Rhett Salem
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Young AD needs to handle up or the only sound from his precious new east side luxury suites will be crickets. This ain't intramurals brother it's the big 12.
Yah the budget is an interesting angle to think about here, but I think it’s safe to say that the football budget does a lot more for TCU than just producing wins, correct? It’s not taking a loss right now is it?
Should TCU increase the budget or decrease the budget? Will spending less fix the issue? Will spending more?
Well stated. I personally am glad, as we all are, that TCU is willing to invest in the program as we do. And they obviously see the ancillary value the university benefits from as a result.The program obviously doesn’t run a deficit. My larger point in highlighting the budget is just to showcase that this program is failing, and has been on the bell curve downward in every metric besides graduation rate.
My larger issue with the budget is not that it’s large. It’s clearly wonderful that we pack a big green punch. The issue is that a large amount of that capital is stale. The cash isn’t funding innovative coaches, ideas, or anything cutting edge. It’s extremely top heavy and wasteful. We are copying not leading, as simply evidenced by that stupid chain we started once it’s out of style. The single one innovation this program has made in the last half-decade on the capital front was the cryo-chamber. You can see how the athletic department paraded that thing around like it was the holy grail, having every visitor step inside. The squirrel showed everyone the one nut it found. My issue isn’t with the amount of capital but rather the inefficiency of the spend. Which mirrors much of the program, stale and inefficient.
I’ve said it for multiple years now and it’s finally rearing its head: no sustainable level of greatness will ever be achieved with a win by one attitude.
Go Frogs
yeah, but left a hellava legacy.
Except babies. Never shake a baby.Tim is old school, nothing wrong with that but sometimes you just need to shake things.
Maybe not, but Texas would likely have better Mexican food restaurants. But they would likely just be called restaurantes.If Sam Houston hadn't beaten Santa Anna at San Jacinto would the Alamo defenders have left a hellava legacy?
Maybe not, but Texas would likely have better Mexican food restaurants. But they would likely just be called restaurantes.
I like Dan the former player and person and he’s had a heck of a run as a coach and should be able to retire without Gary’s aghanst of having to replace him.
I hate to see all these comments blasting Patterson and other coaches. Gary has led us out of wilderness into a football program that demands respect. To me TCU is about character. We have had our lean years before, and this one fits that description. TCU may have kept Abe Martin too long, but his record called for respect, as does Gary's. We won't ever get the players that OU and UT get. So the hell what? On any given Sat. we can still to out there and give 'em hell. I love that old purple and white and always will. Character shows up not when things are going good, but when your back is up against the wall. Fire the coach? Is that what they said at the Alamo? Fire Travis? Fire Crockett? Fire Bowie? Hell, no!
So the football program needs to die so that Patterson will leave behind a "helluva legacy", gotcha.
/sarcasm
I got a feeling when Patterson leaves the football program pretty much all but dies!
I'm in the camp that has very little interest in GP leaving anytime soon. If he doesn't clean house this offseason, I may change my mind, but I'll give him the offseason. The Delton thing is one of the most frustrating things in recent years for me, it's insanity, but I think he can get this thing turned around and will adjust a chunk of the staff.