I think this is a great hire! NIL and transfer portal are a mess, but we can find people to fix those issues. Dykes does a very good job with the portal. Right now TCU needs steady leadership that can connect with people. I think he will do a great job bringing people into the fold that felt isolated and angry. I think he will bring in others that may not have been tapped yet. Fort Worth loves sports, but it doesn’t have a pro sports team. The genius of TCU and largely Patterson was to make TCU FTW’s team. I see that as a priority.
I think he is looking at challenges as a Big 12 school especially when compared to the Big Ten and SEC. I don’t think those conferences are done expanding. I think Buddie knows it, and I see him as a guy much like CDC who can find a way to get TCU into one of those conferences.
This is steady strong leadership over new age flash. I’m excited.