Perception

[Etowncajun]

U La La! embrace it and have fun with it.

[jumboragncajun]

We are getting unprecedented exposure with our bowl game and Senior Bowl appearance and it is all coming as Louisiana Lafayette. We are getting entrenched that way no matter what we ask to be called and no matter what we put on our jerseys and stadiums. Our inability to effectively brand ourselves as Louisiana at a time when our publicity is at an all time high is of concern. To some people, that matters. You obviously don't care one way or the other if we are Louisiana or Louisiana Lafayette, UL or UL L. If a one paragraph post that says something positive about our players but points out where we had a chance to gain some national exposure as Louisiana and weren't recognized as such is so upsetting to you, then tune it out and take a flying leep. I did not make a big deal about it, but your rant sure did. I could give a _____ if it upsets you. Just read it, ignore it, don't comment on it and move on to the next thread.

Now you have YOUR OWN DEDICATED THREAD called Perception. Have at it! Complain all you want.
I made it clear years ago that I thought our branding should focus on Ragin' Cajuns, because that is most recognizable. But I don't interrrupt every single topic to whine about it. What good does that do here? Nothing!E mail the admin, call THEM, become the marketing director of the University....something meaningful, because here, it falls on deaf ears. If it helps you vent, the so be it...but now you can vent in your own personal thread and not bombard everyone else.

[zephyr]

Small school has nothing to do with enrollment, otherwise a lot is D1A schools would be referred to that way and they aren't. We were lumped in with Furman and called small schools for a reason. It is all perception which is why effective Branding is critical. I'm just pointing out another example of that, not trying to hijack this thread into a name issue.

Its a perception because our football program has not done anything over recent years to suggest otherwise. It has nothing to do with the "branding" the university does or doesn't do for itself but rather, our lack of results over the years.

[cajunfan79]

Yes we did have an outstanding season last year, but lets not forget where we were about 10 years ago. We were way down the list, it will take us some time to get respect.

[Hammer58]

Its a perception because our football program has not done anything over recent years to suggest otherwise. It has nothing to do with the "branding" the university does or doesn't do for itself but rather, our lack of results over the years.

All true. and while his original complaint may have seemed over the top I think he does have a point in that it at least needs to be brought to the attention of our SID and marketing folks so they can contact these guys, educate them and set the record straight. Lets face it, if they would comment about Southern Miss's new coach "Hugh Freed" or congratulated Arkansas Little Rock for winning the Sun Belt football title this year someone from those institutions would be correcting them.

Maybe it was the wrong messenger or the message was presented the wrong way but I think he does have a point there.

[HoustonCajun]

Now you have YOUR OWN DEDICATED THREAD called Perception. Have at it! Complain all you want.
I made it clear years ago that I thought our branding should focus on Ragin' Cajuns, because that is most recognizable. But I don't interrrupt every single topic to whine about it. What good does that do here? Nothing!E mail the admin, call THEM, become the marketing director of the University....something meaningful, because here, it falls on deaf ears. If it helps you vent, the so be it...but now you can vent in your own personal thread and not bombard everyone else.

I didn't try to have a separate thread on this. I made one comment in a single paragraph post. You took it all out of proportion with your blast. Every post I have does NOT pertain to our name issue and I do not bombard everyone on this issue. I only post pertinent things I see. Some people want to know about it and others like yourself don't. If people like you don't comment on it and make this more than it is, it goes away. Now, my simple post got turned into a separate thread because of you, not me.

[TravlnCajun]

Its a perception because our football program has not done anything over recent years to suggest otherwise. It has nothing to do with the "branding" the university does or doesn't do for itself but rather, our lack of results over the years.

+1

[Geaux]

Yes, branding should be our focus from now on. Look at what marketing an correctly branding for these schools.

Mississippi Southern - Southern Miss
California-Berkley - Cal
Troy St. - Troy
The NFL Network should have been blasted from our SID. I promise if our SID's last name was Bonnette, pick one, they would have been all over that! LOL!
Louisiana is who we are and what we represent. Stop leaving it to the public to make an assumption. We coined they word "Geaux", we have the real swamp as a stadium and we represent the culture that country loves about Louisiana. Branding, Branding, Branding!!!
To Bill and LaDarius, keep up the good work.

[Rebel02]

I didn't try to have a separate thread on this. I made one comment in a single paragraph post. You took it all out of proportion with your blast. Every post I have does NOT pertain to our name issue and I do not bombard everyone on this issue. I only post pertinent things I see. Some people want to know about it and others like yourself don't. If people like you don't comment on it and make this more than it is, it goes away. Now, my simple post got turned into a separate thread because of you, not me.

I prefer to look at it this way:

There was a thread on our two guys in the Senior Bowl. You took the time to bring up this perception issue you have (again) and someone called you out on it. Your post deserved it's own thread from the beginning.

But that's just my perception on it.

[wcd35]

Yes, branding should be our focus from now on. Look at what marketing an correctly branding for these schools.

Mississippi Southern - Southern Miss
California-Berkley - Cal
Troy St. - Troy

2 of 3 of those arent really applicable because they are the actual official school names. That's not branding, its renaming your school and having people use the actual name. Cal is the only one that is a deviation from their school name. Of course, there are more applicable schools. We bring them up anytime argues the name issue.