UL Sports Period!!

[CajunVic]

…..I guess the NIL situation needs to be addressed immediately…….will the coaches be able to call a friend and get big bucks NIL for some recruits……If a kid has it all to be a great player, can we get the NIL situation to be in the same crowd TO A CERTAIN DEGREE??? I recently had a HS reunion was amazed at the wealth in the room……millions of dollars of net worth……so I get 8 guys in basketball and all get $100k….I can win some games!

Boomer, are you interviewing to be coach?

[R1Letterman]

Pretty good point about Mizzou, unless this was his mission (should he choose to accept) as he did, and once we are all the way back down in everything, his party, err conference, will give him his just reward. ….he had to make it look good initially so nobody would be on to it, and he is helping conf mate florida a ton.

[UL_Cajuns]

The athletic department at UL has truly done nothing right since hiring Napier. They keep a basketball coach that is worthless and he's been here for 12 plus years, the baseball program was left in shambles before Deggs took over but it hasn't gotten any better and the softball team is proving that they can't beat a ranked team. It should tell everybody something about the guy that's in charge of the athletic department when his old University that he was with for 20 years didn't even give him the time of day. Mark my words everyone, our athletic department may have a decent budget to work with but they do not have decent coaches.

Take a look at the athletic programs since Maggard has been the athletic director; softball wins their conference but they won't host a regional or host a super regional and they can't beat LSU. And now in the current stage the softball team can't beat a ranked team.

The basketball team is worse; players are leaving the program left and right; the baseball team is just as bad as it's been for the last several years and will soon find out about the football program. But it just doesn't look like we're going to have a very bright future in any of our sports.

While the other universities across this country hold people accountable for the number of wins and the attendance that they have at their games and within their program we don't hold anyone accountable and unfortunately it doesn't look like Maggard and his athletic department is going to be held accountable.

There is absolutely zero fun going to watch any of the sporting events that UL has and we're back to the old days
like it was under Authement. If this University and this athletic department want to be big time and I keep hearing day in and day out then they need to start acting, winning, and holding coaches accountable. They're not ready for the big time in any way shape or form!

What a joke our athletic department has become. You can't put all of the financial eggs in the football basket like Maggard has done and expect basketball, baseball and softball along with the other sports to excel.

In Maggard we Trust.

[anhil8tor]

I'm trying hard to disagree with this, but a lot of it rings true.

Yup

[babysitter]

Unfortunately Cajun fans, Deggs is not the right fit. There is MO EXCUSE for playing and coaching as poor as the baseball team has showed in the first 1/3 of the season. UL baseball has not looked like a competitive team for the last 6 years. How long is this going to last???

I don’t think people realize how bad the baseball program was when Deggs inherited it. Beyond bad.

[R1Letterman]

Yup

Speaking of the high academic standards represented by our AD’s old stomping ground, Is Mizzou still in the East division of their conference?

[babysitter]

“Our.” Lol

Why do the terms “we” and “our” make you implode?

[Big Buds]

Troll or not some truths are being told…but the overall approach just ____es me off. Almost like someone has an axe to grind.

[cajungmg]

The athletic department at UL has truly done nothing right since hiring Napier. They keep a basketball coach that is worthless and he's been here for 12 plus years, the baseball program was left in shambles before Deggs took over but it hasn't gotten any better and the softball team is proving that they can't beat a ranked team. It should tell everybody something about the guy that's in charge of the athletic department when his old University that he was with for 20 years didn't even give him the time of day. Mark my words everyone, our athletic department may have a decent budget to work with but they do not have decent coaches.

Take a look at the athletic programs since Maggard has been the athletic director; softball wins their conference but they won't host a regional or host a super regional and they can't beat LSU. And now in the current stage the softball team can't beat a ranked team.

The basketball team is worse; players are leaving the program left and right; the baseball team is just as bad as it's been for the last several years and will soon find out about the football program. But it just doesn't look like we're going to have a very bright future in any of our sports.

While the other universities across this country hold people accountable for the number of wins and the attendance that they have at their games and within their program we don't hold anyone accountable and unfortunately it doesn't look like Maggard and his athletic department is going to be held accountable.

There is absolutely zero fun going to watch any of the sporting events that UL has and we're back to the old days
like it was under Authement. If this University and this athletic department want to be big time and I keep hearing day in and day out then they need to start acting, winning, and holding coaches accountable. They're not ready for the big time in any way shape or form!

