Marlin Set To Return ( Retaining Players Paramount )

[zeppelincajun]

Maggard: "tournament play showed us what we knew we were capable of doing."

Actually: Tournament play showed us what we knew, Marlin teams underachieve all year and try to suddenly "turn it on" at the end.

Bingo.

[STEVEAUX UL 78]

They should use this announcement as an opportunity to increase prices for concessions.

[Scott Malkinson]

They should use this announcement as an opportunity to increase prices for concessions.

16oz beers now $14.99 CD needs to one up Minute Maid park

[ULvictory]

I was thinking the same thing. Marlin should never be in the same sentence as Coach K. Good Lord, this AD is clueless and will forever mire in mediocracy.

If you read some of the comments there, they're the massive diehards of the basketball program. But I notice that there's a sense of "groupthink" to the point where I am not sure if some of them really know what most fans outside of that group really think about the program. The fact that one person had asked why the university has to publicly address this issue tells me that some of them only see the program within those few diehards.

As far as the actual decision, the administration decided that one more year was good enough. No matter the reaction, we have no control of that outside of whether or not fans decide to support the program.

[Scott Malkinson]

On Scotts show someone emailed saying they were excited for Marlin to be back .... Scott told them they were in the minority lol

[ManAboutTown]

I still can't get over buddy on the propaganda page asking if "Marlin's success was in question." That's some next level delusion ____. Like Rustonia level.

[CajunT]

If you read some of the comments there, they're the massive diehards of the basketball program. But I notice that there's a sense of "groupthink" to the point where I am not sure if some of them really know what most fans outside of that group really think about the program. The fact that one person had asked why the university has to publicly address this issue tells me that some of them only see the program within those few diehards.

As far as the actual decision, the administration decided that one more year was good enough. No matter the reaction, we have no control of that outside of whether or not fans decide to support the program.

I think your post is on point this morning. No matter how anyone, including myself feels about the decision to allow Coach Marlin to return, fans will make their own choices. I think once people have made up their minds, pushing the discussion only further entrenches their support for, or against Coach Marlin returning for another year.

In regards to supporting other sports, I will continue to buy tickets and donate to RCAF because I'm not going to make other coaches and athletes pay for a decision that I do not agree with. There are ways to donate to specific RCAF funds that help support those programs.

[ManAboutTown]

As with Farmer, Levi and Bustle, the Marlin sycophants actually make the neutral or anti-Marlin fans even more furious with this decision.

[UL_Cajuns]

The decision was not made “by the fans for the fans” I can tell you that. It also was not made to “spread the brand across the land”

Marlin is a lame duck coach this year. It just is one of the worst decisions ever made to allow him back for another year based on 3 games in March when he didn’t even win the tourney in the 4th game.

[CajunVic]

The decision was not made “by the fans for the fans” I can tell you that. It also was not made to “spread the brand across the land”

Marlin is a lame duck coach this year. It just is one of the worst decisions ever made to allow him back for another year based on 3 games in March when he didn’t even win the tourney in the 4th game.

Maybe that tells you what the administration thinks about the things you refer to in the first paragraph . . . or maybe not . . .