Assign Robert Lee the Lady Cajuns head coaching job.

[CajunZ1]

_ a 1000 people at the first round home game? how can you not afford it. there should have been 5-6k. just last night you could have made 40,000 more in ticket sales. takes money to make money. if you make a wise investment in a coach it shouldnt cost you anything, it should make you money. why cant people see that. _

Let my try it this way.

That 40k in ticket sales, etc can't be directly applied to the coaches salary.

In other words you can't claim that 40k lost is 40k gained for a prospective new coach (presuming that a new coach translates to more people, which is probably a safe assumption). Mainly because that 40k is split up many different ways. And because of that the decision isn't so clear cut.

Another way to say it is that firing Lee and hiring a new coach will not "pay for itself" with increased ticket sales imo.

The bottom line is you have to have the money to do it. And with the possible cuts coming, all I'm saying is that it's entirely possible that regardless of attendence figures, we may not have enough money in 2009 to fire a coach and offer another coach a highly competitive salary.

The AD may decide to simply let Lee play his contract out, and then look for a guy in 2010. (hopefully not, because this board would surely be in full on psycho lockdown mode!)

[AstroCajun]

_this board would surely be in full on psycho lockdown mode!) _

You mean we arent' there now?

Could have fooled me.


It's time for the Administration to sit down and give a long hard look at the shape of our hoops program. The answer is obvious.

[Zeebart21]

_ Let my try it this way.

That 40k in ticket sales, etc can't be directly applied to the coaches salary.

In other words you can't claim that 40k lost is 40k gained for a prospective new coach (presuming that a new coach translates to more people, which is probably a safe assumption). Mainly because that 40k is split up many different ways. And because of that the decision isn't so clear cut.

Another way to say it is that firing Lee and hiring a new coach will not "pay for itself" with increased ticket sales imo.

The bottom line is you have to have the money to do it. And with the possible cuts coming, all I'm saying is that it's entirely possible that regardless of attendence figures, we may not have enough money in 2009 to fire a coach and offer another coach a highly competitive salary.

The AD may decide to simply let Lee play his contract out, and then look for a guy in 2010. (hopefully not, because this board would surely be in full on psycho lockdown mode!)

[CajunZ1]

_ _

Now why can't you make your avatar that big, Z...?

[CrazyCajun]

_ Let my try it this way.

That 40k in ticket sales, etc can't be directly applied to the coaches salary.

In other words you can't claim that 40k lost is 40k gained for a prospective new coach (presuming that a new coach translates to more people, which is probably a safe assumption). Mainly because that 40k is split up many different ways. And because of that the decision isn't so clear cut.

Another way to say it is that firing Lee and hiring a new coach will not "pay for itself" with increased ticket sales imo.

The bottom line is you have to have the money to do it. And with the possible cuts coming, all I'm saying is that it's entirely possible that regardless of attendence figures, we may not have enough money in 2009 to fire a coach and offer another coach a highly competitive salary.

The AD may decide to simply let Lee play his contract out, and then look for a guy in 2010. (hopefully not, because this board would surely be in full on psycho lockdown mode!) _

i know the 40k in last nights ticket sales cannot be applied directly. Take 4000 less fans over a period of 20 home games,take half of the season tickets and throw them out the window if you keep him. take a good chunk of the donations and throw them out the window. just like that 40k cant directly be applied, its not cut and dry that we dont have the money. i promise you if the administration was willing to move on and buyout lee and had a good coach willing to come here, we will find the money. talk recession all you want but everyone knows that lafayette has more money than it knows what to do with. somebody will step up and buy out his contract. now if you dont think that robert lee will cost us more than a 150,000 by staying next year your crazy.As i have said before i dont think it is all lee's fault. i think this team quit on him several times. its time for a change. people are tired of seeing the same ol crap from this administration. we are talking about 150k not 1.5 million.

[Zeebart21]

_ Now why can't you make your avatar that big, Z...? _

Summer is on its way!!!

[CajunZ1]

_ talk recession all you want but everyone knows that lafayette has more money than it knows what to do with. somebody will step up and buy out his contract.

I guess I've been watching too much glen beck lately...

I'll say this: I hope you're right.

[CrazyCajun]

_ I guess I've been watching too much glen beck lately...

I'll say this: I hope you're right. _

well i promise you the rest of the country is feeling the recession a lot harder than lafayette is.

[CajunProud]

I think a tremendous amount of harm has been done to the BBall program, not irreparable, but a lot. Having said that, I don't think we have the money to buy Coach Lee out and hire someone who is that much better than Coach Lee to justify the buy out. I have really had a change of heart on this issue after listening to Stevie P this morning. While I agree that this is a business and wins and losses are the ultimate driving force behind the decision to fire a coach, I think we have all (myself included) lost focus on what this University is here for. It is first and foremost an institution of higher learning. College sports has become big business and seems to be driving the bus when it should be academics. Don't get me wrong, I love college sports as much as any of you here, but at what expense. I believe in my heart that Coach Lee is a good man, and he loves this University. Is he the right coach for the job? I don't know, but what I do know is that he has cleaned up the program and the kids go to class, and for that, I respect and admire him. He has one more year left on his contract and I say he should be allowed to finish out his tenure. Being a good man and a quality person should count for something these days.

[Turbine]

The mistake was the rewarding of a 2 year extension for only going .500 even though you had the luxury of being in a mediocre conference.

jmo


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