Benedict Patterson!

[The Frog to be Named Later]

He was apparently the coach to be named later

I can relate

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Also terrible thought: There is a not insignificant chance that Gary is interim head coach when we play them in Waco.

Great someone on the staff knows all his defensive signals.

 

[ShreveFrog]

Why would Baylor fans still hate Patterson? All he did was beat them on the field more than he didn’t. Nothing evil about him.

 

[Limey Frog]

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

The statue is a monument to what he did for TCU football. Almost nothing he can do in later life could overshadow that, and nothing he can do could undo it. I'm generally of the school that prefers to wait for the subject's death before immortalizing him in statue, but I'm not losing any sleep over this one being there. GP will forever be the TCU coach of my heart.

 

[LisaLT]

Perhaps he is sniffing around a HC opening at Baylor. Aranda is for sure on the hot seat this year.

 

[allclearforfrogs]

He sold HARD for a head coaching gig over the last year. It says something that no one would take him....even with his credentials. Wild.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Perhaps he is sniffing around a HC opening at Baylor. Aranda is for sure on the hot seat this year.

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.

 

[helcap]

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.

Speaking of his former staff, he will be reunited with Jarrett Anderson, whose hiring at Baylor last month I missed.

 

[Spike]

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.

I was just thinking how often does the interim coach get the new job. Usually want a housecleaning.

 

[Wexahu]

He sold HARD for a head coaching gig over the last year. It says something that no one would take him....even with his credentials. Wild.

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

 

[Chongo94]

Speaking of his former staff, he will be reunited with Jarrett Anderson, whose hiring at Baylor last month I missed.

Didn’t know that either, wow.

 

[PineyWoodsFrog]

Soooo does this mean no more tailgating with former Frogs before games?

 

[FrogCop19]

Why would Baylor fans still hate Patterson? All he did was beat them on the field more than he didn’t. Nothing evil about him.

He dared speak ill of their lord and savior warden art.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

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.

David Braun at Northwestern less than 3 months ago.

 

[Sangria Wine]

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

Gary hasn’t coached for money in a very long time my man…

 

[froginmn]

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.

Obvious differences noted (analyst, and not on staff at time of firing) but Dykes was somewhat close to that description.

 

[froginmn]

David Braun at Northwestern less than 3 months ago.

Could obviously make a case that his last two years were poor, but technically Fitz was fired for the hazing scandal.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

David Braun at Northwestern less than 3 months ago.

His boss was fired for disciplinary reasons.

 

[Purple Hearted]

The gnashing of teeth and claims of betrayal by some that have used multiple opportunities to tell us how happy they are that GP was shown the door is hyprocrisy of the highest order.

As far as I'm concerned, GP is a football coach. He wants to coach, irregardless of how much money he's made in the past or what others think he owes in loyalty to TCU.

As someone else wrote, if you decide to dump someone then don't complain about who they decide to hook up with later.

 

[Brevity Frog]

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.