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ponyboy wrote:I’ll try to slow it down for you, Dukie.

If I recall correctly, he has the second best winning percentage in SMU history. He got us a 10 win season, beat TCU twice, was a master of recruiting, and had us ranked for quite a few weeks over his time here. I’m thankful for all of that.

And I wish him well, personally. He’s a likable guy.

But as the coach of TCU, I wish him nothing but abject failure. This is because I hate TCU - not because I hate Sonny Dykes.

Mustangs_Maroons wrote:I don’t understand how anyone should not be pissed off at Dykes for his behavior. Telling recruits to decommit while employed at SMU should be enough to have wrath at the SOB, but to do that against your biggest football rival only the devil does that. There are certain unwritten rules in sports, and coaches at the biggest rivals don’t go to the other rival. You don’t see a HC at Ohio State to go Michigan or Vice versa, or NC / Duke, Texas / A&M, or in other sports a coach at Barcelona to Madrid, it just doesn’t happen because it is assumed this is never considered when you assume the face of the program. I was fooled by SD and wish him nothing but failure not just because it’s TCU but because of what he did. Actions speak louder than words and he’s basically told SMU to screw itself. Any self respecting alum, fan should find this unacceptable.

Rebel10 wrote:

Mustangs_Maroons wrote:I don’t understand how anyone should not be pissed off at Dykes for his behavior. Telling recruits to decommit while employed at SMU should be enough to have wrath at the SOB, but to do that against your biggest football rival only the devil does that. There are certain unwritten rules in sports, and coaches at the biggest rivals don’t go to the other rival. You don’t see a HC at Ohio State to go Michigan or Vice versa, or NC / Duke, Texas / A&M, or in other sports a coach at Barcelona to Madrid, it just doesn’t happen because it is assumed this is never considered when you assume the face of the program. I was fooled by SD and wish him nothing but failure not just because it’s TCU but because of what he did. Actions speak louder than words and he’s basically told SMU to screw itself. Any self respecting alum, fan should find this unacceptable.

That’s a P5 school to a P5 school. This is a non P5 school to a P 5 school. Completely different scenario. This is more like going from FIU to coach at Florida State.

Rebel10 wrote:What I said is reality. But some do not want to accept it but that’s fine. Lashlee will leave if he is successful here and a P5 school that he likes comes calling. But I do wish Coach Lashlee the best while he is here. As I said our P5 chances went pretty much down the tubes when Houston beat us in getting into the Big 12 which will always be better than the AAC.

PonyTime wrote:

Rebel10 wrote:What I said is reality. But some do not want to accept it but that’s fine. Lashlee will leave if he is successful here and a P5 school that he likes comes calling. But I do wish Coach Lashlee the best while he is here. As I said our P5 chances went pretty much down the tubes when Houston beat us in getting into the Big 12 which will always be better than the AAC.

This is why we should have gone 100% after Gary Patterson. I am not sure that they even made that attempt - but it would have been the right play for a number of reasons.

1.) Signal to the B12 (and other conferences) that we are serious and make a national media statement that would get significant coverage.
2.) Retain 20 years of texas recruiting pipelines that Patterson holds.
3.) As much as I don't like the guy - sometimes having a mean SOB on the sidelines is a good thing. Sounds like we hired the "nice guy" coach.
4.) Have a coach that is not looking to jump ship in 2 years.

PonyTime wrote:If I recall correctly he has a 1-3 record since unofficially accepting the TCU job a month ago. Has been a master of recruiting for the Horned Frogs for the last month. Has us ranked 0 weeks over the last month. What makes anyone think he is an asset on the sidelines today?

Oldmins wrote:Has a successful coach ever left a team after three or four years to go to a school in a higher ranked conference without the kind of feelings expressed here? That coach always takes with him the assistant coaches he likes best, and two or three commitments. And the fans always, always respond just the same way fans here are responding.

PonyTime wrote:This is why we should have gone 100% after Gary Patterson. I am not sure that they even made that attempt - but it would have been the right play for a number of reasons.

1.) Signal to the B12 (and other conferences) that we are serious and make a national media statement that would get significant coverage.
2.) Retain 20 years of texas recruiting pipelines that Patterson holds.
3.) As much as I don't like the guy - sometimes having a mean SOB on the sidelines is a good thing. Sounds like we hired the "nice guy" coach.
4.) Have a coach that is not looking to jump ship in 2 years.
5.) Essentially flip the script on TCU with the hire. We are what TCU once was.

ponyboy wrote:

PonyTime wrote:If I recall correctly he has a 1-3 record since unofficially accepting the TCU job a month ago. Has been a master of recruiting for the Horned Frogs for the last month. Has us ranked 0 weeks over the last month. What makes anyone think he is an asset on the sidelines today?

For the record, I don't think he's an asset on the sidelines today. It appears that they were trying to do the right thing and not talk about him moving on until tomorrow, but it got out there. Now that it has, he should not be on the field.