2012 New Orleans Bowl

[Bigbuf]

Not suprising. Ken Winstead gets it!

Let's give them credit....Ken is the salesman for the school. He would not go out and say something that is not approved. If its Ken's goal then it's Scott's and T-joe's and approved by HUD.

Lets just hope that the backing is there from EVERYONE to make this happen!

[moorecajun]

Guys, let's be honest with ourselves here. I don't care if you think CUSA is not a big step up right now.... but there is no way in hell we get an invite from the Big12 coming straight from the Belt. Give me a freakin break.

I agree the Big12 is the perfect ultimate destination. But this isn't chinese checkers, you don't hop over other conferences. Whoever pointed out TCU earlier, just look at that example. They didn't go straight from the WAC to Big12, they went WAC, CUSA, MWC, then BIG12.

The only way we hop over a conference in my opinion is if we get invited to MWC for an EAST division of some sort... that would be leap frogging CUSA. The Sun Belt may have been on the up and up, but perception is still perception and CUSA gives us a much better outlook on our future. No doubt about it.

Ok, you guys have got to start thinking "long term" here. We are coming out with a MASTER PLAN to create a footprint for athletics for the next 10-20 years; nobody is talking about the next year or two. Look down the road; CUSA cannot be our goal for this; it can be an intermediate step but CUSA is only slightly better than the Sun Belt today, who knows how long it stays witht that "perception".

We are talking about a PLAN that will need us to attain certain annual goals, 5-year goals, etc., always looking to the future.

[CajunAlum10]

Ok, you guys have got to start thinking "long term" here. We are coming out with a MASTER PLAN to create a footprint for athletics for the next 10-20 years; nobody is talking about the next year or two. Look down the road; CUSA cannot be our goal for this; it can be an intermediate step but CUSA is only slightly better than the Sun Belt today, who knows how long it stays witht that "perception".

We are talking about a PLAN that will need us to attain certain annual goals, 5-year goals, etc., always looking to the future.

I completely agree! I just don't see how you get to BIG12 without including CUSA in the beginning of that "long-term" plan. First thing's first, lets win a Sun Belt Championship outright next season.

[cajunfan96]

I completely agree! I just don't see how you get to BIG12 without including CUSA in the beginning of that "long-term" plan. First thing's first, lets win a Sun Belt Championship outright next season.

What we need is some RCAF board members to be replaced for some with Vision!!!!!!!!

[bjc6267]

I was invited to a crawfish boil with Coach Hud in early 2012. (It was an RCAF auction item that some friends had purchased). We were sitting and talking with Hud about his plans for the future. Conference realignment came up, and Coach Hud brought up the Big XII. It was something to the effect of, "I know people were hoping for a jump to CUSA, but that is not really my final goal. I can't see any reason why we can't build up the program to be ready for Big XII membership in the foreseeable future." It's a paraphrase of what he said 10 months ago, but still, he did mention having Big XII aspirations in the next several years.

I know that it still a very long shot, but we have seen tremendous growth in the development of RCAF. This is all WITHOUT A PLAN and with only two great seasons under an amazing coach. Let us assume we get 1 more year with Hud and win another 8 games and end up in another regional bowl. The combination of having the master plan in 2013 and people seeing the need to either pay Hud in the $1 million range or bring in a top flight coach in that range should drive heavy fundraising activity.

If we can either keep Hud or bring in someone to carry on his momentum, I think that our budget in 2016 will look drastically different than it does in 2012. A $25 million budget in 2016 is not at all out of our reach regardless of what conference we are in. If we hit $25 million and have 5 or 6 years of consecutively winning, it would not be a bad move by the Big 12 to spread into the Louisiana market. Maybe it is not as ridiculous as everyone is saying.

[Turbine]

Any national firm that may have been hired (to come up with a master plan) has to made to understand that priority one is to get into the Big-12

If that is "goal one" then any other possible contingency will be easily met.

