Pony up the money for what, NIL?
Do Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, K-State, and BYU spend more on football and have better NIL than we do? I'm sure their football budget isn't higher. BYU may have more in NIL, but I bet the others don't.
TCU doesn't have the resources to compile a roster that can compete with Bama and Ohio State. Fine. Let's start by beating the teams in our league with the same resources or less who are currently out coaching us.
My thoughts as well. At the skill positions we’re pretty good. And we might even be good at rb but with our junky line and coaching, it’s hard to tell. Cam Cook’s performance this year points to the fact that he was probably pretty good but our line and coaching stunk him up.
The vaunted DEs are no shows in my opinion and outside of Bud Clark, our secondary has been absolutely atrocious for 3 years now.
Whatever the talent ability actually is, average coaching will always make it average.
I know folks are looking for glimmers, but the praise on the defense is hardly on the players who are being gassed by the offense lack of TOP. The secondary outside of Kylin Jackson & periodically Jamel Johnson/Bud Clark is poor. The CBs are not being challenged and taught technique.
I firmly believe there is an identity crisis brewing with TCUs DEs, OLBs, and "Stud position" Devean Deal and what looks like his back up at times Max Carrol are being stretched too thin in coverage vs. pass rush and run defense. Either put your hand in the ground and hold against spread sweeps and other running plays OR stand up and cover the tight ends. KSU, ISU exploited this coaching conundrum. To a lesser extent, West Virginia did the same. BYU will exploit this as well.
Paul Oyewale, Zac Chapman & Michael Ibuken Okeyode are very good DEs and are not being given marching orders from the defensive play call. They seem confused most of the time.
Along the lines of Cam Cook getting out of dodge and what that illuminates, how about somebody no one has spoken much about. Cooper McDonald. He was given sparse playing time and placed in the torn between 3 point guy and standup guy and wasted by the TCU coaching staff. Team Captain at SDSU b4 TCU and his brother was MWC defensive MVP and drafted. Threw the discus 178 feet as a 220 lb 17 yo. Find me kid under 250 Lb that can sling the disc over 175 '
Cooper was the star of Kansas Chiefs training camp as an UDFA & Spagnola KC DC said was one of the top rookies they had in camp over the last 5 years. McDonald made the 53 man roster and is now backing up one of the best run defenders and hardcore thumpers in the NFL. Leo Chanel.
