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re: Gary Patterson: Tennessee turned me down because they thought I couldn't handle their job
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:20 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:20 pm to Bench McElroy
He said the big stage and referenced Nebraska too. Said UT already had Kiffin hired which was true. Our then-AD had the nuts to interview more than one AFTER he'd hired LK.
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:21 pm to Bench McElroy
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Gary Patterson
#metoo
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:21 pm to David Ricky
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Part II of that story: Patterson was Hamilton's first phone call after Lane left. Patterson told him to frick off. We wound up with Derek Dooley instead
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:28 pm to Bench McElroy
Anyone else think Gary Patterson looks like Larry Culpepper's brother?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:38 pm to Bench McElroy
Patterson would have been great at Nebraska. A truly great fit. Hard to believe that Osborne chose Pelini over Patterson.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:54 pm to Bench McElroy
So Tennessee thought Patterson couldn't handle the big stage, so they hired.......Lane Kiffin?
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Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:54 pm to Bench McElroy
Tennessee is the Cleveland Browns of the SEC.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:58 pm to Bench McElroy
frick Tennessee
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:58 pm to TidalSurge1
He led the charge 
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:58 pm to Bench McElroy
INB4VOLSNSHAFT
Posted on 11/9/17 at 12:59 pm to Sody Cracker
And proof that without a competent AD, you have no future. It starts at the top.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:01 pm to Bench McElroy
Good. frick Tennessee
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:01 pm to 62Tigerfan
I used this analogy in another thread but it’s worth repeating. Hiring Kiffin is the equivalent of knowingly fricking someone with AIDS. That was their downfall.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:05 pm to DarthRebel
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Whenever I think of the poopshow Ole Miss is going through, I remember we are still better off than Tennessee
they can replace their coach but the NCAA is about to lay waste to Ole Miss.....
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:06 pm to Bench McElroy
VOLS athletic department 
This post was edited on 11/9/17 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:22 pm to Bench McElroy
Ouch. That brings up one of those “what could have been” thoughts huh vols?
Reminds me of the rumors that Jimbo Fisher was open to the MSU job before the Croomster was hired.
Reminds me of the rumors that Jimbo Fisher was open to the MSU job before the Croomster was hired.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:24 pm to WestCoastAg
It really goes to show you that so many people in these high positions only get there because of who they know, not what they know. The average football fan could make better decisions.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:29 pm to Bench McElroy
Pretty interesting comments from Patterson. I had always been under the impression he wouldn't even entertain offers from other schools.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:31 pm to TidalSurge1
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UT passed on Patterson to hire Kiffen, an immature brat who had already proven he couldn't handle a major HC gig.
eh, him not being able to work with Al Davis in the shitshow that was the Raiders wasn't exactly proof he couldn't handle a college HC gig. Hindsight is 20/20 but I don't think Kiffin, at the time, was a bad hire. Dooley, however, was laughably pathetic.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 1:31 pm to Bench McElroy
Auburn passed on him when they hired Chizik. The knock on him is he doesn't interview well, but he can coach. 
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