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Good for him and TCU.
TCU has every intention becoming and staying a major player in college athletics...and so far they've seemingly have made all the right moves.
Have kept the football coach happy.
Have kept the baseball coach happy
$80 million renovation of the basketball arena and hired a new men's coach who had still had 7 or 8 years left on his contract with powerhouse Pittsburgh. (Granted, he's a TCU alum but still...)
Women's basketball seems to be back on the up and up.
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Good for him and TCU.
TCU has every intention becoming and staying a major player in college athletics...and so far they've seemingly have made all the right moves.
Have kept the football coach happy.
Have kept the baseball coach happy
$80 million renovation of the basketball arena and hired a new men's coach who had still had 7 or 8 years left on his contract with powerhouse Pittsburgh. (Granted, he's a TCU alum but still...)
Women's basketball seems to be back on the up and up.
Good grief, proofreading takes like 30 seconds...
quote:1) You've misrepresented the way Rice scheduled in their golden years, multiple times.
the Rice formula works.
the approach of being a big fish in a little pond can be very effective in college athletics.
even if t.u. eventually returns to greatness...there are so many bad programs in the BDF...the Frogs can be near the top of the league just about every season
quote:i'll play devils advocate here. it would be equally insane if they lost him to UT cause they didnt extend or give him a lofty raise.
That is an insane amount of money to pay a coach in a non-revenue sport. I know that's the way college athletics goes these days...but it doesn't make it any less insane.
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Why you people are so supportive of TCU is baffling.
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Why you people are so supportive of TCU is baffling.
I'm calling it like I see it, and they've done an incredible job lately.
quote:its okay to admit they are better than us in a couple of sports.
Why you people are so supportive of TCU is baffling.
quote:quote:its okay to admit they are better than us in a couple of sports.
Why you people are so supportive of TCU is baffling.
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Why you people are so supportive of TCU is baffling.
I'm calling it like I see it, and they've done an incredible job lately.
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Well except in basketball. The Frogs have been the worst in hoops for almost ever and it will be very hard for any coach to be able to pull that program up very far in the Big 12.
quote:Maybe not. My guess is a place like TCU, the big donors might be more winning to donate more money if they are winning across the board. So maybe their donations can offset the salaries. I don't know anything about their baseball facility, never been there, but do they sell beer, do they have club seats?
So what financial return does TCU...or anyone else...get on a $1MM per year coach? I don't know the answer to this, to be honest. Baseball already loses money hand over fist, even at the schools with the biggest support. How can a school like TCU, who doesn't have the TV revenue or ticket sales that A&M or LSU or Mississippi State or even Texas has, financially recoup the cost of investment in their head baseball coach?
If they paid a million just to keep Texas from becoming strong again, then so be it. But if they paid a million thinking the program will become a financial juggernaut for the athletic department, I'd hate to be the one who has to tell them that will never, ever happen.
quote:I think Dixon is a good coach but IMO it will be a very difficult job to try to raise TCU from the bottom of the Big 12.quote:
Well except in basketball. The Frogs have been the worst in hoops for almost ever and it will be very hard for any coach to be able to pull that program up very far in the Big 12.
I'm surprised this got by you Punpkinhead, their new basketball coach is Jamie Dixon formerly from Pittsburgh who has an elite eight and multiple sweet 16s to his name.
Maybe you don't think much of Dixon, but it's very intriguing.
They got lucky in that he's an alum, but hey, it's just going to serve to give them and recruits sound of mind that he won't be looking to leave for another job.
quote:When I talk about it, I mean to say back before schools were installing "water falls" in locker rooms so to make the front page of Bleacher Report and get a bunch of re-tweets.
when was college sports ever played for fun? I'm talking mens sports, not the Olympic sports
quote:Yeah, because people can respect and appreciate how an athletic department is ran without liking them. Maybe even learn some things from them as well. What a revolutionary idea.
I still dont get it. You guys rationalize how TCU has done it right, yet they are in the hated Big 12 and are an in state threat in football and baseball now. Yet you continue to keep your eye off the ball in obsessing about Texas who sucks right now in just about every sport.
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I still dont get it. You guys rationalize how TCU has done it right, yet they are in the hated Big 12 and are an in state threat in football and baseball now. Yet you continue to keep your eye off the ball in obsessing about Texas who sucks right now in just about every sport.