Gary Patterson

[jessica0]

and they said he wouldn't handle the big stage. WOW!!!!

 

[Bornhusker]

just a tad cryptic, don't ya think?

 

[knapplc]

I'm not sure why Osborne would ever have interviewed Gary Patterson, because he was always going to hire Pelini.  Maybe as Plan B if Bo suddenly got a better offer, but if Bo said yes, he was always going to get the job. 

 

[Red Five]

I'm not sure why Osborne would ever have interviewed Gary Patterson, because he was always going to hire Pelini.  Maybe as Plan B if Bo suddenly got a better offer, but if Bo said yes, he was always going to get the job. 

He interviewed Jim Grobe...

 

[famoustitles]

 

[knapplc]

He interviewed Jim Grobe...

I'm not sure why Osborne would ever have interviewed Jim Grobe, because he was always going to hire Pelini.  Maybe as Plan C if Bo suddenly got a better offer, but if Bo said yes, he was always going to get the job. 

 

[Morrissey]

Hindsight being 20/20, this looks like a real WTH decision. But it still looked like a good one going into 2010/11...we all know Pelini flamed out and couldn't deal with the B1G.  That said, after Bo and Miles, I'm not sure Osborne influencing any more coaching searches is a good thing.

 

[zoogs]

The Grobe story, supposedly, was not true -- but useful for Grobe. 

If Pelini were Plan A over Patterson, that was a baaad misjudgment.

 

[Mavric]

and they said he wouldn't handle the big stage. WOW!!!!

You need to provide links for articles like this.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

At the time of Pelini's hiring, I don't think there were too many people who were "against the hire".  He was the hottest coordinator in the country, leading LSU's defense as they won the national championship.  Also, while Patterson had been doing a very good job at TCU, taking over the program from Dennis Franchione (remember, he was the one who led the TCU rebirth), this was Patterson was taking TCU to BCS bowl games as part of the Mountain West, and getting TCU into the Big 12.  While Patterson has become one of the best coaches in the country over the last decade, it wasn't apparent that he would hit the heights he was going to at TCU.

 

[HuskerNBigD]

Lol at Pelini "winning at the podium"

 

[Cdog923]

At the time of Pelini's hiring, I don't think there were too many people who were "against the hire".  He was the hottest coordinator in the country, leading LSU's defense as they won the national championship.  Also, while Patterson had been doing a very good job at TCU, taking over the program from Dennis Franchione (remember, he was the one who led the TCU rebirth), this was Patterson was taking TCU to BCS bowl games as part of the Mountain West, and getting TCU into the Big 12.  While Patterson has become one of the best coaches in the country over the last decade, it wasn't apparent that he would hit the heights he was going to at TCU.

It's handy when you can just copy/paste from status updates.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

Lol at Pelini "winning at the podium"

I think Bo had a certain charisma and powerful personality that Osborne was drawn to.  He was a fiery personality and seemed to have a good sense of humor.  He hadn't gone into full bad guy mode yet.  He was a much different guy in 2007, than he was in 2013 and 2014.

 

[STL Husker]

My sources tell me we didn't even interview Nick Saban when TO retired.  What the heck were we thinking?

 

[BIG ERN]

Nebraska has turned away Bob Stoops, Mack Brown, Gary Patterson, Mike Gundy, and Justin Fuente