Stoops was tired of the everyday grind. OU wanted a younger coach in place, and LIncoln Riley was ready to take over. He clearly stated he was done coaching, anywhere.
We don't have a #2 guy lined up. Frost is the main character in this one act play! IF you have confidence in yourself as an AD, you don't have #2 until you need #2. Thats my take on this situation. Once Frost says no or yes, your not doing anything else. I can see us interviewing a few candidates right now, but until Frost is in the room does those other interviews count? As a fanbase we are so set on getting a guy who 3 years ago wasn't worthy of getting an interview, much less even being mentioned seriously. Now, he is our savior? I for one at this point don't know if he comes or not, like everyone else, we don't know one single thing yet about Frost coming or going!
What I do know is that our program needs someone to right the ship right now. If Frost doesn't come now, its not that he won't ever come. I think we need to have that in our minds right now. This job right now won't be a simple fix. Stoops at OU had to find players, switch players, and recruit a Juco QB to win 7 games in his first season. Next season they won it all, but they had talent. They had several draft picks go on to the NFL, so they had some talent. Do you see several draft picks on this roster as of right now?