A Conversation With Dr. Maggard

[Turbine]

Or maybe not . . . Don’t be a fool

Meaning one solitary game can be the holdup on defining "finalized"

Schedules are worked on years in advance "finalized" or not they are not last minute endeavors.

[Turbine]

... P5 teams simply refuse to go on the road and buy home games instead. ...

Problem #1

P5 is a football term.

[Cajunsmike]

Good point. Dr. Maggard used the term A6. In basketball the American is considered similar to the P5 football leagues. It refers to schools that are in annual multi bid leagues. Easy to forget correct terminology in middle of football season.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Everyone knows what you were saying and meaning. The new Big East is absolutely the equivalent of the P5 in football. Hair splitting is for the indigenous people of color. We know what indigenous have been called since Chris Columbus misidentified the locals.

[Turbine]

Everyone knows what you were saying and meaning. The new Big East is absolutely the equivalent of the P5 in football. Hair splitting is for the indigenous people of color. We know what indigenous have been called since Chris Columbus misidentified the locals.

A6 is a red herring when it comes to basketball scheduling potential.

In football there are 60 P5 schools, and only half of those can help your image.

With football you have a pool of 131 teams overall in order to find 4 independant games.

There are over 300 schools to choose from in basketball. Meaning there are a lot more teams in the upper half of the hair splitting spectrum.

In basketball you have as many as as 12 independant games to enhance your schedule. That's as many as the entire football schedule.

Four vs twelve, P5/A6 does not apply here.

If success really comes down to 3 games in March, it doesn't matter what happens in Nov. Dec. play the toughest schedule year in and year out and solid teams will be lining up to come to the Cajundome.

Instead of just playing Baylor to start the season, plan on 4 or 5 years where you are nothing but road warriors. Scheduling Baylor,
Kansas, Gonzaga, Dayton, Florida State, San Diego State, Creighton, Kentucky, SEC, Michigan State, Villanova... and the like.

Those teams need 10 or so independent games every year.

As soon as they realize playing Louisiana helps their RPI scheduling home games against top-100 schools won't be a problem.

[CajunVic]

One can develop a beautiful plan if all of the constraints which are reality are ignored. Send this to Dr. Maggard, I am sure he is on wait to implement it. Also when you do, give him a little help and send a big check to assist.

[Turbine]

One can develop a beautiful plan if all of the constraints which are reality are ignored. Send this to Dr. Maggard, I am sure he is on wait to implement it. Also when you do, give him a little help and send a big check to assist.

Don't be a fool.

If football with 4 open slots can find 1 quality opponent annually from among 131 options....

Basketbal with 12 open slots can find 3 quality opponents from among 350 options....

How? Every team in the country needs, desires, wants to fill their schedule.

[CajunNation]

A6 is a red herring when it comes to basketball scheduling potential.

In football there are 60 P5 schools, and only half of those can help your image.

With football you have a pool of 131 teams overall in order to find 4 independant games.

There are over 300 schools to choose from in basketball. Meaning there are a lot more teams in the upper half of the hair splitting spectrum.

In basketball you have as many as as 12 independant games to enhance your schedule. That's as many as the entire football schedule.

Four vs twelve, P5/A6 does not apply here.

If success really comes down to 3 games in March, it doesn't matter what happens in Nov. Dec. play the toughest schedule year in and year out and solid teams will be lining up to come to the Cajundome.

Instead of just playing Baylor to start the season, plan on 4 or 5 years where you are nothing but road warriors. Scheduling Baylor,
Kansas, Gonzaga, Dayton, Florida State, San Diego State, Creighton, Kentucky, SEC, Michigan State, Villanova... and the like.

Those teams need 10 or so independent games every year.

As soon as they realize playing Louisiana helps their RPI scheduling home games against top-100 schools won't be a problem.

Correct.

The naysayers will point out the ridiculous contract that demands so many home games. Hence, the worthless non D1 games.

The problem is the contract.

[CajunVic]

Don't be a fool.

If football with 4 open slots can find 1 quality opponent annually from among 131 options....

Basketbal with 12 open slots can find 3 quality opponents from among 350 options....

How? Every team in the country needs, desires, wants to fill their schedule.

You keep using 350 options . . . So how many of those are really not options because they don’t help but would still cost more?

You ignore the requirements for home games in the Learfield contract.

You ignore the cost associated with buyin’s of the teams that you desire we bring in.

Please help with these constraints before you throw the “fool” description around. Did you not hear Dr. Maggard address each of the things you ignore? I don’t think Dr. Maggard is a fool, but you are entitled to your opinion. Each of the things you say may work in a vacuum, but it has been pointed out that they do not work in reality.

[Turbine]

You keep using 350 options . . . So how many of those are really not options because they don’t help but would still cost more?

You ignore the requirements for home games in the Learfield contract.

You ignore the cost associated with buyin’s of the teams that you desire we bring in.

Please help with these constraints before you throw the “fool” description around. Did you not hear Dr. Maggard address each of the things you ignore? I don’t think Dr. Maggard is a fool, but you are entitled to your opinion. Each of the things you say may work in a vacuum, but it has been pointed out that they do not work in reality.

"Don't be a fool" is a message to myself... but I reply to you anyway. ...

[CajunVic]

"Don't be a fool" is a message to myself... but I reply to you anyway. ...

Well that was a bait and switch if I ever seen one . ..

[ZoomZoom]

A6 is a red herring when it comes to basketball scheduling potential.

In football there are 60 P5 schools, and only half of those can help your image.

With football you have a pool of 131 teams overall in order to find 4 independant games.

There are over 300 schools to choose from in basketball. Meaning there are a lot more teams in the upper half of the hair splitting spectrum.

In basketball you have as many as as 12 independant games to enhance your schedule. That's as many as the entire football schedule.

Four vs twelve, P5/A6 does not apply here.

If success really comes down to 3 games in March, it doesn't matter what happens in Nov. Dec. play the toughest schedule year in and year out and solid teams will be lining up to come to the Cajundome.

Instead of just playing Baylor to start the season, plan on 4 or 5 years where you are nothing but road warriors. Scheduling Baylor,
Kansas, Gonzaga, Dayton, Florida State, San Diego State, Creighton, Kentucky, SEC, Michigan State, Villanova... and the like.

Those teams need 10 or so independent games every year.

As soon as they realize playing Louisiana helps their RPI scheduling home games against top-100 schools won't be a problem.

It’s the back half of our schedule that is a big problem. It’s been said many times until the entire conference goes all in on MBB, we’ll be held back by our conference brethren the rate out 270+.