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Given how things have worked out for us, including an unimaginable invitation to the ACC, I don't have ill feelings toward Sonny. However, karma is a b*tch.
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Me too. I think Lashlee is overall a better fit for the Hilltop. I think Sonny could have been great here, but I hope Lashlee will be better.
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Loved the line - Karma is a bi**h.

Let pray Lashlee stays around until his kids graduate college. That means he keeps winning.
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PerunaPunch wrote:Me too. I think Lashlee is overall a better fit for the Hilltop. I think Sonny could have been great here, but I hope Lashlee will be better.
Sonny did a good job at SMU and hurt a lot of people's feelings when he bailed. I will always remember his saying "I've taken that program as far as I can". Of course he was referring to the competitive disadvantage we had as a G5 program and he was aware our former SWC mates would never invite us to join the Big XII and I'm sure that was a big part of his decision. He just could not have imagined SMU to either the PAC-12 or ACC but all in all, as a west Texas guy I think he's a better fit in Cowtown. I'm just disappointed he can't handle the hatred he's experiencing and wants to end a series that has run over 100 years. I do think Lashlee is a better fit in Dallas/Highland Park and hope he stays a long time and becomes one of, if not our most successful coach ever..
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Charleston Pony wrote:
PerunaPunch wrote:Me too. I think Lashlee is overall a better fit for the Hilltop. I think Sonny could have been great here, but I hope Lashlee will be better.
Sonny did a good job at SMU and hurt a lot of people's feelings when he bailed. I will always remember his saying "I've taken that program as far as I can". Of course he was referring to the competitive disadvantage we had as a G5 program and he was aware our former SWC mates would never invite us to join the Big XII and I'm sure that was a big part of his decision. He just could not have imagined SMU to either the PAC-12 or ACC but all in all, as a west Texas guy I think he's a better fit in Cowtown. I'm just disappointed he can't handle the hatred he's experiencing and wants to end a series that has run over 100 years. I do think Lashlee is a better fit in Dallas/Highland Park and hope he stays a long time and becomes one of, if not our most successful coach ever..
The crowd might have gone a little easier on him if he hadn't skipped town with some of top recruits.
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max the wonder dog wrote:
Charleston Pony wrote:
PerunaPunch wrote:Me too. I think Lashlee is overall a better fit for the Hilltop. I think Sonny could have been great here, but I hope Lashlee will be better.
Sonny did a good job at SMU and hurt a lot of people's feelings when he bailed. I will always remember his saying "I've taken that program as far as I can". Of course he was referring to the competitive disadvantage we had as a G5 program and he was aware our former SWC mates would never invite us to join the Big XII and I'm sure that was a big part of his decision. He just could not have imagined SMU to either the PAC-12 or ACC but all in all, as a west Texas guy I think he's a better fit in Cowtown. I'm just disappointed he can't handle the hatred he's experiencing and wants to end a series that has run over 100 years. I do think Lashlee is a better fit in Dallas/Highland Park and hope he stays a long time and becomes one of, if not our most successful coach ever..
The crowd might have gone a little easier on him if he hadn't skipped town with some of top recruits.
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He didnΓÇÖt take us as far as he could. He didnΓÇÖt even win a bowl here.
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#8 Hudson came back to the Hilltop but never really arrived.
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tristatecoog wrote:#8 Hudson came back to the Hilltop but never really arrived.
Not sure what you mean by that. All of our receivers have "underpeformed" but that hasn't been entirely on them. I bet we see better numbers from Hudson, Moochie, and the rest, including our TE room, as the season progresses.
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Agreed about receivers getting better as the season continues.
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Just meant Hudson is an example of a guy that went with Sonny (+ Samples) and is now on the Hilltop. I do expect that Hudson will do some amazing things as the season progresses.
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tristatecoog wrote:Just meant Hudson is an example of a guy that went with Sonny (+ Samples) and is now on the Hilltop. I do expect that Hudson will do some amazing things as the season progresses.

Hudson played some at TCU as a true frosh and his "coming home" really teed Sonny off...after he stole him from SMU when he bailed on our program
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Funny - Nice work
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