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frog9999

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BrewingFrog said:
Given his personality, and his stubbornness, I cannot imagine him landing a Big Job anywhere. He simply isn't the glad-handing, Happy Talking Salesman type. Plus, I'm not real sure he wants a Head Coaching job anymore, because I believe he hated the public relations aspects of it so much. Not to mention the time. Would he be a DC somewhere? Maybe. He wouldn't have all the annoying responsibilities, but would still be doing the two things he loves: Football, and molding/guiding young men. But, he wouldn't do it for just anybody, and there's probably a lot of guys who wouldn't hire him because of personality, or out of fear they'd be pushed out in favor of him later. Plus, it would eat up all his time about as bad as a Head Coaching gig. There's still a lot of West Africa to be seen, and a lot of reefs yet unexplored...

My prediction is that he becomes a Program Mentor or Program Analyst, outside the chain of responsibility, not having to deal with all the aggravation, but still immersed in the world he so loves and able to influence it. And, he would still have time to get out and live while he can still enjoy it.
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I think he wants to reach 200 wins. Sun Belt would be a good choice. He could replace Napier.
 
Prime BEEF

Prime BEEF

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CryptoMiner said:
Sportsbook on where Sanders will be coaching next:

Where will Deion Sanders be a head coach next?

Florida State +350
TCU +500
Texas +700
SMU +800
Rice +900
USC +1000
Virginia Tech +1000
North Texas +1200
Texas State +1200
LSU +1600
Nebraska +2000
Florida +2500
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Would absolutely love prime time to UT. Would be so much fun watching the chaos…from the poor play, to infighting, politics. Would be a hilarious train wreck
 
Gary's Shirtless Revenge

Gary's Shirtless Revenge

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CryptoMiner said:
Sportsbook on where Sanders will be coaching next:

Where will Deion Sanders be a head coach next?

Florida State +350
TCU +500
Texas +700
SMU +800
Rice +900
USC +1000
Virginia Tech +1000
North Texas +1200
Texas State +1200
LSU +1600
Nebraska +2000
Florida +2500
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FSU for Deion makes 1000% sense, and honestly it's exactly what they need. I don't think they will do it, we shall see.
 
TCUdirtbag

TCUdirtbag

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Palliative Care said:
I wonder how long it will be before we hear if Lincoln Riley took the LSU job. If he does go and it is before the end of the season then chips will start flying as OU begins to look quick and hard. That would be fun.
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OU is struggling with finances. I wouldn’t blame Riley for listening, and I wouldn’t be surprised if LSU can outbid OU.
 
satis1103

satis1103

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TCUdirtbag said:
OU is struggling with finances. I wouldn’t blame Riley for listening, and I wouldn’t be surprised if LSU can outbid OU.
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State coffers of Oklahoma versus those of Louisiana... real heavyweight matchup there

I know we're all college football fans here, but it can't help but occur to me that there may be better things to spend tons of money on. This whole scene is a beating.
 
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frog9999

KMA
froginaustin said:
Maybe the past predicts something about the courses of employment of former coaches.

The late former coach Fred Taylor took a job outside the football program. I don't remember whether it was outside the athletic department or not. IIRC his duties included (1) showing up at alumni functions and shaking hands, and (2) acting as a paperweight (no personal computers in those days; we used lots more paper than most people use today).

Seriously, he may have had something to do in fundraising, but he was definitely not front and center as a fundraiser.

I don't remember any of the few football players that were personal acquaintances of mine ever saying anything uncomplimentary or unkind about Coach Taylor (other than the mild grousing about coaches that I suspect most college athletes do). Some of his assistant coaches and other functionaries in the football program, on the other hand, were soundly disliked. Stories of bad behavior by those fellows began to circulate after their TCU employment was terminated and they were no longer in a position to retaliate against tellers of tales.

In those days, football head coaches' compensation was this side of the stratosphere, and Coach Taylor possibly wanted a post-football job to keep his household lights on. AND, IIRC Coach Taylor was a tenured faculty member, and TCU may therefore have owed him employment of some sort right up to retirement.

I was a student in times around and near those happenings, really at the end of old-time TCU football that was last great in the Abe Martin era. TCU attempted a modern re-start with Coach Pittman, and most of us know how that worked out at least in the pre-Franchione days.

David McWilliams is a fired UTx football head coach that stuck around his university, post-football. He is or was (don't know whether he's retired these days) a damn good fund-raiser. One of those people who, face-to-face, is hard not to like. IIRC he was one of those people that was essentially on campus not only for college but for his whole professional career (save a few years at TTech, after the DKR staff was let go), so he knew everyone that was anyone at UTx including BMDs. He is/was one of those rare people that get along with everyone (except maybe boosters that wanted better football than he provided as head coach).

So fired football coaches, as opposed to coaches moved upstairs after retiring from a glorious coaching career, sticking around seems to be a very rare phenomenon, tied to a narrow range of circumstances and personalities. I doubt that Coach Patterson needs a job for financial reasons, and he might not be someone that everyone that is anyone at TCU knows and loves. And TCU has an athletic director, so there's no place to kick him upstairs gracefully if that is even possible after a mid-season bail. I'll be surprised but not sad if Coach Patterson does not put TCU behind him.
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I remember seeing him in the administration building, when Billy T was coach, griping about hoe he would have been doing a much better job and should not have been fired as the coach. God I'm old.
 
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mantikos

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TCU Vagabond said:
Do you agree with JCs assessment that he thinks Dykes is the favorite over Napier?
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team america vomit GIF
 
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SackLunch

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CountryFrog said:
Do you know what Duke basketball was like before Coach K?

Do you know what the food industry was like before McDonalds?

Do you know what China was like before Mao?

Do you know what retail was like before Sears & Robuck?

Do you know what travel was like before the steam engine?

Do you know what America was like before George Washington?

Do you know what Mexico was like before Cortes?

Do you know what Rome was like before Julius Caesar?

All of those questions are equally as relevant to the current state of the TCU football program.
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Do you know what Duke basketball was like before Coach K? They shot the ball at the hoop.

Do you know what the food industry was like before McDonalds? People went to restaurants and ate.. but could smoke if they wanted to.

Do you know what China was like before Mao? Probably less people.

Do you know what retail was like before Sears & Robuck? Bought your house with a donkey.

Do you know what travel was like before the steam engine? Quieter.

Do you know what America was like before George Washington? Less wooden teeth and more apple trees

Do you know what Mexico was like before Cortes? Had better calendars.

Do you know what Rome was like before Julius Caesar? A republic.

All of those questions are equally as relevant to the current state of the TCU football program. Nope bc now we don't have any appeal for a recruit besides playing Big 12 football and you can get that at a lof of schools in Texas now and now there are 2 where you can go play better football than Big 12.

Would like to know where you came up with all of those questions because this whole response really didn't make a lot of since but those questions were as random as random gets.
 
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SackLunch

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Planks said:
We were 1-4 in conference play when Patterson left. Patterson is something ridiculous like 7-21 against current Big 12 coaches. We are going to be battling Kansas for last place in conference this season. I love GP for what he did to build this program but the results were no longer any good at the end.

I get that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, but we got to the point where it’s going to be hard for the grass to be much browner on the other side.
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Totally agree that GP has not done a good job in the last several years...still the best coach we are going to get and still the only reason TCU is on the map. Like I said before, if he hadn't stayed and built this program and school up we would be nothing more than a rich North Texas.
 

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