Dogfrog
Active Member
I want answers. Patterson is paid very, very well. I'm not calling for him to be fired. But, he could have easily said it was a safety issue if that was the case. I think its lack of leadership. From top down. He is the head coach. Make the tough decisions that come with the position he is in. Provide answers. Solution. Not just apologies.
If I had to guess, the only reasons I can think of this happened was a combination of shame (as others suggested) and disgust, including with himself. Probably did not want to delay for one moment the need to immediately have a come to Jesus among his coaches and himself. I don’t like the fact that they didn’t stop for the alma mater, but nothing in his 20 year career here would make me think he wasn’t doing what he thought best for the future of his struggling team.