Looks like Patterson is getting axed at Texas...
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Lord knows, he successfully pissed off half the state of Texas in under 2 years on the job.....must have set some kind of record for going from the penthouse to the *********. Also, interesting the attached piece essentially confirms that Ollie indeed was the other finalist when SP was hired.
I wonder if Charlie Strong will not be that far behind . . . heard on ESPN radio yesterday that the Texas brass have not been happy with the coach, the athletic department's direction, etc.
There is like $5.6 Million left on his contract. He looks pretty darn good for being in the crapper. If Steve Pederson can continue to gain employment, Steve Patterson has nothing to worry about. There will always be a dumb school like Pitt that will hire him and give him 7 figure$ annually.
This is totally like he went Costanza off of Seinfeld and got fired with STYLE, but they still have to pay him for the remainder of his contract.
There were a lot in BAMA who did not like Saban's change in the culture in year one and insult to the program in terms of facilities and way of doing things. Had Nick Saban not won big his 2nd season and beyond, they'd probably have shown him the door. Winning and success allows people to be jerks. Winning big allows people to be total A$$HOLES (look at Bill Belicheck with the Media).
Texas just hadn't won enough for this Patterson's harsh treatment of the "legacy folks" & big boosters in Austin to fly. Keep in mind the big money people tried to hire Saban at least two times in two seasons. It may be like a head coach getting fired or let go from the Washington Redskins. Yeah in other words, who hasn't been and no real big deal.
Again they owe him $5.6 MILLION. Why should he feel bad?
BTW I wonder if they'll see about hiring Oliver Luck away from being the next NCAA President. He'd do well there.
This is totally like he went Costanza off of Seinfeld and got fired with STYLE, but they still have to pay him for the remainder of his contract.
There were a lot in BAMA who did not like Saban's change in the culture in year one and insult to the program in terms of facilities and way of doing things. Had Nick Saban not won big his 2nd season and beyond, they'd probably have shown him the door. Winning and success allows people to be jerks. Winning big allows people to be total A$$HOLES (look at Bill Belicheck with the Media).
Texas just hadn't won enough for this Patterson's harsh treatment of the "legacy folks" & big boosters in Austin to fly. Keep in mind the big money people tried to hire Saban at least two times in two seasons. It may be like a head coach getting fired or let go from the Washington Redskins. Yeah in other words, who hasn't been and no real big deal.
Again they owe him $5.6 MILLION. Why should he feel bad?
BTW I wonder if they'll see about hiring Oliver Luck away from being the next NCAA President. He'd do well there.
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Oliver Luck would be a great fit for Texas, just as he was a great fit for WVU.
But will Oliver want to leave Indianapolis where his son plays for the Colts at this stage of his life. Plus, he'll look like a carpetbagger if he leaves the NCAA after on year.
Who knows, though.
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But will Oliver want to leave Indianapolis where his son plays for the Colts at this stage of his life. Plus, he'll look like a carpetbagger if he leaves the NCAA after on year.
Who knows, though.
M ighty defense throttled Georgia Southern, 44-0
O utstanding defense obliterated Liberty, 41-17
U nilaterally decimate Maryland
N euter Oklahoma
T rample Oklahoma State
A nnihilate Baylor
I ncinerate TCU
N ail Texas Tech
E rectile dysfunction Texas
E viscerate Kansas
R ip open a new one for Iowa State
S kewer Kansas State
SI
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Texas officials interviewed Luck, then the athletic director at West Virginia, in 2013. Luck, who graduated from law school at Texas, badly wanted the job and was among the large chorus stunned by Patterson’s hiring. Luck moved on to work at the NCAA in 2014, but he could likely be lured back to Austin. After all, the choice between one of college sports’ strongest brands (Texas) as opposed to its weakest (the NCAA) isn’t much of a choice.
The Luck family perfectly crystalizes this current era of Texas incompetence. Former Longhorns football coach Mack Brown passed on offering a scholarship to Oliver’s son Andrew in 2008, a decision that potentially set the football program back at least five years. (Brown went all-in on ’09 quarterback Garrett Gilbert, who flopped in Austin. Texas hasn’t started a competent quarterback since Colt McCoy left town after the 2009 season).
The baffling part of overlooking Oliver Luck was that the duality of his résumé from the athletics and business sector fit just what Texas needed. Luck brought MLS’s Dynamo to Houston and secured public financing to build BBVA Compass Stadium. As the CEO of the Houston Sports Authority, Luck also played a major role in the completion of the Texans’ NRG Stadium and the building of the Rockets’ Toyota Center. He brings an ability to relate to, connect with and lead people, which Patterson sorely lacked.
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http://www.si.com/college-football/...exas-athletic-director-oliver-luck-mack-brown
