Louisiana Hosts Texas State In Blackout Game

[CajunVic]

Salary

Universities negotiate salary cuts?

Learn something everyday.

[Esqueleto]

Universities negotiate salary cuts?

Learn something everyday.

Should he be paid tops in the conference for his results?

[CajunVic]

Should he be paid tops in the conference for his results?

I just never heard of saying “you not worth $500,000, but we would keep your poor performance at $250,000.” I have heard of rising to your level of incompetence, but never allowing you to ascend back to the level of competence. Maybe it’s just me.

[Cajunsmike]

I thought Gladney could have helped us. Still shocked he was let go. Think he could give quality minutes right now

Gladney was off the roster the day final grades came out after the spring semester. You can figure out what happened from that circumstance. Another guy who left without it being the complete decision of the people in the basketball program.

[Hatch]

I don't know the details of the recruiting efforts. My guess is that there is a possibility one new recruit comes in the spring meaning someone on team moves on. That is not unusual and happens at almost every school these days. My guess is that bulk of efforts are looking at people they can sign in November. Maybe looking at people beyond that. Recruiting is something that never ends unless a staff knows they are moving on.

I just saw that we have offered a player named Terrence Lewis from New Mexico Junior College. This is proof that as of now they are still actively recruiting for the class of 2020 even though we are full and if someone is signed someone else would have to move on.
Here is some info on Lewis, JUCO recruiting.com has him rated as the #32 JUCO in the country. According to verbal commits he now has 17 D1 offers.

[Turbine]

Gladney was off the roster the day final grades came out after the spring semester. You can figure out what happened from that circumstance. Another guy who left without it being the complete decision of the people in the basketball program.

I'm not a fan of praising coaches when their athletes do well academically, but since the department is prone to do so, shouldn't academic shortcomings be viewed in the opposite light?

[cajuns80]

I just saw that we have offered a player named Terrence Lewis from New Mexico Junior College. This is proof that as of now they are still actively recruiting for the class of 2020 even though we are full and if someone is signed someone else would have to move on.
Here is some info on Lewis, JUCO recruiting.com has him rated as the #32 JUCO in the country. According to verbal commits he now has 17 D1 offers.

And you trust that Marlin can actually kick 3-4 guys off again and get talent in their spots? He’s been doing this for back to back years and they actually get worse.

[zephyr]

I don't follow basketball as closely as I do other sports, so my question is, who is out there this year that we could go and get that would be an upgrade in coaching for the program. Some years there are better coaching prospects than others, is this an up year or is this a down year for coaches in the job pool? And are there any young hungry coaches out there on the radar that would be in consideration for a hc job?

Huh?? There are young coaching prospects all over the place. This is basketball where there are coaching prospects all over the country. I never heard of Billy Napier and he turned out to be a gem. If you can go out and identify a young good coach for a program like ours that is not nationally known, you can find a good young basketball coach.

[zephyr]

I think your reaching to get that take from his post. In my opinion Mike is saying that if there is success next season the cupboard would not be bare and we would not be looking at a complete rebuild heading into the 21-22 season with the way the roster is currently set. As of now there would be 4 seniors on next years team so a solid recruiting class would be needed. There is one commit from the class of 21 as of now in Joe Charles from Carencro. Of course speculation about 2 years from now is well.... a lot of speculation, many things could change in the meantime.

We are always looking forward and hoping we will have a good year next year or a couple of years down the road because the current year always tends to be a wash. Take it how you will. We are constantly looking to the future because the present is forgettable.

[zephyr]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Z...6SE4xY093/view

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2 more years IF we don't reach the NCAA or win the conference regular season title. Sigh

[zephyr]

April 1st buyout becomes lower than his salary ... interesting

How do Mike and others keep coming up with $1 million for the buyout? It would be $475,000 if we moved on in April of this year.

[anhil8tor]

April 1st buyout becomes lower than his salary ... interesting

Does his buyout pay him off, or does the university owe his salary the rest of his contract plus the buyout?