Crapping? Huh, Gary did great things for the program and the school, but I don't see my ability to recognize and express that Patterson's time at TCU followed the same pseudo-Greek tragedy as Bowden, Gundy, heck Tom Landry for that matter and others as crapping on him. Especially when the history is there in his record over those last few seasons and issues inside and around the program.
Secondly, there is not a shortage of coaches. There is a shortage of name brand coaches. If you are hiring a coach based upon their name recognition or wow value then you deserve the results when they don't succeed.
What was Kirby's record as a HC before he took the UGA job, same with the guy at UO, Saban in his first 4 years at Michigan State was barely above .500 in conference and overall before he went 9-2 in year 5, Urban was very successful at Utah where most people discounted his success and as many people as I can name who did succeed there are coaches who "should" have been successful but weren't for a number of reasons.
Most of the talking heads don't truly know shit about who would be a great hire at whatever program because they are there to create content and not provide accurate information. They aren't working with these guys and going against them on the field and in recruiting.
Not different than the people who create mock drafts and recruiting rankings.