Like heads of state and CEOs, head football coaches generally want to leave a legacy. Big wins, bowl trophies, maybe a conference title (or even more) if your timing is right. Few accomplish everything they set out to do, but the successful ones rack up some moments and hardware along the way.
For Gary Patterson, who stepped down as TCU's head coach Sunday after 181 career wins and nearly 21 years in charge, his legacy was more than that: It was visible.
Look at the stadium in which the Horned Frogs play.
Granted, Amon G. Carter Stadium was erected long before Patterson was born. It housed the teams of Dutch Meyer's glory days in the 1930s, when Sammy Baugh and Davey O'Brien were slinging the ball around in a reasonably modern-looking spread offense. But it didn't look like this when Slingin' Sammy was behind center.