[Zeebart21]

I was invited to a crawfish boil with Coach Hud in early 2012. (It was an RCAF auction item that some friends had purchased). We were sitting and talking with Hud about his plans for the future. Conference realignment came up, and Coach Hud brought up the Big XII. It was something to the effect of, "I know people were hoping for a jump to CUSA, but that is not really my final goal. I can't see any reason why we can't build up the program to be ready for Big XII membership in the foreseeable future." It's a paraphrase of what he said 10 months ago, but still, he did mention having Big XII aspirations in the next several years.

I know that it still a very long shot, but we have seen tremendous growth in the development of RCAF. This is all WITHOUT A PLAN and with only two great seasons under an amazing coach. Let us assume we get 1 more year with Hud and win another 8 games and end up in another regional bowl. The combination of having the master plan in 2013 and people seeing the need to either pay Hud in the $1 million range or bring in a top flight coach in that range should drive heavy fundraising activity.

If we can either keep Hud or bring in someone to carry on his momentum, I think that our budget in 2016 will look drastically different than it does in 2012. A $25 million budget in 2016 is not at all out of our reach regardless of what conference we are in. If we hit $25 million and have 5 or 6 years of consecutively winning, it would not be a bad move by the Big 12 to spread into the Louisiana market. Maybe it is not as ridiculous as everyone is saying.

Our problem.. Too many people saying ____ cant be done.. Too few people like HUD saying get it done. Sucks to be small time.

Z

[Turbine]

The Big 12 isnt going to use the 20 million as a reason to bring us in . What are we doing to make us attractive to them without the 20 mil???

You are right, but when you lay down your guaranteed budget for proactive consideration, it is fair to include those numbers.

[CajunAlum10]

I was invited to a crawfish boil with Coach Hud in early 2012. (It was an RCAF auction item that some friends had purchased). We were sitting and talking with Hud about his plans for the future. Conference realignment came up, and Coach Hud brought up the Big XII. It was something to the effect of, "I know people were hoping for a jump to CUSA, but that is not really my final goal. I can't see any reason why we can't build up the program to be ready for Big XII membership in the foreseeable future." It's a paraphrase of what he said 10 months ago, but still, he did mention having Big XII aspirations in the next several years.

I know that it still a very long shot, but we have seen tremendous growth in the development of RCAF. This is all WITHOUT A PLAN and with only two great seasons under an amazing coach. Let us assume we get 1 more year with Hud and win another 8 games and end up in another regional bowl. The combination of having the master plan in 2013 and people seeing the need to either pay Hud in the $1 million range or bring in a top flight coach in that range should drive heavy fundraising activity.

If we can either keep Hud or bring in someone to carry on his momentum, I think that our budget in 2016 will look drastically different than it does in 2012. A $25 million budget in 2016 is not at all out of our reach regardless of what conference we are in. If we hit $25 million and have 5 or 6 years of consecutively winning, it would not be a bad move by the Big 12 to spread into the Louisiana market. Maybe it is not as ridiculous as everyone is saying.

+1,000

[CrazyCajun]

Our problem.. Too many people saying ____ cant be done.. Too few people like HUD saying get it done. Sucks to be small time.

Z

this! biggest problem of administration and our fans. its a convenient excuse for lazy people. i work with several like that and its very hard not to slap the sh i t out of people like that

[Just1More]

Nothing that forces you to build up every leg of the athletic table... is a bad thing. "Working" to get our program in contention for Big XII membership is work that will make our program very healthy. When you build a vehicle to haul a larger load longer distances... it pretty much assures you that you can carry lesser loads shorter distances. When it comes to collegiate athletics, all the legs of a healthy program table are 100% transferable to every stop along the way.

Our worst deficiency is the constant losses of inertia we miss out on because our management is only prepared to celebrate a milestone, like a fan, instead of multiplying the milestone, like a fearless leader.

[RedBug58]

Our problem.. Too many people saying ____ cant be done.. Too few people like HUD saying get it done. Sucks to be small time.

Z

We've still got a lot of "low knowledge voters" to educate.