Patterson's a great coach, don't be fooled by his lackluster record the last few seasons. He had to make the jump from the Mountain West to the Big 12 with a team built for the Mountain West. No easy task. But he's got them playing some spectacular football right now. His name isn't as sexy in a coaching search as it was a few years ago when he went undefeated and won the Rose Bowl, but he'd be a solid hire at worst, slam dunk at best.
I just don't want to see names like Leach, Briles, Holgorson, or Rich Rod brought up anymore. We're looking for a coach that knows how to run a balanced program (and when I say balanced, I mean great on offense AND defense). Hiring one of those guys would just patch up the offense, but the defense would drop to where TAMU's at right now with Sumlin at the helm. I absolutely love Kevin Sumlin as a football coach, and even lobbied for him as a replacement earlier in the season, but until he can prove to me that he knows how to coach a team with a defense, keep him far away from Gainesville.