Hahahahaaaaaaa awesome. I was there and that would have seemed impossible to me. Amazing how it turned out.
I've been thinking about this. The weird thing is he did a great job recruiting the offensive players on this team, but the defense was a mess at the end of his run. I'm not sure TCU was a top 100 defense in 2021. They do have some solid players that GP recruited (e.g., Tomlinson, Winters, Hodge, etc) but no real stars, and the transfer guys + Damonic Williams + the change in scheme have been crucial this year.
Oh man. I was at that game too. It was my junior year and my dad and I traveled to that game. He missed out on going to OU in 2005 for one reason or another and didn’t want to miss out on a trip to Texas too. Dalton at QB, Ryan Christian at RB.
You’re picking and parsing what you want. He and His staff did most of the recruiting, then he and his staff did not coach em up. They did not get this out of them. They were getting out coached most of the time actually. He refused to adjust and get new blood. His career is in the toilet now btw and I don’t enjoy seeing it.
I had to look it up, but I found this on On3.com:
Report reveals how close TCU was to landing Quinn Ewers
Justin Rudolph•12/13/21
When the top recruiting prospect from the 2021 class, Quinn Ewers, announced he would be transferring from Ohio State, the speculation was that he would return and play for a university in his home state of Texas. That assumption was proved correct when Ewers committed to play in Austin for the Texas Longhorns on Sunday.
Ewers’ list of Texas schools had many familiar names on it, TCU was among them. And on Monday, more information was revealed on just what happened with the Horned Frogs and their possible recruitment of Ewers.
TCU is the closest Power 5 school of note close to where the freshman played his high school ball at Southlake Carroll. So, what exactly did go awry for the Horned Frogs. According to Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TCU football head coach Sonny Dykes did not show up to help pitch TCU to Ewers last week.
Dykes had a prior recruiting arrangement to attend and let the members of his staff speak to Ewers in his place.
We did fire him.
I know my mother taught me not to judge a book by its cover, but I have to admit it would take transcendent quarterback play for me not to hate him just due to his dumb facial hair and [ Arschloch] haircut.
Same, but I had graduated and moved to Austin. Was at the game with some new "friends" who were Horn alumni. It was horrible.
This. I think the hate for Gary is love-hate.
Quality loss. The Committee loves that crap.
That reminds me that a few years ago, I found a diary that I kept when I was a baby. It started: “Day one: Still tired from the move. People talk to me like I’m an idiot.”
With you on this. Several players approached him after the game. It's reported that Max had the longest convo with him. He took off his visor when they started talking to him. Good or bad, relationships have always been his thing.
He was offered the chance to stay in an executive role. That happens all the time in the business world. I’ve seen hospital CMOs who have been shifted out of the role but given soft landings in a different role to show appreciation for all they have done.
This
