Just to make it interesting you may only pick one, but post what your top 5 in order!
I will post mine after I make the poll.
Pressure wash & seal stadium
Finish off grassy area of stadium seating
Sky boxes on the student side
Remodel baseball and softball stadiums
Add on to the weigtroom doubling its size to 13,000sqft
Advertisment Brick wall with huge vision panel on Bertrand/West Congress
Long Gym totally remodeled
Build New baseball and remodel baseball for softball
Parking garage built up along the student side of football stadium able to enter stadium from tower
South endzone multi story building
Weight room built between track and baseball complex
Softball locker room and club house in center field
Softball box seats down the lines like baseball
Cajun Athletic Foundation(CAF)
Weight room attached to Long Gym or in it for women sports only
Just to make it interesting you may only pick one, but post what your top 5 in order!
I will post mine after I make the poll.
- Pressure washing and sealing Cajun Field.
- Put the "C" back in Cajun Field.
- Improvements to Tigue Moore Field
- Improvements to the Softball Complex.
- Build a covering of some sort for the student side of Cajun Field.
1) Finish makeover of football field (wash, paint, etc.)
2) New Baseball Facility
3) New Softball Facility
4) Bulldoze Blackham and build a new basketball arena
5) Tell he Cajundome to f&^$ off.
I really didn't have a 5th one, but I guess it fits. Maybe Michael can donate a university golf course when he makes it to Tiger status!!
It's hard to say cause I would like all of these, however, moving the baseball stadium and using the old one for softball would cancel out a few of the needed softball improvements. Kinda kill two birds with one stone...
1. Finish stadium improvements, field, washing/cleaning
2. Baseball/Softball improvements (whatever is decided)
3. RCAF (so we can raise money for future improvements like....)
4. Parking garage on student side of football stadium
5. Sky boxes on student side of football stadium
My top five are:
1) The Skyboxes on the student side(this will cause the next two to happen by default
2) Finish the grassy area of the bowl of the stadium making it the final destination of the Red Zone
3) Pressure wash the stadium as it would really look bad if it had not been done yet
4) Remodel Baseball and Softball I really love both complexes or build new baseball and remodel baseball for soft ball whatever is best for our TWO best programs
5) Start the Cajun Athletic Foundation without increased revenues and organized fund raising we wont get where we need to get fast enough
1. Athletic Foundation - money is needed to make any of the other items a reality.
2. Renovate athletic dorms - recruits want to see that they ar egoing to have good accomadations.
3. Improved training table - recruits want to see that they are gong to be fed well and it also insures that they have the extra nutrition they need to perform.
4. Academic Center - resources to help student athletes gain and maintain eligibility.
5. Athletic Center with lounge / recreation facilites for athletes - recruits are swayed by these amenitites.
All of the above will help in the recruiting wars. Winning the recruiting wars helps you win on the field. After that we can worry about improving stadiums for the fans' comfort.
The thing that will have the most impact is not on your list. That thing is to improve the living quarter conditions for our athletes. That may mean a new building with an athletic academic center tied in or increased apartment funding. Note, you cannot have a dorm strictly for athletes any more. That situation is one advantage ULM has over us as some of their commitments have commented positively on that situation. Improving day to day living conditions for athletes will do more to improve recruiting than anything else.
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