Podcast: We're Talkin Ragin' Cajuns Basketball with Jay Walker 03-07-2023

[Grantvb]

Means something to me, MAT. I remember JJ Thomas....didn't want to go to summer school - he shoots baskets. He was shown the door.....Hell yeah, Bob MARLIN...graduate em.

[ManAboutTown]

Means something to me, MAT. I remember JJ Thomas....didn't want to go to summer school - he shoots baskets. He was shown the door.....Hell yeah, Bob MARLIN...graduate em.

Well thats not what I said. The assertion was that it's Bob's "top priority." That's not correct. Should he do everything he can to help them graduate? Absolutely. Billy Napier pushed kids to change their major because it was to "intense" and cut into their "football time." I thought that was despicable and I don't support anything like that.

However, it needs to be kept in perspective. Coaches are here to win. They are part of the promotion arm of the university. We hire and pay coaches to compete against other schools and WIN. That's the top priority.

[KajunKrazy]

Well, if you start with "can't" you stay there.

(Well you know, what happened was, one poster kept posting the same pick, pick, pick post over and over.)

FYI. I just came across this response on a thread that was closed. That wasn't picking at all. I have been knowing the fella that references the "birdy" since our 21 year sons were 7 year old boys in little league together. I consider him a friend. I was merely responding to his claim that the birdy said Ben was going to be the QB. As you may recall the birdy was right and the only one that was saying Des was going to be the coach. My only point was to not crown the starter yet even though we have a couple that are out. Not seeing how you getting picking out of that.

[RaginScotsman]

I get Jay's point, and MaT's point, and CajunRage's point, and RedTails' point, and CajunNation's point.

Lots of good points.

Call you Switzerland Honestly, I kind of thought the same thing.

I don’t think it’s unrealistic at all for fans to share the same expectations as the coaches and team. Each preseason presser, reporters will ask “what are your goals?” Coaches and players will most likely say “our goal is to compete for a conference championship and a berth (insert post season bowl game or tournament.)”

If fans expect a ship each year, then that is a pipe dream. But using what the team sets as their goal? Why would fans want to set their expectations lower?

[Cajunsmike]

And at the end of the day, I think most of us would side with our AD and HC on doing what's best for the strength of our team in postseason play, even if we hate the reasons why. I would.

Fact remains, for competitive purposes, it would limit our potential. It's the antithesis of scheduling up to weather the team.

Playing 13 D1 home games still allows several road non conference games. Some of those will be payday games. In the home games we will still play La Tech every other year. We will also have a MAC team at home and road. There are plenty of opportunities to weather the team with that plan. Instead of buying NAIA teams we will buy SLC and SWAC teams. That actually will better prepare us for conference play than this year’s non conference schedule.

[Cajunsmike]

That’s a great formula to have teams that can’t compete in the post season.

Keep hearing how rare it is, but seems everytime I log on to twitter, one of our peers is hosting a P5 school.

Peer schools hosting P5 programs are doing so because of 2 for 1 deals or 3 for 1 deals with no payment for the times you go on the road. I guess I should have stated that I expect deals like that to be more rare in the future vs now. Personally, I would be OK for 2 for 1 deals but our administration is not. They would have to be asked why that is the case.

[zephyr]

Peer schools hosting P5 programs are doing so because of 2 for 1 deals or 3 for 1 deals with no payment for the times you go on the road. I guess I should have stated that I expect deals like that to be more rare in the future vs now. Personally, I would be OK for 2 for 1 deals but our administration is not. They would have to be asked why that is the case.

2 for 1 deals should almost be expected

[Big Poppa]

Peer schools hosting P5 programs are doing so because of 2 for 1 deals or 3 for 1 deals with no payment for the times you go on the road. I guess I should have stated that I expect deals like that to be more rare in the future vs now. Personally, I would be OK for 2 for 1 deals but our administration is not. They would have to be asked why that is the case.

I pulled up a few random sunbelt basketball schedules last night just to take a look and see how we compare and most look a lot like ours.