beauti wrote: No. However, I'm guessing that one or more will be announced before Spring practices start. Stoops said he was going to take some time but can he really do a decent job of Spring practices with coaches missing.

beauti wrote: No. However, I'm guessing that one or more will be announced before Spring practices start. Stoops said he was going to take some time but can he really do a decent job of Spring practices with coaches missing.

bozzzz44 wrote: Im sure Mike Singletary might be looking for a job

soonerBAS wrote: it's been so long since we've had this many openings at once that maybe we are in unfamiliar territory here, but isn't it a little odd that there's zero rumors flying around?  it seems like in the past some of the worst kept secrets going was coaching search and interviews, someone usually leaks something.

soonertaught wrote: I'm not in the know for who the OU coaches are leaning towards, but I do know a little about hiring in general.  There are a lot of guidelines you have to follow before you make a hire (I'm sure a state supported institution has even more requirements than the private sector).  You have to interview a certain number of applicants, of different races, give multiple people a "fair" shot, etc, etc.

As far as the O-Line, my guess is that the OU coaches know they are going to hire Bedenbaugh, and Bedenbaugh knows they are going to hire him.  They probably knew that before they fired the other coaches... but OU has to go through their due process before they can announce a hire.

OU will have the same issue with the D-Line.  If the OU staff has a good idea of who they want, they still have to go through the due process, so they can't let too much leak out early.  They were probably not too happy about how much info came out about Bedenbaugh.

soonerBAS wrote: it's been so long since we've had this many openings at once that maybe we are in unfamiliar territory here, but isn't it a little odd that there's zero rumors flying around?  it seems like in the past some of the worst kept secrets going was coaching search and interviews, someone usually leaks something.

soonerfrog wrote:

soonertaught wrote: I'm not in the know for who the OU coaches are leaning towards, but I do know a little about hiring in general.  There are a lot of guidelines you have to follow before you make a hire (I'm sure a state supported institution has even more requirements than the private sector).  You have to interview a certain number of applicants, of different races, give multiple people a "fair" shot, etc, etc.

As far as the O-Line, my guess is that the OU coaches know they are going to hire Bedenbaugh, and Bedenbaugh knows they are going to hire him.  They probably knew that before they fired the other coaches... but OU has to go through their due process before they can announce a hire.

OU will have the same issue with the D-Line.  If the OU staff has a good idea of who they want, they still have to go through the due process, so they can't let too much leak out early.  They were probably not too happy about how much info came out about Bedenbaugh.

Having worked for the state, that's actually not accurate. You don't have to interview minorities for positions. There is no Rooney rule. But if you interview a number of applicants and all the minority applicants keep getting passed over for only white hires when they have the same or better qualifications, you'll be scrutinized as soon as a minority complains/files a lawsuit and you'll likely lose that lawsuit.

With state jobs, typically jobs have to be posted for a specified period of time and all applicants interviewed or contacted. However, in college football coaching, they aren't under the same constraints at least not in terms of public hiring announcements.