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Could anyone imagine Al doing something like this?:

Gary Patterson: "You've got to reinvent yourself."


Why does Gary Patterson spend two hours a night watching his Twitter feed? Why did he ditch 14 years, most of them wildly successful, of head coaching experience to send his offense in an entirely different direction? Why can’t I stop asking questions?

Those entirely unrelated queries arrive at the exact same point: after 30-plus years in coaching, Patterson had to reinvent himself.

First, the part you know. After a better-than-it-looks-on-paper 4-8 season in which his Frogs ranked 88th nationally in scoring offense and 105th in yards per play, Patterson knew he had to change the direction of TCU’s offense.

In pulling Doug Meacham away from Houston and Sonny Cumbie away from Texas Tech, Patterson said he wanted to hire coaches experienced in doing more with less. He also wanted guys that got along with the existing offensive staff. Fortunate enough to have co-offensive coordinators Jarrett Anderson and Rusty Burns stay on in reduced roles, Patterson stuck Meacham and Cumbie in the staff room and waited to see if they gelled. “Those guys have got to like them,” Patterson said, speaking to a crowd of close to 4,000 coaches at the AFCA Convention last week in Lousiville. “It’s not that I like them.”

Though scoring more points was the chief reason Patterson changed offenses, it wasn’t the only one. TCU had to start recruiting better. Patterson’s number one priority was getting back into East Texas; he also wanted to stop watching capable skill players leave the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

On top of all that, Patterson thought it was just time to change. “You get to a point where you’re set in your ways. The reality is, you’ve got to change,” he said. “It made practice more fun. Some of the changes we made made our defense better.”

The Frogs’ yards per play numbers stayed excellent (4.83 in 2013, 13th nationally; 4.66 in 2014, sixth nationally) but their scoring defense average by a touchdown (25.3 vs. 19.0) thanks to a turnover margin that spiked by a takeaway a game, from 28 a year ago to 40 this fall – an FBS best 3.08 a game.

Now for the part you might not know: Patterson follows more than 11,000 people on Twitter. As a point of reference, Kevin Sumlin follows 445, Kliff Kingsbury follows 647, and Bob Stoops follows 377. Art Briles follows 65. In addition to recruits, national media and the rest of the usual suspects, Patterson wants to know what the sophomore studying for her anthropology exam has to say. The 54-year-old coach wants to know what the 17-to-25 year-old crowd is thinking. Patterson said he logs on Twitter from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. to see what his own personal field study is saying, “and it scares the **** out of me.”

But there is no better way to stay on the cutting edge when your life’s work is developing 18-to-22 year olds. “You’ve got to be able to reinvent yourself,” said Patterson.



We could've had Patterson for CHEAP.

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CanesAreAble said:
Could anyone imagine Al doing something like this?:

Gary Patterson: "You've got to reinvent yourself."


Why does Gary Patterson spend two hours a night watching his Twitter feed? Why did he ditch 14 years, most of them wildly successful, of head coaching experience to send his offense in an entirely different direction? Why can’t I stop asking questions?

Those entirely unrelated queries arrive at the exact same point: after 30-plus years in coaching, Patterson had to reinvent himself.

First, the part you know. After a better-than-it-looks-on-paper 4-8 season in which his Frogs ranked 88th nationally in scoring offense and 105th in yards per play, Patterson knew he had to change the direction of TCU’s offense.

In pulling Doug Meacham away from Houston and Sonny Cumbie away from Texas Tech, Patterson said he wanted to hire coaches experienced in doing more with less. He also wanted guys that got along with the existing offensive staff. Fortunate enough to have co-offensive coordinators Jarrett Anderson and Rusty Burns stay on in reduced roles, Patterson stuck Meacham and Cumbie in the staff room and waited to see if they gelled. “Those guys have got to like them,” Patterson said, speaking to a crowd of close to 4,000 coaches at the AFCA Convention last week in Lousiville. “It’s not that I like them.”

Though scoring more points was the chief reason Patterson changed offenses, it wasn’t the only one. TCU had to start recruiting better. Patterson’s number one priority was getting back into East Texas; he also wanted to stop watching capable skill players leave the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

On top of all that, Patterson thought it was just time to change. “You get to a point where you’re set in your ways. The reality is, you’ve got to change,” he said. “It made practice more fun. Some of the changes we made made our defense better.”

The Frogs’ yards per play numbers stayed excellent (4.83 in 2013, 13th nationally; 4.66 in 2014, sixth nationally) but their scoring defense average by a touchdown (25.3 vs. 19.0) thanks to a turnover margin that spiked by a takeaway a game, from 28 a year ago to 40 this fall – an FBS best 3.08 a game.

