Bob Stoops, I know he has said he's not gonna be on a sideline anytime soon. But if I'm John Currie I test that. He's my number 1 guy. You throw money and control at him and keep giving him more until he takes it. If at some point then it's obvious he's not coming back then move to next guy.
Thus is my personal opinion but I don't believe he's done coaching. I believe he got tired and bored at Oklahoma. I think there was a dis connect between he and AD there. I think he wants a fresh start and change of scenery.
Think about this he basically won 10 games a year at Oklahoma for almost his whole time there. The east is weak, and come on we obviously have better resources, facilities, and Knoxville is much nicer than Norman. You put him here with our resources and we would win east Regularly. Plus he has beaten bama.
This is by far my best candidate. I don't think it's far fetched if the AD and boosters are serious. They need to treat this like bama did with Saban they wasn't taking a No, he was there guy period. Bob stoops needs to be our guy period!