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Gary Patterson built TCU football through methods now unwelcome in sports | Opinion
BY Big Steaming Pile
Gary Patterson’s exit was not just the finale of an era for TCU, but another shovel of dirt on an eon of coaching.
In the final months of his regime, administrators pleaded with him that the methods of barking, and sometimes belittling players (and staffers), could be disastrous in the age of the transfer portal. GP is no dummy, and he would often tell staffers that he was a theater major at Kansas State.
The idea was that no one could be too sure if his sideline theatrics was a case of Gary Patterson lobbying for an Academy Award, or Gary Patterson lobbying for a ticket to an asylum.
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article255892531.html#storylink=cpy
BY Big Steaming Pile
Gary Patterson’s exit was not just the finale of an era for TCU, but another shovel of dirt on an eon of coaching.
In the final months of his regime, administrators pleaded with him that the methods of barking, and sometimes belittling players (and staffers), could be disastrous in the age of the transfer portal. GP is no dummy, and he would often tell staffers that he was a theater major at Kansas State.
The idea was that no one could be too sure if his sideline theatrics was a case of Gary Patterson lobbying for an Academy Award, or Gary Patterson lobbying for a ticket to an asylum.
Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article255892531.html#storylink=cpy