Benedict Patterson!

[4 Oaks Frog]

Can't hate Gary, no matter what he does, but this is sure a disappointment. Does he really need money that much?

No…He needs coaching that much.

 

[Big Frog II]

He is now persona non grata.

 

[Big Frog II]

He doesn't need the money. There are plenty of FWISD schools that would benefit from his help. That would do more good than whatever he's doing in Waco.

 

[TopFrog]

Wondering how Baylor fans are reacting to it? Many of them don't like the man they called "Fatterson" as much as some here don't like anyone named Briles.

 

[ShreveFrog]

Such a weird trajectory. Agree with @Zubaz and @East Coast . GP sniffs an HC opportunity. He and Kels can keep the house in FW.
I'm just scratching my head. Why would GP want to get back into FBS coaching as it swirls toward the sewer? I'd think he'd actually be happier at the G5 or even chip-on-shoulder FCS level.

 

[MadFrog]

Statue should be covered with a black cloth until he leaves that den of iniquity

Put a BU hat and a BU sweater on it. Statue was erected WAY too soon. Now, it is a joke.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

 

[Zubaz]

Disagree with others about the statue though. That man is an absolute legend at TCU and the person most directly responsible from our program going from UNLV / UNM levels to playing in a national championship game out of the Big 12. I don't want to say that there's nothing GP could do to undo his 20+ year legacy here (see Joe Paterno), but being an assistant at Texas/Baylor certainly ain't it.

 

[Chongo94]

Disagree with others about the statue though. That man is an absolute legend at TCU and the person most directly responsible from our program going from UNLV / UNM levels to playing in a national championship game out of the Big 12. I don't want to say that there's nothing GP could do to undo his 20+ year legacy here (see Joe Paterno), but being an assistant at Texas/Baylor certainly ain't it.

Agree with some of this but I really really wonder how he would’ve done had Bumpas not been with him for most of those years.

 

[tmcats]

Agree with some of this but I really really wonder how he would’ve done had Bumpas not been with him for most of those years.

putting a competent staff together is a large piece of being a successful head coach.

 

[Brog]

I don't see why anyone would be pissed off at him. He was fired from TCU. The Current Management showed him the door, then shoved him out of it, and off he went. While he still has love for the institution, I seriously doubt he has any love for the folks running it.

Baylor has a lot of problems. They evidently figured that having someone who was a longtime fixture elsewhere would allow them some sage advice, and they'll probably get it. After all, Patterson didn't do anything awful to Baylor other than call them out for all the crap Warden Art was pulling. They got the unvarnished truth then, too. They just chose not to act on it until it was too late. In effect, they're putting Cassandra on the payroll. Smart move on their part.

Thanks, Gary. Good explanation.

 

[Chongo94]

putting a competent staff together is a large piece of being a successful head coach.

You clearly don’t know much about Gary’s staff over the years then, particularly the last 6-8 years of them. That was one of, if not the biggest gripe about his tenure, his inability to fire those that were not competent.

 

[dawg]

A Briles on TCU's staff, and GP at Baylor.

Yep, it's the end times.

 

[TopFrog]

Put a BU hat and a BU sweater on it. Statue was erected WAY too soon. Now, it is a joke.

How does his serving as a consultant or assistant at another school diminish what he did for TCU, not just football, but the entire athletics program and university?

He deserves to stand alongside Abe and Davey.

 

[tcudoc]

Looks like we are going to need a third highly recruited long snapper to have any chance at beating Baylor next year...

 

[Boomhauer]

Patterson vs Briles. Just like old times!

 

[froginmn]

You clearly don’t know much about Gary’s staff over the years then, particularly the last 6-8 years of them. That was one of, if not the biggest gripe about his tenure, his inability to fire those that were not competent.

Sure, but you can't say that he had problems because of his staff, and the success he had wasn't because of his staff.

 

[Horned Toad]

Some of the [ Finebaum ] you guys worry about sometimes…

Gary can do damn near anything he wants am I’m not going to have a problem with it. And yeah, I recognize the irony, so what? It wasn’t like he quit on us.

 

[Limey Frog]

Baylor to add Gary Patterson as Senior Level Strategic Consultant

Former TCU head coach Gary Patterson will help the Bears during a 2024 football season.

sicem365.com

Briles vs. Patterson; TCU vs. Baylor. Here we are.

Is this what a step forward looks like?

 

[Limey Frog]

He is now persona non grata.

GP is a legend. He can take any job he wants as far as I'm concerned. As a fan, this is a bit gross, and as an observer of football I think it's kind of sad. I said it two years ago and haven't been proved wrong yet: at his age, given how things ended at TCU, I don't see GP getting a head coaching job that he views as equal to his stature and dignity. In three carousel cycles he hasn't landed one. Now he's reduced to holding a clipboard for Dave Aranda. Is he thinking he'll be a candidate for the Baylor gig if Aranda is fired? I don't know... He can do what he wants, but if I were him I'd just retire and spend the rest of my life living like a king in west Fort Worth.