Should a coach be held responsible for losing a money game?

[cajunhawk]

_ I call bull____. I for one, am sick and tired of hearing this. Either we win or lose. It is crazy to be satisfied of playing it "close" for a game, then getting our asses whipped. This is absolutely embarrassing if we settle for this. What in the hell are we thinking if we accept for such an ass whipping and say "it's just a money game". That is bull____. We should not accept that. _

Do you honestly believe with the massive talent gap between us and Nebraska we should have expected to win. Why do you think we got an 800k check for this game? We dont accept anything, but we deal with it and we realize that Nebraska was out of our league. That is not bull____. Its pragmatism. Be real. W

[LFTCajun]

Face it, we all in the pre-season marked this off as an L on our pocket schedules.

Just wish we hadn't embarrassed ourselves.

[apb]

_ Do you honestly believe with the massive talent gap between us and Nebraska we should have expected to win. Why do you think we got an 800k check for this game? We dont accept anything, but we deal with it and we realize that Nebraska was out of our league. That is not bull____. Its pragmatism. Be real. W _

Look I, for one, am sick and tired of the excuses. I don't expect to win all of these games, but can we at least have some respect. We constantly accept these ass-whippings and say "we were supposed to lose?" What in the hell is that? HAVE SOME ____ING PRIDE!!! What does Troy do? Do they just accept every loss? When will we get over this loser attitude? We should NOT accept anything but the best effort. I don't care if we are underdogs!!! I will not be proud of all the years I spent here unless the effort matches the results.

[LFTCajun]

_ Look I, for one, am sick and tired of the excuses. I don't expect to win all of these games, but can we at least have some respect. We constantly accept these ass-whippings and say "we were supposed to lose?" What in the hell is that? HAVE SOME ____ING PRIDE!!! What does Troy do? Do they just accept every loss? When will we get over this loser attitude? We should NOT accept anything but the best effort. I don't care if we are underdogs!!! I will not be proud of all the years I spent here unless the effort matches the results. _

Amen Bro!

[cajunhawk]

_ Look I, for one, am sick and tired of the excuses. I don't expect to win all of these games, but can we at least have some respect. We constantly accept these ass-whippings and say "we were supposed to lose?" What in the hell is that? HAVE SOME ____ING PRIDE!!! What does Troy do? Do they just accept every loss? When will we get over this loser attitude? We should NOT accept anything but the best effort. I don't care if we are underdogs!!! I will not be proud of all the years I spent here unless the effort matches the results. _

Troy got blasted by a more talented team. Florida skulldrug them. Worse than we got handled. They got a check just like we did. Programs like us have to accept these beatings with a half hearted grin cause yeah we got beat up but we got paid. You bring up Troy why, because they got on top of LSU, I remind you they lost that game. Just like we did against LSU. LSU is an underacheiving, overtalented, bloated hype machine. Dont use Troy as an example. They take checks for losses like we do. I have pride. You need a dose of reality, this isnt NCAA 10 on PS3.

[bigspanky95]

_ ?.....Really how good is KSU? How good is LSU truthfully? How good is Nebraska? _

The truth of the matter is we haven't scored a touchdown in 10 qts. The last time we scored was against a poor K-State team,at home, in the rain. Didn't score against a HIGHLY overrated LSU team and got ran off the field by a solid Nebraska team......... So I ask how good are the teams that we have played so far? And thus I ask the question how good are we really?

[raginsaints]

My thread isn't in response to this past game, it's just my desire to be a respectable program and not to be one that is mocked around the country.

[apb]

_ Troy got blasted by a more talented team. Florida skulldrug them. Worse than we got handled. They got a check just like we did. Programs like us have to accept these beatings with a half hearted grin cause yeah we got beat up but we got paid. You bring up Troy why, because they got on top of LSU, I remind you they lost that game. Just like we did against LSU. LSU is an underacheiving, overtalented, bloated hype machine. Dont use Troy as an example. They take checks for losses like we do. I have pride. You need a dose of reality, this isnt NCAA 10 on PS3. _

Hey, your attitude is what is wrong. How many top teams have we beaten, and what kind of respect do we have nationally? It is not about if we win or lose, but we have NO RESPECT like Troy does. I am so sick of being the joke of the nation. We need to at least earn some respect, and not get blown off the field by so called 'stronger' teams. Yea, we beat K-State, but they SUCK this year. Why is it ok to lose EVERY game we are not favored in, and some that we are??? This program UNDERACHIEVES every year and we make excuses all of the time. I am SICK of this and am at my limit.

