Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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Turbine
Louisiana's world renown trampoline team use to do outreach demos when I was in H school.
Would that have been during the period Jimmy Youngue and Don Waters were here or Leigh Hennessey later?
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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cajun55
The ice gators do not exist, I don't think we want to go down that path! Would be pretty funny to have another Cajun Chicken night and do that though!
To be fair, no one will ever understand why the first iteration of the LA IceGators collapsed at a time when they would almost literally fill the Cajundome. And after the first collapse, there was no bringing them back.
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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JAB
To be fair, no one will ever understand why the first iteration of the LA IceGators collapsed at a time when they would almost literally fill the Cajundome. And after the first collapse, there was no bringing them back.
Everyone knows why. The prices became insane and the ECHL cut back on the fighting.
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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ManAboutTown
Everyone knows why. The prices became insane and the ECHL cut back on the fighting.
You make a good point.
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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cwl1951
Would that have been during the period Jimmy Youngue and Don Waters were here or Leigh Hennessey later?
Even though I watched a film on campus as a kid with a woman giving birth... HELLO! Trampoline outreach was my first in person meaningful exposure to Louisiana as a school.
As far as who was in charge on these exhibitions, it did not stick, but I could probably figure it out, unless you can tell.
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Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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JAB
To be fair, no one will ever understand why the first iteration of the LA IceGators collapsed at a time when they would almost literally fill the Cajundome. And after the first collapse, there was no bringing them back.
When the Berryman brothers who were marketing gurus offered to buy the Ice Gators from the local owners, the locals got ____ed thus removing the Berryman’s. That was a huge mistake. The crowds disappeared.
Of course the murder for hire situation is for another conversation….
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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JAB
To be fair, no one will ever understand why the first iteration of the LA IceGators collapsed at a time when they would almost literally fill the Cajundome. And after the first collapse, there was no bringing them back.
It was slacking but the collapse was changing leagues.
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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Turbine
It was slacking but the collapse was changing leagues.
My opinion, slacking is an understatement…changing leagues contributed. Was this the new management’s decision?
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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cwl1951
My opinion, slacking is an understatement…changing leagues contributed. Was this the new management’s decision?
You may be right, I never got to go to games,
I was in radio at the time and was the PRE-pregame announcer that introduced Bruce Levine and all the sponsors.
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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Turbine
You may be right, I never got to go to games,
I was in radio at the time and was the PRE-pregame announcer that introduced Bruce Levine and all the sponsors.
Appreciate your response. I do know but I refuse to beat my chest as some others who post here looking for attention. Our points are well taken..thanks
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
Ok.. to sum everything up to this point.
1. Billboards, lots of them..
2. Chicken Cannons
3. Pre-game festivities
4. On field product
5. Admin sucks
6. Mascot goes to schools and gives out tickets
7. Mandatory freshman class (Cajun Football Experience 100) that meets weekly at football games. ok. this one is my addition...
Re: How to create excitement for UL Athletics?
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JASD
Ok.. to sum everything up to this point.
1. Billboards, lots of them..
2. Chicken Cannons
3. Pre-game festivities
4. On field product
5. Admin sucks
6. Mascot goes to schools and gives out tickets
7. Mandatory freshman class (Cajun Football Experience 100) that meets weekly at football games. ok. this one is my addition...
For 6., That mascot better have moves and not just stand there and hand out stuff....