It may be happening folks…. GP

[Horny 4 Life]

I wanted a change, but I would've liked a victory tour for the man who rebuilt this program. I hope that he gets the chance to be properly thanked in the very near future.

Also, this is why you don't put statues of active coaches on campus. They should've put that thing in a shed somewhere.

 

[steelfrog]

Lots to say in the future, now’s not the time. Things have moved very quickly the last few weeks.

Regardless of how I’ve felt the last few years, I’m incredibly sad in this moment for TCU and Gary… Nobody wanted to end things this way, even if the sentiment turned on keeping GP long term.

At the end of the day, nobody tells GP what to do and he has always wanted to control his future and how he departs. When it became clear to him things weren’t going his way, he took the only road he thought he could. Again, I’m very sad this is where we are.

Now begins the most important few months in the history of TCU. The decisions made very well may define TCU’s fate for the next few decades as an institution.

It’s sad to Steel that what will define tCU as an institution in the coming decades will be defined by the football program…

You may well be correct but Steel suspects bigger forces will determine the fate of tcu and other institutions of higher education

 

[namollec]

Thank you, Gary.

You gave us many of the the best years ever at TCU.
You will be missed.

 

[steelfrog]

And what is wrong with that ?

Ummm….that discussions should have long since been had?

 

[Fiscuits]

I sure hope this isn't a bitter departure. I hope we find a way to honor him properly for all he's done.

Other than a life sized statue and $100+ million? Please tell me what more could be done?

 

[Relic]

A shame he and TCU could not have handled it like Ogeron and LSU...

 

[flyfishingfrog]

Ni

My source of info says that Donati and Vic simply told him that he would not be returning as head coach in 2022, and that they would be interested in him continuing his relationship with TCU in some capacity, but he elected to end the "relationship" immediately. Looks like Kill will be the interim coach for now.

Not exactly

It needed to happen but the way it has gone down just shows our entire Leadership related to athletics has no business being in charge and if they are who will pick our next head coach - we are screwed since the obvious answer isn’t here already - which is what allowed donors to fix the baseball situation before it was screwed up

 

[Sebastian S]

Gary being Gary.

They want me out? I'm out then, right now, right now.

Peace.

 

[BrewingFrog]

Well, damn. Stubborn to the end.

Very sad that he chose to act like a child when the situation called for dignity...

 

[TCUWIN]

Serious question: any chance the stadium gets renamed?

Not, but perhaps Gary Patterson Field.

 

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I loved Gary and he put us on the map deserves everything he’s received. He’s been memorialized at tcu and we owe a big part of the school to him. He was rewarded with money from tcu and this is a business after all, so there can’t be too much bad blood on either side. I hope there won’t be because it’ll be great to have him still around the school. Im excited for the future though. Out of the darkness

 

[TCUWIN]

Sad ending. But unless Kill can make a miracle and get the Frogs in a bowl, wish Patterson could have received a going away tour.

 

[Wexahu]

Ni

Not exactly

It needed to happen but the way it has gone down just shows our entire Leadership related to athletics has no business being in charge and if they are who will pick our next head coach - we are screwed since the obvious answer isn’t here already - which is what allowed donors to fix the baseball situation before it was screwed up

Not sure a storybook or proper ending was possible with GP.

 

[Limey Frog]

A dignified retirement after 2018 would have been ideal. Once it got this far there was no realistic happy ending.

Better now than 2025.

 

[KillerFrog InD KitchenSink]

Exactly how I would have expected Gary to react TBH.

There’s no great way for this to go down. For all his faults he’s a put 100% all the time guy. Your boss tells you you are fired but not right now, hard to put 100%. I can see other coaches staying on, but hard to fault him.

 

[The TCU Football Jerk]

I sure hope this isn't a bitter departure. I hope we find a way to honor him properly for all he's done.

Very true, but if Patterson is not willing,

 

[Pharm Frog]

A dignified retirement after 2018 would have been ideal. Once it got this far there was no realistic happy ending.

Better now than 2025.

I 100% agree with this. Missed the boat.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

1) this needed to happen one way or
Other
2) this was so poorly executed that JD should be next to go
3) this needed to happen one way or the other

What was so poorly executed?

 

[Brevity Frog]

This is [ deposit from a bull that looks like Art Briles ]. If JD and VB told GP mid-season that he was out, then they both deserve to be lined up on front of the Patterson statue and shot.

 

[Eight]

I wanted a change, but I would've liked a victory tour for the man who rebuilt this program. I hope that he gets the chance to be properly thanked in the very near future.

Also, this is why you don't put statues of active coaches on campus. They should've put that thing in a shed somewhere.

$6M a year for 1 conference championship in the last 10 years is pretty proper thank you

in regards to a chance to address the fansbase, alums, etc at the end of a game at amon g chances are he had a say in how this worked out