With Kaiuway, the Frogs now vault into the top 20 in the nation for team composite recruiting rankings, moving from No. 29 to No. 17 overall. They also rank No. 4 in the Big 12 behind Texas Tech, Baylor and West Virginia.Wow, the coaches are getting it done.
TCU lands big time commitment from Lafayette Kaiuway
TCU lands big time commitment from Arlington Sam Houston tight end Lafayette Kaiuway.247sports.com
Gonna feel so weird, seeing a TE as part of our offense.Wow, the coaches are getting it done.
TCU lands big time commitment from Lafayette Kaiuway
TCU lands big time commitment from Arlington Sam Houston tight end Lafayette Kaiuway.247sports.com
Same class of running back prospect as Evans and the fact he is on campus the summer before his senior season and not after he graduated from high school will definitely be noticed by other members of the 2023 class and beyond
Along this same line of thinking, do you know if he's taking his Official Visit by himself, or are there any other "high profile" recruits visiting at the same time? Just seems like having a couple of prominent recruits and their families being able to interact with each other during their visit, would create more of a mutually re-enforcing "TCU is big time" feel during their visit, than if they visited just by themselves.
The flip side of that is that having him in by himself and dedicating everyone to just him the entire time shows him how important he is to us.Along this same line of thinking, do you know if he's taking his Official Visit by himself, or are there any other "high profile" recruits visiting at the same time? Just seems like having a couple of prominent recruits and their families being able to interact with each other during their visit, would create more of a mutually re-enforcing "TCU is big time" feel during their visit, than if they visited just by themselves.
God, I hope that you're right. I remember Barry Switzer noting in his auto-biography that TCU made a run at the big time in the 80s with a significant (legal and ethical) donation from the Landreth family to the effect that nobody supporting OU could or would do at the time. Available money wasn't the problem at TCU & SMU as you stated, it was the enforcement by the NCAA. However, I do think that NIL may backfire on the big state u's (and hopefully not us) in that the players will feel all the more entitled and won't put in the grueling work it takes to be successful- this seems to have already been going on at UT and A&M for a long time.It used to be that schools our size had little or no chance of actually signing 5 stars. Let's face it large and particularly SEC and Big 10 schools paid those players under the table and everyone including the NCAA knew it. However, only schools the sizes of us and SMU got punished for this kind of behavior. Now with the open concept of the NIL we are free to offer such players too. The TAM and Alabama's can point fingers at each other all they want but it is the TCU's who will benefit the most. However, I have no illusions that Ohio State's and the SEC do not have more cash to offer. It just means now that as far as pitching ourselves to 5 stars we now stand a chance of actually signing them.
All it takes is $30 million a yearWell it remains to be seen. But know this Dykes is not afraid to put it out there and go after great talent. You can not win being careful and noncommittal. I am not talking about a comparison to Patterson here. What I am saying is Dykes is acting like a big time head coach. The only way TCU competes now is if it does business this way. To be a top level program you have to act and recruit like a top level program.
What has impressed me is the foundation this staff are building! No comparison to Patterson b/c there is no comparison!! Give this bunch being recruited now plus next cycle and THAT is something to get really excited about!!Well it remains to be seen. But know this Dykes is not afraid to put it out there and go after great talent. You can not win being careful and noncommittal. I am not talking about a comparison to Patterson here. What I am saying is Dykes is acting like a big time head coach. The only way TCU competes now is if it does business this way. To be a top level program you have to act and recruit like a top level program.
What has impressed me is the foundation this staff are building! No comparison to Patterson b/c there is no comparison!! Give this bunch being recruited now plus next cycle and THAT is something to get really excited about!!
I can see some on this staff in the future becoming head coaches themselves. They are that good..