Kevin Patrick to Texas Tech

[eulessismore]

Or how about this guy, standout at Alabama and "permanent team captain", seems to have done more with less at Jacksonville State, an author, a poet (I mean, it's a contrast to the chemist from Eastern Carolina), and motivational speaker? http://toddbates.org/about/

[p_phelps]

Man this is the worst timing possible. I really hope he let littrell know a good ways in advance to get a hire in for DL. All the good news around here lately and then we lose a good one to freakin tech. 

[Ben Gooding]

1 hour ago, MeanMag said:

This is why no one takes you seriously.

He's been here over 2 years. We have sucked something fierce in stopping the run and sacks the entire time he has been here. He may be a decent recruiter, but meh. Winning will outrecruit him 365 out of 365 days. 

[GMG24]

2 minutes ago, Ben Gooding said:

He's been here over 2 years. We have sucked something fierce in stopping the run and sacks the entire time he has been here. He may be a decent recruiter, but meh. Winning will outrecruit him 365 out of 365 days. 

And played with under sized and under recruited DL 

[cdizzle86]

I can't think of a better school to go to and have more job security. Texas Tech is the epitome of less than mediocre defense.

[Ben Gooding]

4 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

And played with under sized and under recruited DL 

Sure. But I saw our DL a lot this season up close. It just wasn't a matter of being slightly undersized. It was far more than that. 

[Wag Tag]

19 minutes ago, p_phelps said:

Man this is the worst timing possible. I really hope he let littrell know a good ways in advance to get a hire in for DL. All the good news around here lately and then we lose a good one to freakin tech. 

I don't think so. The recruits have had no contact for 3 weeks. Come Wed we will be in their face!

[Cr1028]

14 hours ago, Zeke said:

Bryce English is signed already and can't follow................right?

Tech is in conference with K-State. He'd lose an extra year of eligibility. It sucks that he thought he would be coached by Patrick and won't but this is still a great place for him to be.

As far as replacements, how about the departed ECU D-line coach? He obviously knows Brad Davis well.

Oh, and I'm sure that dude that was hanging around here that was fired by WVU would still want to get back into coaching. Tulane's guy is available as well.

After further review, I think the ECU coach is our best bet.

http://sports.yahoo.com/video/pi-tv-marc-yellock-virginia-230200469.html

 

Edited January 12, 2016 by Cr1028

[Marty]

Nelson Barnes?

[p_phelps]

Let him go! We have a national champion at QB next year!

[TheReal_jayD]

Coach Roark UTSA..

[EagleMBA]

What's DMac up to these days??

[p_phelps]

1 minute ago, EagleMBA said:

What's DMac up to these days??

unemployment where he needs to be. Maybe too harsh, retirement and he can stay there.

[EagleMBA]

1 minute ago, p_phelps said:

unemployment where he needs to be. Maybe too harsh, retirement and he can stay there.

Tongue was firmly planted in cheek when I posted that. I'm still glowing from watching a helluva good football game...which Clemson should have managed to win.  But Bama deserves credit for taking the game. That's the way football go. I fear we are going to see lots of scores like tonight's game unless we recruit some animals for the defensive side of the ball and a solid D-Line coach to replace KP.

This next month is going to be interesting!

[foutsrouts]

5 minutes ago, p_phelps said:

unemployment where he needs to be. Maybe too harsh, retirement and he can stay there.

Naw, somebody get him a job, so that we can use the money he frees up to pay a new DL coach, along with paying our tennis, soccer, and golf coaches etc. the money that they deserve.

[EagleMBA]

43 minutes ago, p_phelps said:

Let him go! We have a national champion at QB next year!

Between him, Littrell and Harrell alone there will be a number of "big-ass rings" in our locker room.

[UNTWILLWIN]

Patrick has been a good recruiter.  Patrick has been connecting with Tech for a while through social mediums. IMJ this has been an agreement since Littrell came on due to the transition period.  The staff is already connected with a couple of key DL coaches. The timing is planned too. I'm not concerned here, it seems planned. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

30 minutes ago, UNTWILLWIN said:

Patrick has been a good recruiter.  Patrick has been connecting with Tech for a while through social mediums. IMJ this has been an agreement since Littrell came on due to the transition period.  The staff is already connected with a couple of key DL coaches. The timing is planned too. I'm not concerned here, it seems planned. 

If this is true, and I don't see why it wouldn't be, that's awesome that coach Patrick finished strong here and was so instrumental in getting English on board.

[Army of Dad]

17 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

If this is true, and I don't see why it wouldn't be, that's awesome that coach Patrick finished strong here and was so instrumental in getting English on board.

Because they can't put anything on the internet that's not true?

Edited January 12, 2016 by Army of Dad

[MeanGreenTexan]

6 minutes ago, Army of Dad said:

Because they can't put anything on the internet that's not true?

Wasn't clear on what I was citing there...  

55 minutes ago, UNTWILLWIN said:

Patrick has been a good recruiter.  Patrick has been connecting with Tech for a while through social mediums. IMJ this has been an agreement since Littrell came on due to the transition period.  The staff is already connected with a couple of key DL coaches. The timing is planned too. I'm not concerned here, it seems planned. 

We know KP was the lead guy after the season was over due to coach Chico's tweet about sending any/all recruiting correspondence to coach Patrick.  We know he was working to get English on board... and I'm sure others as well.  

Thankfully he hung around here as long as he did.  I don't know if we would have landed English if he didnt.

Best of luck to coach Patrick in Lubbock.  I'm terribly sorry he has to live in Lubbock.

[NTAlum09]

Guys we will be OK. Some of you guys get too emotionally attached to mediocre coaches.

[VideoEagle]

Good for Patrick. He did a good job even on a 1-11 team, got noticed and found a better job. As UNTWillWin pointed out, this appears to have been a plan for a while. While I wish we still had him, I wish him good luck. 

[Travis]

How much longer does Kingsbury have at Tech?  With a 19-19 record and other Big 12 programs passing them by, I wonder how much patience Tech will have with him. 

[untjim1995]

13 hours ago, MeanMag said:

This is why no one takes you seriously.

But the real question here is if you would say it to his face...#askCBL

[UNTnewbie]

14 hours ago, TheReal_jayD said:

Man I wish we sign coach Roark from UTSA. Supposedly he is like there KP. Great recruiter fan favorite type.

Not to mention. He just started seth littrell  

Eric IS interested.