My brain hurts from trying to ascertain the logic in his explanation, but give him credit for trying...
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@KellisRobinett There can be only one question: Why is oscar Weber surviving a 4 year downward trajectory but Deb Patterson did not?
Short answer: John Currie hired oscar Weber and wants to give him every possible opportunity to succeed. Whereas Currie didn’t hire Deb Patterson, their working relationship wasn’t all that friendly and he had little interest in giving her another year to turn things around.
Long answer: No two situations are the same. oscar Weber has been more productive in his four seasons at K-State than Patterson was during her final four. Weber’s records are 27-8, 20-13, 15-17 and 16-14 with a Big 12 championship and two NCAA Tournaments. Patterson’s records were 21-11, 20-14, 19-18 and 11-19 with two NCAA Tournaments, but never challenged for a league title. That’s 78-52 with a conference title and an improved record in Year 4 vs. 71-62 with 11 wins in Year 4. Similar, but not identical. And Weber could still boost his record this season.
One could make a case for or against both coaches in both situations.
Currie spoke about the trajectory of the women’s program when he fired Patterson. Even though she was the most successful coach in program history, she hadn’t won a conference championship since 2008 and she never had much success in the NCAA Tournament. In his mind, the K-State women were never going to be great again under Patterson. K-State also pays Jeff Mittie significantly less than it paid Patterson, so there was some cost-saving strategy involved, too.
He views Weber and the men’s team differently.
I certainly understand why others don’t share that opinion, but Currie thinks Weber can win big again. Maybe even next year.
Read more here:
http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/k-stated/article64022117.html#storylink=cpy