What a joke our athletic department has become. You can't put all of the financial eggs in the football basket like Maggard has done and expect basketball, baseball and softball along with the other sports to excel.

Go troll somewhere else.

[CajunT]

Don't think with your heart, use your head to see if you agree with the poor state of affairs the sports programs are in at present.

I see a football program that has been ranked in the Top 25 the last two seasons, the two greatest seasons in our modern football era.I see a brand that is more recognizable nationally today because our current leadership understood that more people in American view college football weekly during the season than baseball and softball combined.

I see more corporate money coming in than at any of my time over the past 40 years. That corporate money is helping fund the remodel of an antiquated football stadium driven by the vision of our current leadership in the athletic department. That vision plan was inspired by the input of athletic consultants that were hired to move beyond the vision of our former leadership that built two tractor sheds on the top of the south endzone.

And, I see your post that echos the vestiges of the old regime under Dr. Authement and Coach Blanco. A divided tribal view of sports that still believes spring sports brings more national interest to your brand and money to our foundation.

Football drives the wagon, it took this university 3 decades to figure it out. The MBB program isn't successful because the lack of funding, but because the head coach is not capable of winning consistently, nor raising money. Baseball and Softball are to be determined going forward.

Just for the record, I can't tell you how many times I heard Mike Lotief complain about the lack of funding under our previous athletic director.
And that same person couldn't raise money to build Coach Robicheaux a new stadium, and he wasn't exactly well funded either. Both programs today are funded at a higher level than before under the previous athletic
director. All that is possible because of the success of football , not in spite of it.

[ULvictory]

I see a football program that has been ranked in the Top 25 the last two seasons, the two greatest seasons in our modern football era.I see a brand that is more recognizable nationally today because our current leadership understood that more people in American view college football weekly during the season than baseball and softball combined.

I see more corporate money coming in than at any of my time over the past 40 years. That corporate money is helping fund the remodel of an antiquated football stadium driven by the vision of our current leadership in the athletic department. That vision plan was inspired by the input of athletic consultants that were hired to move beyond the vision of our former leadership that built two tractor sheds on the top of the south endzone.

And, I see your post that echos the vestiges of the old regime under Dr. Authement and Coach Blanco. A divided tribal view of sports that still believes spring sports brings more national interest to your brand and money to our foundation.

Football drives the wagon, it took this university 3 decades to figure it out. The MBB program isn't successful because the lack of funding, but because the head coach is not capable of winning consistently, nor raising money. Baseball and Softball are to be determined going forward.

Just for the record, I can't tell you how many times I heard Mike Lotief complain about the lack of funding under our previous athletic director.
And that same person couldn't raise money to build Coach Robicheaux a new stadium, and he wasn't exactly well funded either. Both programs today are funded at a higher level than before under the previous athletic
director. All that is possible because of the success of football , not in spite of it.

Check and Mate

[cajun4life]

The athletic department at UL has truly done nothing right since hiring Napier. They keep a basketball coach that is worthless and he's been here for 12 plus years, the baseball program was left in shambles before Deggs took over but it hasn't gotten any better and the softball team is proving that they can't beat a ranked team. It should tell everybody something about the guy that's in charge of the athletic department when his old University that he was with for 20 years didn't even give him the time of day. Mark my words everyone, our athletic department may have a decent budget to work with but they do not have decent coaches.

Take a look at the athletic programs since Maggard has been the athletic director; softball wins their conference but they won't host a regional or host a super regional and they can't beat LSU. And now in the current stage the softball team can't beat a ranked team.

The basketball team is worse; players are leaving the program left and right; the baseball team is just as bad as it's been for the last several years and will soon find out about the football program. But it just doesn't look like we're going to have a very bright future in any of our sports.

While the other universities across this country hold people accountable for the number of wins and the attendance that they have at their games and within their program we don't hold anyone accountable and unfortunately it doesn't look like Maggard and his athletic department is going to be held accountable.

There is absolutely zero fun going to watch any of the sporting events that UL has and we're back to the old days
like it was under Authement. If this University and this athletic department want to be big time and I keep hearing day in and day out then they need to start acting, winning, and holding coaches accountable. They're not ready for the big time in any way shape or form!

What a joke our athletic department has become. You can't put all of the financial eggs in the football basket like Maggard has done and expect basketball, baseball and softball along with the other sports to excel.

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