[DieHard1280]

I was wondering what had happened to our beloved Cajuns in the first three games of the season. As it turns out, not much has changed. We're still what we have been for the last 15 years. That is, a lower-level mid-major who from time to time can play with or beat a lower-level bcs team. Any hope that we could be any more than that is a pipe dream.

I had hoped that one day, things would change, but am afraid it isn't in the cards. I know we have one of the lowest budgets in the country, and that isn't going to change any time soon. I love this university, and will never stop hoping that things will get better, but I guess I need to come to the point that many of you obviously are. That is, that we are always going to be small-time. We have a small-time mentality that is not going to change.

I for one, am tired of being embarrassed. We were absolutely skull-drug tonight. Yeah, I know it was a money game, but who says that just because we get a nice paycheck out of these games, that we have to accept being slaughtered like we were tonight. Nebraska may turn out to be much better than their #25 ranking, but come on. We did not belong on the field with them tonight. I take no solace in "staying" within four touchdowns of lsu, or beating an awful KSU team that will probably not win a single game in the Big 12. I take no pride in "competing" for a sunbelt title once every 5-7 years.

For those who are content with being in the bottom 20 teams in the country every single year, please tell me how you do it. I'm not being facetious. I really want to know.

[LFTCajun]

How many top teams have we beaten, and what kind of respect do we have nationally?

None, and ZIP!

We sucked tonight. Period.

It was Nebraska's shining moment in their historical celebration. Let's just give it to them and move on. We have a couple of weeks to rest and then on to Sunbelt play where we can (AT LEAST THIS YEAR), make progress in our own race for a bowl game.

After listening to this game, NOBODY would have stood a chance against the Huskers! We just happened to be on the schedule at the wrong time. Fault our AD for that.

Yeah, we had no TD's in the last two weeks. No excuse against LSU, but was unlikely tonight.

Time to rest and get ready for what we CAN do this year. NO Bowl!

[apb]

_ I was wondering what had happened to our beloved Cajuns in the first three games of the season. As it turns out, not much has changed. We're still what we have been for the last 15 years. That is, a lower-level mid-major who from time to time can play with or beat a lower-level bcs team. Any hope that we could be any more than that is a pipe dream.

I had hoped that one day, things would change, but am afraid it isn't in the cards. I know we have one of the lowest budgets in the country, and that isn't going to change any time soon. I love this university, and will never stop hoping that things will get better, but I guess I need to come to the point that many of you obviously are. That is, that we are always going to be small-time. We have a small-time mentality that is not going to change.

I for one, am tired of being embarrassed. We were absolutely skull-drug tonight. Yeah, I know it was a money game, but who says that just because we get a nice paycheck out of these games, that we have to accept being slaughtered like we were tonight. Nebraska may turn out to be much better than their #25 ranking, but come on. We did not belong on the field with them tonight. I take no solace in "staying" within four touchdowns of lsu, or beating an awful KSU team that will probably not win a single game in the Big 12. I take no pride in "competing" for a sunbelt title once every 5-7 years.

For those who are content with being in the bottom 20 teams in the country every single year, please tell me how you do it. I'm not being facetious. I really want to know. _

AMEN!!! I will never give up pulling for this program to succeed, but I am done with the expectations. I am not satisfied with being mediocre, and I do not accept losing like this. Low expectations and excuses are for losers. I am done defending this program to my peers, because there is NO excuse for consistently being near the bottom, low budget or not. I am embarrassed to have two degrees from this university if we accept this kind of production!!!

[shasta]

_ AMEN!!! I will never give up pulling for this program to succeed, but I am done with the expectations. I am not satisfied with being mediocre, and I do not accept losing like this. Low expectations and excuses are for losers. I am done defending this program to my peers, because there is NO excuse for consistently being near the bottom, low budget or not. I am embarrassed to have two degrees from this university if we accept this kind of production!!! _

No offense but maybe you need to find a new way to place value on your education. I for one do not put any stock in the football team as weighing on the value of my degree. I would say your education here is something to be proud of no matter the W/L record of one of the athletic programs. Look at the great things this university does Academically, that is more a measure than this.