6-11 center joins Cajun basketball ... not

[Cajunsmike]

That was a cute lil squeeze coach had on his arm the other night. Hope he can maintenance that with a five figure Southland Conference salary. Because if he don't start producing pretty soon that's what he'll be making.

The cute lil squeeze Coach Marlin had at the RCAF casino party has been his wife for about a year. As far as his salary/future here, he will be here at least for two more seasons. He signed a five year contract when he took the job and has three remaining. We won't buy out more than one year. Granted, he does need to show improvement. It is understandable that people are not optimistic about this coming year due the atttrition. However, none of us know how well the eight new players coming on board will perform. They could lay the groundwork for success or make us wonder how they were given a scholarship. We will start finding out in November.

[Turbine]

Marlin inherited a team that had not won, not a team without talent. In any case I was simply stating the facts, the coach at Duke did not take anything like eight years to start winning.

In Marlins case, to be honest, there are multiple missteps by a senior coach, not a rookie like Lee. The latest is bringing a guy still facing sex charges to the team. COME on that is the first thing you clear up before you offer him an invite. This after multiple years of mistakes by the guy. If you think it is all the players, or N Johnson's fault you have your head in the sand. He is the head coach, that means he makes key decisions about players, and coaches. Multiple mistakes, and then a sex scandal?

I can take you back 5 years and my statements about how "you never let a player hold a program hostage" the cleanup of the last two years is what I was afraid of. I didn't know when it would happen it was just inevitable that there would be a cleansing either from the top down or the bottom up.

In the current case there is no scandal, what Marlin did was lock up a player in case he was cleared in time, he wasn't, nothing lost.

jmo

[RaginDave]

Coach Marlin's decision was to offer and sign him. What part you missed. Another poor decision by Men's Basketball. At least this time Scott Farmer actually paid attention and stopped it. Too bad Farmer has not investigated some of Marlin's other actions and decision.

We know we know you hate marlin. Give it a rest already.

[playincajun]

Hate is a strong word. I dont hate anyone but I do not like him for great reason. Josh Raymone is not playing anywhere. He is attending SLU to graduate. He was blacklisted by the infamous Bob Marlin and staff to the point they even bad mouthed his family to schools. He was intentionally harmed by UL to no less than 5 college coaches who basically called his family and said Coach Marlin must truly hate your kid. Now that your idea of a leader. Not mine. He did not want him but went out of his way to make sure noone else would take him.

[RaginDave]

Hate is a strong word. I dont hate anyone but I do not like him for great reason. Josh Raymone is not playing anywhere. He is attending SLU to graduate. He was blacklisted by the infamous Bob Marlin and staff to the point they even bad mouthed his family to schools. He was intentionally harmed by UL to no less than 5 college coaches who basically called his family and said Coach Marlin must truly hate your kid. Now that your idea of a leader. Not mine. He did not want him but went out of his way to make sure noone else would take him.

You blame everyone else for raymone not playing. Any chance, just possibly, any chance raymone takes any reponsibility for these issues. I am not giving marlin a complete pass, but I am sick of you only jumping in to blast marlin. You don't care about UL, the cajuns or lafayette in general, you just put your worthless .02 in about marlin. Shut up already. We are tired of it. Or at least I am.

Give it up already. Blast slu or lsu for not offering a scholly to the problem child. Blame marlin aLl you want, but he will be judged like every other coach, on the field/Court , when contracts are due up. Raymone nEeds to be judged on his performance on the court and his performance in the locker room, which was week at best on both fronts.

I'm done, call me an idiot, foolish or whatever, but for 2 years I kept my mouth shut as you went on and on. I am tired of the bs. Give it a rest already.

[Turbine]

Hate is a strong word. I dont hate anyone but I do not like him for great reason. Josh Raymone is not playing anywhere. He is attending SLU to graduate. He was blacklisted by the infamous Bob Marlin and staff to the point they even bad mouthed his family to schools. He was intentionally harmed by UL to no less than 5 college coaches who basically called his family and said Coach Marlin must truly hate your kid. Now that your idea of a leader. Not mine. He did not want him but went out of his way to make sure noone else would take him.

So now Marlin is a mind reader who made preemptive calls just to the coaches who were thinking of the player, and those coaches saw it as their duty to call the family and rub it in?

[playincajun]

Turbine you claim to be a athletic wiz. Raymone did not get a blanket release he had to request each school to be allowed to contact Raymone and Marlin had to.approve. Go figure.

Dave you dont know anything about what I support. I believe Hud is the best thing ever happened to UL. Unfortunately Marlin is the worst. I really like how you cant see the forest for the trees. Raymone is not the monster you all want him to be but believe what you want. Marlin is reaping what he sowed

[RaginDave]

I'm not calling raymone a monster, but nor is marlin. They did not get along and ultimatley the hc has the power to decide the final outcome. Marlin made his decision and we all have to live with it. If raymone was the angel you claim them someone anyone would be signing the kid no matter what marlin blackballed (not blacklisted) and I can sEe the forest through the trees (not see the forest for the trees). You really can't repeat cliches can you.

[Turbine]

Turbine you claim to be a athletic wiz. Raymone did not get a blanket release he had to request each school to be allowed to contact Raymone and Marlin had to.approve. Go figure.

Obviously Marlin approved or according to you they would not have been able to make contact.

Here is a much more likely scenario, they asked Marlin what happened and he told them, then they wanted to get the other side of the story to see which held more water. If the players excuse was plausible an offer would have been made, otherwise they would not have made the call at all.

Coaches put a lot of stock in what the previous coach thinks. Example; Marlin put a lot of stock in the opinion of Francis last coach, to much in fact, and not enough into the law. But I can tell you this if the last coach had said Francis was a headache, the recruiting would have stopped right there.

[Bandwagon King]

Obviously Marlin approved or according to you they would not have been able to make contact.

Here is a much more likely scenario, they asked Marlin what happened and he told them, then they wanted to get the other side of the story to see which held more water. If the players excuse was plausible an offer would have been made, otherwise they would not have made the call at all.

Coaches put a lot of stock in what the previous coach thinks. Example; Marlin put a lot of stock in the opinion of Francis last coach, to much in fact, and not enough into the law. But I can tell you this if the last coach had said Francis was a headache, the recruiting would have stopped right there.

OOOOh! I don't know about that last statement Big Daddy. I think most or all of these guys can be a headache in one way or the other at one time or other. It's how you apply the BC Powder that makes the difference. Is Marlin able to mix discipline with a little love to let these guys know he can not only bust their butts but he cares about them also? Is Marlin doing his due dilligence or has he found his pot of gold & is he now satisfied with a pretty fair mid major 6 figure salary & the associated perqs? Am I being fair to ask theses questions? How much longer does this coach need to get the corner turned? I read where one of the fellow posters stated it took Duke 8 years to turn it around. Can that fellow poster promise 20 tournament appearances & multiple NCAA championships & numerous sweet 16s after 6 more seasons? If I felt the fish were capable, I'd be screaming that we need to be fair. But right now folks, it don't look good on the home front on the hard wood.