If you want stability at G-5, you’re settling for mediocrity. Glad to see I’m not alone with negative vibes for applicants with retirement goals in the mix.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT
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If you want stability at G-5, you’re settling for mediocrity. Glad to see I’m not alone with negative vibes for applicants with retirement goals in the mix.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT
Going further back, and also in our conference, Arkansas State. Staying on top at the G5 level is just as, if not more, difficult than the P5. Would it slow down if we were a P5 program, some, but look at Matt Campbell, Dave Aranda, James Franklin, Lane Kiffin, etc getting listed for a ton of upper-level P5 jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT
If we have a successful coach, and he is relatively young, then yes I think 4 years may be the MAX, we can expect to keep them.
App has a long history of winning, we don't. They have a hard core fan base, we don't. Houston is in a mega city with a billionaire benefactor, we don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT
We would need to stay in the top 25, like Boise did to really have a shot at moving on from the G5. Saying and believing Lsu is our rival is what's needed. CBN staying was likely out last chance. He was our unicorn. That's how I see it. And, I still think it's ____ty to announce before our biggest game.
Who said retirement?Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoomZoom
This is the first time we’ve had a coach leave UL and go to a bigger, more successful program instead of downgrading to a smaller school or league. This is just the beginning and we’ve got so much to be grateful for. Geaux Louisiana!!
So how long of a mortgage on the life of an up and coming coach do you expect?Quote:
Originally Posted by SlickRick
The one who is now leaving probably left upwards of $8mm on the table staying here for 4 years.
The same thing happened to HUD for not leaving when it was time . . .
Responded to T. Agreed with concerns of a coach, let’s say like Viator, who left McNeese for the salary bump at ULM, enhancing his state retirement as an apparent primary goal. Was the hook ULM used and look how it worked out.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlickRick
That was McNeese’s MO years back and why so many h/s coaches loved them.
Jerry Simmons, J. Kelley Hall, Yvette Girouard and now Billy Napier are the only head coaches in my lifetime to leave UL for a better position.
I think people need to keep it all in perspective… Lincoln Riley just left OU for USC. There are very few programs in college football where a coach will retire there as a winning coach. That’s why it is so important to have a high level AD in charge. This didn’t surprise Maggard one bit. He’s prepared. Does this suck? Yes. Is it the end of the world… not even close. The team down the street has been looking for six weeks and still doesn’t have their guy. We are in good hands folks.
Does that hold for basketball as well?!Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT