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[froginmn]

Another thing I’ll say on this topic, this is exactly what worried me with hiring Buddie. Yes, he has a pretty good track record with fundraising. Outside of that, he has no experience at all P4 level program, and zero experience with NIL.

I thought Wake Forest is P4?

And, Jeramiah Dickey was not an associate AD at Texas.

 

[tetonfrog]

If they don’t finish the season 6-1, that game may have gotten Dykes canned.

Come on. Sonny’s buyout is so big that he was never in danger of being fired. I don’t believe the donors were going to give our former AD the massive check to pay him to go away. Even if we disappoint this year, I doubt they would do it this year.

When was the last time we fired a coach without cause & wrote a big check to make him go away? Why would that change now?

 

[FloridaFrog76129]

Come on. Sonny’s buyout is so big that he was never in danger of being fired. I don’t believe the donors were going to give our former AD the massive check to pay him to go away. Even if we disappoint this year, I doubt they would do it this year.

When was the last time we fired a coach without cause & wrote a big check to make him go away? Why would that change now?

Gary Patterson

 

[TxFrog1999]

I don't know how young alumni with families can continue to afford these rates.

 

[FloridaFrog76129]

I don't know how young alumni with families can continue to afford these rates.

They do not…which is why there are thousands of unsold season tickets according to the public info on the TCU athletics page

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

I have been under the impression Jeramiah Dickey basically told us no thanks, so we chose Mike Buddie instead. Would be gross incompetence by TCU leadership if Buddie was chosen over an interested Dickey.

Buddie has seemingly come in and kept things business as usual with a complete unwillingness to rock the boat or upset the apple cart, which TCU is in desperate need of.

I've seen many people on our message board's defend his willingness to sign off on the price increase for season tickets because the decision had already been in the works for a while... I still strongly disagree.

If I'm Buddie and I show up to TCU and one of the first things that hits my desk is my ticket office asking me to sign off on a 50% price increase citing "secondary market sales" and "being behind our peers" I would have first wanted to know:

1. Q: How many tickets did we sell last year? Is there strong demand for season tickets to justify and support a large price increase? A: Oh. Season ticket sales were down last year.
2. Q: Did we just have an incredible season with lots of excitement and momentum around our program? A: Oh. We underperformed for the second season in a row and had losses to SMU, Baylor, Houston, and UCF.
3. Q: Do we have more games this season? Do we have an exciting out of conference opponent coming to Fort Worth? A: Oh. We still only have 6 games with no exciting OOC opponent.

After considering all of this, I would have said, "Sure. We've got to find ways to drive revenue, but it can't be at the expense of losing a large chunk of season ticket holders. Raising season ticket prices isn't going to be the first thing I sign off on. Thanks for your suggestion, but let's put this decision on hold until next year. Instead, let's prioritize renewals and new season ticket holders and getting a little bit of positive momentum first."

And you want to be my latex salesman...

 

[tcumaniac]

And you want to be my latex salesman...

Ha. I didn't understand this reference at all (never watched Seinfeld). Pretty funny scene, but still trying to understand the context of you using it in response to my post.

 

[BrewingFrog]

I don't know how young alumni with families can continue to afford these rates.

They've pushed a lot of chips into the middle of the table on this upcoming season. Unless we have a literal 2014-like year, things will continue to flounder. With no "Marquee Names" on the schedule, the only thing that remains is a lot of wins to gather attention and income. Sort of like the 2009-2011 teams.

This is truly a make-or-break year.

 

[Trelvis]

Has the new AD even said anything outside of his Buddies newsletter email or whatever that dumb [ Finebaum ] was? He's been a ghost. What has he been doing besides raising ticket prices? This dude should be on the hot seat already because he needs to produce. Still don't know why we would hire someone from Army or wherever. All downhill since we beat Michigan.

 

[Big Frog II]

Has the new AD even said anything outside of his Buddies newsletter email or whatever that dumb [ Finebaum ] was? He's been a ghost. What has he been doing besides raising ticket prices? This dude should be on the hot seat already because he needs to produce. Still don't know why we would hire someone from Army or wherever. All downhill since we beat Michigan.

I would imagine the season ticket prices were set before he got here. Probably did not know enough of the lay of the land to change them. As far as where has he been? I have seen him at numerous sporting events. He isn't just taking a nap. I think we all should give the guy a little more than 4 months before letting him have it.

 

[Bruce Berry]

That and losing to HOUSTON

And SMU. And BAYLOR.

The North Carolina game is must win for Dykes.

 

[froginmn]

I would imagine the season ticket prices were set before he got here. Probably did not know enough of the lay of the land to change them. As for as where has he been? I have seen him at numerous sporting events. He isn't just taking a nap. I think we all should give the guy a little more than 4 months before letting him have it.

We may only win two national championships this spring (and he deserves as little credit for that as blame for anything else).