Cajuns Football: A Slow Climb

[CajunRed]

_ If you want inconsistency, here's another little thing I thought of. Go back to the 2005 and 2006 seasons. This is what we thought would be the turning point of our program. 2005 we start off badly and If I remember correctly, we go 1-5 out of the gate. We then hit stride and win the next 5 games tying for the league title. Then, in 2006, we start out pretty well at 4-2. If you add those 5 games in 2005 and the 6 in 2006, we have a span where we go 9-2 which has to be the best 11 game stretch of any coach we've had. The problem, that stretch was not in the same season. However, play during this period was very solid. However, the bookends of that run are not as pretty. That stretch is surrounded by a 3-9 record and many of those losses came in the 2006 conference season. While those two seasons were fairly identical with a combined record of 12-11, you can see there was a lot of inconsistency mixed in. I thought that was calling card for Bustle's tenure here. _

I'm not trying to simply be a Bustle defender, but I am trying to be realistic.

1) Who is the SunBelt (outside of Troy, which unfortunately plays and recruits in a difference world than the rest of the league) has not laid eggs in a game or two during each season?
2) Who in the SunBest has (outside of Troy) has won more games in the past 5 years than UL?

[Turbine]

_ So if we had changed coaches and he did not win 7 games, he should be fired. _

No and history says such. Bustle's record his first year was worse than Baldwin's last year.

[CajunRed]

_ No and history says such. Bustle's record his first year was worse than Baldwin's last year. _

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.

[GeauxCajuns]

_ 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. _

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

[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