Where is the Plaque

[Turbine]

_ Is there a picture of this plaque? If so post it. It's been so long I don't remember what it looks like. _

Yvette has it

She didn't want her 2002 players getting all nostogic about her past history at Lady Cajun Park so she had it removed so they would go into the series with the heart of Tiger.

Another version has it she removed it so she herself wouldn't get all mushy coming home.

Hugh knows

[Boomer]

_ I say you put the plaque back up. There is a time to forgive and forget.

We now honor Beryl Shipley and he put the basketball program on the Death Penalty. Yvette built this softball program form the ground up. Understandably she may have looked like an ass when she left, but it's time to let bygones be bygones.

Without YG, the softball program would probably be an average mid major. And for those of you who say the Lotiefs built this program, I don't agree with that. Of course they have done a phenomenal job, but it started with YG. She brought the Lotiefs here after all.

Put the plaque up. _

Think you need to read the book on it and view the upcoming movieon the Cajun's B-baa getting screwed!!!!!

[CajunAmos]

It was more than a prank. It was as much a defacement of UL tradition as much as it was of a Yvette Girard memorial. When someone, anyone sees the destruction of their own school's traditional memorial as justifiable no matter who it honors, then they have a major problem with self esteem & should not even begin to expect anyone else from anywhere else to respect them. That is the way it is. Anyone who disagrees with this neither understands tradition, respect, nor class & will never be a champion in sports or in life.

I wasn't directly involved as I didn't have season tickets at that time, but when mentioning Yvette's departure, I don't think she particularly honored or respected the tradition she was a part of, or acted with class when leaving the school. Everything mentioned at the time intimated the opposite. I understand that there may have been issues between her and the administration that played into her departure, and take that into consideration.

I respect and honor her for all of the work she did here getting the program started and building it through her efforts into a nationally respected program. The effort she put into the program, and the involvement of the community in assisting in its growth were herculean, but in the case of her departure, sometime you reap what you sow.

[USLJim]

_ The bottomline here is that Yvette did what she was hired to do and much more. She built the Lady Cajuns into a powerhouse and she coached and taught Stephi to be a tough competitor and the best replacement we could have for coach of the Lady Cajuns.

Yvette in moving to LSU simply accepted yet another challenge in the only way she knew how...straight on with an all-out effort.

The person or persons that took her plaque if ever found out should be barred from Ragin Cajun events of every description. If it was a University decision the person should be fired and exposed as a disgrace. Yvette was, is and always will be the Lady who put softball on the map _

Great post.

My thoughts:
I don't like the fact that someone took the plaque off the wall. Yvette, did what she needed to do, MAKE herself money which this University did not match. Remember, she turned down the University of Minnesota job just a few years back to stay close to home. When lsu called and offered her big bucks, we didn't match, DUH, no brainer. I was hurt, p*****d off at first but did not blame her. She has taken so much abuse from our alum and fans, I wonder if she will ever be a Cajun again after she retires this year.
What I wish, after she retires, the plaque is returned and the Lotief's make the move to have it put back on the Brick wall at Lamson part for display. I like the Lotief's and I like Yvette, She will always be respected by me and much deserved by all Cajun Softball fans. She is the First Lady of Louisiana Softball in my opinion.

I only hope after her retirement, she forgives, and attends UL sporting events and where-ever there is tailgating by my group, she will always be welcomed under my tent.

Let's welcome her back with Open arms, she deserves nothing but Respect from UL ALum and Fans

GEAUX CAJUNS.

[IHateLaState]

The plaque should be dumped in in the swamp......

YG made her bed

[Turbine]

I like history and ignoring history makes everyone dumber.

Yvette's history with UL should have a full page in every softball media guide.

jmo

igeaux.mobi

[SlappyCajun]

_ Think you need to read the book on it and view the upcoming movieon the Cajun's B-baa getting screwed!!!!! _

I've read the book. We were undoubtedly guilty of violations. It was just blown out of proportion.

[cajunhawk]

_ I've read the book. We were undoubtedly guilty of violations. It was just blown out of proportion. _

We were mostly guilty of not knowing our place. The NCAA likes to use their sledgehammer of justice on the weak, but uses the yardstick on the behemoths.

[SlappyCajun]

_ We were mostly guilty of not knowing our place. The NCAA likes to use their sledgehammer of justice on the weak, but uses the yardstick on the behemoths. _

I agree. We were undoubtedly treated much harsher than a high major school. However, we did have multiple violations that we were guilty of.

[CajunEXPRESS]

_ I don't care if you believe I ever had season tickets to any event or if I ever gave money to the school or not. You are an idiot, a liar, & you can't leave well enough alone. Obviously some A--hole pulled a plaque honoring someone who was the most successful coach in that school's history off of a wall honoring that person's accomplishments during their tenure at the school. How childish & embasillic is that?

Then the next week after the LITTLE fracus, I personally heard Tony Robichaux say that they would probably not play LSU for a while. I didn't hear him say it was Smoke's idea along I heard him say plain & simple that they wouldn't play for a while. Furthermore, I don't care. You are a big baby & a liar. anyone can see through you like crystal. if your devotion was half as great as your hatred for some school that isn't even in your conference you'd be cutting grass at the school every day seven days a week. I have just posted facts. You can't handle that because you are too immature & childish to handle the truth. Guess what. Santa Clause aint real either.

It's people like you that cause more trouble for UL than support. _

First of all I could care less when you started supporting or how long you will support. But you should realize a couple of things.

A: That park did not belong to Yevette, yes she is the cause but not the owner. Having said that the plaque is not a plaque given to her by the university,NCAA or some softball association. It was a gift to her by a supporter, and was placed on university property without permission or request.

B: The illegally placed plaque went missing. It was not the responsibility to spend thousands or hundreds of dollars replacing it, or investigating it's loss. Again it was a plaque honoring her, and to a large extent her ego. If not, she would not have had the red A for a decade.

C: God bless her for her works here, but after her departure and her bad faith departure, she does not deserve too much homage. She mistook UL loyalty for Yevette loyalty in trying to bring a substantial UL fan base with her using a mailing list she compiled while an employee of UL. Any list she had was created while an employee of the university and for her to use it could actually be grounds for a law suit.

Frankly the less said about the lady the better.