Trinity Coach
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I actually thought this was a joke....but OMG it is true.
http://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/trinity-coach-takes-job-at-illinois/63-509512234
http://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/trinity-coach-takes-job-at-illinois/63-509512234
Wonder how the conversion from catholicsm to protestant will go?
Pretty sure there is a new NCAA rule that says the kids at his old school (Trinity) can't be recruited to his new college (Illinois) for 2 years.
Yes/No??
Loophole??
Yes/No??
Loophole??
Trinty is no longer for real. 
I am curious about the donors... the folks who pay the tuition. Drop off in funding? Bidding war for the 'prospects'?
If you hire a high school coach to an off the field role (director of player personnel, director of high school relations, etc.) you can't recruit kids from his high school from two years prior, or two years after. Since he was hired as an on the field coach, the rule won't have any effect here.
I originally thought this was just a recruiting hire, but you start to look pretty stupid if you hire a guy to coach his own position, and he can't coach, AND doesn't land any of his recruits... I can't imagine Lovie Smith hiring a guy that he's not absolutely confident in....
Well considering they just hired Rod Smith as their OC who spent 6 years with Rich Rod without a TE coach in their offense/staff...and Patterson is now the "TE coach", id say his hiring and its effect will be based more what he can do off the field by recruiting St. Louis than by whether or not he can coach a position that Didn't even require a position coach in Rod Smith's time at as Arizona OC.
Not to mention that in Patterson's long resume of youth ball and the few years at Trinity they never had a TE in their offense, so you can see the hire for what it is, let's not dress it up. He has a dozen kids with Illinois offers on his Trinity roster...
Maybe Illinois is trying to build up their program to one that can finish as a class 2 district runner-up?
Had to look this up. According to max preps Trinity had one TE listed on last years roster and it was a freshman. Seems like a solid hire.
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Clearly one of the best recruiters in MO (and that matters in college...)
Can’t tell if you’re kidding, but as already stated, in just his third year as a high school coach (having previously only coached youth football), he had what some in the media were calling the best roster in the country and still couldn’t even win his Class 2 district with it (shows you what STL media knows about high school football
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Well it is St. Louis Football, I don't think expectations are ever very high.
I guess there needs to be a key for "Sarcasm"
Why? what has he done to be considered a good coach? He seems to be an excellent recruiter, but if you can't win class 2 with more D-I talent than most class 5 schools I'd say: 1. poor coaching. 2. Overrated talent. (Not intended to be offensive.)
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