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Originally Posted by Cajun Monkee
Something else every other team seems to have except UL are the white autograph footballs. Can’t find them anywhere.
My wife and I went for the first time today. Man, it was depressing. I know it's a message board and you can nitpick anything, but if that's The Ragin Cajun Store, that's pretty grim. I loved the Red Zone. It was a portable building in the middle of a gravel lot in both locations they had it, but it had tons in it with lots of different brands.
I even asked someone who worked there "where is all the stuff that came from the old red zone. Like the Nike shirts and all the cool dri fit collared shirts, the hats?" She just said "It's spread across here and the Union. We're Barnes and Noble now." I don't know what the Union has, but I hope it's more than that.
The branding on some of the shirts was awful too. That's something that the University can control. If athletic brand is so important, don't let the company that works for you print "Lafayette" on everything.
We quickly divided and conquered from there. Wife went to Hot Stuff and I went to Academy. I can't believe Academy was a better option than the University store.
Whatever deal the university signed with Barnes and Noble, I hope they got something else good in return, because it sure isn't good merchandise.
Drove by yesterday. Could see in though the window on Johnston. Shirt with UL LAFAYETTE across the chest is what I see. Who was responsible for the B&N deal?
seems to me that the younger fans are coming full circle with usl/ull/louisiana athletics. and i'm talking about the leadership. life cycle looks like this - have some success, get some people to trust you again, invest just enough to get people interested then completely drop the ball when it matters most.total failure when the lights are bright. this is prob my 6-7 life cycle with these people. the faces change but the incompetence and laziness stay the same. ive given a ton to this university foundation. time, money and volunteer. I thought they finally got serious when they brought in alden and the missouri clan. Napier covered many problems with how these young out oft owners ran the athletic office and youre seeing that now. maggard has been good in many ways but hes narrowed his sole focus to the damn stadium another thing that these people are getting wrong. Yall better wake up because your program is being held hostage by ambitious, incompetent out oft owners who dont care about this place or its people. all about furthering careers and rainbows and daisys. they are wasting yet another great opportunity to make this place explode nationally. cant even engage the dang fans in their own community. total failure
Any one have an idea of an online place to buy Cajun merch. I live in Tennessee now and need to update my Cajun gear and places are limited.
Fanatics.comQuote:
Originally Posted by 318_Cajun
Just checked the online store and it's updated with the "2022 Sideline Gear". Much better selection and I'm hoping they have this gear at the stadium tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by 318_Cajun
This seems contradictory. I don't know who else you would throw into the out of towners besides Dr. Maggard (who you can find in the stands at nearly every home athletic event), but I'd say the out of towners got us to some pretty great heights. We're seemingly faltering when it's coming to getting the word out to the community, but that's a staffing/headcount issue which is being remedied slowly.Quote:
Originally Posted by ExecutiveCajun
its being remedied slowly? you mean in the middle of the most crucial stretch in ncaaf in decades? during the time where we have had the highest profile in our history? hmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by RedTails
Napier took this program to the heights we reached. rcaf still in the tank. outreach is worse. promotion is invisible. basketball is a joke. concessions a joke. media partners have all but abandoned the university outside of press conferences. still no development around cajun field. still not utilizing property we have. still cant get paid for the use of our parking lots. still cant figure out how to maximize parking revenue and tg areas.