FW Report: New TCU athletic director ‘not going to follow a manual’ in next era of college sports

[TopFrog]

New TCU athletic director ‘not going to follow a manual’ in next era of college sports​

by Shomial Ahmad

Mike Buddie started his first press conference on the defensive. There would be a lot of things to blame the new TCU athletic director for in the coming seasons, he said, but the polar front hitting Texas isn’t one of them.

“You can imagine our comfort level when we woke up this morning to 23 degrees. I don’t know who pulled that string just to make us feel right at home,” said Buddie, who was wearing a suit and purple tie. “It is not our doing.” He refrained from noting that Fort Worth was beating his former employer West Point, located an hour north of New York City, at 8 degrees warmer.

Jokes aside, Buddie leaned into TCU’s mission and values and the collective power of a team. He shared gratitude for his family and their commitment to his career, for student athletes and coaches who have elevated his profile, and for now “working together” for the 500 student-athletes at TCU.

Read more at https://fortworthreport.org/2025/01...low-a-manual-in-new-era-of-college-athletics/

 

[tcudoc]

Never follow a manual. Because, if they are stopped on a hill, they may roll backwards into your car.

 

[ShreveFrog]

I followed a Manuel one time and wound up in the kitchen at Joe T's.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

Never follow a manual. Because, if they are stopped on a hill, they may roll backwards into your car.

Too Manny puns!

 

[An-Cap Frog]

What do you call a group of Mexicans doing work?

Manuel labor.

 

[TopFrog]

Is it OK at Christmas to sing "O Come, O Come Emanual"?

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

 

[HornyWartyToad]

Is it OK at Christmas to sing "O Come, O Come Emanual"?

We didn't know what to think of him, 'til he sang, "Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad."

 

[Mean Purple]

He has a good point. We have some wealthy alumni in good positions. Guys who can be a force multiplier as we deal with NIL, etc.
Put that to work like Penn State has. Make it an equalizer in football and beyond —

“TCU is not going to follow a manual. We’re going to take this hard reset that has taken place in college athletics. Right now the future is kind of this unwritten script,” said Buddie, a former professional baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers from 1998 to 2002. “Through leadership and the business acumen of our leaders, there is no better time and no better place to be than at a place like Texas Christian University.”

 

[TxFrog1999]

Reminds me of a scene in the movie The Comrades of Summer.

All kidding aside, this is exactly the right tact. The portal and NIL have completely uncoupled college athletics from reality and we need leadership that will take whatever advantages they can to position the school for success (including any future conference realignments).

 

[FrogAbroad]

Is it safe to assume there will be some performance standards established that would be tied not just to compensation but to employment of "student athletes?" If the institution or donor group is providing cash-for-performance, will there be some hopefully objective method for gauging the recipients' contributions to the program's success, or will it be a "once signed always signed" relationship?

 

[BrewingFrog]

Performance based payments are best. Just doling out money regardless of achievement is silly and counterproductive.

 

[FrogAbroad]

Performance based payments are best. Just doling out money regardless of achievement is silly and counterproductive.

Oh, for sure I agree. "Money for nothing" is almighty foolish, at best. But I believe it has been known to happen when some folks were playing with money that wasn't theirs.

 

[ShadowFrog]

Never follow a manual. Because, if they are stopped on a hill, they may roll backwards into your car.

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