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UL — The weather forecast for this weekend's NCAA regional tournament is far from ideal, with thunderstorms predicted in the area throughout the tournament. Tournament director John Dugas, Louisiana's associate athletic director of inter...

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[scotto_25]

Well Dugas came out swinging.....Weathermen are just plain terrible at their craft. I know I've mentioned that in tons of my posts, so you can understand that I despise them. It's a crap shoot and they have not a clue at what to predict. I LAUGH at every "Extended" forecast given each week. I've seen the Weather projections directly effect football crowds because of their blindfolded forecast.

My honest opinion is to get rid of all weather people and just have satellites. No one giving percentages and the rest of the crazy jargon. Just keep an active radar channel available at all times for people to use and make their own educational guess.

[CajunJack55]

Well Dugas came out swinging.....Weathermen are just plain terrible at their craft. I know I've mentioned that in tons of my posts, so you can understand that I despise them. It's a crap shoot and they have not a clue at what to predict. I LAUGH at every "Extended" forecast given each week. I've seen the Weather projections directly effect football crowds because of their blindfolded forecast.

My honest opinion is to get rid of all weather people and just have satellites. No one giving percentages and the rest of the crazy jargon. Just keep an active radar channel available at all times for people to use and make their own educational guess.

It is really not fair to say "weathermen are just plain terrible at their craft" then go and ____ on the craft. Meteorologist are just making predictions off of data, trends and models. Sometimes it is a lot easier to predict than others. Sometimes it is just a crapshoot but a lot of times it's not. Unless you can hop on a time machine and go into the future, it will never be 100% accurate. I think in most cases it is better to plan for the worst.

[scotto_25]

Nah....they are terrible. No sugar coating it. Just my opinion. It's the extended forecasts that they just need to lay off of for a while, it can be absolutely horrendous.

[31Ragin97]

How is Dugas "tournament director" if NCAA is in charge of everything?

[CrazyCajun]

How is Dugas "tournament director" if NCAA is in charge of everything?

I would imagine the NCAA needs a person from the university to help them with whatever they need.

[basinbear]

Well Dugas came out swinging.....Weathermen are just plain terrible at their craft. I know I've mentioned that in tons of my posts, so you can understand that I despise them. It's a crap shoot and they have not a clue at what to predict. I LAUGH at every "Extended" forecastsa given each week. I've seen the Weather projections directly effect football crowds because of their blindfolded forecast.

My honest opinion is to get rid of all weather people and just have satellites. No one giving percentages and the rest of the crazy jargon. Just keep an active radar channel available at all times for people to use and make their own educational guess.

But...but...but......they have 😆Computer models....

[31Ragin97]

how about single elimination? or 7 inning games?

[CrazyCajun]

4 days to get a maximum of 7 games... Just get them in. Weather will not be that bad.

[GeauxCajuns]

is anyone else's day just dragging on while we wait for tomorrow?

[Boomer]

is anyone else's day just dragging on while we wait for tomorrow?

---Tickets can be picked up at 2:00--I got my other 2

[BirdofParadise]

How is Dugas "tournament director" if NCAA is in charge of everything?

There will be an NCAA rep on hand that will handle decisions such as when to suspend or resume play.

As the tournament director, John is the go to guy for the tournament itself, specifically within the ball park. And that includes a LOT of things.