R.I.P. Coach Robichaux

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I think black will be appropriate cajun gear for a while.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Very surreal week. Still can't fathom him passing in the hospital after his initial procedure.

I'm very sorry for his wife and family. This is a great loss to Acadiana, and Lafayette in particular. Some few people are bigger than their individual lives. Robe was clearly a man whose life was devoted to being a representative for Christ.

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Too emotional to talk about it in full on the telephone when longtime Ragin’ Cajuns coach Tony Robichaux died Wednesday, pitcher Gunner Leger — who spent a five-season career under Robichaux at UL, ending this year — took time to write down his thoughts and share them on Friday with The Daily Advertiser.

Leger, son of Cajuns assistant football coach and former Pittsburgh Pirates minor-leaguer Tim Leger, was the Sun Belt Conference’s Pitcher of the Year in 2017. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins in ’17, but did not sign. Leger instead underwent elbow and leg surgeries, sat out all of 2018 while rehabbing and returned for an injury-hampered final season this year.

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[fanof71]

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"Great coach, better man" is a cliche, but it "never fit anybody any better" than UL's Robichaux, says former sports information director Dan McDonald

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Longtime Ragin’ Cajuns play-by-play man Jay Walker may never forget the day Tony Robichaux clinched his first Sun Belt Conference championship.

It was 1997, and Robichaux was late in his third of 25 seasons as head coach at UL

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[Million$Mullet]

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The board has been eerily quiet today. Maybe 3 posts all day. I know everyone is mourning and the sadness is great within all of us. What more can you say? I don’t know I’m still in shock. It is gonna be weird seeing someone else walking out of the dugout to go talk to pitchers or walking towards home plate to meet with the umps and opposing coach before the games.

[angeleast]

The board has been eerily quiet today. Maybe 3 posts all day. I know everyone is mourning and the sadness is great within all of us. What more can you say? I don’t know I’m still in shock. It is gonna be weird seeing someone else walking out of the dugout to go talk to pitchers or walking towards home plate to meet with the umps and opposing coach before the games.

I think after the funeral etc is done, people will attempt to achieve normal. Just going to take awhile. I'm thinking when football ramps up for the 2019 campaign we ll see a little trend to normalcy.

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To his dying day, the coach from Crowley wanted to be remembered not for what he did but instead for who he was. Robichaux, 57, passed away Wednesday, 10 days after suffering a heart attack. When he is laid to rest Monday in his hometown, his wish will be realized

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[CajunJeaux]

The board has been eerily quiet today. Maybe 3 posts all day. I know everyone is mourning and the sadness is great within all of us. What more can you say? I don’t know I’m still in shock. It is gonna be weird seeing someone else walking out of the dugout to go talk to pitchers or walking towards home plate to meet with the umps and opposing coach before the games.

Don’t worry...there will be plenty of opinions when replacement talks come up...all of the professional athletic directors from this past season will get there chance to shine...