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

[anhil8tor]

_ Don't get mad, get a solution...

What will fix this? _

I have two cousins that goto LSU.... They get in the student section when they can. Sometimes they have to actually get there early saturday morning to get student tickets.

[Jo Cajun Momma]

Don't get mad, get a solution...

What will fix this?

Not that I would know about this, but...will the recent change in the opportunity to purchase beer at the games have an effect on the number of students that attend the games? I guess it will take several home games before one can tell if the attendance will increase because of this change.

[Turbine]

_ Don't get mad, get a solution...

What will fix this? _

2 wins more a year.

[zephyr]

_ Not that I would know about this, but...will the recent change in the opportunity to purchase beer at the games have an effect on the number of students that attend the games? I guess it will take several home games before one can tell if the attendance will increase because of this change. _

I honestly can't see how. If people need alcohol to go to a game, then their priorities are already screwed up. Second, there is plenty of booze outside at tailgating available to them at any time in the game for which they are allowed to enter and exit freely. Last, you can always smuggle some in like myself It's not hard and it works well when I don't want beer especially come winter.

[DrumRoll]

_ I honestly can't see how. If people need alcohol to go to a game, then their priorities are already screwed up. Second, there is plenty of booze outside at tailgating available to them at any time in the game for which they are allowed to enter and exit freely. Last, you can always smuggle some in like myself It's not hard and it works well when I don't want beer especially come winter. _

It may make a difference, guess we will see...

Bring on the party, bring on the wins :-)

[zephyr]

_ It may make a difference, guess we will see...

Bring on the party, bring on the wins :-) _

I'll put it this way. If selling beer does improve our attendance, then people are going to the game for the wrong reasons.

[ZuluCajun]

If you read all the posts on this thread, you can see that there is a core group of followers who want to just stick with things as they are, and have been for a very long time now.
Then there is the growing fan base that says, this way in not working, a position that i have to agree with. I am not going to go in to all the positives
that a more winnable schedule would offer, I'll let you figure that out, besides,
when i do , my posts are deleated or altered.
I'll just say this, since the two blowout losses, we have lost an awfull lot of
momentum as far as fan interest. Yes, Conference play offers a fresh start,
and early success will help bring back the excitement. But if we keep ending
up with 500 seasons, we will Never , Ever generate the support we all want.
So, we keep doing it this way, or Try a Winning approach for a change.
I vote for a Winner !

[ShowDog]

_ 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. _

Most factual post on here in a long time. I've said this forever. Been following this team since they were SLI. Got news for you it's never going to change with LSU 50 miles away and no money in our pockets.

[ShowDog]

_ You realize there are worse programs to affiliate yourself with right?

Personally I'd rather be affiliated with a 3-9 UL team than a 12-0 LSU team, on any level you want to go with it, as a fan or an alum. _

And that attitude is why we are where we are.

[ShowDog]

_ I think you need to seriously re-evaluate your expectations for this team. Every year it amazes me when people come on this board wanting to fire Bustle after we lose to a ranked team. If we had Nick Saban coaching we would still be losing to ranked teams. Were just not on the same level. This is equivilent to an icegators fan getting ____ed that they can't beat the red wings. UNTIL WE INCREASE OUR BUDGET BY 50,000,000 AND OUR FAN BASE BY 2,000,000 AND GET INTO A BCS CONFERENCE WE WILL NEVER BE A "RESPECTABLE" TEAM (AS YOU CALL IT.) AND IF YOU ARENT HAPPY WITH THIS REALITY YOU CAN ALWAYS BECOME AN LSU FAN. THEY HAVE ALL THIS.

igeaux.mobi _

You basically agreed with APB.

[ShowDog]

_ Of course recruits are gonna look at our win-loss record, i completely agree.

Waldo just thinks our administration and coaches don't care about losing money games and he couldn't be any farther from the truth. _

I think the tone Bustle set when he ran the clock out against LSU when we were moving the ball is what has some of us po'd. I don't think they strive for mediocrity though, we just don't have the talent to compete with the big boys.

I just don't see a fire lit under Bustle and I think we need some cocky, young, fiesty coach that will kick some butt and get things moving.

[ShowDog]

_ Pretty sure new softball stadium is being built and track/soccer complex, new baseball field with stadium later..... _

I meant-to improve our football program.