Cajuns Football: A Slow Climb

[CajunRed]

There are only "2" programs in the country with lower budgets to work with than ours. In our conference, there is only 1. In spite of that, only Troy has more wins than us in the past 5 years. In the state, only LSU has more during the same 5 years.

We continue to hand our program 2 to 3 losses before they get started each year, then demand the team wins the 7 or 8 of the remaind 9 or so games. Is that realistic?

[HOUCajun]

_ so we should wait til bustle drives us to 3-9 and then start to rebuild with a new coach?
you're very intelligent _

Do you know for a fact that will happen? Nothing that is happening now points to a 3-9 record.

[Turbine]

_ But I thought you said 6 and 6 was not good enough? That means if we are going to change, it should be for an improvement... which begins at 7 and 5. _

I didn't say it wasn't good enough for a new coach, I didn't say it wasn't good enough for Bustle. What I said was UL should go 6-6 minimum.

[CajunRed]

_ so we should wait til bustle drives us to 3-9 and then start to rebuild with a new coach?
you're very intelligent _

Sorry... smart ass... I didm't realize we had gone 3 and 9. I'll go check the record again.

[KACajun]

_ But I thought you said 6 and 6 was not good enough? That means if we are going to change, it should be for an improvement... which begins at 7 and 5. _

Are you my wife...because you sure sound like her!!!

[GeauxCajuns]

_ There are only "2" programs in the country with lower budgets to work with than ours. In our conference, there is only 1. In spite of that, only Troy has more wins than us in the past 5 years. In the state, only LSU has more during the same 5 years.

We continue to hand our program 2 to 3 losses before they get started each year, then demand the team wins the 7 or 8 of the remaind 9 or so games. Is that realistic? _

in a conference like the sunbelt, yes... maybe its me but i always strive to be better, not just say its good enough to be average

[Turbine]

_ Do you know for a fact that will happen? Nothing that is happening now points to a 3-9 record. _

Not unless they repeat the off season fiasco of 2006 which is my whole hinge point.

[GeauxCajuns]

we went 3-9 after we went 6-5 with bustle....whats not pointing to that?

an added loss to go 6-6??

[CajunRed]

_ in a conference like the sunbelt, yes... maybe its me but i always strive to be better, not just say its good enough to be average _

Trust me... Nick Saban couldn't win 8 games next year... after starting 0 and 3 against the BCS. You will be firing coaches every 2 years.

[HOUCajun]

_ we went 3-9 after we went 6-5 with bustle....whats not pointing to that?

an added loss to go 6-6?? _

I am willing ot bet you a fairly large sum of money UL's record will be better than 3-9. You up for it?

[GeauxCajuns]

_ I am willing ot bet you a fairly large sum of money UL's record will be better than 3-9. You up for it? _

obviously not, but i want better than 3-9, i want 7-5 or 8-4. thats my point, we wont get there with bustle, if we go 6-6 it should be with a new guy so he atleast has a year under his belt to get his system in staff in place. it puts us one year ahead of the learning curve.

[CajunRed]

_ obviously not, but i want better than 3-9, i want 7-5 or 8-4. thats my point, we wont get there with bustle, if we go 6-6 it should be with a new guy so he atleast has a year under his belt to get his system in staff in place. it puts us one year ahead of the learning curve. _

If this new guy's 2nd year schedule includes 2 SEC schools and 1 Big-12 school, will you demand that he wins 8 games... which means he could only lose 1 other game? If not, we will need to fire him?