ULM/UL

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Back to the original subject of this thread, it is very simple. The only loss we should ever have to them in men's basketball is an occasional loss, at their place, that goes down to the wire. We should never lose to them on a neutral court. We did, and Lee is gone. The next head coach has his work cut out for him.

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Back to the original subject of this thread, it is very simple. The only loss we should ever have to ULM in men's basketball is an occasional loss, at their place, that goes down to the wire. We should never lose to them on a neutral court. We did, and Lee is gone. I did not think it would happen. Maybe things will improve.

[BirdofParadise]

_ [i]igeaux.mobi[/i)
Where did i fall off the realty train? Its not like I wrote him nasty letters or threw a brick through his house. I simply stated I am glad he is gone. If i made any false statements in my post, I will gladly retract them. Lee was given more than enough time to right the ship. It was simply his time to go.
Like i said previously, it is time to look forward and hope we can find the right coach for our University. _

Just about everyone wanted a change in hopes that things willl get better.

Your wanting better for the program was never the issue. Your statement that it was "time to celebrate" was.



Personally, I don't celebrate when people lose their jobs.

But, hey, that's just me.

[lcitsh]

_ Just about everyone wanted a change in hopes that things willl get better.

Your wanting better for the program was never the issue. Your statement that it was "time to celebrate" was.



Personally, I don't celebrate when people lose their jobs.

But, hey, that's just me. _

And me.

[MetryCajun]

_ Just about everyone wanted a change in hopes that things willl get better.

Your wanting better for the program was never the issue. Your statement that it was "time to celebrate" was.



Personally, I don't celebrate when people lose their jobs.

But, hey, that's just me. _

As you know words can be taken several different ways. I am not celebrating Lee losing his job, I am celebrating the fact the administration is finally ready to move forward and commit to big time basketball. Except for you and about a ten other people, everyone saw this move needed to be made last year. Instead we limped along to protect ourselves from an unlikely threat. In short UL got a bad hand and bluffed all the way to the river card. I just wish we would have folded on this hand earlier.

[IHateLaState]

Metry is 100% correct... The change should have been made at least a year ago... probably 2 years ago... We have absolutely wasted 2 years when the end result was clear long ago... The only question was when... Programs that are looking to win don't delay tough decisions... they make them and move on...

This only serves to illustrate the lack of competence in this administration.. Those guys are a complete joke

[MetryCajun]

_ Metry is 100% correct... The change should have been made at least a year ago... probably 2 years ago... We have absolutely wasted 2 years when the end result was clear long ago... The only question was when... Programs that are looking to win don't delay tough decisions... they make them and move on...

This only serves to illustrate the lack of competence in this administration.. Those guys are a complete joke _

Part of UL's problem is what makes it special. UL is like a family owned business. This is cultivated by hiring people with local ties and allowing them to move up the ladder by staying loyal to their bosses. The problem is when someone falters, it is very difficult to cut ties with them. Lee is part of the UL family...so is Walker. That is why it is so difficult for the administration make these tough decisions.

[lcitsh]

_ As you know words can be taken several different ways. I am not celebrating Lee losing his job, I am celebrating the fact the administration is finally ready to move forward and commit to big time basketball. Except for you and about a ten other people, everyone saw this move needed to be made last year. Instead we limped along to protect ourselves from an unlikely threat. In short UL got a bad hand and bluffed all the way to the river card. I just wish we would have folded on this hand earlier. _

I don't know if by an "unlikely threat" you mean the mens' basketball players that threatened to transfer if Robert were fired would not transfer or if you mean the NCAA would not penalize our athletic program if those boys did follow through on their threat and damaged our APR enough so that the NCAA would penalize all of our athletic teams. Either way, it's absolutely too great a risk, one that could cost us two, possibly three, of the best coaches this university has ever had.

[zephyr]

_ Part of UL's problem is what makes it special. UL is like a family owned business. This is cultivated by hiring people with local ties and allowing them to move up the ladder by staying loyal to their bosses. The problem is when someone falters, it is very difficult to cut ties with them. Lee is part of the UL family...so is Walker. That is why it is so difficult for the administration make these tough decisions. _

And being part of that philosophy, it's tough for a university like us, in severe financial troubled times and apart of a completely inadequate collegiate athletic landscape due to the obsolete school system from which we operate, the decisions made have to be calculated and void of most if not all discernable risks. In terms of the product that was on the court the past two seasons, the move is absolutely critical and warranted. However, with a football coach that was on the "hotseat" and women's basketball being in a state of distress, making decisions like this are crucial to your financial stability,especially when you are in the middle of several costly renovation projects that you are either starting or finishing. The athletic budget for which we work in is the second worst in the country. The potential private funding dollars available through our local community tend to leak out to Baton Rouge. Many other schools get to run their athletic departments like big business because that 's what they are. We, on the other hand, have to run it like a small business and being a small business owner myself, I understand the difficulty in making decisions sometimes. I'm not saying that I agree with the decisions, or lack thereof that are made, I'm just saying that I typically understand why they are or aren't made.