Basketball Talent!

[Sonsissymia]

Anyone who watched last night's basketball game involving that school down the road (and I must say I struggled and agonized over watching it) had to be struck by ONE thing... and that is TALENT. It was very obvious pretty early in the game which team had more raw TALENT and ATHLETICISM!

Which gets me to my point. For a few weeks now, there have been posts and comments concerning the talent level on UL's basketball team... and exactly which players may or may not have the talent to contribute to a successful 06/07 season. My comment is that out of the returning players (not counting the transfers and signees), not many are at a level to contribute much.

I'll ask again... Which returnee from this year's team would another school look at a say... "Wow, we've got to have THAT guy!" I think in most cases, the answer would be NONE!

What do you think?

'agonized watching it.' i am an lsu fan, and a budding 'new' cajun fan what with my daughter matriculating here, but even before that connection i watched dozens of cajun games, in many sports, and have never had an agonizing moment---that 'school down the road' does produce some odd sentiments. ____, on stevie p's show yesterday even turbine called in, gave lsu a thumbs up, and indicated he would be watching and pulling for 'em. following his lead might cut down the pepcid bill.

[RaginFan2]

'agonized watching it.' i am an lsu fan, and a budding 'new' cajun fan what with my daughter matriculating here, but even before that connection i watched dozens of cajun games, in many sports, and have never had an agonizing moment---that 'school down the road' does produce some odd sentiments. ____, on stevie p's show yesterday even turbine called in, gave lsu a thumbs up, and indicated he would be watching and pulling for 'em. following his lead might cut down the pepcid bill.

It would be a LOT easier to pull for lsu if their supporters didn't a) look down their collective nose at us, b) ridicule and put us down constantly, c) make fun of "ignorant cajuns", then adopt Cajun acoutrements, d) fight us constantly when any improvement in our university is seen as an attack on the "flagship status" at Baton Rouge, e) virtually demand that any Louisiana resident support/cheer for lsu, regardless of their own alma mater, ........ , etc., etc. Please don't misunderstand me, I started out as a Tiger fan. I went to HS in North Louisiana and began my college career at lsu. I had no real ties to Lafayette or the university there. Only after I transferred to then-USL, after being on the receiving end of many undeserved put-downs (some subtle, some not) of my new choice in higher education, and seeing how we almost always seemed to be out-manuevered by the political powers in BR, that I had enough of the bullying tactics. Then I began to resent lsu, or at least many of the supporters of the school. Thus I, too, had an "agonizing time watching" last night. I am happy for the players. Those kids are mostly from Louisiana and it's good to see them succeed. It's just the purple-and-gold jerseys they wear that represents so many bad feelings which makes for the pepcid moments. I know from experience that there are many fine lsu fans who are genuinely glad when we have success. I think you may be that kind of fan. I was apprehensive about you when you first came on this board, but you've changed my mind as you've mellowed a bit. I hope your daughter is enjoying her time at UL. My son is a senior at UL and is loving it. I would love to see the day when Tigers and Cajuns cheered for each other regularly (when we weren't playing each other naturally). Unfortunately, I don't think that day is right around the corner for most of us. I know a few folks who go to BR and wear purple, then come to Lafayette and wear red. Those folks are a rare breed.

[TuffGuy84]

'agonized watching it.' i am an lsu fan, and a budding 'new' cajun fan what with my daughter matriculating here, but even before that connection i watched dozens of cajun games, in many sports, and have never had an agonizing moment---that 'school down the road' does produce some odd sentiments. ____, on stevie p's show yesterday even turbine called in, gave lsu a thumbs up, and indicated he would be watching and pulling for 'em. following his lead might cut down the pepcid bill.

I did find myself pulling for them. All the louisiana products on the team is great, the only problem I have is that we will never hear the end of this from the LSU fans who have little or no class. Regardless, I'm happy for the players, and I hope they bring another national championship to the state.

Tuffguy

[Clutch0364]

I did find myself pulling for them. All the louisiana products on the team is great, the only problem I have is that we will never hear the end of this from the LSU fans who have little or no class. Regardless, I'm happy for the players, and I hope they bring another national championship to the state.

Tuffguy

I would love to say the same but I work with some of the most obnoxious LSUA&M fans and I find myself hoping they get stomped.

[TuffGuy84]

I would love to say the same but I work with some of the most obnoxious LSUA&M fans and I find myself hoping they get stomped.

I have a situation very different to that as my boss and a few of my friends are very big LSU fans, but at the same time want to see the cajuns do well. I guess this has made me mellow to the entire situation, and made me realize that the athletes on the court had nothing to do with anything bad LSU has done to us in the past.

Tuffguy

[CutOff_Cajun]

Butch did not spend a lot of money in the travel budget to get the best players on that team. They are all from Metro Baton Rouge and Louisiana.

Man I can assure you that there is enough talent in this state every year to support three high calibre teams. You get outside help to round out the team. We only need to get any 5 of the top 15 players in this state year end and year out to have a really healthy program.

