Pinkel only Big 12 coach in Stoops' league?
Published: 5/24/2008 10:43 AM
Last Modified: 5/24/2008 10:43 AM
I know I stole from the Kansas Star just a week ago, but this stuff is too good not to share. Here's columnist Jason Whitlock on Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops:
"He’s the best coach in this league, and really had little competition for that honor. Mack Brown is a great recruiter and motivator. Stoops can outcoach Brown with his clipboard and headset tied behind his back. Texas is annoying, but Stoops can handle the Longhorns when there’s no Vince Young to contend with.
"Nebraska’s program is in disarray. Bill Snyder retired, and the Wildcats are backing up. Texas A&M never seems to reach its full potential, and there’s no reason to believe Mike Sherman is going to change that. Kansas can win 11 games for the next 10 years and Stoops will never view the Jayhawks and Mark Mangino as threats. Stoops trained Mangino. Teachers rarely fear their pupils, and football teachers damn sure don’t fear a pupil stuck at a basketball school.
"Mike Leach is a nut. He and Texas Tech are pesky, but they’ll never overthrow the king."
According to Whitlock, there is but one Big 12 coach up to Stoops' challenge.
"Gary Pinkel and the Missouri Tigers are very, very dangerous. Pinkel went into Texas and stole (Chase) Daniel, the Big 12’s best player. Daniel’s success, in my opinion, is more a slap at Stoops than Mack Brown.
"Brown isn’t clever enough to see the potential in a Chase Daniel. Brown is a star-struck recruiter. He has Jeremy Crabtree and Rivals on speed dial. Stoops and his staff should’ve been all over Daniel."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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