DMN: Sonny Dykes to leave SMU for rival TCU; Mustangs to hire Miami OC Rhett Lashlee

[TopFrog]

DMN: Sonny Dykes to leave SMU for rival TCU; Mustangs to hire Miami OC Rhett Lashlee

By Joseph Hoyt

There’s going to be an added flavor to the Iron Skillet in 2022.

After four years at SMU, head football coach Sonny Dykes will head west on I-30 to take over TCU’s football program, per multiple reports. In addition, reports also said that former SMU offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee, currently the offensive coordinator at Miami (FL), will be the next head coach at SMU.

Read more at https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/t...leaves-smu-accepts-coaching-job-at-rival-tcu/

 

[tcudoc]

This feels like when someone breaks up with a girlfriend at a party and she’s so devastated that she already has found a new boyfriend before the party is over.

 

[TopFrog]

Ponies were prepared and ready, targeted their guy and locked him up. Give em credit for that.

 

[Limey Frog]

Ponies were prepared and ready, targeted their guy and locked him up. Give em credit for that.

Good luck to them. I know it's not a widely shared opinion here, but I'd still rather have them in the Big XII; the more SWC the better for me. Get them in along with Rice--bring back the good/bad old days.

 

[Moose Stuff]

Ponies were prepared and ready, targeted their guy and locked him up. Give em credit for that.

The hysterical part of that is that’s EXACTLY what we did and several posters on here blew up the committee/AD for not having a more expansive search. I only assume there is some guy named deerhuntingpony blowing up their board about settling for Lashlee without an extensive search into every coordinator in the country.

 

[TopFrog]

The hysterical part of that is that’s EXACTLY what we did and several posters on here blew up the committee/AD for not having a more expansive search. I only assume there is some guy named deerhuntingpony blowing up their board about settling for Lashlee without an extensive search into every coordinator in the country.

Yeah Dykes was the primary target for sure. It was a situation that apparently the two sides agreed to wait till the end of the year.

This will likely all come out in the press conference.

Seems to me it was handled well and professionally by TCU. Based on what little we really know.

 

[StealthFrog]

Ponies were prepared and ready, targeted their guy and locked him up. Give em credit for that.

they knew it was coming, but still want to act like SD has handled this wrong way.

 

[Moose Stuff]

Yeah Dykes was the primary target for sure. It was a situation that apparently the two sides agreed to wait till the end of the year.

This will likely all come out in the press conference.

Seems to me it was handled well and professionally by TCU. Based on what little we really know.

Time will tell if he was the right hire but I don’t have one complaint about how our admin/BMD handled this process. I have been a JD detractor for a while and he gained some respect from me in the last 6 weeks. People don’t have to love the hire, I’m fine with that, but the reasoning behind it is very sound and I firmly believe his staff (pending the DC hire) is going to be one of the best in the Big 12/region and an absolute recruiting force. Next two weeks should be real interesting.

 

[ECoastFrog]

I agree with Moose. Changing coaches will always bring up discussion and controversy. I don't know how TCU could have done a better job.

 

[BleedNPurple]

TCU could have done a better job by making a formal announcement instead of leaking it to media. It’s still not official. Right now it’s the worst kept secret but I guess they can’t officially announce until after the Tusla game.

 

[Dogfrog]

I agree with Moose. Changing coaches will always bring up discussion and controversy. I don't know how TCU could have done a better job.

Not sure I have seen many complain about the process. Not sure how the Deion discussion became so public but the process seemed well managed.

 

[Wexahu]

Speaking of Deion, where is he gonna end up? Is his name still out there as a candidate anywhere?

 

[Sangria Wine]

Not sure I have seen many complain about the process. Not sure how the Deion discussion became so public but the process seemed well managed.

Seems in retrospect like it was to make the search seem like it was a legitimate national search that actually had other candidates and that all possible paths were explored fully, yet in the end they came back to the candidate that was right under their noses. All the while allowing SMU to get their next coach lined up to help the Ponies have as little disruption as possible through the process.

 

[Relic]

It all reminds me of an old Israeli proverb (quoting incorrectly, I'm sure): "What appears to be happening, is NOT what is happening; what doesn't appear to be happening, actually IS what's happening."

Which is the basis for most magic tricks...

 

[tyler durden]

It all reminds me of an old Israeli proverb (quoting incorrectly, I'm sure): "What appears to be happening, is NOT what is happening; what doesn't appear to be happening, actually IS what's happening."

Which is the basis for most magic tricks...

 

[Palliative Care]

What ever, as time will tell. I am not excited about the hire nor am I upset. One thing is for sure change is needed. This type of team we have now is or was truly bad. It is time to move on to a better place and hope it comes soon.

 

[tyler durden]

 

[CountryFrog]

The hysterical part of that is that’s EXACTLY what we did and several posters on here blew up the committee/AD for not having a more expansive search. I only assume there is some guy named deerhuntingpony blowing up their board about settling for Lashlee without an extensive search into every coordinator in the country.

Deerhuntingpony. Totally random fictional name I'm sure. No connection whatsoever to anyone or anything.

 

[Brevity Frog]

Ponies were prepared and ready, targeted their guy and locked him up. Give em credit for that.

SMU is extremely well run. Very impressive. Comparatively not so much impressed by VBo &Co.

 

[ShadowFrog]

It all reminds me of an old Israeli proverb (quoting incorrectly, I'm sure): "What appears to be happening, is NOT what is happening; what doesn't appear to be happening, actually IS what's happening."

Which is the basis for most magic tricks...

Mazeltoff