Cut the Negative Crap Out

[Cajun90]

Listened to Dr. Maggard on KPEL this morning and he said the pool of money for assistants will stay the same.

[GeauxCajuns]

So, you're going to pay the new incoming assistants what you were paying Toney and Juluke? Regardless of experience or past success?

So you’re going to say go out and continue our success but you have to do it on a reduced budget?

[zephyr]

The players reaction when he was introduced as the new HC should have sold everyone. The players know where they are, feared losing what they helped build, and their reaction tells me that all is well with the team and continued vision for the future.

Player reaction is great but we already knew the players loved Mike and many others on this staff. The questions will only be answered once we get through hiring of replacement staff, recruiting and of course when we see it on the field.

[zephyr]

So you’re going to say go out and continue our success but you have to do it on a reduced budget?

No, what I'm saying is are you going to pay the next DC what Toney was making regardless of whether he has experience and track record for success? Are you going to pay Des the same money that you were paying Napier in the sense of continuing our success? Of course not. I'm saying it depends on who is hired and what their experience is.

[RedTails]

Listened to Dr. Maggard on KPEL this morning and he said the pool of money for assistants will stay the same.

Right, which he specified was $2.5 million. He also made sure to say CMD will receive the same level of support and attention for the program needs that CBN received from the admin.

Ian had a really good interview with him this morning, worth a listen if Ian posts the interview in podcast form.

Ian also asked where would CBN's buyout money go, and Dr. Maggard said operating budget and left it at that.

[Bandwagon King]

The players reaction when he was introduced as the new HC should have sold everyone. The players know where they are, feared losing what they helped build, and their reaction tells me that all is well with the team and continued vision for the future.

No offense Gatordad, but that means about as much as a big pregame rah rah speech. It lasts until the first time you get the hell knocked out of you. The fastest way to go from being everybody's favorite person, to being the biggest jerk on campus is to get the head job. The pick is made & it's too late to whine about it now, especially with Billy's endorsement. But asking important questions & asking if those questions were being asked is not being negative.

[cajun4life]

Bringing up legitimate concerns is not "negative crap".

Concerns yes, but that other thread wasn’t concerns. It’s was negativity.

Michael Desormeaux will be as good a HC as his support staff will be. I have Zero doubt that he will continue the same process that he was a part of building here. Billy Napier gets the credit, but he sure as hell didn’t do it alone.

By all accounts Desormeaux and Rob Sale were Napier’s go to guys. Sale was my number 1 choice for HC. Then a P5 DC, then Desormeaux in that order.

We now have a HC who will be here for the right reasons and will be successful.

His hires on the defensive side of the ball will make or break him as a HC. It sure as hell won’t be because he isn’t Qualified.

[CajunEXPRESS]

No offense Gatordad, but that means about as much as a big pregame rah rah speech. It lasts until the first time you get the hell knocked out of you. The fastest way to go from being everybody's favorite person, to being the biggest jerk on campus is to get the head job. The pick is made & it's too late to whine about it now, especially with Billy's endorsement. But asking important questions & asking if those questions were being asked is not being negative.

IMO those important concerns were all voiced before the hire. Continuing to ask, or more accurately demand more information than anyone else ever gets is ______ing and moaning pure and simple.

Those guys can say I told you so on the first mistake, or loss. That’s as certain as the sun rising in the East.

[ManAboutTown]

No offense Gatordad, but that means about as much as a big pregame rah rah speech. It lasts until the first time you get the hell knocked out of you. The fastest way to go from being everybody's favorite person, to being the biggest jerk on campus is to get the head job. The pick is made & it's too late to whine about it now, especially with Billy's endorsement. But asking important questions & asking if those questions were being asked is not being negative.

BWK, you gotta be kidding.. You don't think having the players be excited is important? Is it everything? Certainly not. Is it something? It certainly is.

[JayWalker]

BWK, you gotta be kidding.. You don't think having the players be excited is important? Is it everything? Certainly not. Is it something? It certainly is.

The players will bust their collective asses for Mike. That might go a long way on 12/18

[ZoomZoom]

Bringing up legitimate concerns is not "negative crap".

Yes, read that a thousand times about MBB. And that poor horse has been beaten into dust. Just sayin’…tolerance cuts both ways.

[ManAboutTown]

Yes, read that a thousand times about MBB. And that poor horse has been beaten into dust. Just sayin’…tolerance cuts both ways.

He's not wrong though.. The Pro-Bob, Pro-Levi, etc camps are as guilty at times of lack of tolerance as the Anti camps.. We have to learn from those discussion and treat Mike differently. This is the first time one of our own gets an opportunity likes this. We have to do it differently this time. For so many reasons.