UL plans to extend contracts for five coaches, including Marlin, Deggs, Glasco

[CajunT]

The end of his contract will never happen if he keeps getting extended.

If he doesn't win conference regular season, or tournament he will be gone after 2023 season. Since he has 1 regular season championship and 1 conference tournament championship in over 11 years, you should probably take those odds to Vegas.

[Balanced_view]

I am just as interested to see how folks would react if Marlin won the regular season and tournament championship this upcoming year, as I would be if they actually win it. Talk about the board being entertaining! make it happen.

[Million$Mullet]

I am just as interested to see how folks would react if Marlin won the regular season and tournament championship this upcoming year, as I would be if they actually win it. Talk about the board being entertaining! make it happen.

I don’t think there’s a single person on this board that doesn’t like Bob Marlin as a person. I also don’t think there’s a person on this board that actually wants him to lose.
At the same time there’s a very specific reason that people are fed up with the constant raises and extensions when we really have nothing but mediocre success to show for it.
There’s also a reason why people are still pessimistic about basketball when we have a little bit of success during a season. We normally follow a long winning streak with mind numbing losses and losing streaks. We have the “best season ever” and lose to a 5 win Little Rock team on senior night. We also bowed out in the semis that year.
There’s always an excuse. There’s always a slick comment thrown at the fan base or something along those lines. It’s tiresome and it’s been long past time for a change. Not because Bob sucks but because it’s time for something new.
I think we could win 25 regular season games this year and people would be happy but still pessimistic about how the tournament would go. It’s just the way Cajun basketball has been for the last 12 years.

[CajunT]

I am just as interested to see how folks would react if Marlin won the regular season and tournament championship this upcoming year, as I would be if they actually win it. Talk about the board being entertaining! make it happen.

Personally, I have no problems with Coach Marlin. He's actually a good guy to most people that have spoke to him personally. I hope he does win, at least we would have something other than football and softball to celebrate out of the top programs. Results matter, and the long term health of my university's athletic program are far more important then the personality that is the current HC.

[Cajunsmike]

The end of his contract will never happen if he keeps getting extended.

Once again the extension is only pertinent with success due to the buyout not increasing. If a disappointing season occurs, the administration can make a change with no increase in the financial obligation they had before today. As MAT said, this is somewhat symbolic. Perhaps the staff told potential recruits that an extension was pending. If so, that may have helped bring new talent on board. I imagine the pandemic was a major reason in the decision to extend ALL the coaches one year. Note, Coach Brodhead received a two year extension due to the WBB team winning the regular season championship. His contract called for 1 year to be given automatically with that accomplishment. Similar language is in the contracts for all these coaches.

[ManAboutTown]

Personally, I have no problems with Coach Marlin. He's actually a good guy to most people that have spoke to him personally. I hope he does win, at least we would have something other than football and softball to celebrate out of the top programs. Results matter, and the long term health of my university's athletic program are far more important then the personality that is the current HC.

Perfectly said.

[axg8750]

Once again the extension is only pertinent with success due to the buyout not increasing. If a disappointing season occurs, the administration can make a change with no increase in the financial obligation they had before today. As MAT said, this is somewhat symbolic. Perhaps the staff told potential recruits that an extension was pending. If so, that may have helped bring new talent on board. I imagine the pandemic was a major reason in the decision to extend ALL the coaches one year. Note, Coach Brodhead received a two year extension due to the WBB team winning the regular season championship. His contract called for 1 year to be given automatically with that accomplishment. Similar language is in the contracts for all these coaches.

Sounds like more excuses to me. Same song and dance for who knows how long. Same as the “West Devision is not as hard in football as it in basketball.”

Tired of excuses from basketball team and looking forward to some production on the court.

This extension does not give me confidence. Marlin and everyone should know how HOT his seat is.

Weak sauce!

[Cajunsmike]

I can’t figure out how my poSt was making excuses. I simply pointed out extension does not mean much due to buyout not increasing. As I said in an earlier post, pressure to produce better results is still on and is understood by people in program. I will remind folks that players and coaches don’t think like fans. They have confidence their efforts will result in a higher level of success.

[Duckster]

If the Dean of Sunbelt Conference men's basketball coaches gets our team into the NCAA tourney this season, everyone will be overjoyed. The publicity that comes with it is amazing for the University. Now Coach Marlin's track record suggests odds are we'll miss the NCAA's again. Must say will be interesting to see how this recent influx of players fit together. Am keeping an open mind about the upcoming season.

[ZoomZoom]

I am just as interested to see how folks would react if Marlin won the regular season and tournament championship this upcoming year, as I would be if they actually win it. Talk about the board being entertaining! make it happen.

That would be fun to sit back with popcorn and a cold one. JMO

[lcitsh]

Most people seem to understand that these extensions are due to Covid. I agree with that. The latest comments are about Bob Marlin more than anyone else. I know I haven't stated my position on him in a while, so let me do that now.

When the announcement was made about his hiring and some of his credentials were mentioned, I celebrated like most others. Pretty good background, certain levels of success at each stage of his career, no nonsense type of person. Seemed like a pretty good fit at the time, especially with the circumstances of Robert Lee's departure.

As I do with other coaches once they are hired, I started doing my own checks on him. The first thought I had about him was "Why, at his age, is the Southland Conference the highest job he's ever had?" I looked into his coaching philosophy, what types of players he recruited, on and on. The more I discovered, the more I realized, "He's not the right fit for here." When he was presented at the press conference, he confirmed what I thought. It's not that he sounded unintelligent, nor unfocused or anything else that might make him seem like a bad coach, I just had the feeling that he was not the right fit to coach here.

I spoke with Scott Farmer, the one who found Marlin, and David Walker, the man who hired him, separately and privately, at that press conference, and asked them to watch Marlin closely. I explained my concerns and that I was hoping to be wrong in my assessment. I appeared to be wrong after that first season. As time dragged on, it became apparent I wasn't.

Like most others, I have nothing against Bob Marlin. I do believe he is an excellent coach, knows the game well, trains his players, all types of accolades you can bestow on a coach. He just isn't the right fit to be coaching here. At age 62, this is likely his last coaching job, so we can expect for him to be here another three seasons.

[axg8750]

I can’t figure out how my poSt was making excuses. I simply pointed out extension does not mean much due to buyout not increasing. As I said in an earlier post, pressure to produce better results is still on and is understood by people in program. I will remind folks that players and coaches don’t think like fans. They have confidence their efforts will result in a higher level of success.

Didn’t mean excuses from you, CM. No reason for you to need to make excuses.