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    Quote Originally Posted by DestinCajun View Post
    tomato-based gumbo?
    Hey, what can I say? It's Baton Rouge.

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    This is so COOL Re: UL War Room

    Quote Originally Posted by Turbine View Post
    _ I imagine the UL War Room to be like the War Room on Draft day for an NFL team. A draft day war room atmosphere except even more so, a bunch of hustling bustling, jockeying, maneuvering, offering, negotiating, compromising, debating trumping and not wavering and so much more.

    How would you have liked to be in the UL Bowl War Room from Thursday thru Sunday?

    I can see it now T-Joe banging the phones touting UL's assets to all who would listen.

    I can picture David Walker in another corner of the room in virtual lockdown calling each member of every bowl committee espousing the virtues of picking the Ragin' Cajuns.

    Scott Walker teaching everyone how to market the school like Troy did for their first bowl game.

    Daryl Cetnar would be there calling every media outlet from Hawaii to Detroit and Houston to Birmingham and even Louisiana town in between, with a UL story of the day.

    Of course Matt Hebert would be emailing the Tyrell Fenroy story to ever media outlet as well, and then following it up with the first of its kind ever Desormeaux-Fenroy story.

    I can almost see Ricky Bustle in yet another corner of the room calling all his old contacts in that busy four day span...

    Oh look Gerald Hebert making offers the bowl committees simply could not refuse.

    Notice: This is all in my imagination folks. I have no idea how the events in the UL War Room transpired. I'm just saying I would like to have been there. I don't wish I was there so as to criticize the results. You can’t criticize effort. You can’t! I wish I was there just to see how everything was handled and how much communications there was between all the responsible parties.

    I'll bet tensions were high and I hope cooler heads prevailed. It's just sad that when the powers that be put this much effort into an endeavor that they can't see more good for their hard work.

    Someday I would like to see the UL War Room in action.

    jmo _
    Good comments, Turbine. Very well put. Hopefully, many will read this and gain some level headedness as a result.

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    Turb you are a goofball. David Walker is reclusive with fans and media. You can't really picture the man proactively wheeling and dealing for a spot in a bowl game can you? He is not the war room type, it's not in him.


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    Quote Originally Posted by 1stTake View Post
    _ Turb you are a goofball. David Walker is reclusive with fans and media. You can't really picture the man proactively wheeling and dealing for a spot in a bowl game can you? He is not the war room type, it's not in him. _
    agreed; not the part that turb is a goofball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbine
    "Daryl Cetnar would be there calling every media outlet from Hawaii to Detroit and Houston to Birmingham and even Louisiana town in between, with a UL story of the day."
    Yeah, right. The only folks he would be calling would be his travel agent to arrange a vacation in the middle of basketball or football season -- leaving key game duties to an underpaid, but extremely loyal and talented staff of underlings.

    Quote Originally Posted by Turbine
    "Someday I would like to see the UL War Room in action."
    No you wouldn't. Unless you are a glutton for punishmenent, you might be disappointed by what you would NOT see happening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1stTake View Post
    _ Turb you are a goofball. David Walker is reclusive with fans and media. You can't really picture the man proactively wheeling and dealing for a spot in a bowl game can you? He is not the war room type, it's not in him. _
    Don't be naive. And don't confuse reclusiveness with passivity, ignorance or a lack of courage.

    There are people in this town that you wouldn't want to tangle with because of their money or their clout, and mano a mano, there are others you don't want to fight because of their size, speed, or skills.

    Trust me: you do NOT want to match political wits with David Walker. He is one of the fastest thinkers and meanest hard-ballers you'll ever run across. There was a reason that he dealt with the NCAA when UL had problems. He even got the NCAA to back down from time to time.

    And you don't want to burn him. Oh, you'll occasionally succeed.

    Exactly one time. He won't say a word. But after that, he will study you, your co-conspirators, the rules of the game, and everything about what happened. The next time it comes up, you'll get a butt-whoopin' like you've never seen.

    My ancestors supposedly said that "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Well, David Walker is the master of vichyssois. The Indy Bowl & Tech burned him once. Let's hope they enjoyed it.

    A whole lot...

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    Quote Originally Posted by CajunFun View Post
    _ Don't be naive. And don't confuse reclusiveness with passivity, ignorance or a lack of courage.

    There are people in this town that you wouldn't want to tangle with because of their money or their clout, and mano a mano, there are others you don't want to fight because of their size, speed, or skills.

    Trust me: you do NOT want to match political wits with David Walker. He is one of the fastest thinkers and meanest hard-ballers you'll ever run across. There was a reason that he dealt with the NCAA when UL had problems. He even got the NCAA to back down from time to time.

    And you don't want to burn him. Oh, you'll occasionally succeed.

    Exactly one time. He won't say a word. But after that, he will study you, your co-conspirators, the rules of the game, and everything about what happened. The next time it comes up, you'll get a butt-whoopin' like you've never seen.

    My ancestors supposedly said that "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Well, David Walker is the master of vichyssois. The Indy Bowl & Tech burned him once. Let's hope they enjoyed it.

    A whole lot... _

    You have got to be kidding me with this garbage.

    Please do tell what the master mind David Walker has up his sleeve now, or can you not say because the mere thought of what he has planned will cause you to go into a comma.

    Give me a freakin break.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbine View Post
    We have a War Room?

    Gentlemen, there's no fighting in the war room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CajunProud View Post
    _ You have got to be kidding me with this garbage.

    Please do tell what the master mind David Walker has up his sleeve now, or can you not say because the mere thought of what he has planned will cause you to go into a comma.

    Give me a freakin break. _
    Doh! You're absolutely right. I've spent the past 30 years watching this University and learning who the players are, and how they got there.

    But what do I know?

    I'm just a low-life liar, and you're the Second Coming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CajunFun View Post
    _ Doh! You're absolutely right. I've spent the past 30 years watching this University and learning who the players are, and how they got there.

    But what do I know?

    I'm just a low-life liar, and you're the Second Coming. _
    Brilliant response.

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