Yes, but you know our great state and friends up the road would never let more than one high caliber team exist in this state!

[CutOff_Cajun]

It would be a LOT easier to pull for lsu if their supporters didn't a) look down their collective nose at us, b) ridicule and put us down constantly, c) make fun of "ignorant cajuns", then adopt Cajun acoutrements, d) fight us constantly when any improvement in our university is seen as an attack on the "flagship status" at Baton Rouge, e) virtually demand that any Louisiana resident support/cheer for lsu, regardless of their own alma mater, ........ , etc., etc. Then I began to resent lsu, or at least many of the supporters of the school. Thus I, too, had an "agonizing time watching" last night. I am happy for the players. Those kids are mostly from Louisiana and it's good to see them succeed. It's just the purple-and-gold jerseys they wear that represents so many bad feelings which makes for the pepcid moments.

Amen to that. Great Post! Preach on.

[Sonsissymia]

Amen to that. Great Post! Preach on.

the agony continues. heard the pepcid's sold out, but some tagamet was still on the albertson in broussard's shelves a few minutes ago.

[Hatch]

It would be a LOT easier to pull for lsu if their supporters didn't a) look down their collective nose at us, b) ridicule and put us down constantly, c) make fun of "ignorant cajuns", then adopt Cajun acoutrements, d) fight us constantly when any improvement in our university is seen as an attack on the "flagship status" at Baton Rouge, e) virtually demand that any Louisiana resident support/cheer for lsu, regardless of their own alma mater, ........ , etc., etc. Please don't misunderstand me, I started out as a Tiger fan. I went to HS in North Louisiana and began my college career at lsu. I had no real ties to Lafayette or the university there. Only after I transferred to then-USL, after being on the receiving end of many undeserved put-downs (some subtle, some not) of my new choice in higher education, and seeing how we almost always seemed to be out-manuevered by the political powers in BR, that I had enough of the bullying tactics. Then I began to resent lsu, or at least many of the supporters of the school. Thus I, too, had an "agonizing time watching" last night. I am happy for the players. Those kids are mostly from Louisiana and it's good to see them succeed. It's just the purple-and-gold jerseys they wear that represents so many bad feelings which makes for the pepcid moments. I know from experience that there are many fine lsu fans who are genuinely glad when we have success. I think you may be that kind of fan. I was apprehensive about you when you first came on this board, but you've changed my mind as you've mellowed a bit. I hope your daughter is enjoying her time at UL. My son is a senior at UL and is loving it. I would love to see the day when Tigers and Cajuns cheered for each other regularly (when we weren't playing each other naturally). Unfortunately, I don't think that day is right around the corner for most of us. I know a few folks who go to BR and wear purple, then come to Lafayette and wear red. Those folks are a rare breed.

Great post, I too would like to be able to pull for LSU but I hate the way that so many supporters of that school are so obnoxiously rude to those from other in state schools. I am a UL Alum who is currently in grad school at UNO and I attended LSU last semester after Katrina. I had an oppurtunity to stay at LSU but the way i was looked down upon by most (not all but most) of the people there is the reason i came back to New Orleans.

My family is originally from West Virginia and I still have alot of contact with that state. Most everyone there is either a WVU or Marshall fan with about an 80/20 ratio in favor of WVU. When the two schools go heads up you definitely pick sides, but otherwise most fans usually cheer for the other school, since they see them both as a represenative of the state. I wish we could have that same relationship in Louisiana as well.

[Sonsissymia]

Great post, I too would like to be able to pull for LSU but I hate the way that so many supporters of that school are so obnoxiously rude to those from other in state schools. I am a UL Alum who is currently in grad school at UNO and I attended LSU last semester after Katrina. I had an oppurtunity to stay at LSU but the way i was looked down upon by most (not all but most) of the people there is the reason i came back to New Orleans.

My family is originally from West Virginia and I still have alot of contact with that state. Most everyone there is either a WVU or Marshall fan with about an 80/20 ratio in favor of WVU. When the two schools go heads up you definitely pick sides, but otherwise most fans usually cheer for the other school, since they see them both as a represenative of the state. I wish we could have that same relationship in Louisiana as well.

'other in state schools.' i don't know a SINGLE mcneese fan that hates lsu. nor a single tech fan. nor a hammond fan. tulane yes, but understanably so. but you guys have quite a congregation. of course i see more ul fans, living in lafayette, but my profession places me in situations where i'm frequently around grads of almost all the state schools. clearly, feelings are set in stone on this issue. so, watch 'em next weekend and enjoy pulling against them--it won't affect the game's outcome, just as my pulling for them won't help in the long run either. and, after all, the odds of them winning are not good, and you bitters will probably have the last and longest cheer next sat or mon [i so hope it's monday, as we've already lost 3 semis--never been to the championship game]. gotta say tho', just getting this far has been alot of fun for me. unlike so many of you however, i'll also get alot [less, admittedly] of fun out of watching the lady cajuns go far in the cws.