Recruiting Bash Recap

[JamesTheJeweler]

man, UL NEEDS TO SHELL OUT SOME MONEY AND HIRE A GOOD MARKETING EXEC.......OR JUST TAKE SOME COMMON SENSE ADVICE FROM FANS ON THIS SITE FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RaginCajun77]

man, UL NEEDS TO SHELL OUT SOME MONEY AND HIRE A GOOD MARKETING EXEC.......OR JUST TAKE SOME COMMON SENSE ADVICE FROM FANS ON THIS SITE FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

The problem with Athletic Marketing at UL is you have a person in charge who believes in his ideas and is unwilling to think outside of the box. Just my $ .02 cents.

[CajunDreDog]

I'm posting the pictures I took right now...waiting for them to upload. I also scanned a pocket schedule that was available with the 2008 football schedule...that is the last two pictures in the album.

You'll see a few pictures of what the new turf (that was the big announement) will look like.

http://ragincajuns.shutterfly.com

Food was GREAT.....NOT NEARLY ENOUGH SEATING!!!!!!!!!!!! WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVING TO STAND THE WHOLE TIME!

[ragin2112cajun]

Well its that time of the year for us cajun fans to welcome the future of our beloved program!Not living in Lafayette any more I do my best to keep up with the program.The class as a whole from reading up seems pretty impressive considering some of the devastating losses that we suffered last season.
The real question is what can the COACHING STAFF do with the kids that we have in the fold for next year,when you consider only a handfull of these new recruits will see game action next season.
Upgrades,new turf,etc only geaux so far with the wishy washy cajun fans around Lafayette!Wins is the only cure all that fixes everything and the locals have expressed their unhappiness with Bustle.
He came here with such high credentials but his offensive success at V.Tech came with a once and a several years athlete in Mike Vick at QB.
With the success of FAU it only makes you shake your head.They have only been a program for a little over a decade.Where we have been going at it for over a hundred years!
Please Bustle for all of us use this Lenten season to get on your knees and pray to the football gods to wish football greatness on you and your staff.

[Zeebart21]

So no news on the baseball stadium, field, lights, etc. What was the big announcement? Does cajun field need turf to go bowling? does the tigue need upgrades to host a regional?

Maybe baseball is it's own program seperate from the rest of the university, it seems that way in alot of ways. Maybe baseball will make it's own announcement at fan day or something like that?

I hope that being a year behind ULM's upgraded field is not our proud announcement. Now I get to go to work and tell the LSUAMBR fans " yeah we got turf ". I'm calling in sick.

Wait a minute, you are concerned about facing lsu morons at work? Does that really bother you?

Z

[zephyr]

_ man, UL NEEDS TO SHELL OUT SOME MONEY AND HIRE A GOOD MARKETING EXEC.......OR JUST TAKE SOME COMMON SENSE ADVICE FROM FANS ON THIS SITE FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! _

Maybe you could elaborate a bit. The only way they can take your advice and use it is to receive it. I doubt they would spend all of their free time browsing these forums looking for marketing advice. Maybe those who feel that they have some valuable insight into certain things can email or call and speak to someone of importance. Seems to me that it will work instead of complaining about it here. Sorry, not trying to offend anyone but its JMO.

[Shammy]

_ Maybe you could elaborate a bit. The only way they can take your advice and use it is to receive it. I doubt they would spend all of their free time browsing these forums looking for marketing advice. Maybe those who feel that they have some valuable insight into certain things can email or call and speak to someone of importance. Seems to me that it will work instead of complaining about it here. Sorry, not trying to offend anyone but its JMO. _

First how about promoting all events over all the radio stations in acadiana,not just espn 1420.

Billboards outside of Lafayette, put some on I10 and I49

Advertise events at other newspapers in crowley ,eunice and other surronding areas.


Any other ideas......

[zephyr]

That is the question you must answer. I can't see how not having signs on I-10 and 49 makes our marketing dept. a waste of space. Actually, it seems like a waste of money. The radio ideas I can go with along with the Advertiser getting on board to help stimulate some excitement amongst readers. Actually, this is where I would start as part of administration, by calling the newspaper and explaining our position and begging for more coverage.

As an owner of a billboard in town I can tell you that there is no more of a waste of money than getting one of these to promote what?? Our recruiting event?

[JamesTheJeweler]

_ Maybe you could elaborate a bit. The only way they can take your advice and use it is to receive it. I doubt they would spend all of their free time browsing these forums looking for marketing advice. Maybe those who feel that they have some valuable insight into certain things can email or call and speak to someone of importance. Seems to me that it will work instead of complaining about it here. Sorry, not trying to offend anyone but its JMO. _

my point was kinda that if it seems like common sense to most of us (thus the word "COMMON SENSE") seems they could figure it out themselves!

[RaginCajun77]

That is the question you must answer. I can't see how not having signs on I-10 and 49 makes our marketing dept. a waste of space. Actually, it seems like a waste of money. The radio ideas I can go with along with the Advertiser getting on board to help stimulate some excitement amongst readers. Actually, this is where I would start as part of administration, by calling the newspaper and explaining our position and begging for more coverage.

As an owner of a billboard in town I can tell you that there is no more of a waste of money than getting one of these to promote what?? Our recruiting event?

zephyr I can tell you that three different marketing plans were submitted to Athletic Marketing in the Spring of 2007. Needless to say none of the ideas were used.