average.....again

[RaisingCajun08]

_ Do me a favor, lifetime and redbug, DROP DEAD.

GEAUX CAJUNS _

Ok Jim ... put your positive spin on a 6-6 season. What we are bowl eligible again? Being eligible means NOTHING to me if we are at home watching. That is where we have been and that is were we will be again.

[RedBug58]

_ Do me a favor, lifetime and redbug, DROP DEAD.

GEAUX CAJUNS _

Thanks for your advice. I've attended almost every Cajun home football game since 1965. I know the history of our football program. For the size and history of our school, we are underachieving. Yes, our young men did play hard last night, but as a program we are not close to where we should be. The season is over an now is the time to access. I consider your opinion to be valuable, so I will not ask you to drop dead.

[jllanclos]

Do me a favor, lifetime and redbug, DROP DEAD.

GEAUX CAJUNS

Dude, seriously? Probably the dumbest thing ever said on this board.

igeaux.mobi

[Go_UL]

He has 8 years to get playmakers in here and frankly Green is our only big time playmaker.

Are you a coach? How do you know Green is our only playmaker?
I saw several players making plays just not to your satisfaction.
If you are a coach then explain too me why Green is our only playmaker.

[JMV JustMyView]

_ Do me a favor, lifetime and redbug, DROP DEAD.

GEAUX CAJUNS _

Anybody who makes a statement likes this should be removed from this forum...Lifetime and Redbug are only speaking the truth...

[Go_UL]

Anybody who makes a statement likes this should be removed from this forum...Lifetime and Redbug are only speaking the truth...

And are you god? It is what you guys beleive to be the truth.
not every agrees.

[JMV JustMyView]

And are you god? It is what you guys beleive to be the truth.
not every agrees. _

So your cool with us losing to McNeese?

[Go_UL]

So your cool with us losing to McNeese?

I don't live in the past. We also lost to North Alabama.
Looking forward. Not backwards.

[Go_UL]

Why are most here acting like we have been a 7-8 win program through our long history. We have never been. We have had a good year here and there. Now we have had a little success and a foundation is being built and most want to destroy it because they think we should win more but none of us are coaches. We were picked 6th and to win 4-5 games. We did better than that. We were up and down. Just like we were when we were breaking in Desormeaux, Fenroy and those other guys. The schedule will be tougher but we will be improved and add Robert Walker to the mix. It is just a game. Enjoy it and don't worry about everyone else. As fans we do that a lot. And we miss what have right under our nose.

[BrockMeaux]

_ My question is this...do you believe we will win more than 6 games next year? Before you answer remember next years schedule is much tougher with 0 gimmee wins like Southern. We go to georgia, ole miss, and Ohio who plays for the MAC title on the road and Ok state at home. I do not think 6 wins is feasible so do you let Bustle finish off his contract when you dont believe he can get to the 7+ win mark or do you make a change now?

My thinking is Bustle has done a great job of getting us to 6 wins but i think that is his peak. With that said I do not believe that it is all on the field coaching that is causing this plateau. I do not believe he is recruiting the type of kids that will take us further than 6 wins. And you don't have to re ruit thugs like Troy to get these playmakers bc Middle does it. He has 8 years to get playmakers in here and frankly Green is our only big time playmaker.

With all that said I don't see a change being made simply bc of the way basketball was handled. I guess we will just have to wait till next year!

igeaux.mobi _

This post is pretty much 100% aligned with my thinking. I love Rickey Bustle as a person. He did a great job resurrecting us from a complete dumpster fire to a team that is, for the most part, at least competitive year in and year out. He's recruited some good players and we've had some good years. But I think we've reached the point where what we see is what we're going to get. He's had a few senior classes all the way through their careers now, so this is 100% HIS program, and his program is .500 football. Every year, we get trounced by a couple BCS schools, do well against the mid-major or two that we play, and finish 3rd or 4th in conference because we lose one or two that we have no business losing.

I know the argument of "be careful what you wish for," because as a fan of both the Cajuns and Saints through the 90's, I'm very familiar with the idea of "what I'd give to win half our games." But it's time for us to roll the dice again. We've got some talented pieces, so Rickey is FAR from leaving the cupboard bare, but we've peaked as a program under Bustle.