Why don't more players from the Acadiana area get recruited?

[cajun4life]

They just aren't eligible or not talented enough.

[CharlieK]

So most of the locals we don't recruit aren't ending up at high G5 schools. No, they're mostly ending up at FCS schools.

This article is foolishness. Is he really suggesting that there is some reservoir of local talent that we (and evidently every other school) has missed? In Louisiana. One of the most famously talent laden states. Come on.

[Just1More]

This article is foolishness. Is he really suggesting that there is some reservoir of local talent that we (and evidently every other school) has missed. In Louisiana. One of the most famously talent laden states. Come on.

Yes. Yes he is. He's been bitten by the "there's a local FBS talent explosion... and I may be the only one that noticed it" bug. It happens from time to time. Good stuff for the locals to consume. Not usually helpful to the local university coaching staff.

[Boomer]

Could it be that for decades, area high school coaches encouraged their athletes to go elsewhere because they knew the disdain Martin Hall had for athletics and knew their athletes would get better quality and institutional support at other schools??

---In the past maybe, but certainly not now---think about it in regards to our facilities (who has a bigger stadium, IPF, APC, and our basketball and soon to be baseball stadia)---our living quarters are damn good, the campus is beautiful, out crowds are usually bigger, our academic quality and athletic help is fabulous based upon performance, our food service and nutritional programs are very good (thank you T-Boy), our coaching salaries are damn good, and there is more to come in RCAF growth, we have gone bowling for the last 4 out of 5 years, we have done very well in other sports---so tired of all the negative and just no mention of what the hell we have here!

[Cajunrunner]

---In the past maybe, but certainly not now---think about it in regards to our facilities (who has a bigger stadium, IPF, APC, and our basketball and soon to be baseball stadia)---our living quarters are damn good, the campus is beautiful, out crowds are usually bigger, our academic quality and athletic help is fabulous based upon performance, our food service and nutritional programs are very good (thank you T-Boy), our coaching salaries are damn good, and there is more to come in RCAF growth, we have gone bowling for the last 4 out of 5 years, we have done very well in other sports---so tired of all the negative and just no mention of what the hell we have here!

I get that Boomer, and certainly hope the perception is changing.

[31Ragin97]

Yes. Yes he is. He's been bitten by the "there's a local FBS talent explosion... and I may be the only one that noticed it" bug. It happens from time to time. Good stuff for the locals to consume. Not usually helpful to the local university coaching staff.

Last i checked no louisiana hs football team was in the top 50 nationally this season..... Doesnt necessarily speak to individual skills,but teams used to have a shot at that poll in the past. So i would assume this is a down time

[VObserver]

Last i checked no louisiana hs football team was in the top 50 nationally this season..... Doesnt necessarily speak to individual skills,but teams used to have a shot at that poll in the past. So i would assume this is a down time

It really speaks more about the quality of High School coaching in the state than about the quality of athletes.

[CajunNation]

---In the past maybe, but certainly not now---think about it in regards to our facilities (who has a bigger stadium, IPF, APC, and our basketball and soon to be baseball stadia)---our living quarters are damn good, the campus is beautiful, out crowds are usually bigger, our academic quality and athletic help is fabulous based upon performance, our food service and nutritional programs are very good (thank you T-Boy), our coaching salaries are damn good, and there is more to come in RCAF growth, we have gone bowling for the last 4 out of 5 years, we have done very well in other sports---so tired of all the negative and just no mention of what the hell we have here!

Ditto that Boomer.

[CajunT]

It really speaks more about the quality of High School coaching in the state than about the quality of athletes.

This is an article that is more about promoting the athletes discussed, rather than looking at the numbers historically. This year's class is down somewhat from previous years, so there is not nearly the number of college coaches recruiting in the area. But over the past few years, there have been a number of athletes recruited and signed with UL, Louisiana Tech, Houston, and others including FBS programs.

[Just1More]

---In the past maybe, but certainly not now---think about it in regards to our facilities (who has a bigger stadium, IPF, APC, and our basketball and soon to be baseball stadia)---our living quarters are damn good, the campus is beautiful, out crowds are usually bigger, our academic quality and athletic help is fabulous based upon performance, our food service and nutritional programs are very good (thank you T-Boy), our coaching salaries are damn good, and there is more to come in RCAF growth, we have gone bowling for the last 4 out of 5 years, we have done very well in other sports---so tired of all the negative and just no mention of what the hell we have here!

This thread is getting disconnected from Foote's article. The article is implying we are overlooking the area athletes. It is not saying that the area athletes are overlooking us. We probably have a problem with having to turn away interested local athletes. It is the exceptional local athlete we need to come to UL. And the things that are excellent about UL are great selling points.

When you say "no mention of what we have here"... are you talking about in media articles or just on this site? I think you can expect a fan site to mention the good things once... and the bad things 1000 times... until the bad things get addressed and become good things. If we weren't talking amongst ourselves, it would be different. I seriously doubt members of this site go outside of this site and post our problems on other sites.

I see this site about like I see a football or basketball practice. Ten minutes on the things we did right... and the rest of the day focusing on the mistakes that need fixing. Am I wrong?

[Duggie35]

The article linked in post #1 was written by Trey Labat, not Kevin Foote!

[CajunT]

This thread is getting disconnected from Foote's article. The article is implying we are overlooking the area athletes. It is not saying that the area athletes are overlooking us. We probably have a problem with having to turn away interested local athletes. It is the exceptional local athlete we need to come to UL. And the things that are excellent about UL are great selling points.

When you say "no mention of what we have here"... are you talking about in media articles or just on this site? I think you can expect a fan site to mention the good things once... and the bad things 1000 times... until the bad things get addressed and become good things. If we weren't talking amongst ourselves, it would be different. I seriously doubt members of this site go outside of this site and post our problems on other sites.

I see this site about like I see a football or basketball practice. Ten minutes on the things we did right... and the rest of the day focusing on the mistakes that need fixing. Am I wrong?

I'm not reading that into this article J1M, Trey is talking about a number of athletes locally that are not getting looks this year. He is pretty much promoting these kids. nothing wrong with that in my opinion. I think others have jumped on board stating that we have overlooked some kids locally, but I don't see any in this class. JMO