Rummor: Patterson to Michigan?

[Dwan]

ESPN claims that Harbaugh will most likely go to the NFL and that SDSUs Brady Hooke and TCUs Patterson would be the top choices for Michigan. He has Big 10 roots, a defensive minded coach, hard nose, salt of the kind of guy who fits their culture.

[FroggieFever]

Nope...Coach Patterson is in it for the long haul! He, like Coach Peterson, "gets it!"

[b_caesar]

Nope...Coach Patterson is in it for the long haul! He, like Coach Peterson, "gets it!"

Well, I guess this makes it official...

[FroggieFever]

Nope...Coach Patterson is in it for the long haul! He, like Coach Peterson, "gets it!"

Well, I guess this makes it official...

Naw.

[Pony Fan]

Nope...Coach Patterson is in it for the long haul! He, like Coach Peterson, "gets it!"

What does he "get"?

[ponyfan84]

I don't see him leaving the comforts of TCU. Why go to a school where he could possibly lose 2-3 games in year one and be on the hot seat already?

[that's great raplh]

Nope...Coach Patterson is in it for the long haul! He, like Coach Peterson, "gets it!"

What does he "get"?

It.

[redpony]

Patterson would probably have a hard time adjusting to a real university.

GO PONIES!!!

[Mitch McConnell]

Couple of points should be made:

1. Patterson being at TCU for 10-11 years is already the long haul. I'm not going to spend the time researching this but outside of Mack Brown (Texas), Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech), Jim Tressel (Ohio State), Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), you don't see too many coaches staying in the same spot for as many years as Patterson has. Coaching is a transient industry. TCU and Patterson is a unique situation that has produced the right coach at the right time and in the right culture. Everything fits.

2. Although Patterson has punched his professional ticket, he or his agent would be a damn fool not to listen to Michigan to hear what Michigan AD Dave Brandon has to say. But if Michigan is intent on hiring a Michigan Man -- a phrase the press has completely blown out of proportion -- then Patterson doesn't fit that criteria. But Patterson's approach to football is similar to what Michigan wants to get back to.

3. Brandon was foolish letting Rich Rodriguez twist in the wind until the bowl game. This decision should have been made in December for recruiting, staff organizational purposes. If Brandon can't get Stanford's Jim Harbaugh -- I'm not discounting his chances like the media is -- or San Diego State's Brady Hoke or LSU's Les Miles, then he better get on a plane to come to Dallas next for the AFCA meetings next week.

[gostangs]

Stanford to Michigan would be a demotion - there is NO reason for Harbaugh to do that.

fatterson might want to go there for a really big pile of money - i love how people leave that off the list when it is always among the first thing on their own list.

[ponydawg]

They asked him on the ticket yesterday (before this rumor started) if any of the past coaching searches that involved him interested him, or did he consider of them. He said no. FW and TCU is a special place, blah blah blah, but basically never say never.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

To be fair, Fatterson has taken tcu as far as he can. Won a BCS bowl, got them into a BCS conference, etc.

He would be crazy not to explore the Michigan job, unless he is assuming he will just be another tcu failure like Frances was.

[smupony94]

Nope...Coach Patterson is in it for the long haul! He, like Coach Peterson, "gets it!"

GP is staying in Fort Worth

[The PonyGrad]

Couple of points should be made:
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3. Brandon was foolish letting Rich Rodriguez twist in the wind until the bowl game. This decision should have been made in December for recruiting, staff organizational purposes. If Brandon can't get Stanford's Jim Harbaugh -- I'm not discounting his chances like the media is -- or San Diego State's Brady Hoke or LSU's Les Miles, then he better get on a plane to come to Dallas next for the AFCA meetings next week.

As I assume you are aware, there was a significant financial buy-out implication if UM canned him before Jan 1.

[Harry0569]

Michigan no longer has the "IT/WOW" factor. It is just another run of the mill Big 10 program, yet fans/boosters/AD still have ungodly expectations. That does not seem like an attractive job to me.