I 100% Support Mike Desormeaux! (formerly I will not support Mike D)

[LouisianaB]

I understand it may be an unpopular opinion. I have always said there is a bigger problem of balancing the need to spend to have success with the need to be fiscally responsible. It may scream small-time, but money isnt an infinite resource for this program.

We had a $5.9 million from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 (one season affected by COVID); and $4.5 million deficit from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. The numbers for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, havent been released, but considering both academic semesters were affected by COVID, i would imagine there will be a deficit.

I like Maggard. But odds are he wont be here in five years. What incentive is there to be fiscally responsible? Is Des worth $775,000, or more like $500k? Does $250k make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things? I think so.

By no means am I big donor. But I do want to see my money used responsibly. Napier was worth $2 million because he proved his worth before getting here and in his first few years. He was also worth it because of basic market factors--i.e. he could make a heck of a lot more somewhere else.

Compare that to Des. No HC experience. One year (or two?) of co-OC position. Six years NCAA coaching. Young. Local. Thats all Im saying.

[CajunVic]

$775k more than all SBC HCs except Spavitol, Butch Jones, and Chadwell.

Just don’t think 775k is justified considering he has no HC experience, and he would have taken a lot less. Market factors didn’t determine this salary.

He has HC experience, you don’t know he would have taken less and absolutely market factors determined his salary . . . This is the University of Louisiana, SBC champs and top 25 team . . .

[ManAboutTown]

If you were going to pay Lanning $775k, you need to pay Mike $775. Plain and simple. The number matters in so many ways.

[CajunVic]

I understand it may be an unpopular opinion. I have always said there is a bigger problem of balancing the need to spend to have success with the need to be fiscally responsible. It may scream small-time, but money isnt an infinite resource for this program.

We had a $5.9 million from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 (one season affected by COVID); and $4.5 million deficit from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. The numbers for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, havent been released, but considering both academic semesters were affected by COVID, i would imagine there will be a deficit.

I like Maggard. But odds are he wont be here in five years. What incentive is there to be fiscally responsible? Is Des worth $775,000, or more like $500k? Does $250k make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things? I think so.

By no means am I big donor. But I do want to see my money used responsibly. Napier was worth $2 million because he proved his worth before getting here and in his first few years. He was also worth it because of basic market factors--i.e. he could make a heck of a lot more somewhere else.

Compare that to Des. No HC experience. One year (or two?) of co-OC position. Six years NCAA coaching. Young. Local. Thats all Im saying.

So, do you think Maggard’s raising the salaries of almost every coach that was already here and not going to ever leave shortly after he got here was not warranted . . . guys like you want us to abuse the very people who are good loyal and willing to be here. That is USL’ing things.

[RedTails]

I understand it may be an unpopular opinion. I have always said there is a bigger problem of balancing the need to spend to have success with the need to be fiscally responsible. It may scream small-time, but money isnt an infinite resource for this program.

We had a $5.9 million from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 (one season affected by COVID); and $4.5 million deficit from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. The numbers for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, havent been released, but considering both academic semesters were affected by COVID, i would imagine there will be a deficit.

I like Maggard. But odds are he wont be here in five years. What incentive is there to be fiscally responsible? Is Des worth $775,000, or more like $500k? Does $250k make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things? I think so.

By no means am I big donor. But I do want to see my money used responsibly. Napier was worth $2 million because he proved his worth before getting here and in his first few years. He was also worth it because of basic market factors--i.e. he could make a heck of a lot more somewhere else.

Compare that to Des. No HC experience. One year (or two?) of co-OC position. Six years NCAA coaching. Young. Local. Thats all Im saying.

Sean McVay became an NFL HC at 30 years old. Sometimes guys just have "IT" and smart decision makers notice it early. We all hope that's the case here.

[LouisianaB]

So, do you think Maggard’s raising the salaries of almost every coach that was already here and not going to ever leave shortly after he got here was not warranted . . . guys like you want us to abuse the very people who are good loyal and willing to be here. That is USL’ing things.

I don’t think $500k is abuse. I think it’s responsible. He does not have college coaching experience. College and high school are a little different.

He wins next year, I’m all for bumping up.

Do you agree with anything I said or is it a blanket rebuke?

[Turbine]

If contracts were worth the digital ink they were written in, this contract would be a steal.

I would consider it front loaded with highway robbery on the back end, but we know how these things work. If he is successful it will have been extended and bumped 3 times by the current end date.

[CrazyCajun]

I understand it may be an unpopular opinion. I have always said there is a bigger problem of balancing the need to spend to have success with the need to be fiscally responsible. It may scream small-time, but money isnt an infinite resource for this program.

We had a $5.9 million from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 (one season affected by COVID); and $4.5 million deficit from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. The numbers for July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, havent been released, but considering both academic semesters were affected by COVID, i would imagine there will be a deficit.

I like Maggard. But odds are he wont be here in five years. What incentive is there to be fiscally responsible? Is Des worth $775,000, or more like $500k? Does $250k make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things? I think so.

By no means am I big donor. But I do want to see my money used responsibly. Napier was worth $2 million because he proved his worth before getting here and in his first few years. He was also worth it because of basic market factors--i.e. he could make a heck of a lot more somewhere else.

Compare that to Des. No HC experience. One year (or two?) of co-OC position. Six years NCAA coaching. Young. Local. Thats all Im saying.

Mike tapped ya ole lady in college or something? Quit hatin bruh.

[LouisianaB]

Mike tapped ya ole lady in college or something? Quit hatin bruh.

If that’s all you gotta say in response then there’s no point in providing an actual response. Grownups can discuss these things

[CajunVic]

I was hoping for UL to save a little more than $1.25 mil over last year, but I'm happy for the Desormeaux family.

You are shorting that analysis by $3mm

[CajunVic]

If that’s all you gotta say in response then there’s no point in providing an actual response. Grownups can discuss these things

Still looking for one of those grownups on the cheese side and you, my friend, are not one of them . . . The response to your whine was most appropriate . . .

[CrazyCajun]

If that’s all you gotta say in response then there’s no point in providing an actual response. Grownups can discuss these things

“We are serious at the university of Louisiana, we are committed to be the top G5 program in the country and we found the guy to do it” well then why you paying him 8th highest salary in the SBC? Oh well he didn’t have any other options. Bet that Sounds fantastic out on the recruiting trail