2009 UL Football Head Coach Is????

[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.

[RCAJUN90]

_ Wait until November? While I agree that having this conversation is about as appealing as all of the BS we've talked about all summer, I don't think that we need to wait until November to decide whether or not this coach has the ability to do his job properly. How does a coaching staff say all of the garbage they said (Best camp in 31 years; bigger, faster, stronger; TNT; more intensity and better chemistry) and still lay an egg with multiple turnovers, stupid penalties, lack of emotion and intensity, and simply getting manhandled. How do you spend the first 40 minutes of every practice working on fundamentals and tackle as poorly as they did. Like some people said, while USM is a great team, they aren't USC or Ohio St, but we made them look like it. I don't care if this team ends up winning 7 games this year, or knocks off Kansas St or Illinois, a performance like the one on Saturday gives me 0 confidence that this coach knows how to prepare for a game, adjust to what the other team is doing, can keep it's opponent on its toes, or whatever. I don't care if we win 5 games in the SBC, I care about not being embarrassed in the 1st game. I care about beating those ahead of us (USM) and competing with bigger schools (KSU and Illinois, and Nebraska and LSU next year). When we start to do those things, we'll easily start to win conference championships.

I didn't think I could be any less excited about Cajun Football after the McNeese debacle last year, but Rickey Bustle has managed to make me very disinterested about even traveling to Lafayette for the home opener. I'll certainly be there, and I'll even go into the game, simply because it's football and because I will continue to do my part to help the school I love. But other than the chance to hang out with my friends and have a good time in some nice weather, I'm not really looking forward to it.

If they don't make a change this year, I surely hope they don't call me next year to renew my 10 tickets, or write that check to the RCAF that I've been wanting to write for so long. I may not be a heavy hitter or a big booster, but I've given a good amount based strictly on hope, and I've lost all hope. If they're not going to renew my hope, then I'm not going to renew my donations.

And have no worries, my comments will not be confined to this board, but will be forwarded to those who make the decisions. And, like Destin, I hope the rest of you do the same. _

Oh yes bury your head in the sand. It has worked so well over the last 15 years! Poking fun and calling for BUSTED'S head may be the only entertainment we get this football season.

Thank you for giving but I fear it was bad money after good. I can't be a heavy hitter either but if the university is serious, I can give some.

[HoustonCajun]

_ Oh yes bury your head in the sand. It has worked so well over the last 15 years! Poking fun and calling for BUSTED'S head may be the only entertainment we get this football season.

Thank you for giving but I fear it was bad money after good. I can't be a heavy hitter either but if the university is serious, I can give some. _

"but if the university is serious ..." Now that is the question. Is this university serious about fielding a winning team? We are highly competitve in 1 sport, softball, and lately only marginally competitive in baseball and basketball. We are non-competitive in all other sports. So, let's face it, we are a women's softball school. You decide for yourself if that should continue to be UL's only claim to athletic fame. It is certainly time for UL to make that decision.

[RCAJUN90]

_ "but if the university is serious ..." Now that is the question. Is this university serious about fielding a winning team? We are highly competitve in 1 sport, softball, and lately only marginally competitive in baseball and basketball. We are non-competitive in all other sports. So, let's face it, we are a women's softball school. You decide for yourself if that should continue to be UL's only claim to athletic fame. It is certainly time for UL to make that decision. _

You know, I know a few guys from around here that never finished college but really wanted to back Tulane. After about ten years they gave up saying Tulane is not serious about football and became a purple and gold fan.

[HoustonCajun]

_ You know, I know a few guys from around here that never finished college but really wanted to back Tulane. After about ten years they gave up saying Tulane is not serious about football and became a purple and gold fan. _

Can you blame them? Schools need fans, not just alumni, to support them. How else does Notre Dame or USC, for example, get the kind of support that they have. LSU is another example. They have a lot of fans who never went to school there. UL could have possibly had those fans, but they won't support a losing program. I'll take bandwagon fans if we ever get to the point that we are attractive to them. Once you get them on board, you need to sustain winning to keep them. We need fan support in person and in dollars. We cannot survive with our core group of alumni and diehards. We need to excite and energize the entire community to support this school and its football program. It is up to the university to make the necessary changes to make that happen. Until then, it will be business as usual resulting in a deteriorating support base.

[RCAJUN90]

_ Can you blame them? Schools need fans, not just alumni, to support them. How else does Notre Dame or USC, for example, get the kind of support that they have. LSU is another example. They have a lot of fans who never went to school there. UL could have possibly had those fans, but they won't support a losing program. I'll take bandwagon fans if we ever get to the point that we are attractive to them. Once you get them on board, you need to sustain winning to keep them. We need fan support in person and in dollars. We cannot survive with our core group of alumni and diehards. We need to excite and energize the entire community to support this school and its football program. It is up to the university to make the necessary changes to make that happen. Until then, it will be business as usual resulting in a deteriorating support base. _

That is the thing that blinded those Ksips. John Q. Public don't visit these boards. They don't really care other than if we show them a good time. It will take several years to get them back with even a great coach. I'm fearful if we have not hit a point of no return. Bustle had to work! He didn't! If we had a program to get excited about I have no doubt the alumni and community would come behind it. I know of many alumni and even former players that have given up. Give them something to get excited about. Ksip and all we all want the same things. Great Cajun athletics!

[CajunNation]

Guys, Guys, Guys.....cool it.


One game does not warrant this thread. Maybe by mid-season, not now.

We were not going to go undefeated, so just give it a rest. ALL of our season goals are still within reach.