Robichaux receiving bonuses for UL's big season

[sportsfanatic21]

Facilities get us out of the sunbelt. Getting out of the sunbelt generates more money than all coaches can combined.

Exactly

[CajunRebel]

Facilities get us out of the sunbelt. Getting out of the sunbelt generates more money than all coaches can combined.

The right kind of facilities gets us out of the Sun Belt.

[CajunRebel]

What are your feelings about Hud's extension/raise?

Love it!

[sportsfanatic21]

Love it!

Why do you think they're paying him so much?

It's to continue to build the football program, which leads to increased interest in the program, which leads to more donors, season ticket holders, butts in the seats, etc. and you need a place to put the butts in the seats. And with said revenue increases you have funding for further facility upgrades, larger budgets, and upgrading of our conference affiliation, which leads to MORE revenue through tv contracts, as well as being a HUGE factor in recruiting, which then leads to more and more of the same. Why pay the coaches a ton of money if you don't plan on growth of your athletic department? Just to be nice? No. It's to grow your programs. And to grow your program, you have to have the facilities to accommodate the growth. The expansion goes hand and hand with the contract extensions and salary increases. AND, without them, those extensions would not have been signed.

[CajunRebel]

When did I ever suggest we shouldn't be spending money on facilities? Never. Of course we should spend money on facilities.

Look, we're just going to disagree on this. If you're really interested to learn why I think we could have spent our money better I'd be happy to explain it to you, but I'm guessing you aren't all that interested.

I really have no desire to hop on another merry go round on this issue.

[sportsfanatic21]

When did I ever suggest we shouldn't be spending money on facilities? Never. Of course we should spend money on facilities.

Look, we're just going to disagree on this. If you're really interested to learn why I think we could have spent our money better I'd be happy to explain it to you, but I'm guessing you aren't all that interested.

I really have no desire to hop on another merry go round on this issue.

Neither do I. And I don't recall your prior thoughts on stadium expansion. The posts I've made here are in direct reference to your post on page two...

"When people got on my case last year for suggesting we shouldn't be spending money on a football stadium expansion we don't really need, this is what I was talking about.

That 6 million dollars could have helped pay Deggs enough to not make him want to go looking elsewhere."

According to that post, you are saying that you'd rather spend money on keeping coaches here than on "on a football stadium expansion we don't really need". If that's not what you mean, then ok.

[CajunFan3406]

So Rebel, explain to the board how the money bonded to us by the state for the stadium expansion could have been used towards a coach's salary.

[BayouRichard]

In all honesty, if I could do so without upsetting Robe and Babineaux, I'd pay Deggs more than Robe.

I'm not saying it would be fair, but in any business the guy who is open to leaving usually gets paid more than the vet who isn't.

What you are saying is that it's ok for the guy that works for you makes more money than you.

[CajunRebel]

What you are saying is that it's ok for the guy that works for you makes more money than you.

Ever work in the oilfield?

[CajunAmos]

This is the same as professors griping about Hud's salary. The $6 million being spent on stadium expansion will generate millions in revenue over time. Paying an assistant coach $100,000 will not. Its been said over and over, football funds all of the other sports. Whether you like or not, agree with it or not, it is a fact. With the football stadium expansion, funds will be generated that will help all of the other programs. Saying that paying assistant coaches instead of expanding the stadium is bassackwards. Expand the stadium, generate revenue, THEN you can pay your coaches. If you skip the revenue generating part, and as you said "find funds" to pay coaches now, you will never get anywhere. You will ALWAYS be trying to "find funds". It's called an investment. Look it up.

Actually it's not a fact with respect to Cajun baseball. If I'm not mistaken, Cajun baseball has been self funding for a number of years.

[Dad04]

The baseball team was netting over $100K just on beer sales ten years ago, according to sources. I would expect they are still in the black overall.

[duggie85]

So Rebel, explain to the board how the money bonded to us by the state for the stadium expansion could have been used towards a coach's salary.

Crickets....

[Turbine]

... Its been said over and over, football funds all of the other sports. Whether you like or not, agree with it or not, it is a fact. With the football stadium expansion, funds will be generated that will help all of the other programs.

I contend football swallows every penny it raises.

Football is to Athletics what athletics is to a university. The front porch.

Football is the front of the front porch.

Without football you never get an RCAF that benefits all sports, no multipurpose IPF.

But as far as funding other sports directly, or in part? No way, it uses every dime it makes.

[sportsfanatic21]

I contend football swallows every penny it raises.

Football is to Athletics what athletics is to a university. The front porch.

Football is the front of the front porch.

Without football you never get an RCAF that benefits all sports, no multipurpose IPF.

But as far as funding other sports directly, or in part? No way, it uses every dime it makes.

Don't the last 2 statements contradict each other? Football drives RCAF, and we've seen incredible growth in the athletic department since Hud has been here, and the football program has become viable. So to say no way to it funding even "in part" doesn't seem to match up.

[sportsfanatic21]

I guess "funding" may not be the right word. Can we agree that football supports all of the other sports?