Bring me Gary Patterson

[drifters1234]

The idea is to find the next Patterson.

correct, but do you think a not-even-glorified ticket salesman is the person that is going to find him.

as you said, we have to get to the root cause, the situs of which resides within the BOT. until the BOT modifies its attitude towards the program, we are screwed. the first sign that they are moving in the correct direction is to fire blake james and hire a seasoned AD with CEO type experience, vision, b@lls, passion. that person might be able to find us the next Patterson or the next X.

the campaign against Golden needs to shift strategy and aim for the BOT. if you are going to embarass anyone, embarrass them, they wont take that too lightly and are not in a position to be embarrassed.

the pressure needs to be re-directed to them.

This. The thought of Blake James carrying on Sam Janckovich's legacy makes me want to vomit all over my keyboard.

Sam would not have hired Blake to answer the f'n phone. And somehow this incompetent has Sam's job.

 

[LuCane]

The idea is to find the next Patterson.

correct, but do you think a not-even-glorified ticket salesman is the person that is going to find him.

as you said, we have to get to the root cause, the situs of which resides within the BOT. until the BOT modifies its attitude towards the program, we are screwed. the first sign that they are moving in the correct direction is to fire blake james and hire a seasoned AD with CEO type experience, vision, b@lls, passion. that person might be able to find us the next Patterson or the next X.

the campaign against Golden needs to shift strategy and aim for the BOT. if you are going to embarass anyone, embarrass them, they wont take that too lightly and are not in a position to be embarrassed.

the pressure needs to be re-directed to them.

This. The thought of Blake James carrying on Sam Janckovich's legacy makes me want to vomit all over my keyboard.

Sam would not have hired Blake to answer the f'n phone. And somehow this incompetent has Sam's job.

I don't have an inside view of the BOT. From what I have heard, it's not that no one there cares. It's that they don't necessarily know how to identify (or work with someone who does) good leaders - not to mention a good coach.

What I have heard from people who have personally met with Mr. James is that he's a nice guy who doesn't have gravitas. And, these are high, high level donors. Like I've told a couple of them, STOP GIVING THEM MONEY THEN.

 

[fivecent]

The idea is to find the next Patterson.

Lu, I agree, but to find the next Patterson, we need to stabilize and rebuild the program before we take another chance.

The reason I'm pulling for hiring Butch, is that he can recover the program, stock it three deep, and probably have us in the National Championship game in three years. Butch can put us back in the top like Schnellenberger did.

THEN, in five or six years, when Butch is ready to retire - we have options. Lots of options. We have an NFL stocked team, three deep, we have a new revival and new pride, we have a new energy - and THEN we can find the next Jimmy Johnson.

But we cannot afford another gamble - and loss. We've gambled and lost three times in a row.

No one knows UM football better than Butch. He knows exactly what he can do here, he knows the culture, he knows the recruiting barrel, and he knows how to stock the team with coordinators, position coaches, and best of all - athletes.

He's the only "sure thing" that anyone can point to. And he's a program builder. Proven program builder.

Right now, we need "PROVEN."

I respectfully disagree - not about Butch necessarily, but about needing to stabilize the program and then go for the "next" Patterson. I think we're at a legitimate crossroads as a program. This is the opportunity to decide what kind of program we want to become for the next decade. We have a new university President, are at a program low in the modern era, and have tried various alternatives: the "internal" candidate preferred by the players, the coordinator candidate, the "South Florida" guy, the "outsider CEO," etc.

To return to our roots (and that means the "cutting edge" brand that made this program great), we need to build this from the ground up in terms of mentality and culture. Maybe that's Butch, if he's up for that and has a plan. Maybe that's someone else. I don't know enough to comment. What I do know is that we have a tremendous opportunity here and it should not be lost by being reactionary.

This is precisely why we can't take a chance on the "NEXT" Gary Patterson. We have to go get THE Gary Patterson. Pay him whatever he wants and reap the benefits. Patterson is the epitome of having less but doing more. Imagine if he had more, what he would do with it. After they fire Golden, any accountants who are UM fans should donate their services to the BOT and show them the math of how much money a winning UM football program can make the school. Patterson's paycheck would pay for itself ten fold. UM's brand and location are a F'ing goldmine. This Admin is like the Beverley Hillbillies sitting on all that black gold. No pun intended.

If no Patterson, then go get Butch. At least we know for certain that he will stock the shelves. We just can't afford to take anymore chances right now.

 

[Purple Fever]

With the track record of this BOT we most certainly will!