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re: Gary Patterson out at TCU. Thanks for the memories.

Posted on 11/1/21 at 2:59 am to
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
36368 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 2:59 am to
That 2013 season was fun just because it was the first time in forever the offense didn't suck arse. They should have been so much better though

Anthony Jennings with the bomb to beat Arkansas after Mett went down was freakin awesome
Posted by PantherCity
Member since Jul 2017
372 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 5:15 am to
Patterson is a brilliant defensive coach. Unfortunately, he had neither resources nor the fan support to put together contending teams each year.

TCU's NIL game is virtually nonexistent. He had only tepid support from the administration. When they had their old AD -- the one that went to Texas -- they were willing to push to give him a bit more help.

Now, their current AD -- an absolute buffoon -- managed to lose Schloss and Patterson in a single year. He is an unadulterated moron that has no business leading a Power 5 school. I suspect TCU will go back to winning 2-3 games a year, with a rollover rate in the coaches for decades. And that dumbass AD will end up fleeing to another school in a couple of years and will have left a destroyed athletic program in his wake.

I can't imagine what he'd accomplish at somewhere like LSU, where he'd have the support and could actually recruit. He'd probably be a beast.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Southeast Texas
Member since May 2020
10319 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 5:31 am to
2013 was the closest offense we had to 2019.
Posted by tigernnola
NOLA
Member since Sep 2016
3589 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 6:54 am to
My son was recruited by Patterson his first year at TCU, so we are pretty familiar with him. When hired, he was not ready for the HC position, but has really grown into it over the years. He did more for TCU then anyone could have expected, for a long time. It’s a tough career choice.
Wish him well wherever he lands.
Posted by SOL2
Dallas burbs
Member since Jan 2020
5248 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 8:14 am to
Add him to the coaching list.
Posted by TigerRagAndrew
Check my style out
Member since Aug 2004
7229 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 8:15 am to
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Shouldn’t have lost that Ole Miss game
you don’t think all the interceptions contributed to losing?
Posted by kwtiger70
Houston
Member since Feb 2010
835 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 8:24 am to
Wasn’t Patterson a favorite to be named LSU coach? Strange how the coaching carousel turns.
Posted by TigerAlum93
Member since Sep 2010
3058 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 8:29 am to
TCU had some top ranked defenses a few years ago.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
42553 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 10:29 am to
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Mett doesn't get enough love

Mett gets too much love. He is the most overrated LSU QB I've ever seen. Remember the Ole Miss game? They were a shitty team with a shitty defense that was missing about 7 starters from their shitty defense. They started a bunch of freshmen and walk-ons and stacked the box. Mett threw the game away with multiple interceptions.

Then the Clemson Bowl game. Third and one for the ball game. Play action fake, beautifully called and executed with a man wide open in the flat. Ballgame! Right? Ballgame? Well, it would have been, but Mett threw it at the turf, and we lost.

Then the Georgia game. Mett played fairly well, but in an offensive game, in which neither side could stop the other at the end, Mett failed to move the team with a chance to go down and win it.

I saw little to recommend Mett, outside of some fairly good stats.
Posted by Tigers1868
Member since Nov 2021
55 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 10:33 am to
Great game
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
4349 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 10:50 am to
quote:

Patterson is a brilliant defensive coach.


I thought he had a really, really good defensive coordinator? Dick something?
Posted by Daequalizer
Member since Aug 2021
1310 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 11:21 am to
Mett was the slowest QB ever at LSU automatic sack vs bama every year
Posted by lsuohiofan
Alliance,Ohio
Member since Oct 2011
1508 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 11:38 am to
Would be a great OC for us.
Posted by PurpleExile
Member since Dec 2020
473 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 1:24 pm to
I think PantherCity's post is mostly accurate, but it's not as if TCU has Vandy-level football resources. Far from it.
They have a 46,000-seat stadium that just went through a $270-million renovation. The football team's success spurred alumni contributions and TCU now has one of nicest campuses in the Big 12. They have an indoor practice facility that's every bit as good as LSU's.

