Welcome Coach Sonny Dykes Thread

[hometown frog]

As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

 

[Limey Frog]

My comment was directed at a select few posters who just incessantly told us what an uninspiring/disappointing hire this was. People like that had no grasp at all of what this hire was about despite acting like they knew everything. Time will tell if it was the right hire but the process was sound, the reasoning behind it was dead on, and the idea that it was gonna be boring was ignorant. If yesterday told us anything it’s that the GP era is DEAD and we’re embarking on something we haven’t seen around here before from a culture/brand standpoint. It’s gonna be fun.

Not to mention that the market is insane right now. Where will Iowa State be if Campbell leaves for ND, bless them? Looking to poach an untried coordinator from somewhere. How would TCU fans have felt if we'd passed on Dykes, whiffed on the "big names" we thought we could get, then ended up two weeks from now hiring a first time head coach no one really wanted? And to have pushed GP out for that? That wouldn't have gone well.

(Not meaning to suggest, BTW, that hiring Dykes is "settling"; he seems like a good fit for us. But even if this hire were just settling, the logic in favor of it right now would still be pretty good.)

 

[One Frog Nation]

We just put down a deposit to do the same. Thinking we go from 3 to 4 even though we can likely only get to a game or 2. Will give the ones we don’t use to my daughter and her boyfriend.

hopefully i can find something on the west side. 236 would be hard in day games. i guess I could sell the house and get a suite but the wife said no.

 

[froginmn]

I don't think you fellows realize the difficulty in just securing the use of a helicopter this time of year, what with all the appearances of Santa at malls, churches, schools, hospitals, etc...

 

[Shorty]

hopefully i can find something on the west side. 236 would be hard in day games. i guess I could sell the house and get a suite but the wife said no.

The top 3-4 rows on the east side stay in the shade like 95% of the time unless it's sunset. We moved up there this year and would pay double.

 

[stbrab]

The top 3-4 rows on the east side stay in the shade like 95% of the time unless it's sunset. We moved up there this year and would pay double.

That’s where I’m at…section 235, 2 rows from the top. Love it there.

 

[CryptoMiner]

 

[Frogs1983]

After cancelling the season tickets in 2018, I reupped this morning. Won't get nearly as good seats as I had back then but............

I am going to get season tics again as well. Good times.

 

[Virginia Frog]

SD seems like an "old guy" in relation to his youngish kiddies (and wife, 2nd go-round for him?).

 

[Peacefrog]

SD seems like an "old guy" in relation to his youngish kiddies (and wife, 2nd go-round for him?).

He’s like 52 years old…I’m in that age range and have youngish kids.

 

[Virginia Frog]

He’s like 52 years old…I’m in that age range and have youngish kids.

Good going my friend.

Question stands: 2nd marriage - another family earlier (like GP)? Now I'm just Mr. Curious to KNOW his backstory. (none of your business, Mister.)

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

I'm just glad we hired a HC with a hot wife. She meets my approval. I believe her brother is the guy that led Abilene Christian to the dance and beat Texas. Still puzzled as to why he took the UTEP job but maybe in a year or two there will be an opportunity for her to bend his ear about a more local opening.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog]

SD seems like an "old guy" in relation to his youngish kiddies (and wife, 2nd go-round for him?).

I believe he’s only been married once. He’s 12 yrs older. If I recall he met her just after she graduated from Tech. Says a lot about her if a guy in his mid 30s can tolerate a girl in her early 20s for more than a few months.

 

[PurplFrawg]

He’s like 52 years old…I’m in that age range and have youngish kids.

does your wife know?

 

[Virginia Frog]

I'm just glad we hired a HC with a hot wife. She meets my approval. I believe her brother is the guy that led Abilene Christian to the dance and beat Texas. Still puzzled as to why he took the UTEP job but maybe in a year or two there will be an opportunity for her to bend his ear about a more local opening.

As long as she "loves" Fort Worth, like Kim F, she's Okay with me.

Hotness is good!

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Dry, very dry, a veritable dust bowl of a martini. Only that was in the Officers Club, that wasn't an Officers Club.

“You pour six jiggers of gin into a glass and then you drink it while staring at a picture of Lorenzo Schwartz, the inventor of vermouth.”

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Samples already in Houston recruiting. No days off.

I won't be surprised if Samples has Zach Evans leaving the transfer portal and returning to Fort Worth.

 

[frogs9497]

I have to assume that's Sonny's sister on the far right. Very strong resemblance to Spike.

 

[Mean Purple]

My comment was directed at a select few posters who just incessantly told us what an uninspiring/disappointing hire this was. People like that had no grasp at all of what this hire was about despite acting like they knew everything. Time will tell if it was the right hire but the process was sound, the reasoning behind it was dead on, and the idea that it was gonna be boring was ignorant. If yesterday told us anything it’s that the GP era is DEAD and we’re embarking on something we haven’t seen around here before from a culture/brand standpoint. It’s gonna be fun.

Like you knew anything.

 

[Mean Purple]

Exciting the fanbase is part of it. They need to sell the new program to recruits, current players and supporters.

yep, somebody has got to pay for all of it.