Has Maggard hit his ceiling as AD

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Originally Posted by CajunNation

Remember when.... right after after 2 Conference Championships, 3 Winning Seasons and a victory over a ranked Big 12 school, the President bled the Football Program dry?

I remember.

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Like it was yesterday. Savoie was trained by the fossil. History tends to repeat itself.

I think he is very occupied with the stadium construction project. Which is a good thing. Once that breaks ground he can focus on other stuff. I don’t have a problem with future OOC opponents in football Tech, Tulane, Tulsa…

By the way the AD doesn’t make basketball or baseball schedules he lets the coaches do that.

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Originally Posted by Gaston Thibodeaux

I think he is very occupied with the stadium construction project. Which is a good thing. Once that breaks ground he can focus on other stuff. I don’t have a problem with future OOC opponents in football Tech, Tulane, Tulsa…

By the way the AD doesn’t make basketball or baseball schedules he lets the coaches do that.

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Maggard has a hand in the MBB schedule. Per Maggard.

If he believes the things that are coming out of his mouth at this point about basketball, then that program has certainly peaked under Maggard. And most likely every other non football sport.

I would like to believe the UL administration is still holding athletics back. I like what I’ve seen of Dr Maggard for the most part. Still think he needs to be more engaged/visible with the public on the direction of athletics. Our timing on CF was unfortunate with the economy, specifically the horrible impact of Covid on supplies and pricing. So for me he’s still the right hire. It would be easy to come to the conclusion that our administration is in fact why we haven’t grown more athletically, especially considering our history. We could be offered membership in the Big 12 and I feel our administration would fumble the ball! So at this point in time I think it’s more likely Dr Maggard would say “enough is enough” regarding administration meddling and handcuffs and depart, Vice being over his head. Just my thoughts …

i am pro maggard camp but even i have noticed a change the last several months. something is different. i think it has a lot to do with university directives at this point. not necessarily pointing the finger at savoie

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Originally Posted by fanof71

Have we gotten all we can get out of Dr. Maggard? Between a bad scheduling philosophy for both MBB and Football along with all the drama, miscommunications, silent periods, staffing challanges, game day experiences, parking, tailgating, RCAF issues, not reaching out to the small time donors, not leveraging what we have already in place, etc, etc.

I am not a Maggard hater. Dissapointed, sure. Mainly in not capitalizing on a football championship season. Good help and ideas are hard to find...but it just seems like we're stuck in the mud...

Are we looking at the Peter Principle sort of thing. Has Maggard reached his ceiling here?

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Short answer: Yes.
So many of the issues fall in his lap. Is he being hampered by Dr. Savoie, could be.

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Originally Posted by JMVCAJUNS

Maggard has a hand in the MBB schedule. Per Maggard.

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OK. Didn’t know that. That is different from previous ADs.

I am still a believer of Dr. Maggard. We need to reload on some open key personnel positions. I would like to see some urgency placed on the following departments for the 2023 season and beyond:

1. MARKETING, PROMOTIONS, EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT & FAN EXPERIENCE
2. RAGIN' CAJUNS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION

Both need to set some long-term strategic goals, and short-term goals and operational changes heading into 2023 Football Season.

I know Jay likes to remind us that we're not made of money, which is why I'd like to see Sam's group try to reach out to Festival International either for collaboration or a playbook on promoting and putting on events.

does any body have any clue as to why its been over a year since we hired key rcaf personnel? creative personnel? promo and marketing personnel? boots on the ground engagement personnel?