Marlin's Record

[VObserver]

....What about Billy Kennedy at T a&am....really wanted this job...really....what is his pay???

$2.3 million

[zephyr]

Is winning the regular season SBC title and not going to the Tourney and no major wins acceptable?

If yes, for how long? OR, will he get extensions forever and we'll just have to live with it?

Yes, at least for a couple years. That is, of course, if you are giving us two different scenarios that we have to choose from. I still maintain that they don't have to be exclusive of one another. I want us to win the regular season. It shows more consistency. Period. This goes further in helping you create culture and a winning formula in your program.

The tournament should be a by product of that. What stops a team from winning the conference and the conference tournament? Many teams win both. I think we would have had we not had some unfortunate luck with illness and injury.

At some point though, with increased talent in the program and more success, you have to expect the NCAA tournament as a landing destination and it needs to be expected.

[zephyr]

Judge the overall trajectory not the tragicomical over all.

What?

[zephyr]

Mike,
I respect your opinion, but must take issue. The talent depth may have been an issue, but in my opinion, that type of issue should be overcome by coaching, and I have not seen that since Marlin has been here. Bringing more talent in is surely needed, but according to a certain broadcaster, THIS was the best UL team he has seen, which I call BS on. I can't speak for all fans, but I can tell you that his success this year has earned him only one more year in my book. If he does not make the NCAA tournament next year and does not win some of those games against bigger schools that he has not been able to do up to this point, then I promise you I will not "learn to live with top third" in what is possibly the worst conference in the country. If he is retained after next year without meeting the two conditions that I laid out, I will not attend another game until we have a new coach.

What will you do if we win the conference outright but fail to win the conference tournament again? Similar record against a similar schedule with similar success. Is your opinion going to be he needs to be fired?

[zephyr]

Mike , if you’re consistently a one bid league, you’re among the worst. At least by NCAA standards. We weren’t the only conference with outstanding regular season wins who couldn’t get a sniff at an at large. So let’s not quibble about being in the worst league. We’re consistent a one bid league making us not relevant.

There are not a lot of multi-bid leagues. There were a total of 10 multi-bid leagues this year with only 2 of them being outside of what would be considered major conferences in basketball. The horizon league and Mountain West were the only two leagues with multiple teams in the tournament who wouldn't really be considered a major basketball conference. That hardly suggests that we are amongst the worst.

[CajunProud]

What will you do if we win the conference outright but fail to win the conference tournament again? Similar record against a similar schedule with similar success. Is your opinion going to be he needs to be fired?

Yes

[zephyr]

Yes

While I, along with everyone else wants and expects to qualify for the NCAA tournament, at least on a consistent basis,I am still somewhat surprised at how much some people disqualify winning the regular season conference title.

[CajunProud]

While I, along with everyone else wants and expects to qualify for the NCAA tournament, at least on a consistent basis,I am still somewhat surprised at how much some people disqualify winning the regular season conference title.

Let’s just see how next season plays out.

[cajun_lannister]

While I, along with everyone else wants and expects to qualify for the NCAA tournament, at least on a consistent basis,I am still somewhat surprised at how much some people disqualify winning the regular season conference title.

The fanbase will decide Big Game's future because Maggard was clear on his message he wants to dominate the Sunbelt every year

[MetryCajun]

While I, along with everyone else wants and expects to qualify for the NCAA tournament, at least on a consistent basis,I am still somewhat surprised at how much some people disqualify winning the regular season conference title.

It’s pretty unbelievable. So another 25 win season and a SBC championship is grounds for termination if we lose the conference tournament. Who the hell would even want the job? News flash Cajun Fans, we are not a destination program. We are like a hundred other programs that are fighting for relevancy. From a distance it sure looks like UL is on a upward trajectory. We are bringing in talented players who excel on the court and in the classroom. Why are people so hell bent on change when the downside is so much greater than the upside. We could quite easily get a worse coach that cost a lot more money who would have the exact same types of schedules.
Bottom line...UL is not in the business of firing successful coaches.

[MetryCajun]

The fanbase will decide Big Game's future because Maggard was clear on his message he wants to dominate the Sunbelt every year

Yeah, programs run by fan bases are so successful. Look at what has happened to LSU since the fan base demanded change. They were so tired of winning 10 games every year and losing the big ones. See the parallel?

[ManAboutTown]

Yeah, programs run by fan bases are so successful. Look at what has happened to LSU since the fan base demanded change. They were so tired of winning 10 games every year and losing the big ones. See the parallel?

Not even close to the same thing. Not even on the same planet.

LSUA&MBR was consistently competing at the highest level of the sport, just couldn’t beat Bama. (Lol btw)

For the first time in 8 years, we were the best team in our league.