In 2016, coming off of back to back years that saw TCU Football reach new heights, Gary Patterson had questions.
Sure, his team had been within a whisker of the playoffs in 2014 and won 11 games in 2015, but he knew that he needed to find a way to get better if he was going to compete with the Oklahoma and Texas teams of his conference, as well as the SEC teams that were controlling the postseason narrative.
So, he did what most coaches do: he called a guy doing it better than him, and offered a trade.