Parrott Blog: Bustle to return in 2010.

[jllanclos]

ul is bullcrap and we aren't serious about big time athletics. Why should i continue to give a crap? Let's all stop pretending we want to have something special here.


igeaux.mobi

[J-Town Cajun]

What is going to hurt most is Bustle only has 1 year left on his contract and this makes recruiting very tough this year and next!

[Duggie35]

_ ul is bullcrap and we aren't serious about big time athletics. Why should i continue to give a crap? Let's all stop pretending we want to have something special here.
igeaux.mobi _

Sounds like you already have? However, some of us have too many years invested in this University to just give up like some of you want to.

[CajunNation]

I thought that this might be the case due to the fact that we will be hiring 2 new basketball coaches after this season.

However, this will only make sense if we use this opportunity to make a headline grabbing pick with our next basketball coach, and I mean a spectacular, jaw dropping, get fired up pick along the lines of Tim Floyd.

If the next basketball coach is someone you've never heard of, then nothing has changed and Doc S would be the reincarnation of Doc A.

..and I would be withdrawing from RCAF as well.

[ULtimateCajun]

I'm tired of 6-6 being okay. I'm tired of bad coaches. I'm tired of an athletic program that doesn't reward it's diehard fans. I'm tired of sending emails to the athletic dept. and not getting any response. I'm tired of media folks telling me that 6-6 is the best we can expect. WHY? why should we settle for 6-6? Why should we settle for 10-20? Why can't we expect to win here. I tell you what, I don't like LSU athletics but I do respect that they do what it takes to win. (and I know it's totally different animals but it's the same principle.) 6-6 is not the same thing as going 8-4 in SEC. I'm tired of the apethy. "But we have a tough schedule coming next season"! So. When we go 4-8 that is a better time to make the switch? I just don't get it. Take a look at the stands at a basketball game and you will get a preview for football next season.

[CajunDreDog]

I have some really mixed emotions about this situation. I am not really disappointed that Coach Bustle has been retained, but I would not have been disappointed had the administration decided to make a change. I predicted a 6 - 6 record for this team prior to the start of the season. However, after the KSU game, I was confident that 7 wins was on the horizon. Obviously I was wrong!

All I will say is that I agree with this 100%. No other comments.

[Hammer58]

_ This is not news, did anyone realistically expect a different outcome. These guys don't seem to understand or just choose to ignore the fact we are losing more than value of his annual contract in dwindling support each year. But, hey I will be supporting my alma mater(and the RCAF) as I have been since 1966 next year and beyond....... _

I honestly did expect a different decision. I have supported this new administration and worked to make this program better. But today's gutless decision has left me stunned. I am not alone in this. For the past two days I have been talking to other supporters some of who help raise large sums of money annually. All of them believed a change would be made. None of them are happy with this decision.

[ram1fan]

How do you recruit players with them knowing that the coach will only be around for one year??????? You don't!!!! Not quality ones anyway!!!!!!!! SADDDDDDDD

[Turbine]

_ How do you recruit players with them knowing that the coach will only be around for one year??????? You don't!!!! Not quality ones anyway!!!!!!!! SADDDDDDDD _

That is not the message. If he wins he will get a new contract.

You come play for me, you will start as a freshman and we will get over the hump THIS year. It's a good recruiting tool.

[CajunZ1]

How do you recruit players with them knowing that the coach will inly be around for one yera??????? You don't!!!! Not quality ones anyway!!!!!!!! SADDDDDDDD

I would agree with this, but Bustle has proven that (with some exceptions) that he does not recruit highly talented, highly sought after kids. I guarantee you we will see very little drop-off recruiting wise this year.

I'm not saying I agree with the decision, but I don't think it will devastate out recruiting. Our fanbase? Possibly.
igeaux.mobi

[cjr3888]

That is not the message. If he wins he will get a new contract.

You come play for me, you will start as a freshman and we will get over the hump THIS year. It's a good recruiting tool.

That might be what coaches will say, but that is not the message recruits will hear. Recruits will hear the message our administration just told us. Come to the games, watch us get skull drug by Georgia, Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, then lose closely to Ohio, then finish 4-4 in conference, finish with a 4-8 record, hire the next coach we can pay a pathetic salary, then ride the pine when the new coach comes in with a new system.

igeaux.mobi

[champgolfpro]

_ If we don't have such a crappy attendance and if more fans would give to the RCAF maybe we could afford to buy out Bustle's contract. This year we will be looking for 2 new head coaches in both basketball programs. We need new coaches in those sports more so than football. I just don't think we can afford 3 new coaches at the price it will take to get quality candidates. We must also look at facility improvements in many different areas and I have no idea where that money is coming from. On our budget we cannot afford to make a football coaching move this year. It would $200,000 to buyout Bustle's contract and we need to offer at least $300,000 for the next. That is $500,000 more money to come up with for next season. Next season is not a good season for a new coach to step into a very tough schedule and get started on a bad foot. It may kill momentum of a new coach. _

agreed...if we get a new guy in he's already looking at 5 losses...OK State, Ole Miss, Georgia, Troy and Ohio is a toss up. why fire a guy that went 6-6 and hire a new guy to go 3-9 his first year?

let Bustle go 3-9 and fire him next year and have a better shot at a winning record in 2011, that way you dont have to buy him out and you have more time to start looking at canidates for 2011 during the season next year.

let the athletic department worry about looking for 2 new basketball coaches during the spring and summer!!