Cure Bowl Final: Louisiana 24, Tulane 41

[Cajunfanatico]

Fans overestimate the impact - one way or another - of one game on an athlete deciding where they're going for the next 3-5 years of their lives. I don't think this game will have much negative impact at all on our staff or class.

At least in my opinion.

While winning the games is always the best selling point, some athletes might look at today's performance and think, "damn, I really do have a chance to start".

[ZoomZoom]

Look, at the end of the day, I LOVE OUR CAJUNS and we want the best and want to succeed and move on to the next best conference which is not the Fun Belt.

You asked about my plan:
We need to do what Coach Rebowe is doing at Nicholls and focus on what the SEC and Clemson is doing.
Recruit within our area the best talent (150 miles) this will help with attendance in our stadium
Starting with the Quarterback at St. Thomas More he is a Junior.
But we have to be sure we are evaluating talent and not miss out on the 2 stars
We need 3, 4, & 5 star talent.
Identify the local football players and ensure that their parents want their sons to play at Louisiana so they can watch them play. This will also put people in the stands.
We need to start scheduling more of the Alabama and MS State type schools in Power 5 conferences that will put us on TV.
We need more TV time, but in the Sun Belt this will not provide this competitive advantage
Players want to be on TV so the NFL scouts can see them during football games.
We need to utilize our NFL and past NFL alumni more on the sidelines so the athletes can relate and talk to them.
We need to become a brand of coaching our players up to the NFL and use Louisiana as a marketing tool to attract more high level football players to come to Louisiana
Utilize traveling camps within the state of Louisiana to create more branding of the Louisiana Ragin Cajun brand including Northwest and Northeast LA.
Identify who the best talent in the state and use our alumni base to increase awareness and pressure for them to attend Louisiana.
At the end of the day, we desperately need to get out of the Sun Belt Conference.
If the BCS goes to a 8 team playoff, we will end up like UCF and on the outs.
I have more of the plan but not enough room to write.
Please do not question my love of my Cajuns, i am just frustated that we had a chance today to showcase who we are and it fell miserably short.
I think Coach Napier is the coach we need but his last two game have been questionable.
GEAUX CAJUNS, I LOVE YOU>

There is nothing at Nicholls to emulate. They play on THURSDAYS as often as possible to not compete with HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL and ALICE SHOE . In doing so, they admit they "know their place".

Recruiting radius plan has worked out real well for McNeese and attendance, probably was a major reason they have a new coach.

Just because a local high school player is good, that does not translate to college and butts in the bleachers. But winning does.

[UL_Cajuns]

Fans overestimate the impact - one way or another - of one game on an athlete deciding where they're going for the next 3-5 years of their lives. I don't think this game will have much negative impact at all on our staff or class.

At least in my opinion.

Coach Napier can actually still use the whole year to his advantage. Hey we had a losing season last year. We went 7-7 this year, in the Sun Belt Championship game and went to a bowl game. Just wait until we get my recruiting class in here. We cannot say we didn’t improve over last year because we did. Geaux LA!

[Cajunfanatico]

If they stick after the poop fire today. cULture took a pretty big in-state hit today.

We'll see. I'll bet you'll be very happy on signing day......assuming you want to see us sign a great class.

[82Cajun]

Good Points Cajunfantico......

[Cajunfanatico]

Good Points Cajunfantico......

Of course, when Cajunfanatico speaks................... LOL

[82Cajun]

At the end of the day, we want the best for our Cajuns, these players played hard and deserve our respect and congratulations.

[Cajunfanatico]

At the end of the day, we want the best for our Cajuns, these players played hard and deserve our respect and congratulations.

Correct. This squad over-achieved. I understand being po'd about the loss, but I always step back and look at the big picture in times like these. This could have been OUR YEAR 3 with a coach trying to get his team to a bowl game for the first time in his tenure.

Would you be happy about that? I sure wouldn't be.

And I don't want to hear that crap about...well yeah, they play in the AAC. So what? Every coach has to work with what he has in the conference in which he's coaching. Being in the AAC should allow the average coach to recruit better athletes because, generally speaking, the schedules are better, the facilities are better, the budgets are better.......you get the picture.

One can make the argument that it can be just as tough to get to 6-6 (bowl eligible) in the SunBelt as it is in most other conferences. Amirite? I think so. Every conference has its cream and its crap.

[angeleast]

Correct. This squad over-achieved. I understand being po'd about the loss, but I always step back and look at the big picture in times like these. This could have been OUR YEAR 3 with a coach trying to get his team to a bowl game for the first time in his tenure.

Would you be happy about that? I sure wouldn't be.

And I don't want to hear that crap about...well yeah, they play in the AAC. So what? Every coach has to work with what he has in the conference in which he's coaching. Being in the AAC should allow the average coach to recruit better athletes because, generally speaking, the schedules are better, the facilities are better, the budgets are better.......you get the picture.

One can make the argument that it can be just as tough to get to 6-6 (bowl eligible) in the SunBelt as it is in most other conferences. Amirite? I think so. Every conference has its cream and its crap.

Find a fire hydrsnt.. your on fire tonight

[UL_Cajuns]

Correct. This squad over-achieved. I understand being po'd about the loss, but I always step back and look at the big picture in times like these. This could have been OUR YEAR 3 with a coach trying to get his team to a bowl game for the first time in his tenure.

Would you be happy about that? I sure wouldn't be.

And I don't want to hear that crap about...well yeah, they play in the AAC. So what? Every coach has to work with what he has in the conference in which he's coaching. Being in the AAC should allow the average coach to recruit better athletes because, generally speaking, the schedules are better, the facilities are better, the budgets are better.......you get the picture.

One can make the argument that it can be just as tough to get to 6-6 (bowl eligible) in the SunBelt as it is in most other conferences. Amirite? I think so. Every conference has its cream and its crap.

If Napier would have won the Sun Belt Championship and The NOLA bowl in year one then he would have been gone. Just sayin’. I would be thrilled but Think about that. Arkansas State 102

[angeleast]

If Napier would have won the Sun Belt Championship and The NOLA bowl in year one then he would have been gone. Just sayin’. I would be thrilled but Think about that. Arkansas State 102

Yup. We are a two to three year rebuild .. not a one to two before we can compete agaisnt the moo st etc respectably

[Cajunfanatico]

If Napier would have won the Sun Belt Championship and The NOLA bowl in year one then he would have been gone. Just sayin’. I would be thrilled but Think about that. Arkansas State 102

I say he did pretty damned well for taking over a team with a walk-on qb and a defense no where to be found.

He's not happy tonight and neither are those young men, and that's a good thing.....a very good thing.

I wonder what that squad thought after the last year's last game after willingly letting App State stomp us into a mud hole?

New coach, new attitude, new culture, new future. Suck it up, put it behind us. Sign the best class we've ever had and then kick some ___ next year.

Thanks Coach Napier!!!!!