FB Final: Louisiana 24, Texas State 7

[cajun4life]

So Maggard would have to find $1.5 million buyout for a coach who went 7-1 in conference...finished the season on a 8 game win streak and program’s first ever SEC victory? Good luck with that. In spite of him or not.

Yeah that would be stupid. I think we need a new coach, but if he were to go 5-1 over the last 6 then you keep him another year. Then talk contracts after the following season.

I still think we go 1-5 or 2-4 at best over the next 6 though.

[Cajunfanatico]

Yeah that would be stupid. I think we need a new coach, but if he were to go 5-1 over the last 6 then you keep him another year. Then talk contracts after the following season.

I still think we go 1-5 or 2-4 at best over the next 6 though.

What I can't agree with with that line of thinking is that there's so much emphasis placed on this one season.

Okay, he turns it around and goes 5-1 over the last 6. Great. But what about the ____ show over the first half of the season? We've got a coach who needs 6 games to figure out his team's strengths and weaknesses before he can start winning consistently? And it's not like that's only a recent phenomenon. Coupled with all the off-the-field problems, that's not what this program needs.

[Just1More]

So Maggard would have to find $1.5 million buyout for a coach who went 7-1 in conference...finished the season on a 8 game win streak and program’s first ever SEC victory? Good luck with that. In spite of him or not.

I love the extreme hypothetical that has 1.75% chance of happening. "If Hud goes 21-0 over the next 21 games... and recruits six 4 star recruits... are y'all still going to want him fired?"

I love this site.

[Hark Mudspeth]

I love the extreme hypothetical that has 1.75% chance of happening. "If Hud goes 21-0 over the next 21 games... and recruits six 4 star recruits... are y'all still going to want him fired?"

I love this site.

I wasn’t the one who brought up winning out or the one who said he should still be let go after 8 straight wins. I’m not sure which idea is more ridiculous, that we even have a chance of winning out or if we somehow managed to pull it off that our AD would fire him.

[Hark Mudspeth]

What I can't agree with with that line of thinking is that there's so much emphasis placed on this one season.

Okay, he turns it around and goes 5-1 over the last 6. Great. But what about the ____ show over the first half of the season? We've got a coach who needs 6 games to figure out his team's strengths and weaknesses before he can start winning consistently? And it's not like that's only a recent phenomenon. Coupled with all the off-the-field problems, that's not what this program needs.

If this was the last year of his contract or even the second to last you have a point. People keep forgetting the business side of it. You have to take it all into account. He would return most of this team after winning out and had a 1.5 million dollar buyout. If the man would somehow win out with this schedule how can anyone really say he didn’t earn another year? 9-3 and at least a shared title and chance for double digit wins with a bowl victory and we gonna pay 1.5 to send him home? I’m all for expecting more but thats crazy talk...like crazier than tiger fans. If the money was there to buy him out last year and a second consecutive losing season, 13 players arrested and physical altercation with a player didn’t get him fired...this is the scenario you think will break the camels back? Haha..at least you are safe because we aren’t winning out.

[basinbear]

If this was the last year of his contract or even the second to last you have a point. People keep forgetting the business side of it. You have to take it all into account. He would return most of this team after winning out and had a 1.5 million dollar buyout. If the man would somehow win out with this schedule how can anyone really say he didn’t earn another year? 9-3 and at least a shared title and chance for double digit wins with a bowl victory and we gonna pay 1.5 to send him home? I’m all for expecting more but thats crazy talk...like crazier than tiger fans. If the money was there to buy him out last year and a second consecutive losing season, 13 players arrested and physical altercation with a player didn’t get him fired...this is the scenario you think will break the camels back? Haha..at least you are safe because we aren’t winning out.

I have one small disagreement with this post.....nothing is crazier than Tiger fans....

[ULGrad@HOU]

We have had plenty of years to see the "body of work" and have witnessed all we need to witness as fans of what a Hud program is capable of. I'm not impressed with it and want more then he can deliver. This University needs a more prominent football program, and should be able to achieve it.

[tdncz]

What I can't agree with with that line of thinking is that there's so much emphasis placed on this one season.

Okay, he turns it around and goes 5-1 over the last 6. Great. But what about the ____ show over the first half of the season? We've got a coach who needs 6 games to figure out his team's strengths and weaknesses before he can start winning consistently? And it's not like that's only a recent phenomenon. Coupled with all the off-the-field problems, that's not what this program needs.

And we get this package for the bargain price of $1M/ year.
That is the number one reason I hold him to a standard 10x (or 3x, really) that of Bustle.
If the last 3 seasons were with Bustle at $300K, I would most likely not be of the opinion he should go.

[Just1More]

I wasn’t the one who brought up winning out or the one who said he should still be let go after 8 straight wins. I’m not sure which idea is more ridiculous, that we even have a chance of winning out or if we somehow managed to pull it off that our AD would fire him.

I know you weren't. I'm just having a chuckle at the hypotheticals being mentioned. I've already posted that I don't see him being fired no matter what (pretty close to no matter what) this year. I know that bothers some... most logical folks agree and know why. Hud has another year after this one... you can literally bank on it.

[Cajunfanatico]

I know you weren't. I'm just having a chuckle at the hypotheticals being mentioned. I've already posted that I don't see him being fired no matter what (pretty close to no matter what) this year. I know that bothers some... most logical folks agree and know why. Hud has another year after this one... you can literally bank on it.

We know he will.

[Cajunfanatico]

If the money was there to buy him out last year and a second consecutive losing season, 13 players arrested and physical altercation with a player didn’t get him fired...this is the scenario you think will break the camels back? Haha..at least you are safe because we aren’t winning out.

Maggard didn't start in office until March of this year. I honestly believe there's a greater than 50-50 chance he changes direction after the season is over.

[CajunEXPRESS]

And we get this package for the bargain price of $1M/ year.
That is the number one reason I hold him to a standard 10x (or 3x, really) that of Bustle.
If the last 3 seasons were with Bustle at $300K, I would most likely not be of the opinion he should go.

We don’t live in a perfect world, but to the extent it’s possible I’m not firing or keeping a coach based on income. A coaches income should be a reflection of how wanted he is by UL and most importantly others. Believe me if I don’t want him at 2 million, I don’t want him at 20K.