Bill O'Brien isnt crazy either.
I am not even a Texans fan, and I can tell you that is straight up crazy!!
Bill O'Brien isnt crazy either.
I agree, context is important. Its important to know what a guy was working with when he shows up.He’s 30-16, that’s not close to mediocre especially at SMU. In fact SMU had 5 winning seasons (3 of those by 1 game) in the 25 years before Dykes showed up.
It starts with good tipsIf circumcision and inspection had a child..
You must really hate us all. For those that stayed up for basketball, I apologize.I hope you guys will stay up past your bedtime and watch the basketball game tonight!
True enough, and applicable to anyone who is never anything but a prophet of doom. I'm not always predicting bad things on here; I'm quite bullish about Dykes right now, unlike quite a few. I just thought it was obvious that GP's regime was broken four years ago. That doesn't make me a universal trafficker of woe, it just makes me right in this case.The big advantage that doom and gloomers will always have over the rest of us is that sooner or later they are always right.
Agree. Cracks me uo for no appparent reaason. I also got an extra one in the most recent sever switch. I thought i finally caught you, but no you got the 115th to remain the reigning champThis trophy pint thing is probably my favorite, dumb, long-running bit. Years back when they moved to the newer forum and the trophy points became a thing (are they though?) I got my 114th point by mocking the system. I have no idea why I got the last one. I wish I could be an arbiter of trophy points. If you make me laugh while at dinner with my wife and I can’t explain why it’s funny, you get an extra trophy point. If you post the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over hoping just one person will finally agree with you, you lose one. Or two. Depends.
It’s always easier to predict failure than predict success.The big advantage that doom and gloomers will always have over the rest of us is that sooner or later they are always right.
100% chance that if we start 8-0 next year and finish 10-3 with a bowl win somebody will say “see, I told you Sonny can’t win in November”.The big advantage that doom and gloomers will always have over the rest of us is that sooner or later they are always right.
Bowl game record is almost a totally meaningless stat. And I’d like to know what record against top 25 teams coaches at La Tech, Cal and SMU have had over the past 30-35 years. I doubt it’s very good.I agree, context is important. Its important to know what a guy was working with when he shows up.
That said, his best finish was 5th (3rd in his division) which was 2019. 5th is average. 85th ranked defense this year, that is poor. 1-2 in bowl games is poor. Something like 9-25 vs top 25 teams? I have not verified that stat. So all that together = mediocre to me.
Ha! You said "bullish about Dykes".True enough, and applicable to anyone who is never anything but a prophet of doom. I'm not always predicting bad things on here; I'm quite bullish about Dykes right now, unlike quite a few. I just thought it was obvious that GP's regime was broken four years ago. That doesn't make me a universal trafficker of woe, it just makes me right in this case.
I just want to know who Delmonico is.This trophy pint thing is probably my favorite, dumb, long-running bit. Years back when they moved to the newer forum and the trophy points became a thing (are they though?) I got my 114th point by mocking the system. I have no idea why I got the last one. I wish I could be an arbiter of trophy points. If you make me laugh while at dinner with my wife and I can’t explain why it’s funny, you get an extra trophy point. If you post the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over hoping just one person will finally agree with you, you lose one. Or two. Depends.
Only the ones with my wifeDont you also lose?
Not that I know of, but that is an interesting idea. He's a proven guy, successful at several stops. Only problem I can think of is the level of competition that he coaches at - mostly been FCS. That and his age could be a detriment. I think he's in his 60s.
100% chance that if we start 8-0 next year and finish 10-3 with a bowl win somebody will say “see, I told you Sonny can’t win in November”.
Moved my focus to baseball at halftime last nightYou must really hate us all. For those that stayed up for basketball, I apologize.
So your entire premise is he did better at SMU than anyone else in their past so he will do better than an anyone else at TCU?Bowl game record is almost a totally meaningless stat. And I’d like to know what record against top 25 teams coaches at La Tech, Cal and SMU have had over the past 30-35 years. I doubt it’s very good.
I’m not gonna say the guy has a stellar resume that is beyond being questioned but some of these knocks against him are just stupid. And who else could we get? Let’s wait and see who UW, Va Tech, and some of these other schools hire and then see if those guys have some question marks in their record.
0% chance we start 8-0100% chance that if we start 8-0 next year and finish 10-3 with a bowl win somebody will say “see, I told you Sonny can’t win in November”.
No, that isn't my entire premise, just like him really wanting to be at TCU is the criteria. Why do you keep doing that, don't you think it's a little more nuanced than that?So your entire premise is he did better at SMU than anyone else in their past so he will do better than an anyone else at TCU?
How is that any more valid than the fact that he has only 1 conference championship in 12 years as a HC and never finished above the middle of the conference in a weaker conference while at SMU?
Or that at every other stop he has had as HC - others did better than he did?
Take his name off of his results as an HC and he is the definition of mediocre. Maybe that is what we deserve in the greater scheme of college football.
But we would never have hired Sonny as our HC if we had needed one previously - for whatever reason we are at this point, I don’t see how anyone can truly believe we didn’t settle for Dykes
Point = proven.0% chance we start 8-0