sorry misread
aggiehawg said:
He'll never leave TCU.
Agree. He's actually in a pretty good position at TCU since they joined the Big XII. The grass sure as hell wouldn't be greener in the SEC, B1G or ACC for him. Maybe in the PAC?Quote:
Patterson might have left TCU 4-5 years ago, but once they moved to the Big 12 the last remaining reason to move was gone.
WTF95 said:
Big 12 is dead as a conference. He can watch it spiral down or bail. We have $$ and he could build a winner here. Plus FW sucks. Even CS better than that dump.
huisachel said:
I suspect he. said there was a secret list of places he might go in order to give him some leverage with TCU.
Would you want your employer to think they own you?
And to anybody but drinkers of Maroon Koolaid, Fort Worth is a pretty good town. Most people don't consider B/CS to be one of the garden spots of Tejas but Ft.Worth is considered pretty livable.
Congrats on the big win over Nicholls State.
Against the worst major conference in CFB. We love to hate on the Big 12, but there's no doubt that it's much harder than the freaking Mountain West, and that moving to a much harder league would take some time. The recruiting game is completely different.Champ Bailey said:
7-6
4-8
12-1
11-2
6-7
Against the worst conference in college football.
He would have been fired twice already for his record here.
Nino Brown said:
Patterson, Morris and Venables should be the short list
Deputy Travis Junior said:Against the worst major conference in CFB. We love to hate on the Big 12, but there's no doubt that it's much harder than the freaking Mountain West, and that moving to a much harder league would take some time. The recruiting game is completely different.Champ Bailey said:
7-6
4-8
12-1
11-2
6-7
Against the worst conference in college football.
He would have been fired twice already for his record here.
We faced something similar moving to the SEC, but 1) the gap in conference strength was narrower* and 2) Sumlin basically got a cheat code with all the hype we generated when we kicked the door in and dropped a half billion on facilities (not to mention he was gifted by Sherman an offense that was 2001 Miami Hurricanes loaded with NFL talent)
*People are going to disagree here, but the Big 12 was a powerhouse through 2009 or 2010, and even when it started to crumble on the national stage, it was still the premier conference in Texas where we do our recruiting
I don't understand why people hate him this much. He was a high school legend and a dominant OC. SMU was universally acknowledged as a MASSIVE rebuild. In fact, SMU was in such horrible shape and such a difficult turn-around that a lot of people thought Morris was an idiot simply for taking the job. "I know he wants a HC job, but he's risking his future by going to SMU. June Jones left him nothing."K2-HMFIC said:Nino Brown said:
Patterson, Morris and Venables should be the short list
But everyone now is paying big $ for coaches. You just can't money whip coaches like you could years ago.free_mhayden said:
I think the problem many have with Morris is that if we're spending as much as we are on everything else with this program, that we shouldn't be looking for an unproven coach.
Deputy Travis Junior said:I don't understand why people hate him this much. He was a high school legend and a dominant OC. SMU was universally acknowledged as a MASSIVE rebuild. In fact, SMU was in such horrible shape and such a difficult turn-around that a lot of people thought Morris was an idiot simply for taking the job. "I know he wants a HC job, but he's risking his future by going to SMU. June Jones left him nothing."K2-HMFIC said:Nino Brown said:
Patterson, Morris and Venables should be the short list
Against these odds, his teams made drastic improvements in year 1, then again in year 2, and now he's 2-0 in year 3 with both Ws being blowouts.
I mean WTF would he have to do to "earn" respect? Did you actually expect him to lead to a bowl in season 1 a team that was 128/128 in scoring offense and 127/128 in scoring defense in the year prior to his arrival? That's literally worse than Kansas despite a MUCH easier schedule.
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WTF would he have to do to "earn" respect?
Macarthur said:But everyone now is paying big $ for coaches. You just can't money whip coaches like you could years ago.free_mhayden said:
I think the problem many have with Morris is that if we're spending as much as we are on everything else with this program, that we shouldn't be looking for an unproven coach.
And established coaches are no sure thing either. Pulling Fran from bama was a huge get.
DryFly said:
I love it when people who have absolutely zero knowledge of a situation say things like, "He's never leaving."
TCU has played 10 non-P5 teams since 2012. A&M has played 18 games against non-P5 teams since 2012.Champ Bailey said:
And we shouldn't want him. It will change this year, but Sumlin still has more wins than him since we both changed conferences.
Really?WTF95 said:
Big 12 is dead as a conference. He can watch it spiral down or bail. We have $$ and he could build a winner here. Plus FW sucks. Even CS better than that dump.