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[cajunblogger]

While I will agree that Saturday's game was not what we waited all off-season to see unfold, I don't think we need to provide the student athletes on this football team with this kind of negativity. There will be a venue in which the timing of such a discussion, and with the powers that be can be made on what changes need to be made for us to improve our football program.

This team, no matter of the coaches that lead it, deserve our support. If in fact we are true Cajun supporters, this board will not be used to make condescending remarks on a team of young players that are working to improve their play.

_ Well said.

I also drive in from Houston for every home game. I have 5 regular season tickets and purchased the corporate season ticket package for an additional 25 season tickets, which adds up to a grand total of 30 season tickets purchased. I read all of the optimism spewed by the coaches and some posters on this board before the USM game and wondered how all of a sudden we expected so many things to change on offense and defense from last season. We have been hearing the same positive things every offseason, and see the same old things on the field when the games start.

I am 27 years old and have been attending games for as long as I can remember. I have vague memories of the Brian Mitchell teams and a few good memories from the Jake Delhomme teams, but during my tenure as a Cajun football fan, I don't have much to hang my hat on. I consider myself a die hard, but am losing faith. It's not easy giving up a whole weekend to make the 4+ hour drive to and from Lafayette, to watch us lose in sloppy fashion most of the time.....but I do it anyway. If I am losing faith, I can only imagine what the casual fan is thinking.

I am not one to call for a coches head, but in Bustle's own words this was the best camp he has ever had and the players have gotten bigger, stronger and faster from last year. Seems to me that the fault lies with coaching. The team that I saw play on Saturday was the same team that I saw playing the last couple of years, even with all of these so called changes. It was pitiful. _

[Corndog308]

_ While I will agree that Saturday's game was not what we waited all off-season to see unfold, I don't think we need to provide the student athletes on this football team with this kind of negativity. There will be a venue in which the timing of such a discussion, and with the powers that be can be made on what changes need to be made for us to improve our football program.

This team, no matter of the coaches that lead it, deserve our support. If in fact we are true Cajun supporters, this board will not be used to make condescending remarks on a team of young players that are working to improve their play. _

No one is doubting the players. No one is providing the players with negativity. The coaching staff is taking the blow from this board. And by the way, this IS the venue for special topics such as this. We all support the players. They ALWAYS give their all. We're simply sharing our views about our struggling program and especially our struggling coaching staff. It's year 7 dude. Year 7 of Bustle's tenure. We want to win!! And we're all frustrated with a coaching staff that seems to never put us in that position.

[raginsaints]

Josh Henson

[SlappyCajun]

_ It would be great to see the student body actually support the football team. UL's tuition remains cheap when compared to LSU, and yet the SGA has never even considered proposing an athletics fee to help with our anemic budget. Winning costs money, there's no getting around it. _

The students did pass an auxiliary building fee. They paid for the indoor practice facility. Also, the students did support the program. There was a swell of support. Look at the Minnesota game when coach Bustle first got here. The student side was packed. Students have supported the program in far greater numbers in the past five years.

[zephyr]

_ The students did pass an auxiliary building fee. They paid for the indoor practice facility. Also, the students did support the program. There was a swell of support. Look at the Minnesota game when coach Bustle first got here. The student side was packed. Students have supported the program in far greater numbers in the past five years. _

Not to argue here but the indoor practice facility was donated by the Moncla family if I'm not mistaken. He's talking about an enrollment fee that so many of the universities across this country assess their student body to help offset costs of largely growing ahletic budgets. However, I thought that it was not possible for us and ULM to assess students for such things...I could be wrong but there are people here that know better than I do

[CajunAmos]

Not to argue here but the indoor practice facility was donated by the Moncla family if I'm not mistaken. He's talking about an enrollment fee that so many of the universities across this country assess their student body to help offset costs of largely growing ahletic budgets. However, I thought that it was not possible for us and ULM to assess students for such things...I could be wrong but there are people here that know better than I do

This is what I remember about your points/questions.

Legislature doesn't allow universities in this state to assess/collect fees for athletics.

The indoor practice facility was built with student assessed fees, but it was done with the intent that it be used for a number of athletic purposes where the whole student body would have use for different purposes. If it was proposed as a football only facility, the student fees would not have been allowed by the legislature. The Moncla's have donated fees to cover "naming rights" for the building, but did not have anything to do with its construction.

[wgwillis]

_ I have never been one to join in on this kind of subject, but I have also come to the conclusion that "It's Time". We were not competitive with a team that we should have gone toe to toe with. Our coach had seven years to build a program and we lose "badly" to a team with a brand new coach. We've been really nice to Ricky, but now....."It's Time". He's had his chance and "as a team" during his tenure we've made very little progress. _

Yea you right!

Kajungolfer

[beavis11]

"Bungles" fate was sealed after the mcneese game. I was with a few former players after the game, and to say they were ____ed/embarrassed is an understatement. The casual fan has moved on and after we go 0-5 w/another loss to monroe the hardcore fan(me) will have moved on. THe only debate will be is when do we fire bungle. I say make it soon after the 5th/6th game and make a nationwide search and we're paying 350K + , kick-off RCAF, and state that the losing has to stop and we're getting serious about football - FINALLY!!!

[ImperialCajun]

Normally, I do not say anything about firing anybody, but,,, if you can not at least stay in the game with Southern Miss by this time, then you have not done your job. I divide division 1 into about five levels. The National Contenders are level 1, The top 20 schools, level 2 are teams that can give them a good game, level three is Southern Miss and North Carolina. If we were at least level 4 we could give them a game but we must be level 5 because we can NOT. McNeese is level 4 because they went the distance with NC.
This is the problem, Walker signed Bustle to a 2 year extension ( 09, 10 ). Now to make a move we have to ask donors for money, not to improve but to move on. It's ____ing money away. This does not make for enthusiastic donors. Or like me season ticket holders. Walker needs to go first.
Lastly, I want Viator from McNeese. He has done nothing but win with every program he has run and I would like to think that we would provide him the chance to beat the next level with the defeat of a level 2 or 3.

I do not like this kind of talk, but if we are going to put effort into this then lets move forward. Sincerely, Thomas

[CajunSaint]

the post i agree with the most, imperial cajun. first, we must clean house. that starts with "nice guy" david walker. enough with all this pansy-assed feel good about people who run our athletic program. farmer is up to par, but walker should be the first to go. then get our finances up to the level where it would be feasible to seek a much better qualified coach. we must be able to pay to have the people in place to move this football program forward to where we feel it should be. that will take money. i, for one, am prepared to step up and pay.