Maybe it's one of those things like a coaches son. If I was a coach I'd damn sure want my kid to play for me, but at the same time is it worth it to the kid to have everyone bitch and moan that the only reason he's there is because Dad or in this case, Big Bro is the head coach.
Idk, when he left to coach AZ people were pissed. Then Venables bolts and I don't remember who they had here but when Mike got canned out west they all wanted him back. Now they can't wait for him to hit the road. He has only been back a couple years I think, this may have been his 3rd. Just tough to get a pulse on this one.
There's less than a decade's difference between Stoops and these guys you've mentioned with energy and fire.