People said the same thing about us with Mac.
Though the situations are fully comparable, as Patterson is probably light years above Mac. (Not a knock on Mac, a compliment on Patterson).
TCU has to be in a tough spot with Patterson, right?
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Though the situations are fully comparable, as Patterson is probably light years above Mac. (Not a knock on Mac, a compliment on Patterson).
For sure CU and Hawkins, can't recall Weiss situation off-hand.
Colorado was playing like garbage most of the season to that point, and sure as s---- came to life that week. ISU could have clinched bowl eligibility right there, but nooo!
I did not say the same things about mac, but we also did not have the best successor lined up (although maybe chizik gets more hate than he deserves because rhoads ended up winning with his players)
I hesitate to get too much into tcu's situation because I don't have as much historical context or insider knowledge for the current situation -- for iowa state, we made a lot of poor decisions administratively and very poor coaching hires during the 80s/90s that contributed to lack of success on the football field (many of which have been corrected)
I think it's unlikely that iowa state would fall back into 80s/90s-level success as long as we have fan and administrative support (and some level of competance) -- only way it would happen would be to like gross negligence by an ad and falling into like a ku situation
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I hope they keep him and they keep going 6-6 every year. We need some teams we should beat not another resurrected power.
But it’s usually a one game effort at home when that happens. Thankfully they’re coming to Ames.
For the record, I don’t think Patterson is getting fired.
I don't think he's done yet but they are trending the wrong direction. I think he'll be around to give the new big 12 a shot and if he can't turn things around, he'll walk away.
People forget the McCarney tribute game vs. Missouri. At least we got to benefit once.
LOL TCU is not beating us in the Jack on Nov. 26th.
Yep, I was there. Arnaud left his knee in Boulder. Horrible
The interesting game will be when Kansas comes to town. They are actually playing slightly better football in the last 2 weeks. Their running attack is decent, and could give TCU fits.
Probably a mutual separation. His legacy is pretty set in stone at this point.
Tough time for any of the scorn 8 to be looking at replacing a legendary coach who has performed well above the schools average.
I would guess he gets more time.
Some comparisons to mac in this thread, but you could also compare it to the kirk situation out east.. a lot of their fans wanted him gone a few years back, now he has them back in the top 10. (Speaking strictly from a W-L perspective, not referencing his numerous character flaws)
Some comparisons to mac in this thread, but you could also compare it to the kirk situation out east.. a lot of their fans wanted him gone a few years back, now he has them back in the top 10. (Speaking strictly from a W-L perspective, not referencing his numerous character flaws)
Is that a reference to the spot against OSU? or is there some other beef you had in the KSU game?
Just thinking: we recently talked about KState potentially falling off the map and today Tech fires their coach. I'm not sure which of those two programs I'd rather try and clean up. One thing is clear to me... I'd much rather be taking over for Patterson at TCU!
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I think all three of those schools are in danger of a long term period of poor performance. With uncertainty surrounding the conference, I'm not sure I'd want to be hiring a coach right now. Maybe that played into the decision to can Wells now. Get a jump on candidates.
