UPDATE: I have multiple very credible sources confirming that Daniel Pullin is set to be terminated and that there is an emergency board meeting this afternoon.
Per a discussion from a credible poster on Horned Frog Blitz, here are specifics issues that have led to his pending firing:
• Allegedly passed out drunk onstage at a recent donor event.
• Allegedly had a handler in Dublin to keep him from drinking too much.
• Allegedly has been in and out of rehab recently.
• Allegedly had alcohol removed from his suite at football games.
BREAKING: In a remarkable and unexpected turn of events, there are very credible sources indicating that Daniel Pullin will be fired before the end of the week. Stay tuned… 🙏🏻👀
Oh no!!!! Whatever would we do without our athletic director @Buddie52 ?!?! @UMich PLEASE DONT STEAL MIKE BUDDIE FROM US!!! Yes. He’s the best AD in the country. Yes. He would elevate Michigan to heights never before seen. Yes. He’s a dynamic personality and innovative mind. Yes he’s an excellent leader. But that doesn’t mean you can just take him from us. That would be so awful. TCU would never be the same. Please don’t do it.
Here is a list of ADs previously hired by the search firm leading the @UMichAthletics AD search to replace Warde Manuel.
Top candidates: Mike Buddie and Wren Baker. These are the two best ADs to pursue. Mike Buddie is from Cleveland.
🚨 EMERGENCY 🐸 FAM MEETING 🚨
Sonny Dykes needs to be fired THIS WEEKEND. Not at the end of the season. Not after another embarrassing loss. NOW.
We are well beyond the point of salvaging this. The program is spiraling, the fan base is checking out, and every additional week of this nonsense is doing more damage.
But let’s not pretend firing Sonny fixes everything.
TCU has a much bigger leadership problem, starting with a Board of Trustees that desperately needs accountability and reform.
Having Victor Boschini back is a massive step in the right direction. But we also have an athletic director in Mike Buddie who has done absolutely nothing to inspire confidence that he’s equipped to navigate the current landscape of college athletics.
And therein lies the dilemma.
We need a new football coach immediately. But do we trust the current AD to hire him? Absolutely not.
Unfortunately, we don’t have the luxury of waiting around to fix every problem at TCU before addressing the most urgent one.
Fire Sonny this weekend. Promote Andy Avalos to interim head coach. Begin the search for a permanent replacement immediately, with Victor Boschini taking a leading role in the process.
Buddie can have a seat at the table for now. But he should NOT be the one driving this decision.
There are much bigger institutional problems at TCU that still need to be addressed, and I suspect Buddie’s future will be part of that conversation sooner rather than later.
But those problems cannot become an excuse for keeping Sonny Dykes employed for another week.
TCU cannot afford to waste another season waiting for its leadership to get its shit together.
@Steve_Doil A complete middle finger to season ticket holders. Let’s not forget the first two things done by @Buddie52 when he arrived to TCU was to significantly increase season ticket prices and ship our UNC game to another country.
This post alone should be a fireable offense.
Before the season, Mike Buddie was asked what he was most excited about.
His answers? Winning, the new offense, and LED lights.
Fast-forward two months. We’re 3–4, have ONE Power 4 win, and the new offense is an absolute fucking disaster.
But hey, at least the lights work.
How can someone responsible for leading a major college athletic department be THIS clueless?
It’s becoming painfully obvious that Buddie has absolutely no ability to independently evaluate the football program he’s supposed to oversee.
Sonny sold him a bill of goods about the new offense and competing for championships, and Buddie apparently swallowed every fucking word.
This isn’t just embarrassing. It’s a complete indictment of his judgment.
If Mike Buddie is this incapable of recognizing the problems right in front of him, how in the hell is he qualified to make the decisions necessary to fix them?
And this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this man’s incompetence…
@Buddie52 we’re going to spend this week taking a VERY close look at how you’ve managed to make such a spectacular mess of this athletic department.
Buckle up.
10+ point favorites at home on homecoming against the 137th-ranked offense in the county… if @CoachSonnyDykes still has a job on Monday, you deserve to be canned too @Buddie52. Absolutely pitiful.
What the actual hell is wrong with you @Buddie52 ????
You are such a worthless little pussy.
DO SOMETHING!!!! Or are you nothing more than a powerless yes man?
Instead of firing Sonny, you should just fire yourself.