The Summer of 08 and The Search for a New track coach

[cajun4ever]

Huge opportunity just passed us by. Boo was willing to come here for the same money they were paying Silvey. He called the admin. about the job, and no one called him back. And before you ask, got the info from a friend who spoke to him directly. Mahfouz will do the best he can, but we got a Camry when we could have had a Ferrari.

[cajun4life]

Huge opportunity just passed us by. Boo was willing to come here for the same money they were paying Silvey. He called the admin. about the job, and no one called him back. And before you ask, got the info from a friend who spoke to him directly. Mahfouz will do the best he can, but we got a Camry when we could have had a Ferrari.

If this is true, I rest my case. This is the same athletic department and thing will not change.

[cajun4ever]

Same ole, same ole!

[cajun4ever]

Does this mean we're gonna win 4A next year?

Discouraged!

[Sonsissymia]

_ Does this mean we're gonna win 4A next year?

Discouraged! _

don't be sarcastic; 4A might be tougher to win than the 'belt.

[cajun4life]

don't be sarcastic; 4A might be tougher to win than the 'belt.

Don't be ridiculous. You come on here and most people tolerate your LSU bull and your backhanded compliments, but the Sunbelt conference in track is pretty competitive. Its not the SEC or the Pac 10, but as a whole it has generally produced All Americans year in and year out. You could take every college level track athlete in the state and all put them on UL's track team and we would still struggle to win the Belt. LSU does not win with locals unless Jamaica has been annexed by the Banana Republic AKA Louisiana.

[Sonsissymia]

_ Don't be ridiculous. You come on here and most people tolerate your LSU bull and your backhanded compliments, but the Sunbelt conference in track is pretty competitive. Its not the SEC or the Pac 10, but as a whole it has generally produced All Americans year in and year out. You could take every college level track athlete in the state and all put them on UL's track team and we would still struggle to win the Belt. LSU does not win with locals unless Jamaica has been annexed by the Banana Republic AKA Louisiana. _

jamaica me very happy by noticing my modest little post.

cajun4, it was a joke; i warned the other poster away from sarcasm, and then posted my own. of course the sun belt, or even a division 16 conference school could beat a local hi-school champ. cheese and rice, take it easy.

[DaddyCajun]

Ok track fans and all types of UL fans, we have a track coach. He will lead our track program with or without our help. I can assure you this that with your help and positive talk his job and our program will be MUCH more sucessful than without your support.

Lets get track off and running(pun intended)!

[Sonsissymia]

_ Ok track fans and all types of UL fans, we have a track coach. He will lead our track program with or without our help. I can assure you this that with your help and positive talk his job and our program will be MUCH more sucessful than without your support.

Lets get track off and running(pun intended)! _

i hope he will field all questions.

[VObserver]

_ Ok track fans and all types of UL fans, we have a track coach. He will lead our track program with or without our help. I can assure you this that with your help and positive talk his job and our program will be MUCH more sucessful than without your support.

Lets get track off and running(pun intended)! _

Daddy, I wonder if you would be so cheerful and positive if Robe resigned and we replaced him with, say, Wayne Grenfeld, a two time Louisiana HS Coach of the Year with no collegiate experience?

You need to remember that historically, Track has been MUCH more successful nationally than has baseball.

I'm not knocking Coach Mafouz; I think he can consistantly finish in the middle of the pack in the SBC, which will be enough to satisfy the University and Athletic Administrations, though not the real fans of UL Track. I just think we should have done a better job of searching for someone who can come in and return UL to it's former position of being a top 20 finisher in the NCAA's on a fairly regular basis. I fervently hope I am proven wrong in my assessment of both Coach Mafouz' ability to recruit [ I KNOW he can coach well enough to win if he has the athletes], and in my assessment of the committment of the Administration to actual SUCCESS, rather than lip service.