MBB G13 Final: Louisiana 73, SLU 72

[cajun4life]

I never said significant success can't occur here. I said last year's team had a good chance to accomplish that before the injury bug hit. We can get a repeat of last year and soon. Now this year's team is simply not deep enough or talented enough to pull that off. Perhaps they will shock me. What I did say was we won't draw many more people than we do now even with more success. That is based upon what is happening elsewhere and the reality of the world we live in.

It cost too much to go to games. It’s $150 a night of you go with a family of 4 or 5. To go see the Cajuns play a nobody. Plus we aren’t nearly as athletic and the Fletcher/Evans teams were.

We play hard and we are getting better athletically. But it’s just not enough to draw another 3000 fans on top of who goes every game.

We will have to get on a win streak like Marlin did his first season.

[Cajunsmike]

It cost too much to go to games. It’s $150 a night of you go with a family of 4 or 5. To go see the Cajuns play a nobody. Plus we aren’t nearly as athletic and the Fletcher/Evans teams were.

We play hard and we are getting better athletically. But it’s just not enough to draw another 3000 fans on top of who goes every game.

We will have to get on a win streak like Marlin did his first season.

We had a longer winning streak last year than in his first year and did not reach the attendance levels of the later games in his first season. That is how much the world has changed in the last few years and prices are definitely a factor.

[CAJUNJUDO]

Most definitely not! We're in a pirogue compared to Houston with their yacht.

Didn't they just spend $60 million on renovating their basketball arena and now they are considering hiring Holgorsen from WVU. When would we be able to think about that?

Equivalent??? Hahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhIaSEvEfLQ&app=desktop

[cajun_lannister]

Most definitely not! We're in a pirogue compared to Houston with their yacht.

Didn't they just spend $60 million on renovating their basketball arena and now they are considering hiring Holgorsen from WVU. When would we be able to think about that?

Equivalent??? Hahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhIaSEvEfLQ&app=desktop

They are head and shoulders above us and to think 12 years ago we were competing and beating them ... Amazing what a good AD does

[cajun4life]

Most definitely not! We're in a pirogue compared to Houston with their yacht.

Didn't they just spend $60 million on renovating their basketball arena and now they are considering hiring Holgorsen from WVU. When would we be able to think about that?

Equivalent??? Hahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhIaSEvEfLQ&app=desktop

So you keep moving the target.

[Cajunsmike]

They are head and shoulders above us and to think 12 years ago we were competing and beating them ... Amazing what a good AD does

We beat them in football in 2006 and that was 12 years ago. Does not seem that long ago until you stop and think about it. We also beat them in basketball in December of 2013 and that is five years now. I think their wealthy alumni getting involved is as much a factor in the Cougars becoming relevant as their competent administrators. Would be great if we could cultivate one of those.

[CajunRebel]

Most definitely not! We’re in a pirogue compared to Houston with their yacht.

Didn’t they just spend $60 million on renovating their basketball arena and now they are considering hiring Holgorsen from WVU. When would we be able to think about that?

Equivalent??? Hahaha

In addition to the 60 Million they spent on the arena, they spent another 25 Million on their basketball practice facility. They spent double what we spent on the entire APC for JUST basketball.

And even with all that, plus AAC membership, Houston still hasn’t achieved what people here expect Marlin to achieve at UL.

[talktomewillis]

For the first time in 9 years. Marlin is a bum beating bum teams. It’s ok we know what the expectations are from the university and we are exactly where we are for a reason.

Marlin will coach here for 20 years with 3 NCAA appearances if we are lucky. That’s fine for some fans. Not me.

If it’s only about 3 games in March then Marlin has only been successful 1 of 8 seasons. That may be good enough for y’all but it ain’t good enough for $600k.

You said it was ok if we were beating teams by 30. I said we did that last year. That never stopped you from complaining the entire season.

Look, we get it. You, VO, Express and Lannister are going to scream and yell until you finally get your way. And, since no coach lasts forever, one day you will.

In the meantime, every time we have success you and the others mentioned above will move the needle to a different place and complain some more.

We got it. And, the horse died a while back.

[VObserver]

Not really, because he tied for 1st in his first season, so that would give him the same number of conference championships as Hunter, but you do you.

Nope. Tied for second.

[ZoomZoom]

You said it was ok if we were beating teams by 30. I said we did that last year. That never stopped you from complaining the entire season.

Look, we get it. You, VO, Express and Lannister are going to scream and yell until you finally get your way. And, since no coach lasts forever, one day you will.

In the meantime, every time we have success you and the others mentioned above will move the needle to a different place and complain some more.

We got it. And, the horse died a while back.

Ignore button works. 👍

[MetryCajun]

Is Houston’s level of athletic success more than what we can attain here at UL?

Yes. Even if we get in the AAC they will have a multitude of advantages against us. Resources are not everything, but we do not have the wealthy donors they have. Such is the advantage of being located in an affluent city like Houston.

[talktomewillis]

There have been 81 posts since I mentioned the injury to Marquetti looks to be serious and he could be out extensive time.

Not one reference to it.

Not even a good wish for Marquetti.

Lame.