"The convenient way to describe Bob Stoops is to reduce him to something he isn't.
He isn't a genius. Geniuses split atoms, discover penicillen, invent the microchip.
He isn't Sun Tzu with a whistle, or Schwarzkopf with a visor, or Churchill in a Nike shirt.
He isn't profound, unless you're a big fan of his favorite four-letter word: Work.
Oklahoma took a gamble on Bob Stoops and it's paid off handsomely as the Sooners are 67-6 in Stoops' six seasons.
But as Stoops' coaching legacy grows exponentially, the temptation is to start constructing pedestals, to create a myth that exceeds the reality."
"I read a comment from a coach in the Big 12 Conference who said he doesn't fraternize or socialize with his coaches," says OU co-defensive coordinator Brent Venables. "That's just the opposite of Bob. Bob works so he can live, as opposed to live to work. He never puts himself where he's above anyone else. ... You could have a secretary here and she would say the same things."
He's the anti-coach. He succeeds because he is a good football coach, but he doesn't act like most of them.
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