Benedict Patterson!

[Bruce Berry]

He looks ridiculous at this point. And he is.

 

[Frogs1983]

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.

No, but his team quit on him.

 

[allclearforfrogs]

Do you think he’d be a good coach in this new college football environment? I don’t.

Fair

 

[HFrog1999]

I will always admire GP. He is our ball coach and the best in school history. He is a legend. The statue stays.

If he wants to coach Gaylor, fine. But it’s a poor move on his part. He knows the optics and the reaction. He should coach literally anywhere else. He knows exactly what he’s doing and what the result will be. That’s sad to me.

I don’t have any hard feelings. I’m not upset or angry. But if he roams a Baylor sideline in yellow it will gross me out.

TL;DR

 

[Brevity Frog]

TL;DR

Trying again:

Gary = TCU legend
Gary to Gaylor = dumb, pitiful
Gary in yellow = barf

 

[Rifframbahzoo20]

No, but his team quit on him.

As did Sonny’s

 

[ShadowFrog]

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.

Food for thought

 

[froginmn]

The outrage at Gary going to Baylor after we hired Briles is...rich.

 

[LisaLT]

Has there been an instance when an assistant was hired to permanently replace his former boss after the boss was fired for poor performance? I can’t think of one.

We're not talking about just any assistant. GP was a very successful former HC. I think it's quite possible.

 

[06DallasFrog]

Has there been an instance when an assistant was hired to permanently replace his former boss after the boss was fired for poor performance? I can’t think of one.

Too easy. Jason Garrett.

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

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

I'll take all the snappers we can get.

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

I will always admire GP. He is our ball coach and the best in school history. He is a legend. The statue stays.

If he wants to coach Gaylor, fine. But it’s a poor move on his part. He knows the optics and the reaction. He should coach literally anywhere else. He knows exactly what he’s doing and what the result will be. That’s sad to me.

I don’t have any hard feelings. I’m not upset or angry. But if he roams a Baylor sideline in yellow it will gross me out.

TLDR

 

[tmcats]

wasn't gary fired by tcu? i mean, wth here?

 

[tcudoc]

TLDR

Your joke was subtle, but I caught it.

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

wasn't gary fired by tcu? i mean, wth here?

He was offered basically a lifetime, non coaching position but his ego wouldn't allow him to even consider it.

 

[Don Sanders]

Gary is a lonely unfilled person! Working for BU and UT, proves that he is petty and insecure.
Take his statue down and ship it ot Waco.

 

[tyler durden]

Patterson vs Briles. Just like old times!

Yeah but they got the gold mine and we got the shaft.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Please just no Tweets of his squatting and doing the Sic'em Bears hand sign.

 

[Toad Jones]

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

Apparently, and he's bored. Still very active with experience and raring to be a contributing coach. I understand his motives. His decision could have been Rice, Houston, but was Baylor. Gary still has in the back of his mind, a job as a HC at P5. He hasn't received many job offers yet, which makes him very nervous and makes him very scared.
The job says senior consultant, that’s a long way from a head coach job, but he does have the opportunity to be around college football once again. I hate to think, but the chances of being a HC won't happen if he hasn't happened before now. It's tough on him and I wouldn't want to be in his shoes trying to make another go of it at this point and not getting any interest. So...I wouldn't make too much of this, and he can probably help Baylor. How much depends on Baylor's talent. To me, it sounds like a couple of alumni have said to Dave, you need help, get Patterson, he's available and willing,. So he did.

BTW, TCU will not remove a statue of Gary Patterson, the school and many of us believe we owe him a lot for being our coach for twenty years.

 

[Double D]

Like it or not, GP rebuilt TCU football, won the Rose Bowl, which got ACS rebuilt, which helped get TCU into the Big 12. If he hadn't come along, where would TCU be now?

I remember coming to TCU games in the early 80s, it was pitiful. Nobody cared, TCU never went to bowl games.

So when I get down about the TCU football program, I just think about where TCU was and where we are now. If GP wants to go help another program even BAILURE, so be it. He has that right. It doesn't bother me one bit. TCU fans are spoiled and have a short memory. They should remember who got them to where they are today and be grateful we are NOT SMU.