Louisiana Wraps Up Roadtrip At Georgia Southern

[ManAboutTown]

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.

All very true. And he is an administrators dream. Players show up to class, make good grades, mostly stay out of trouble, and when they tell him to run off players, he does it. Savoie loves the guy. It will be an uphill battle for the fans.

[angeleast]

All very true. And he is an administrators dream. Players show up to class, make good grades, mostly stay out of trouble, and when they tell him to run off players, he does it. Savoie loves the guy. It will be an uphill battle for the fans.

sometimes situations have to play out I guess.. Too many fluid moving parts to this puzzle.

[Cajunsmike]

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.

I don't know that things will change immediately. You asked my opinion of the ceiling and that was my answer. When they recruit better overall and get rid of the injury bug is when things will improve. On another note, someone mentioned that injuries don't cause you to miss easy layups. In a sense that is true. However the fact that the guy trying that shot is not as good as the one who is hurt causes that to happen more frequently. That is why I said overall recruiting. We have some good players on the team but not nearly enough of them.

[zephyr]

I don't know that things will change immediately. You asked my opinion of the ceiling and that was my answer. When they recruit better overall and get rid of the injury bug is when things will improve. On another note, someone mentioned that injuries don't cause you to miss easy layups. In a sense that is true. However the fact that the guy trying that shot is not as good as the one who is hurt causes that to happen more frequently. That is why I said overall recruiting. We have some good players on the team but not nearly enough of them.

All we have to go by is history. That history is not that impressive and I'm not buying season tickets with the hope that we will all of a sudden recruit and coach better. It's obvious over a long sample size we caught lightning in a bottle a couple of years ago rather than turning the corner and taking the next step.

[Cajunsmike]

All we have to go by is history. That history is not that impressive and I'm not buying season tickets with the hope that we will all of a sudden recruit and coach better. It's obvious over a long sample size we caught lightning in a bottle a couple of years ago rather than turning the corner and taking the next step.

Understood. Everyone makes decisions that are personal in regards to time and money. In today's world, where every game can be watched online or ESPN +, it is not surprising fewer and fewer folks attend events live. Especially so, when teams are struggling. In our case, you can always attend individual games with no hassle if you ever desire to.

[ULvictory]

I don't know that things will change immediately. You asked my opinion of the ceiling and that was my answer. When they recruit better overall and get rid of the injury bug is when things will improve. On another note, someone mentioned that injuries don't cause you to miss easy layups. In a sense that is true. However the fact that the guy trying that shot is not as good as the one who is hurt causes that to happen more frequently. That is why I said overall recruiting. We have some good players on the team but not nearly enough of them.

But that’s the thing. The guy trying that shot at this level shouldn’t be air balling layups. They’re D1 players. And I will admit that this is where this coaching staff have missed the mark: talent evaluation. Over the past two years, we haven’t recruited depth. Two scholarship guys are sitting the bench for Mason Aucoin. That tells me all I need to know on how we have missed the boat when it comes to finding talented depth.

[Hatch]

But that’s the thing. The guy trying that shot at this level shouldn’t be air balling layups. They’re D1 players. And I will admit that this is where this coaching staff have missed the mark: talent evaluation. Over the past two years, we haven’t recruited depth. Two scholarship guys are sitting the bench for Mason Aucoin. That tells me all I need to know on how we have missed the boat when it comes to finding talented depth.

I definitely get the point your making but I do think some of the reason for Aucoin and Jaylon Williams playing over Spenkuch and Lafayette is position related. Those two aren’t perimeter players while the 6 scholarship guys currently injured are.

[ULvictory]

I definitely get the point your making but I do think some of the reason for Aucoin and Jaylon Williams playing over Spenkuch and Lafayette is position related. Those two aren’t perimeter players while the 6 scholarship guys currently injured are.

I definitely get that. My point is that fact that those two are barely seeing the court even as subs, and they’re scholarships guys.

[Cajunsmike]

I definitely get that. My point is that fact that those two are barely seeing the court even as subs, and they’re scholarships guys.

That is definitely an issue. I believe even people within the program would admit it is a concern. Not too criticize those guys too much as they simply don’t have enough talent to help more. In an ideal world Spenkuch could have been redshirted and possibly developed with time.

[Hatch]

That is definitely an issue. I believe even people within the program would admit it is a concern. Not too criticize those guys too much as they simply don’t have enough talent to help more. In an ideal world Spenkuch could have been redshirted and possibly developed with time.

I agree with Spenkuch probably being scheduled to redshirt. I also think that at the mid major level you will always be chasing quality big men. I have no problem using one of the last scholarships available to take a chance on a 6’11” guy who can knock down shots like Lafayette. Making him a project and trying to develop him into someone who can bang around down low well enough to eat up some minutes when he is needed. It’s been a year and a half and I haven’t seen a lot of development there yet.

Don’t get me wrong I do believe recruiting can be improved, but having a project or two at the end of the bench, especially a big man, is almost a given. You just don’t normally expect to have 6 ahead of them on the depth chart out at 1 time.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I agree with Spenkuch probably being scheduled to redshirt. I also think that at the mid major level you will always be chasing quality big men. I have no problem using one of the last scholarships available to take a chance on a 6’11” guy who can knock down shots like Lafayette. Making him a project and trying to develop him into someone who can bang around down low well enough to eat up some minutes when he is needed. It’s been a year and a half and I haven’t seen a lot of development there yet.

Don’t get me wrong I do believe recruiting can be improved, but having a project or two at the end of the bench, especially a big man, is almost a given. You just don’t normally expect to have 6 ahead of them on the depth chart out at 1 time.

I had a PE coach sur name Nelson. He may have had a PHD ‘twas decades back. The thing I recall clearly as if this morning was his reaction time device. It was a tool to record your reaction time. It was based on gravity.

The thing I recall was him telling us about how he was able to determine the starters and first line backups based exclusively on reaction time. He placed 7/10 in order based on that alone.

When I watch our bigs I try to gauge them on my eyeball evaluation. Not scientific measurement but seems right. If their reaction is quick they start and generally do well.

Marlin and company cannot increase reaction time, but it’s easily determined. Anybody who is slow should be somebody else’s gamble.

[cajuns80]

That is definitely an issue. I believe even people within the program would admit it is a concern. Not too criticize those guys too much as they simply don’t have enough talent to help more. In an ideal world Spenkuch could have been redshirted and possibly developed with time.

Ahhh like Gladney and the big guy from California, and Plaisance, and Lafayette. Get the trend.....