| FTBL G. Patterson Hired Ks St Head Coach (maybe not)

[imported_RollTideRandy]

http://kansasstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=873504

Not a great choice, if you ask me.

 

[Guest]

For Patterson right? Wow Kansas St...they're probably ecstatic about this hire. At least they should be...

 

[Guest]

I can't picture K-State doing any better. As far as football goes they are in the Miss. State category. They may have a good season every once in a while but they will never sustain good football. You might also compare them with the barn. If Kansas hadn't had such a good year last year and done pretty well this year Kansas State would not have fired the one they had.

 

[TerryP]

Not a great choice, by Patterson, I'd agree with. I think he could have held out for a bigger school. He's done a heck of a job at TCU since Fran left. 71-26, I don't care where you are, is successful.

With KSU's scheduling habits he'll have that program in the same league as your Tx Tech is today; highly ranked, but very few teams they've played in terms of "quality opponents."

The guy is a great defensive coach! Who he pulls in as his OC is going to be worth watching.

 

[Argo]

Not a great choice, by Patterson, I'd agree with. I think he could have held out for a bigger school. He's done a heck of a job at TCU since Fran left. 71-26, I don't care where you are, is successful.

With KSU's scheduling habits he'll have that program in the same league as your Tx Tech is today; highly ranked, but very few teams they've played in terms of "quality opponents."

The guy is a great defensive coach! Who he pulls in as his OC is going to be worth watching.

I agree that he could have gotten a better job, but he'll be recruiting the same areas that he's already made a name for himself in, so that benefits him. I think he'll be good for K-State. He is a great defensive coach as you stated, so he'll win some games in that conference. The Big 12 doesn't play defense, so imo he's going to have a step on every other team in the conference.

 

[TerryP]

I can't picture K-State doing any better. As far as football goes they are in the Miss. State category. They may have a good season every once in a while but they will never sustain good football. You might also compare them with the barn. If Kansas hadn't had such a good year last year and done pretty well this year Kansas State would not have fired the one they had.

Kansas State, under Bill Snyder, was far from the Mississippi State category. Their run from '93 through 2003 had what, 7 or 8 - 10 and 11 win seasons...couple of divisional titles, one conference title.

Comparing them to say Auburn I'd agree with...

 

[Guest]

I can't picture K-State doing any better. As far as football goes they are in the Miss. State category. They may have a good season every once in a while but they will never sustain good football. You might also compare them with the barn. If Kansas hadn't had such a good year last year and done pretty well this year Kansas State would not have fired the one they had.

Kansas State, under Bill Snyder, was far from the Mississippi State category. Their run from '93 through 2003 had what, 7 or 8 - 10 and 11 win seasons...couple of divisional titles, one conference title.







Comparing them to say Auburn I'd agree with...

MSU had a pretty good run in the first half of Jackie Sherrill's tenure there as well. But things have gotten a lot tougher in the Big 12. Missouri and Colorado both have bigger recruiting bases, and Nebraska is putting a lot into regaining the glamor of the Devaney and Osborne years. Manhattan will be a very tough place to recruit to. I have no doubts about Patterson's skills as a defensive coach, but if he was looking to enhance his career this was not a good move, as you said above.

 

[UAgrad93]

Great pick up for K. State. I agree as well that Patterson could've held out for something bigger IF he wanted it. Good move for him in the point that he goes from the MWC to the Big 12. Whoever gets his OC job will be the key to see how successful he can be.

 

[Perdido Tide]

Story was false.

 

[TerryP]

Story was false.

:lol: :lol:

Gary Patterson's agent has denied to GoPowercat.com that Patterson has been hired by Kansas State. GoPowercat cited sources stating such earlier Friday.

"We have had no contact with K-State," George Bass, Patterson's agent, said.

Multiple sources have told GoPowercat that K-State has had discussions with Patterson and a deal was reached. Bass strongly denies this information.

Patterson is a K-State graduate who began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach on Jim Dickey's 1982 KSU staff at K-State. Since that first year, Patterson has had 10 stops along the way as an assistant coach before taking over the head coach duties at TCU in 2000.

Beginning with the 1996 season, Patterson was reunited with former Pittsburg State coach Dennis Franchione at New Mexico for two seasons as the defensive coordinator then moved to TCU when Franchione took over the Horned Frogs beginning with the 1998 campaign.

Patterson is 71-27 as TCU's head coach.

Too funny...

 

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