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

[LouisianaB]

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 . . .

Asking questions about fiscal responsibility is whining? Okay bud.

Speaking of, I offered to meet you face to face as grownups do. You declined.

[LouisianaB]

“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

4th highest.

[CajunVic]

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?

In this part of the thread, blanket rebuke. I am happy with the salary and would have been even more ecstatic had it come out and made a real statement at $1mm

[CrazyCajun]

4th highest.

Not with what you suggesting paying him

[LouisianaB]

Not with what you suggesting paying him

Yes. I’m okay with paying an unproven coach $500k until he proves himself as a HC.

[CajunVic]

Asking questions about fiscal responsibility is whining? Okay bud.

Speaking of, I offered to meet you face to face as grownups do. You declined.

There is fiscal responsibility and there is irresponsibility to reality . . . What you are proposing is the latter . . . A guy like you would want him out recruiting is a Chevette . . . It would get him everywhere he needs to be and would be fiscally sound . . .

[CrazyCajun]

Yes. I’m okay with paying an unproven coach $500k until he proves himself as a HC.

Well Maggard isn’t but I’m sure he will take your concern into consideration. $500k would put us only ahead of ULM this year...we are adding 4 teams that all
Pay over that...Bowden was at $485 and will probably get a raise...$500k would put us dead last in coaching salary in the SBC next year..out of 14 teams....last. You either hatin or you didn’t bother to ponder the number you through out

[LouisianaB]

There is fiscal responsibility and there is irresponsibility to reality . . . What you are proposing is the latter . . .

Did Des have an offer to go coach somewhere else? Where and what is expected salary?

$500k ain’t abuse. Prove yourself and you will be rewarded.

[cajun4life]

Asking questions about fiscal responsibility is whining? Okay bud.

Speaking of, I offered to meet you face to face as grownups do. You declined.

Your opinion on this is so bad. Like, almost trolling bad.

The HC position here is worth $775k. It doesn’t matter who the person hired is. That is the starting point for our program.

I’d like to see $3M is assistant/analyst pool to go with that as well.

[cajun4life]

Did Des have an offer to go coach somewhere else? Where and what is expected salary?

$500k ain’t abuse. Prove yourself and you will be rewarded.

Just stop dude. I’m 100% certain Desormeaux would have followed Napier to Florida if he didn’t get the job here and was offered a position.

We will be successful next season and likely win 8-10 games. At that point he will be a bargain.

[CajunVic]

Yes. I’m okay with paying an unproven coach $500k until he proves himself as a HC.

Looks like you wanted him to prove himself at McNeese . . . Gladly, our administration took another route . . .

[Cajun90]

Just stop dude. I’m 100% certain Desormeaux would have followed Napier to Florida if he didn’t get the job here and was offered a position.

We will be successful next season and likely win 8-10 games. At that point he will be a bargain.

Think you are probably right and as noted a lot more goes into this than "Mike ain't goin nowhere". I was actually expecting higher. I'm fairly certain the state limits salaries to around 200k and anything else is private money. So if some people want to pony up who cares what the salary is.