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FW Report: TCU launches national search to replace athletic director of Big 12 program

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FroggleRock

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I’m encouraged by the fact that they are looking outside of the current admin. Assume we’ll likely target an associate AD at a bigger school who has a good track record of fundraising and forming/maintaining relationships with donors/boosters/fans.
 
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JAB331

JAB331

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Speaking of Donati’s quote about adapting, I think we should be looking for a GM (LT or Dalton?) and then look for an AD that person wants to work with.
 
Horned Frog Country

Horned Frog Country

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FroggleRock said:
I’m encouraged by the fact that they are looking outside of the current admin. Assume we’ll likely target an associate AD at a bigger school who has a good track record of fundraising and forming/maintaining relationships with donors/boosters/fans.
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The best athletic directors TCU has ever had were outside hires for sure. That is the direction we need to go right now. With that being said, getting a current athletic director at a smaller school can be just as or more effective as an associate athletic director at a large school. In fact, CDC who is gold standard for an athletic director came from Rice. Eric Hyman was in many ways a good athletic director came from Miami of Ohio.
 
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Mean Purple

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Horned Frog Country said:
The best athletic directors TCU has ever had were outside hires for sure. That is the direction we need to go right now. With that being said, getting a current athletic director at a smaller school can be just as or more effective as an associate athletic director at a large school. In fact, CDC who is gold standard for an athletic director came from Rice. Eric Hyman was in many ways a good athletic director came from Miami of Ohio.
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think we can get an AD for another big/power program?
 
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Mean Purple said:
think we can get an AD for another big/power program?
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I suspect we could but we might end up in a situation where it might not end well. Texas A&M hired an athletic director a time or two from power programs and it did not end very well. Trust me, very few schools waste more money firing coaches that were questionable hires than them.
 
Sangria Wine

Sangria Wine

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We need a Danny Morrison type hire IMO. Smaller school success. Salesman. Glass half full mentality. Networker.

With a $1MM salary available they can attract some top talent that’s trying to springboard. Maybe you get 3-5 years out of them and then they are off to the SEC/B1G or to professional sports.
 
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Mean Purple

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bmoney214 said:
And they've already hired Scott Frost to replace him.
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Where has Frost been?

He was good at recruiting developing talent in Florida. Wonder if he will have a good run there again.
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Or maybe go totally outside the box…

Francois McGillicuddy​

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So I had sorta the same thought. Go hire Yormark. That dude is gunslinger.
 
Frogfam4

Frogfam4

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I saw the list of possible TCU AD watchlist last night. Is this who they are looking at?
Jeramiah Dickey- Boise State AD
John Daniel- Cicinnati Deputy AD
Ike Ukaegbu- Washington St- Deputy AD (was at TCU prior to WSU)
 

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