So Patterson had the resources, and TCU always has the support of the Fort Worth community. An inherent problem is that it's a small private school, and it's surrounded by alums from Texas, Texas A&M and even Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Baylor. TCU doesn't "own" anything in Texas as far as its recruiting base, and that will remain a major problem for anyone it hires.

Patterson has always been a good judge of defensive talent. Offense, not so much. He pretty much left the entire offense up to his offensive coaches, and they burned him in the end. (Of course, he hired Doug Meacham and Jerry Kill, the two coaches, and he's responsible for that. Does that sound familiar?)

Panther City was absolutely spot on about the TCU AD, a guy who was hand-picked by the former athletic director (who went to Texas) to be his replacement. (Just like Arnsparger going to Florida and recommending the underwhelming Mike Archer). The TCU AD is 40 years old and is totally in over his head. He has managed to lose the best football and baseball coaches the school has ever had in a span of five months!

LSU has never really considered Gary Patterson when it's had an opening. He had won a friggen Rose Bowl -- the Rose Bowl! -- and been to two NY6 games, including hammering Ole Miss in the 2014 Peach Bowl 42-3.

Roster depth is always going to be a problem at TCU, and so injuries are going to affect them more than most.
But to me, the biggest drop-off at TCU seemed to be at the quarterback position. Patterson had an excellent one in Trevone Boykin, but he was followed by A&M transfer Kenny Hill and Shawn Robinson, who couldn't throw. They've been using a kid from Iowa -- Iowa! -- since then.

The thing is, I'm not sure Patterson is what LSU needs right now. His resume stands on its own, but the college landscape has changed, and I'm not sure a guy like Patterson is willing to adapt.

If he wants to coach, someone will hire him. But his options are going to be limited.
Posted by Mayhawman
Somewhere in the middle of SEC West
Member since Dec 2009
10223 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 2:40 pm to
quote:

Mett was the slowest QB ever at LSU automatic sack vs bama every year

Nonsense, tRant says LSU wins if he was starter 1-9-12.
Posted by LongueCarabine
Pointe Aux Pins, LA
Member since Jan 2011
8205 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:20 pm to
Nimrod post.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
72896 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 3:47 pm to
quote:

Shouldn’t have lost that Ole Miss game but Les pulled a couple of all time bad Les moves


Jesus Christ. Les didnt throw 3 ints.

Posted by PantherCity
Member since Jul 2017
372 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 6:05 pm to
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I thought he had a really, really good defensive coordinator? Dick something?


He had Justin Fuentes at OC for a while, who went to Memphis and then onto Virginia-Tech. The guy you're thinking of is Dick Bumpas -- arguably one of the greatest football names, up there with Dick Butkus.
Posted by PantherCity
Member since Jul 2017
372 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 6:12 pm to
As someone who attended a great many games at Amon Carter, the fan support is a far cry from what you're suggesting. Patterson was forced to go cap in hand to local businesses to try to drum up support. The stadium rarely, if ever, sells out.

Sure, the campus is pretty. But programs aren't judged by IPFs anymore. That's late 90's to early 2000's speed. They could do far, far more than they do. Just look at the baseball stadium. There are so many lacking elements in athletics there, which put it firmly in the space of a mid-major.

Problem is, fans and administration think they're on the level of the SEC. They're legitimately delusional, perhaps one notch below Florida State. They're on Boise State's level, not LSU's. Not even FSU's.

But Fort Worth has always had the little brother complex being next to Dallas, and it tends to think its britches are bigger than they are. That makes for a much nicer town than Dallas by far, but when it comes to sports -- they're small potatoes.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
36368 posts
Posted on 11/1/21 at 8:05 pm to
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Then the Georgia game. Mett played fairly well, but in an offensive game, in which neither side could stop the other at the end, Mett failed to move the team with a chance to go down and win it.

Bruh you really gonna blame Mett for that Georgia game?
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