Cure Bowl Final: Louisiana 24, Tulane 41

[fanof71]

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>

And your "plan" includes several near ncaa violations...

[RaginScotsman]

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!!!!!

Yes.

[CajunT]

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

So, here is to hoping he is gone by end of the next season. I'm not interested in seeing another coach end his career in Lafayette selling real estate.

[CajunVic]

Yeah, but... youre still an idiot. Share with us your plan to succeed at not being a ____ing chode.

The reason that he is so fak--king successful at being a chode is that he had no Damn plan.

[CajunT]

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!!!!!

I don't think its wrong to be disappointed in the outcome of this game. I'm certain everyone in that locker room was after the game. Bottom line, we knew who this team was today and the areas that must be improved for next season. I want to thank this staff and the athletes that stuck with this program. With the same commitment and focus, next season will be an exciting one for the Ragin Cajun Nation.

[DieHard1280]

So I turned it off after the 4th down sack. Tulane obviously scored again. Why didn't they kneel the ball and go home?

[Cajunfanatico]

So, here is to hoping he is gone by end of the next season. I'm not interested in seeing another coach end his career in Lafayette selling real estate.

This one won't. Having said, I believe a lot of stars need to align for the right job to open for the right coach. The game at our level is so up and down. If you're up when that coach in that spot you'd love to have is also up, you wait. If you're down when it come open, you wait. Maybe sell real estate eventually.

Nape's done an outstanding job so far IMHO. His next mile-marker will come up next week on signing day. I don't see the man coaching here for more than a few years before moving on to bigger and better things.

[Cajunfanatico]

I don't think its wrong to be disappointed in the outcome of this game. I'm certain everyone in that locker room was after the game. Bottom line, we knew who this team was today and the areas that must be improved for next season. I want to thank this staff and the athletes that stuck with this program. With the same commitment and focus, next season will be an exciting one for the Ragin Cajun Nation.

Tulane certainly stopped our running game and exploited our weaknesses. Any decent coach in his 3rd year with a program should be able to do that to an opposing squad. He did.

We'll be better, much better next year I believe.

[Boomer]

How would you know what "our plan" was today?? Are you psychic, or did Coach Napier discuss his "plan" with you before the game??? I have watched then USL since the 1950s, played in high school and college as a First Team All-Stater, coached at small schools where losing was commonplace and then onto outstanding teams where my teams went unbeaten for three years. My two daughters were outstanding athletes in multiple sports and were great winners but gracious in defeat, as I taught them. Sports is not "all about competing and winning" as you stated. It is about doing your very best at all times in BOTH victory and defeat. All of my teams were prepared to win, but most of all, were going to give their all for the whole game and let the scoreboard take care of itself. If that was always done, then they were winners whether they were ahead or behind. You say that "losing is not an option in life or sports" but that is not true. I have buried friends and relatives that could not overcome illness and disease, but to the bitter end fought the good fight like true Warriors of God. They may have lost their lives, but not without battling the insidious, unbeatable foe within themselves to their human limits. Your temper tantrum over losing a ball game is unfortunate, but these players did not go on that field expecting to play as poorly as it turned out. Not being able to be your best in every contest happens in sports and in life. I would expect you to realize this before members of your family and you traverse the roads of life. NOBODY wins ALL OF THE TIME, so you had better learn how to cope with adversity or be a sad sack with a bad attitude each and every time a decision goes against you on the court, in the gym or, more importantly, in the game of life.

........man, where have you been...I was worried you went to visit Hap......Tulane's body language and excitement seemed to be. More than ours even though it is. Sometimes a false show.....but again not our best show!!!....... Greenies need to thank LSU for this win and a turn around season he sparked..... QB was the difference and a deserving MVP!!

[Gueydanmike1969]

........man, where have you been...I was worried you went to visit Hap......Tulane's body language and excitement seemed to be. More than ours even though it is. Sometimes a false show.....but again not our best show!!!....... Greenies need to thank LSU for this win and a turn around season he sparked..... QB was the difference and a deserving MVP!!

All kinds of computer problems the last few years, Boom, and couldn't log in to this site. Also busy with loads of family situations. Hap won't see me until he gets permission from you to welcome me aboard. You have seniority on me! Nice to be back and talk to good fans like you, though! Merry Christmas and a "Hap"-py New Year to you and all of my Vermilion Parish brothers! Geaux Cajuns!!

[CajunVic]

This one won't. Having said, I believe a lot of stars need to align for the right job to open for the right coach. The game at our level is so up and down. If you're up when that coach in that spot you'd love to have is also up, you wait. If you're down when it come open, you wait. Maybe sell real estate eventually.

Nape's done an outstanding job so far IMHO. His next mile-marker will come up next week on signing day. I don't see the man coaching here for more than a few years before moving on to bigger and better things.

I don't think you are allowed to sell real estate in Lafayette in a black shirt. We safe. This guy is moving up, it's just when.

[LouisianaB]

Not reading the 555 posts. I’ve refrained from critiquing Napier all year, but I cannot not criticize him for using the Levi drive in the second half. That killed the momentum.