Louisiana Wraps Up Roadtrip At Georgia Southern

[ZoomZoom]

We're witnessing the the rock bottom, can't get any worse than this...

Wasn’t around for NO basketball and the first year back, eh?

[Cajunsmike]

Wasn’t around for NO basketball and the first year back, eh?

The team in the first year back from probation won 7 games. The next year they added Andrew Toney and went 21 and 9. The first team back from probation would drill the team we put on the court today as they had talent, it was just inexperienced. Of course that would not be the case were this squad healthy. Point is that it cannot get much worse than the last two games.

[VObserver]

A season like 2018 can happen 2 of every 5 to 6 years. I firmly believe they would have won the tournament with a healthy Gant and Stove that season. Of course for that to happen the injury bug has to go away and competent players have to fill out the bottom of the roster. Maybe that never happens. Interesting discussion here but I think we all know that no change is happening this year. A season like this one next year and all bets are off. In fact a change is more likely than not at that point

If 2 of 6 years at or near the top of the Sun Belt conference was the ceiling for a new coach, would you hire him? I sure as hell would not.

[cajuns80]

A season like 2018 can happen 2 of every 5 to 6 years. I firmly believe they would have won the tournament with a healthy Gant and Stove that season. Of course for that to happen the injury bug has to go away and competent players have to fill out the bottom of the roster. Maybe that never happens. Interesting discussion here but I think we all know that no change is happening this year. A season like this one next year and all bets are off. In fact a change is more likely than not at that point

So you only expect to win the conference every 3 years? Marlin isn’t even living up to what you expect.

[CajunEXPRESS]

But a 2017 year hasn’t happened but once in a decade. Stove was a great 6th man, we still should have gone to the NCAA. Gant, Stove excuse is BS IMO. NOT you, but the Big Fish.

[GeauxCajuns]

Completely off topic, but if it does “come down to three games in March” why don’t we stack our schedule to prepare for it.

By the way it’s a rhetorical question.

[Turbine]

If 2 of 6 years at or near the top of the Sun Belt conference was the ceiling for a new coach, would you hire him? I sure as hell would not.

"would you hire him?"

That question is a dynamics changer.

[CajunEXPRESS]

There's a reason that Marlin has never been poached. We should have learned that long ago and put him on notice he would never get an extension. We did the exact opposite and here we sit.

He might even return to mediocrity next year and his same defenders will be telling us about how much better they are instead of how outstanding they are.

[Esqueleto]

There’s a reason that Marlin has never been poached. We should have learned that long ago and put him on notice he would never get an extension. We did the exact opposite and here we sit. He might even return to mediocrity next year and his same defenders will be telling us about how much better they are instead of how outstanding they are.

Bingo. As a mid-major or G5, if another school is not coming after your coach within 5-7 year it's time to get another not give him an extension.

[zephyr]

A season like 2018 can happen 2 of every 5 to 6 years. I firmly believe they would have won the tournament with a healthy Gant and Stove that season. Of course for that to happen the injury bug has to go away and competent players have to fill out the bottom of the roster. Maybe that never happens. Interesting discussion here but I think we all know that no change is happening this year. A season like this one next year and all bets are off. In fact a change is more likely than not at that point

I guess my return question is what makes you think that things will all of a sudden change? We routinely do not have the personnel to perform like that team did and he has averaged roughly 11 SBC wins per season for a decade. I'm not sure where we are all of a sudden going to turn the light switch on for him and this program. It is what it is.

[axg8750]

The Big Fish made friends with the right donors in Acadiana. The type of donors who would rather be in the “in crowd” than have a team who was competitive enough to worth watching.

Kudos to Marlin for milking that $500k a year Salary for 10 years but it came at the expense of the Louisiana basketball program which is Stone Cold DEAD!

The big boy donors who still support Marlin and believe he is the right coach for UL are just scared that if a change is made they may find themselves on the outside looking in rather than feeling comfortable the way it is now.

[fanof71]

Wasn’t around for NO basketball and the first year back, eh?

Yes I was...