Bob Marlin is building a program Machine

[no1cajunfan]

20+ wins is good enough to keep your job. It's not necessarily a great year. Our schedule has been horrible in recent years. We still have no program building wins over a named opponent (similar to football), no conference championships and we often lose to multiple teams per year that we shouldn't such as a McNeese or Lamar. Nobody claims Marlin is a poor coach but its on a same parallel as Hud where you weigh the money you spend for the results you get. Let's not pretend we go to the big dance every year either. He's been, what? twice

Winning 20 games a year should never be a benchmark for keeping your job if you never make it to the big dance. He’s making 500k a year. We should expect more than 1 tournament appearance in 7 years.

[no1cajunfan]

I agree 100%

How he rebounded from the early hand he was dealt is amazing and should be applauded.

How long do you give a coach to turn things around? 7 years, 8, 9, 10?

[mxpxfr690]

Winning 20 games a year should never be a benchmark for keeping your job if you never make it to the big dance. He’s making 500k a year. We should expect more than 1 tournament appearance in 7 years.

Considering he had to deal with a mess his first three years here and how he has improved the program speaks volumes... you must be fooling oneself if you think Rome will be built in a day!

[CrappDaddy]

He had Peyton and Long on the same team and could not win a conference title. I think he will keep us competitive in the belt, for what that’s worth. I don’t see him building a dynasty here in Lafayette.

[zephyr]

Winning 20 games a year should never be a benchmark for keeping your job if you never make it to the big dance. He’s making 500k a year. We should expect more than 1 tournament appearance in 7 years.

This was exactly my point. The only reason he has remained is because he has won 60% of his games but that is not my idea of stability or success.

[zephyr]

Considering he had to deal with a mess his first three years here and how he has improved the program speaks volumes... you must be fooling oneself if you think Rome will be built in a day!

Rome wasn't built in a day but I bet by year 7 it was much further along than we are.

[ulXrunner]

Give me 20+ wins, conference tourney champs over a regular season championship. Sunbelt is not a 2 team league.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Considering he had to deal with a mess his first three years here and how he has improved the program speaks volumes... you must be fooling oneself if you think Rome will be built in a day!

It’s not Rome. Two or three outstanding players should get you an SBC tournament and regular season title we’re still waiting to be a top two team in conference, and just one top three.

Again it’s not Rome.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I agree 100%

How he rebounded from the early hand he was dealt is amazing and should be applauded.

So no mutiny from Lee recruits, a back stabbing coach he hired whose never had a public problem with any other program he’s been associated with.

All his problems were self inflicted by his choice of players, and coaches he alleges were cancerous. Curious and curiouser for sure.

Also his claims of AAU disputes. It turns out that in basketball the AAU teams are where the best talent are. You’ve got to find a way to coexist with them. If you don’t you’re fighting a sunami. Just this week the NBA commissioner said exactly that about where the best amateur talent is. He said the vast majority of quality players are not in high school, but AAU.

Bob can pretend he’s the good guy, but if the tables crooked you get out the game, or learn to deal with it. We’re not accepting cheating, or mediocrity.

[Cajunsmike]

Give me 20+ wins, conference tourney champs over a regular season championship. Sunbelt is not a 2 team league.

We really won't know what type of team we have until a few games into conference play. I don't think we can rely on past performance in this case to make a prediction on this year's team. After all we have never had three transfers from P5 programs being significant contributors. I have no idea how we will do in conference other than to say I expect us to win more than we will lose and that is obviously not good enough to satisfy expectations. It appears we do have some talent but our guard depth is a concern. It is up to the staff to manage that situation and they know it.

[ragin2112cajun]

With EP playing in the Association, & having former players playing overseas along with the D league Marlin is benefiting from that with possible recruits.

[Cajunsmike]

With EP playing in the Association, & having former players playing overseas along with the D league Marlin is benefiting from that with possible recruits.

Playing in tournaments like we just did and finding opportunities for guys to take overseas trips in the summer are also recruiting positives.