Patton was a very solid recruiter, but a disaster of a coach, IMO. Patton was the kind of guy you would want to have as an assistant.
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Patton was a very solid recruiter, but a disaster of a coach, IMO. Patton was the kind of guy you would want to have as an assistant.
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Wait what? What would you consider as "similar results?"
Says the guy that, by his own admission, didn't pay attention during the Patton era.
He'd have recruited at a higher level, made the Dance more often, etc. Patton was in some recruiting battles with the big boys, and even won a few of them. Boyle is the better gameday coach, no argument there. Boyle would have struggled to with the level of support from the AD/University that Patton had to endure. Except Kansas, Patton normally held his own in the Big 12.
Boyle has a better system and is a better program manager, for sure.
Patton is under-valued.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
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| Colorado (Big 12) (1996–2007) | |||||
| 1996–97 | Colorado | 22–10 | 11–5 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1997–98 | Colorado | 13–14 | 7–9 | T–7th | |
| 1998–99 | Colorado | 18–15 | 7–9 | T–7th | NIT 2nd Round |
| 1999–00 | Colorado | 18–14 | 7–9 | 7th | NIT 1st Round |
| 2000–01 | Colorado | 15–15 | 5–11 | 9th | |
| 2001–02 | Colorado | 15–14 | 5–11 | 9th | |
| 2002–03 | Colorado | 20–12 | 9–7 | NCAA 1st Round | |
| 2003–04 | Colorado | 18–11 | 10–6 | 4th | NIT 1st Round |
| 2004–05 | Colorado | 14–16 | 4–12 | 11th | |
| 2005–06 | Colorado | 20–10 | 9–7 | 5th | NIT 1st Round |
| 2006–07 | Colorado | 7–20 | 3–13 | 12th |
FrankRizzo
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Patton is undervalued because of the lame duck year. He basically was unable to recruit for 2 years. When Bzdelik came in, he further gutted the team (see the Xavier Silas transfer). Mike Bohn, or game show host Phil, made a huge mistake by not firing Patton after 2005-2006.