Marlin Contract Extension - FOUR MORE YEARS!

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Originally Posted by ExecutiveCajun

from this angle this is the most desirable job in ncaa basketball. deliver minimal results and get a lifetime contract as long as you can be friends with the administrators. we should market that. best job security in america

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Sure! LMAO

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Originally Posted by NCAA or BUST

More like a dead end job with zero movement. My other take is UL has nothing lose with other coaces thinking less of the program because we not hiring, who cares what the coaching profession thinks. WE NOT HIRING.

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We will hire another coach one day. It will not occur following a season in which a conferene championship (regular season or tournament) has been won. Can someone tell me when or where that has occurred previously. It may have somewhere. I don’t recall that happening anywhere other than when the coach retires or off the court issues are a problem. As CajunT said, people who make those decisions have a different perspective than fans.

So to everyone here defending Marlin....do yall think this is the best we can do here?

I'm just worried where all those double-doubles that left for Memphis are going to be replaced....

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Originally Posted by BBOYD

Hard to find 100K jobs , I’d stay too.

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Not really. Yay inflation!

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

Lamar went to the Dance 4 out of 5 years during that span which included a Sweet 16 run, and we were still above .500 against McNeese and UNO. That's like me claiming that Marlin has lost to ULM 8 times even though we have still dominated the series during his time here.

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Lamar is a shell of its former self. After the Key/Davis/Olivier crew finished in ‘83, made 2 NCAA appearances since…2000 and 2012. 16th seed and a first four playin.

I’d love for things to be different schedule wise. But at least we’re not in the shape Tech (32 year streak) Lamar (11 year streak) UNO (6 year streak preceded by 21 years) and McNeese (21 year streak, only one other appearance, ‘89) are. Yeah, McNeese got WW, but that desperation move won’t last long. Will be back sucking in a few years.

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Originally Posted by BBOYD

I said one coach played D1
basketball. You don’t have to play basketball to be a basketball coach, you’re correct. Which one would you say has more experience? Please name
me some of the greatest Coaches that never played?

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Just off the top of my head, Gregg Popovich in the NBA level and Buzz Williams in college. I’m sure I could do some research and get a lot more but those are two examples of very successful coaches who did not play the game past high school. Also Roy Williams played jv basketball in college.

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Originally Posted by ULvictory

Lamar went to the Dance 4 out of 5 years during that span which included a Sweet 16 run, and we were still above .500 against McNeese and UNO. That's like me claiming that Marlin has lost to ULM 8 times even though we have still dominated the series during his time here.

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2 separate coaches. One overall went to the big dance with Lamar 2 out of 7 years and the other 2 out of 6 years. Marlin has been 2 out of his last nine. Obviously not as good, but not exactly pathetic either. (P.s. BP was 2/8)

Also in 1982, the last year ncaa tournament only had 48 teams, only 16 teams from modern day P5 schools made it, compare that to today, seems the increase in total slots mostly went to the big boys. From 33 pct or less to 50pct or more

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Originally Posted by JamesTheJeweler

So to everyone here defending Marlin....do yall think this is the best we can do here?

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Well we didn't exactly succeed last time we fired a coach (who did deserve it) yet resulted in how much money spent on lawsuits?