There are rumors that former Oklahoma DL coach and former OU LB Jackie Shipp is in the hunt for a spot on coach Graham's defensive staff.

Looks like he recruits Texas and Oklahoma. Bring out the pitchforks!

I say its time to roll out the maroon carpet!  Maybe the guy got sick and tired of Mt. Stoooooopid erupting.

Whew, I thought you were going to say Stoopid 2.

theoriginalsundevil4life wrote: I say its time to roll out the maroon carpet! 

Hopefully Sooner than later.

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--- theoriginalsundevil4life wrote:

I say its time to roll out the maroon carpet!  Maybe the guy got sick and tired of Mt. Stoooooopid erupting.

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He was fired. It's not like he left on his own terms. I've always been a Shipp fan but our DTs have been awful for 3 years now and something had to change. Guy have a ton of personality but his re recruiting was pretty non existent the past 4 years and it was probably best for both sides.

A Sooner castoff with no SoCal recruiting background? 

I thought you were gonna say Mike Stoops. I was getting light headed

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--- rockymtndevil wrote:

There are rumors that former Oklahoma DL coach and former OU LB Jackie Shipp is in the hunt for a spot on coach Graham's defensive staff.

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BandDevil wrote: A Sooner castoff with no SoCal recruiting background? 

I think he is probably a pretty good coach, but think ASU really needs a guy who has been around the left coast recruiting.

Shipp could go into a Cali kid's home and have NFL cred.You want to play at the next level.We will show you how.

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--- BandDevil wrote:

A Sooner castoff with no SoCal recruiting background? 

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Can you say ignorant post

Not to mention Shipp could mentor a group of young and super talented LB at ASU. I'm willing to wager that Shipp would bust it recruiting in Texas and Oklahoma..... you don't think he would relish beating the Sooners out of some talent.

hoosierkevin wrote: Shipp could go into a Cali kid's home and have NFL cred.You want to play at the next level.We will show you how.

DoxieDevil wrote: Not to mention Shipp could mentor a group of young and super talented LB at ASU. I'm willing to wager that Shipp would bust it recruiting in Texas and Oklahoma..... you don't think he would relish beating the Sooners out of some talent.

hoosierkevin wrote: Shipp could go into a Cali kid's home and have NFL cred.You want to play at the next level.We will show you how.

I'm not knocking Shipp he's a good coach and was with the Sooners long enough to prove it, and if you look at his targets and commitments he's seems like a capable recruiter. However, I don't think this would be the right hire(at face value), its not as simple as pulling a guy who recruited Texas and Oklahoma well while he was a coach at Oklahoma. Look at Larry Porter, was rated the recruiter of the decade and absolutely killed it at LSU but he comes here and nothing. Now porter is at Texas and I imagine him to kill it again. We're kind of irrelevant in the south/texas and its not going to be changed easily. We need a guy with a track record of going into California and plucking talent. We need someone with west coast connections.

devilaw1 wrote:

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--- BandDevil wrote:

A Sooner castoff with no SoCal recruiting background? 

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Can you say ignorant post

Educate me then. Oh, that's right. Your deal is to add zero to the board except negativity. Don't you have a Fire Herb post to get ready?

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--- BandDevil wrote:

devilaw1 wrote:

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--- BandDevil wrote:

A Sooner castoff with no SoCal recruiting background? 

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Can you say ignorant post

Educate me then. Oh, that's right. Your deal is to add zero to the board except negativity. Don't you have a Fire Herb post to get ready?

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You obviously know nothing about Shipp's background or the circumstances surrounding his departure from OU. Funny you talking about negative posts given most of your's are, including the one I commented on

According to twitter, this is a done deal.

Yup!  This is done!  Welcome Coach Shipp!!

In the press release from today CTG is quoted as saying that Shipp does have ties to OK, TX and CA and will be focusing on CA. Hopefully that helps in your education. 

BandDevil wrote:

devilaw1 wrote:

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--- BandDevil wrote:

A Sooner castoff with no SoCal recruiting background? 

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Can you say ignorant post

Educate me then. Oh, that's right. Your deal is to add zero to the board except negativity. Don't you have a Fire Herb post to get ready?

Anybody else want to play Oklahoma in a possible bowl game now?  I have to admit it would be fun to watch the middle Stooooooopid shoot steam out of his ears again like a cheaply animated cartoon character.

There are not many coaches in the Pac-12 who can say they've coached in 4 national championship games.

If he doesn't already have connections in CA he will soon enough and he walks in with immediate credibility. I wonder what he did during those three years after he played for the raiders and before he started coaching.

I think this is a great hire and we're bringing in a coach who could be here for a while and will work hard when it comes to recruiting. I have to imagine he and the Stoopids didn't get along.