concern that his brother Mike is the real defensive guru, right?
I used to think Stoops might be the next Jimmy Johnson, but I have some real doubts after the way his team played when his brother left. I know his talent wasn't the same, obviously... But still, I'd be scared if he were named our HC. Although I would feel a lot better if he could bring his brother and some other of his old assistants with him.
At least he's young and has enough energy that I think he'd work hard to adjust and correct any early rookie NFL coaching mistakes he might make... But would we want to go through those growing pains?