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"A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush"
All while pissing off the most important customer. The fans. Love CDC but this is one decision I can't praise him for.
Why even build the stadium. Just move all home games to Arlington. That would have saved time and effort.
Now I want Robinson to start at QB just so he'll be ready when these a-holes come to town.
On top of that, hasn't playing in "Jerry World" lost most of its' allure and luster by now? I just don't see playing there as a big deal anymore, certainly not enough to generate "two weeks of ESPN wall-to-wall coverage" as someone proposed above. Doesn't "familiarity breeds contempt" apply here since I doubt there's a single high school football player in the State of Texas, in any of its' dozen classifications that hasn't played there at least once!Ive been to jerry world more than I care for to watch TCU play. After sitting in the top rungs at the LSU game I told myself no more. Sorry, but I don't see that as a pleasurable college venue. I'd take the decrepit Rose Bowl without all the fancy trimmings over Jerry World any day of the week. I'll sit out the opportunity to pay $150 for a fourth level nose bleed seat - Or upwards of $500 for a seat where you aren't watching the tv screen. darn jerry and that stadium. Its not a college venue.
Agreed-Won't go. My home theatre has a much better viewing experience than wherever TCU will get in Jerry World for a reasonable price.
Recruiting would have been better to have a packed Carter.
You still upset that you're no longer allowed into the student section ... some "loyal fan"There's a fine line between making the best financial decision for your institution, and simply exploiting your fan base.
TCU continually errs on the side of exploiting its fan base.
TCU may not see the repercussions of these decisions right away, but fast forward a few years when Patterson is no longer the coach, or when TCU football has had a few back to back losing seasons, and they’re going to be VERY sorry they took for granted their loyal fan.. because even your most loyal fans have a breaking point.
“The Cowboys approached TCU probably a year ago and wanted to move their home game to Jerry World,” Martin Jarmond, Ohio State's Deputy Athletic Director, Gene Smith's right-hand man and football scheduling guru said on Thursday at the Fawcett Center. “At the time they approached us and we weren't interested. They came back again and came back again and finally, we entertained it because TCU, mutually we agreed to go there. And they were going to pay us to go there.”I keep thinking that maybe OSU had a lot to do with the decision and it wasn't totally up to CDC.
LOL. And you believe that 100%?“The Cowboys approached TCU probably a year ago and wanted to move their home game to Jerry World,” Martin Jarmond, Ohio State's Deputy Athletic Director, Gene Smith's right-hand man and football scheduling guru said on Thursday at the Fawcett Center. “At the time they approached us and we weren't interested. They came back again and came back again and finally, we entertained it because TCU, mutually we agreed to go there. And they were going to pay us to go there.”
Getting tailwhioYou want big time football? Here it is. Deal.
They now have a crappy OOC schedule the following year because of it.LOL. And you believe that 100%?
Ohio State had no intentions of ever coming to Fort Worth for a game at ACS. It was going to be played at Cowboy Stadium or it wasn't going to be played at all.But he sold way too short. Suppose he offered it to the season ticket holders that there would be a $200 upcharge to keep the game in Fort Worth as opposed to losing the home game outright? He would have made an additional $6 to $8 mill or potentially $4 mill more than the JerryWorld offer.
How many season ticket holders would have gone for that? Almost all if not all.