You read that correctly. In the middle of a three-game losing streak, his young team’s greatest problem was winning too much. After building a program with a perpetual chip on its shoulder, Stoops was left with a young team that did not know how to play from behind.
“The bottom line is there were a couple of things that were bothering me,” Stoops said in his weekly press conference. “I think just creating our identity. Some of these guys have been through a lot of good times. This team has gone through some tough times this year. With that, a lot of times that’s when you get the most growth.