Cajuns Football: A Slow Climb

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Originally Posted by HOUCajun

_ Do you know for a fact that will happen? Nothing that is happening now points to a 3-9 record. _

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Not unless they repeat the off season fiasco of 2006 which is my whole hinge point.

we went 3-9 after we went 6-5 with bustle....whats not pointing to that?

an added loss to go 6-6??

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Originally Posted by dms4720

_ in a conference like the sunbelt, yes... maybe its me but i always strive to be better, not just say its good enough to be average _

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Trust me... Nick Saban couldn't win 8 games next year... after starting 0 and 3 against the BCS. You will be firing coaches every 2 years.

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Originally Posted by dms4720

_ we went 3-9 after we went 6-5 with bustle....whats not pointing to that?

an added loss to go 6-6?? _

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I am willing ot bet you a fairly large sum of money UL's record will be better than 3-9. You up for it?

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Originally Posted by HOUCajun

_ I am willing ot bet you a fairly large sum of money UL's record will be better than 3-9. You up for it? _

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obviously not, but i want better than 3-9, i want 7-5 or 8-4. thats my point, we wont get there with bustle, if we go 6-6 it should be with a new guy so he atleast has a year under his belt to get his system in staff in place. it puts us one year ahead of the learning curve.

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Originally Posted by dms4720

_ obviously not, but i want better than 3-9, i want 7-5 or 8-4. thats my point, we wont get there with bustle, if we go 6-6 it should be with a new guy so he atleast has a year under his belt to get his system in staff in place. it puts us one year ahead of the learning curve. _

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If this new guy's 2nd year schedule includes 2 SEC schools and 1 Big-12 school, will you demand that he wins 8 games... which means he could only lose 1 other game? If not, we will need to fire him?

Bustles very best year is only three games better than Baldwin, he has been given three times as long to get it.

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Originally Posted by gridiron

_ Bustles very best year is only three games better than Baldwin, he has been given three times as long to get it. _

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Answer this...

If this new guy's 2nd year schedule includes 2 SEC schools and 1 Big-12 school, will you demand that he wins 8 games... which means he could only lose 1 other game? If not, we will need to fire him?

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Originally Posted by CajunRed

_ If this new guy's 2nd year schedule includes 2 SEC schools and 1 Big-12 school, will you demand that he wins 8 games... which means he could only lose 1 other game? If not, we will need to fire him? _

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exactly why i said earlier hence 3 years to build a program. give the guy 3 years, if he has 3 bcs schools and cant win 7-8 games yes fire him. im nottrying to making friends with these guys or expect them come in and have a great stay in lafayette and not win, they need to come in and produce a winner...3 years to do it, if they cant move on. thats why we have been mediocre for so long, we dont put any pressure on our coaches to succeed

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Originally Posted by dms4720

_ exactly why i said earlier hence 3 years to build a program. give the guy 3 years, if he has 3 bcs schools and cant win 7-8 games yes fire him _

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With our current budget, Nick Saban "MIGHT" be able to do that 1 out of every 4 or 5 years.

My point is that we MUST back off of the money games. Limit them to 1 per year, which means that our team would then have a fighting chance to win 11 of the games on its schedule. THEN, it would be realistic to demand 7 or 8 wins... and even 9 every few years.