so where is the problem?
does anyone truly believe that if tcu had not progressed through the various conferences that gary would have been content to stay in ft worth all this time?
effectively he has been the coach at 4 different programs in terms of level of competition and 3 as the head coach. with all that said, that doesn't mean you don't address the current problems out of fear that tcu most likely won't be able to keep its next head coach 20 years
Huh? If GP hadn’t succeeded at each stop of course he wouldn’t have stayed. He would have been just another asst that failed.
I’m not saying GP hasn’t gotten stale and perhaps a change is needed. I guess more than anything I just don’t understand all the vitriol aimed at GP. People act as if the man is personally out to piss them off.
This is just my opinion, but other than Notre Dame, USC or to a lesser extent Miami, no private schools are considered a big job. Do you believe we can attract big name coach away from a big program? My guess we roll the dice on some young guy that has succeeded outside of the P5 like Tech or maybe an asst from a bigger school that has never run a program like Tech or Baylor. Then we either go through the cycle of hire/fire or should they succeed lose them to a bigger job (Unless the stars align just right and we get another Meyer, Martin or the dreadEd GP). I guess the best parallel is K State. Snyder had a run of success, stalled out, hired/fired and now they be right back where they were. I obviously don’t know what the answer is.
I know that we have to eventually move on, but our DNA seems to show we’re have had 3 maybe 4 successful coaches with lots years of mediocrity. I’m never going to assert you don’t make changes and you always go in looking ahead for packed houses and lots of w’s with a new guy. But our history showed exactly for guys that had success, Schmidt (1929-1933, 2 SWC titles, left for tOSU), Dutch 1934-52 109-79-2 2 NCs), Abe (1953-66, 74-64-7), and the dreaded GP (2000-?, 181-77, 6 conf championships, 11-6 bowl record, and responsible to a great extent for all those shiny new facilities).
Maybe change is needed, but I would hope a little respect and less vitriol aimed at the man. You never know how long it might be till we find another.