Now for the part you might not know: Patterson follows more than 11,000 people on Twitter. As a point of reference, Kevin Sumlin follows 445, Kliff Kingsbury follows 647, and Bob Stoops follows 377. Art Briles follows 65. In addition to recruits, national media and the rest of the usual suspects, Patterson wants to know what the sophomore studying for her anthropology exam has to say. The 54-year-old coach wants to know what the 17-to-25 year-old crowd is thinking. Patterson said he logs on Twitter from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. to see what his own personal field study is saying, “and it scares the **** out of me.”

But there is no better way to stay on the cutting edge when your life’s work is developing 18-to-22 year olds. “You’ve got to be able to reinvent yourself,” said Patterson.



We could've had Patterson for CHEAP.

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Golden's too busy ignoring the noise to do anything like this.
 
weownfsu said:
In a letter to players sent Jan. 1, Golden stated his manifesto for the new year. As an example he used TCU, which went from 4-8 in 2013 to barely missing the College Football Playoff in 2014. The reason, he wrote: it became an unselfish team.


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As usual, Al completely missed the true issue: TCU had HC who knew how to win and was willing and able to CHANGE his own systems to fit new situation. Al's fatal flaw is his pride.
 
These reporters who refuse to check facts and just print what Golden says are NJ it very good at their job. WTF? They just print this dribble and never once correct their errors.
 
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The Moron's days are numbered. The Savior will soon return, and the Fraulden Curse will soon be gone.
Don't worry Canes fans,

We'll be free in 93.

[video=youtube;d-diB65scQU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU[/video]
 
Can't believe it either. Thought it's got to be a photoshop by some Nole. Right down to the Caneshooter logo. Who would even consent to take these photos, let alone the players pose for them. Just when you think this program can't get any lower, it does.
 
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Unbelievable that any player on this team would think (even jokingly) this was a good idea are in for a rude awakening against some of these other WELL coached kids who are tought to be mean and are naturally very aggressive.
Sad that we have to go through this year and watch UM get its teeth punched in week in and week out....guess that's what happens when everyone knows that change was needed
 
TCU got better by getting Big 12 players to be able to compete week after week. It took some time. I am pretty sure that is what Golden is trying to say. It has taken time to get ACC players and this year we can win big. Just because they lost last year does not mean they can not win this year. And just because a team wins one year does not mean they can not be losers the next. Look at UF when they won the title with Leak and the following year Tebow wins the Heisman and the team goes like 8-5.
 
omaha said:
TCU got better by getting Big 12 players to be able to compete week after week. It took some time. I am pretty sure that is what Golden is trying to say. It has taken time to get ACC players and this year we can win big. Just because they lost last year does not mean they can not win this year. And just because a team wins one year does not mean they can not be losers the next. Look at UF when they won the title with Leak and the following year Tebow wins the Heisman and the team goes like 8-5.
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bacane said:
Let them play the games and it will resolve itself. Either will have solid year and turn it around or fail and be gone. In the meantime, the constant trashing, mocking, name calling only hurt the program.
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99.9% of the name calling is hurled towards Al Tin Can....what's the problem again?
 
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“I’m excited” about 2015, he said. “That’s it. You guys want to keep talking about the past. There are only four months left in this freakin’ year. I want to enjoy this year.”

This dude knows he is done at the end of this year.....could it be any clearer?
 
I'm tellin you....

Bethune is gonna give us all we can handle.

This team will not be prepared.
 
Gary Patterson's career record is 132-45

Al Golden's career record is 55-56
 
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Al Foil said:
“I’m excited” about 2015, he said. “That’s it. You guys want to keep talking about the past. There are only four months left in this freakin’ year. I want to enjoy this year.”

This dude knows he is done at the end of this year.....could it be any clearer?
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Wake up. Cheer up. The embarrassment will soon be over.

Firing Day is only 90 away.

[video=youtube;YJXPTnPmm78]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXPTnPmm78[/video]
 
stormbrewing said:
Best case- wins 12 games and moves on to another program
Worst case- wins 8 games and gets to try another year, further hurting the program with his BS tactics
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If we win 12 games, a lot of posters are going into hiding.

Not to worry though. No one is going to have to hide.
 
If he wants his players to be unselfish, maybe he should lead by example and quit being the most selfish **** in the entire organization. How else would you characterize someone that refuses to make changes or listen to anyone else. Such a hypocrite.
 
His inflexibility and inability to make necessary changes are what's going to bring him down. He's had plenty of chances to make changes. Just hasn't.
 
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