The day Bob Stoops fully realized he was living something akin to a stress-free existence came two years ago. Monday. Late August. Game week.
As Oklahoma’s coaching staff prepared for the season opener, the Sooners' former coach was on the golf course.
“Instead of putting in (hours), being there until 10 at night,” he laughed, “I played golf and then went home.”
Ponder that as you consider Chris Petersen’s unexpected exit, at 55, after six seasons at Washington. Petersen said in a statement he wanted to “recharge.” And in a news conference Tuesday, he paraphrased Confucius (“an Eastern philosopher,” Petersen said) in explaining the decision:
“A man has two lives to live, and the second one begins when he realizes he only has one,” Petersen said — and then he added: “That thing has been ringing in my ear.