Tulsa World: With Bill Snyder retired, Gary Patterson becomes Big 12's resident miracle worker

[TopFrog]

With Bill Snyder retired, Gary Patterson becomes Big 12's resident miracle worker

• By Guerin Emig Tulsa World
  

Dan Jenkins, the late legendary sports writer and TCU alum, was asked once about writing a book about Gary Patterson.

“Coach Patterson would be very hard to get down on paper,” Jenkins told TCU Magazine, “and even if you did, nobody would believe it.”

How’s this for an attempt to get Patterson down on paper: Now that Bill Snyder has retired, the most successful football coach in Horned Frogs history is also the Big 12 Conference’s resident miracle worker.

Read more at https://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/c...cle_b405e2c0-ed26-5db4-8132-a106cbca8f45.html

 

[Hoosierfrog]

This kind of implies GP would have taken Tennessee or Nebraska if offered...

 

[ticketfrog123]

This kind of implies GP would have taken Tennessee or Nebraska if offered...

There was probably a huge pay bump back in 2008. From 2mm at TCU to 3-3.5 million at either of those schools is my guess.

 

[lowfrog]

Dan Jenkins, the late legendary sports writer and TCU alum, was asked once about writing a book about Gary Patterson. “Coach Patterson would be very hard to get down on paper,” Jenkins told TCU Magazine, “and even if you did, nobody would believe it.”

Best part of the article. Absolutely true.

 

[Frog DJ]

God always answers prayer.

It’s just that sometimes He says, “No,” or “Not now.”

I can’t begin to count the number of times those answers have saved me from myself!

Go Frogs!

 

[Virginia Frog]

This kind of implies GP would have taken Tennessee or Nebraska if offered...

I believe he'd strongly "considered" if offered, no certainty there. Nebraska would have been a real temptation though - a homecoming of sorts - where TCU couldn't compete.

GPs reference to Garth's "Unanswered Prayers" [reasoning: “It’s sort of like the old Garth Brooks song. Sometimes the best prayers are unanswered prayers.”] indicates to me that he just might be a man of "faith" seeking divine providence...God's will for him. He just may believe that being his own man at this own place (TCU) could be the "best" alternative for him.

 

[Hoosierfrog]

God always answers prayer.

It’s just that sometimes He says, “No,” or “Not now.”

I can’t begin to count the number of times those answers have saved me from myself!

Go Frogs!

Amen to that!

 

[Limp Lizard]

I really see Snyder as more of a "miracle worker." KSU is in BFE, away from the talent trove that is Texas. Colder winters, etc. Very few top recruits there. Both he and GP have done miracles with the talent they have been able to sign, though.