Patterson's Stock

[SaintLouieVol]

Anyone who watched the game last night think Gary Patterson's stock went up a bit? Even as the highest paid coach in the Mountain West (~$1.2M) there is a lot of room for a substantial raise without breaking the bank at higher profile programs in stronger conferences. Somewhat of a known quantity not only as a HFC but also a solid recruiter.

[VOLinthaNATI]

Originally Posted by SaintLouieVol

Anyone who watched the game last night think Gary Patterson's stock went up a bit? Even as the highest paid coach in the Mountain West (~$1.2M) there is a lot of room for a substantial raise without breaking the bank at higher profile programs in stronger conferences. Somewhat of a known quantity not only as a HFC but also a solid recruiter.

I'm shocked he has lasted at TCU this long.

[zjcvols]

Solid recruiter? IDk, i know invade texas to get recruits like crazy, but i mean 2 stars inTexas are as a 3 stars anywhere. So recruiting I"m not sure a/b. But let me say this, the man can absolutely coach. I would like UT to hire him

[Jaytrain5]

I think Patterson's stock was rather high to begin with. This game just gave his team a little more media coverage.

[General Jack]

You have to love coaches that consistently overachieve given their talent.

[govols182]

Maybe pull him in and go after Rodney Garner as a DC/recruiting coordinator?

[BYUVol]

Originally Posted by SaintLouieVol

Anyone who watched the game last night think Gary Patterson's stock went up a bit? Even as the highest paid coach in the Mountain West (~$1.2M) there is a lot of room for a substantial raise without breaking the bank at higher profile programs in stronger conferences. Somewhat of a known quantity not only as a HFC but also a solid recruiter.

I've seen Bronco outcoached 2 games in the past 3 years.

1) Tulsa (offensively) last year
2) TCU (both sides of the ball) last night

If anything, officiating favored BYU, so Patterson plain out-coached us. I would be all for bringing him to UT.

[General Jack]

Just saw on Wikipedia that he turned down a $2 mil per year offer from Minnesota to stay at TCU... and that he is rumored to be on Clemson's short list.

[EZE]

Originally Posted by General Jack

Just saw on Wikipedia that he turned down a $2 mil per year offer from Minnesota to stay at TCU... and that he is rumored to be on Clemson's short list.

Every good coach is on Clemson's short list -- while our inept administration sits on its hands.

[General Jack]

Originally Posted by EZE

Every good coach is on Clemson's short list -- while our inept administration sits on its hands.

Somewhat agree with the sentiment about inept administration, but I would like to believe that the wheels are turning behind closed doors. We wouldn't hire any currently employed coach right now, regardless - nor would Clemson. So unless our target is someone currently unemployed... I wouldn't expect any public action until after the regular season. A little more acceptable to publicly reach out to employed coaches at that point. But that doesn't mean our people are privately talking to Davis' Patterson's, etc. people right now.

[Ghost of Archvol]

Originally Posted by EZE

Every good coach is on Clemson's short list -- while our inept administration sits on its hands.

I think you would be surprised to know what our administration is working on if you were a fly on the wall. The boosters are meeting and the short list has been drawn up for quite some time. We will get a good coach.

[EZE]

Originally Posted by General Jack

Somewhat agree with the sentiment about inept administration, but I would like to believe that the wheels are turning behind closed doors. We wouldn't hire any currently employed coach right now, regardless - nor would Clemson. So unless our target is someone currently unemployed... I wouldn't expect any public action until after the regular season. A little more acceptable to publicly reach out to employed coaches at that point. But that doesn't mean our people are privately talking to Davis' Patterson's, etc. people right now.

I hope you are right, General. With this bunch, however, I have my doubts.

[Cartervol]

I'd say he's on a lot of people's short list. Hopefully he'll be on ours.

[Jaytrain5]

Originally Posted by EZE

Every good coach is on Clemson's short list -- while our inept administration sits on its hands.

I'm sure that Clemson and UT's lists might have a few common names, but I'm not so sure those candidates would be listed in the same level of priority.

I think CU's top candidate right now is Muschamp. I don't think that's the case for UT.

So, unless Willy Muschamp is the guy you've been dreaming about (Business), I don't think we have that much to worry about with that vacancy.

[General Jack]

Originally Posted by EZE

I hope you are right, General. With this bunch, however, I have my doubts.

I hope I'm right too.

Hambone was really on my chit list after the offseason contract extension... and trying to justify it as market value. As a fellow CPA I was disgusted by the lack of fiscal responsibility and accountability it demonstrated.

However, hammy regained some respect in my eyes for firing the warning shot across fulmer's bow this week. He wouldn't float that out there publicly unless there's something behind it. The guy is politically motivated, so he knows the fallout if he follows up those comments with inaction... while the program remains in the toilet.