14,945

[Oiler]

G5 football has about as much relevance as FCS football does these days. Nobody anywhere cares. Other than a few diehards that post here on RP, no one in Acadiana gives a rat's rear end about who wins the Sun Belt Conference football championship (or any other G5 conference championship). This situation worsens more every single day as the chasm between the P5 and the G5 grows ever and ever larger. This is no accident. Killing off any and all threats of competition from uppity G5 programs is what the P5 schools intended to do from the day the P5 entity was created.

UL needs to prepare for average crowds of 15K in the future, and that's only if we do everything right AND we're winning. I hate to break it to all the sunshine pumpers posting on RP, but the time to make our move in football was 30 years ago. It's true that had we handled things differently back then we'd be in a totally different position today than we currently find ourselves., but we all know how we totally chit that opportunity away.

I've come to accept the fact that the only sports where we (and every other G5 conference member) can actually compete on a national level today are baseball, softball, and in a smaller way, men's and women's basketball. I think the day is approaching that we'll have to reconsider how we allocate our limited resources when it comes to athletics.

[Turbine]

I don't disagree with the part you discuss. The problem is they skinned the sheep even before there was a semblance of a herd. Now, even those that were on board or frustrated, many were already tuned out and now those that were left are dropping like flies. It's not about the $10 to park. It's about the whole package on the back of a dumpster fire. A few different things happen this year and possibly that could have been the right track. They didn't and its headed downhill faster than anyone can catch-up with. Something different needs to happen.

Every idea implemented was necessary.

You know a Bactrian Camel can carry 1000 pounds and run 40 mph. But not at the same time.

They also will refuse to carry the 1000 pounds if you put all the weight on their backs at the same time. It's capabilities will only be met with proper pace and timing of implementing the load.

There is also the the delicate balance of avoiding 'the feather' that broke the camels back.

Every move this admin is making is necessary, they might need to work on there load balance implementation.

jmo

[alum81]

Ironic that the same people who have been on here constantly b---hing about all things UL are now wondering why people aren't showing up.

Maybe some here should re-evaluate their often expressed opinions that getting rid of Dr. A, SF, ML, HUD and on and on.......would solve everything.

Maybe people listened to the complaining so much that they began to stay away. If you don't like the univ. Pres., don't like the parking don't like the music, the security, the speakers, the AD, the coach, the way the stadium was financed, etc., etc.then why go right?

Maybe others on here warned them that this might result from all the complaining.

Maybe

[GeauxCajuns]

Every idea implemented was necessary.

You know a Bactrian Camel can carry 1000 pounds and run 40 mph. But not at the same time.

They also will refuse to carry the 1000 pounds if you put all the weight on their backs at the same time. It's capabilities will only be met with proper pace and timing of implementing the load.

There is also the the delicate balance of avoiding 'the feather' that broke the camels back.

Every move this admin is making is necessary, they might need to work on there load balance implementation.

jmo

Not saying much, but this is one of your better analogies

[USLJim]

Agree

[Cajunfanatico]

G5 football has about as much relevance as FCS football does these days. Nobody anywhere cares. Other than a few diehards that post here on RP, no one in Acadiana gives a rat's rear end about who wins the Sun Belt Conference football championship (or any other G5 conference championship). This situation worsens more every single day as the chasm between the P5 and the G5 grows ever and ever larger. This is no accident. Killing off any and all threats of competition from uppity G5 programs is what the P5 schools intended to do from the day the P5 entity was created.

UL needs to prepare for average crowds of 15K in the future, and that's only if we do everything right AND we're winning. I hate to break it to all the sunshine pumpers posting on RP, but the time to make our move in football was 30 years ago. It's true that had we handled things differently back then we'd be in a totally different position today than we currently find ourselves., but we all know how we totally chit that opportunity away.

I've come to accept the fact that the only sports where we (and every other G5 conference member) can actually compete on a national level today are baseball, softball, and in a smaller way, men's and women's basketball. I think the day is approaching that we'll have to reconsider how we allocate our limited resources when it comes to athletics.

Can't disagree with your premise of what we should have done 30 years ago. But being one who has never in his life cried about spilled milk, I choose to look foward, not backwards. I expect to see us doing something we've never done before, like doing the very best with the cards we've been dealt.

I'm convinced that this program, well-run by professionals who are thinking outside the box as it relates to a gameday experience, and who put a top-quality product on the field, will draw 30,000 fans routinely. We're usually in the top 15 in the NATION in baseball attendance, no? Then why can't we expect to draw better in football in the deep south where football is king?

We can and will in my humble opinion. Time will tell who's right but I would't bet against Maggard.

[CajunEXPRESS]

There needs to be more open dialogue between fans and admin not just from me.

We are all pulling the same wagon it's a lot easier when we are all going in the same direction.

Oh, oh this sounding like a Hud rope a dope rally cry

[UL_Cajuns]

I think it is pretty simple. WIN and bring in better opponents in the future.
LA TECH, Tulane, Southern Miss, UAB, East Carolina, Houston, USF, UCF, type of teams.

[ManAboutTown]

I don't disagree with the part you discuss. The problem is they skinned the sheep even before there was a semblance of a herd. Now, even those that were on board or frustrated, many were already tuned out and now those that were left are dropping like flies. It's not about the $10 to park. It's about the whole package on the back of a dumpster fire. A few different things happen this year and possibly that could have been the right track. They didn't and its headed downhill faster than anyone can catch-up with. Something different needs to happen.

No, they’re not.

[ManAboutTown]

Not hardly.

The university is now reaping what it has sown.

Shame on the university for treating its fans is the fashion that is has.

Wrong.