Pretty sure a TCU fan posting on this site would know who we played this year.You are probably correct.
Pretty sure a TCU fan posting on this site would know who we played this year.You are probably correct.
Sometimes I forget sarcasm isn't readily apparent through text.I am definitely correct. I was at the game.
To sum that up: his defenses are lousy and his wins are against the bottom feeders and middling teams.
I would add, the coaches immediately before and after his tenure at Cal have better defensive rankings and winning percentages than Dykes. So the excuse of "Its hard to win at Cal" isn't much of an argument to support Dykes record there.
We aren't talking about TCU, we are talking about Dykes and his mediocre coaching.Their current coach couldn’t beat this year’s TCU team.
75 percent of your post that you copied above is about coaches performing at Cal.We aren't talking about TCU, we are talking about Dykes and his mediocre coaching.
Dykes is 8-3 and tied for 4th place. His defense is around 85th in the country in PPG.
Out of those 8 wins, 1 is against a team (UCF) that has a winning percentage.
I don't see how that translates into success in a much tougher conference.
100% of that post is about Dykes.75 percent of your post that you copied above is about coaches performing at Cal.
I get that some people are not that into the Dykes hire. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but damn, it is done and over. Why are people still making the same arguments, over and over and over, about his record as though that is going to change the outcome of the coaching search? At some point, you're not making a rational argument over something that you can influence. It's like arguing about whether the sun comes up at the time of your liking.
This may have been posted but you do know that SMU hadn’t won more than 8 games since 1984 and Sonny has done it twice in the last three years and would have done it last year if not for COVID. You really want to go back to where things were before he got here? About 35 years of well below 0.500 football?His teams fold like a lawn chair every year when the weather turns cool
That's the key to our successGuessing you have never looked at Dykes’ team defensive records
Let’s hope his plan is to hire a really good DC and just walk away from that side of the ball
And how is this different than any other hire? They are all a risk. Even the best are second-guessed and complained about on message boards. Did you see Saban's rant today? Dykes is no different than any other coach. He'll win and we'll be happy or he won't and he will be fired. Time to recruit, get Spring practice in, actually have a Spring game and see where it is at. It's as simple as that at this point. If he fails, you can come back and say I told you so.This discussion may continue on for a while.
If Sonny wins 10+ games and TCU bowls each year for the next 3 years, the mood will be good, and thankfully we dodged a bullet.
More likely is a stumble during the next 3 years and that's when the pitchforks and torches will come out.
In the mean time, every spring practice, media availability, player stars count, fake on-sides punt, short-side sweep, keeping Meach as OC, clock management, shoe-lace tying opportunity will be commented on.
We've got a lot to look forward to!
Apologize and bring Gary back and fire Donati immediately....Who else would you get? If Campbell, Petersen, Moore, Napier, Traylor, Tucker, are all no longer options? What would be your realistic big program hire?
I have to assume you forgot to use the sarcasm font here.Apologize and bring Gary back and fire Donati immediately....
So you're ok with Meach staying on as the OC?And how is this different than any other hire? They are all a risk. Even the best are second-guessed and complained about on message boards. Did you see Saban's rant today? Dykes is no different than any other coach. He'll win and we'll be happy or he won't and he will be fired. Time to recruit, get Spring practice in, actually have a Spring game and see where it is at. It's as simple as that at this point. If he fails, you can come back and say I told you so.
Well he kinda is…if you’re firing somebody then presumably you’re saying you intend to hire somebody MUCH BETTER than the fired individual to take the role. Seems you should review the candidates with the same lenses used to review the person you’re firing.I just looked it up and Dykes has by far the best record of any SMU coach since 1984.
What does the career success of GP have to do with anything? He isn’t being evaluated.
Have you watched the last 4 years? I think that's all that's relevant in the decision to move on from Patterson.Well in an
Well he kinda is…if you’re firing somebody then presumably you’re saying you intend to hire somebody MUCH BETTER than the fired individual to take the role. Seems you should review the candidates with the same lenses used to review the person you’re firing.
Let’s pull a couple of their useful players over here via the portal too.Thanks, but TCU can further help out by taking the best parts of SMU’s imagined future.
Samples, Biddle, Hudson, etc……
Sort of sounds like Death Penalty Lite.