Basketball is dead

[R1Letterman]

"We need to pay our coaches more to be competitive in conf"- RP
"We are paying too much after being competitive (winning conf)"- also RP

[cajun4life]

"We need to pay our coaches more to be competitive in conf"- RP
"We are paying too much after being competitive (winning conf)"- also RP

Highest paid coach in the SBC for the majority of his 13 years here. He had delivered 3 of 13 years on that ROI.

[no1cajunfan]

Highest paid coach in the SBC for the majority of his 13 years here. He had delivered 3 of 13 years on that ROI.

3 of 13? He only made the NCAA tourney twice.

[zephyr]

Marlin deserves 100 grand a year. It's not just dead here it's dead in the NBA but they keep paying players like it's 1998. In 1998 for game 6 of the finals 36 million people watched. A quarter century later? Just under 12 million and that's the most in 4 years. One third the audience does not deserve 10 times the pay. Marlin's crowd numbers say he is worth 100 grand.

You are literally pulling the highest viewed year EVER in the NBA to suggest it is dead today? The next year the viewings plummeted and they've been consistent ever since barring Covid. You can't take the outlier and compare everything else to it....

Not arguing about Marlin but it is what it is. Not much we as fans can do.

[zephyr]

3 of 13? He only made the NCAA tourney twice.

NIT one year. I know its not NCAA but...

[zephyr]

Basketball isn’t dead. People just watch less TV. Ratings are down massively for EVERY sport.

The NBA’s CBA is based on revenue. The salary cap is based on Players get paid about 50% of total revenue. So if they are getting paid more, it’s only because the league is making more money.

And our crowd size is not an indictment of Marlin. It’s an indictment of our fan base.

I actually agree with you here. In particular about that last sentence. For some reason we have this hard on for diamond sports here and which often leads to a lack of basketball interest.

[zephyr]

I had no idea the NBA had dropped off that dramatically.

I looked it up, 1998 was the Jordan era.

It didn't. He used the highest viewed year....EVER.

[CajunVic]

. . . A picture is made just as much by what is left out as what is included . . .

[Cajunsmike]

I think ALL sports are in for a challenge at the G5 level concerning support, not just basketball. The ESPN + availability, NIL situation, and transfer portal options all contribute to that issue. Basketball wise, I am skeptical attendance improves greatly with either another strong season or whenever another coach takes over. People who used to attend have found other things to do and are now in the habit of their replacement activities. Covid was a major contributor. The people who did attend last season did enjoy the product they viewed. Guys played hard, were well prepared, and had a team first attitude. Winning was their ultimate goal. I bet that culture is maintained going forward. Of course none of us know if the new Guys brought in have enough talent to result in a successful season.

[R1Letterman]

Highest paid coach in the SBC for the majority of his 13 years here. He had delivered 3 of 13 years on that ROI.

But you can't use that comparison to all the other teams who have coaches with less than 13 years tenure at said school. In what other line of work does the one with 13 years under his or her belt not get paid more than someone who just started in comparable positions

[CajunEXPRESS]

3 of 13? He only made the NCAA tourney twice.

You have to win regular season championship to get to the NIT. Both are good accomplishments.

[Datt Meggs]

Gon be a lotta ticked off people when Bobby big tilapia leads the Cajuns to back to back ncaa tournaments