I posted some of the facts from the jackson retirement and Campbell hiring in another thread. Kirk had him lined up in late December and didn't announce the retirement and hiring until mid-Feb. Putting the pieces together on the rumors running through the pay sites, using the history we have on Kirks thought process, leads me to believe that stoops has been hired and needs to have everything figured out so that he can turn these other jobs down. That's why the announcement was made now versus later... If Kirk and norm wanted a victory lap they would have announced it months ago because I'm sure the decision to retire wasn't made yesterday.
