"I give exactly zero dollars to the program."
RCAJUN90
Now, who woulda figured....
PS Zero is what your opinions on UL athletics are worth as well.
"I give exactly zero dollars to the program."
RCAJUN90
Now, who woulda figured....
PS Zero is what your opinions on UL athletics are worth as well.
I don't think we have hired someone with previous college head coaching experience in my lifetime. Therefore it is something that should be looked at the next time that decision has to be made. We all know your opinion that Bustle should not have been retained. That is moot as he is the coach for this season. If the Cajuns have a good season he will return. If not, he won't. He won't get an extension with a 4 and 8 record as you state he will. Continually telling people we need a change does absolutely no good at this stage. Regardless where our next hire comes from, we will have to make a significant financial commitment to attract a quality candidate. That commitment does involve facilities as well as salary. As far as folks who participate here and contribute to the program, none of them are Daddy Warbucks. This is a group of people putting up 50 bucks here and there for various projects.
Bottom line if you want a winning program (not a 6 and 6 like ULM was this past year), additional dollars will have to be found.
I don't like the style they went to this past year. I did like the first "Louisiana" style with the shoulder "flashes" that were worn the previous year. They seemed to be popular and had a somewhat classic look. I don't know why we changed.
Those uniforms, while not my choice either, were better than the current ones.
I remember the MT game from that year. Their uniforms were EXACTLY the same only blue and white.
One day someone in the administration will have an apple fall on their head and realize that traditional uniforms are the only way to go and suggest we "go back to our roots" with these unis:
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I think I have mention this before and maybe even in this thread but here's our main problem with uniforms, logos etc. Who exactly are we? Are we UL, ULL, Louisiana Lafayette, UL Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette, UL Ragin Cajuns, Ragin Cajuns, ULL Ragin Cajuns or whatever other names you've heard. You get the point. If you take a look at any university whether it be Texas, Florida, Notre Dame, Duke, UNC, and hell even ULM and McNeese you will notice that they have pretty much one or two identifying logos. If I were to guess we would have about 10. We need Logos and Licensing to buckle down and use no more than 3 official logos. Whether it be the pepper (which I would hope not), the interlocking UL w/ or w/o Lafayette below, Louisiana, Ragin Cajuns, Cajuns, etc. We will never be nationally known because someone who watches a lot of sports in say New York sees us on TV one month and we are ULL. The next month he sees us and we the name on the bottom is UL LAF. This is a huge problem. We must restrict television, both local and national, to use one name and logo. We seek national recognition but have established our own idendity.
Having great looking uniforms that effectively display who you are is a great marketing tool that should be appealing to the public. And, effective marketing generates revenue. Winning is critical, obviously. Why not win while looking good and be attractive to the public? The two are not mutually exclusive. It's the total package. You don't have to eliminate one to be successful in the other.
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