They’ve Given Up

[fanof71]

The failure to recognize the 2021 Championship, not recognizing the Swamps 50th anniversary, not acknowledging bowl wins inside CF= Apathy in the athletic Dept...time for the the corner office guys to go...

[Cajunrunner]

Head in the sand. The absolute failure of marketing, failure to understand what is here, failure to capture what’s special about this place and the failure to do anything that works. If on the administration.

Calling out thief failures isn’t being negative. It’s demonstrating weakness within the system. How do they change it, respond to it, or just move along acting like nothing will make it better.

I can tell you that they will do nothing. We know they will do nothing because they never do anything.

For example, this university will wait until the USM game to start pushing the stadium reconstruction. That’s the 10th ____ing game if the season. Does that make any sense at all? Does that build a buzz around this season, build excitement, rejuvenate a base that is fading away?

But let’s sure as hell promote DEI and Gender Studies and any other bull____ non-productive program at this university likes it’s an accomplishment.

R1, Great! Thank you COVID and the primate research center. Top 20 in football, SBC Championship, 13-1 season….silence.

But it’s not done deliberately. Come on man, Savioe and Authement might as well be first cousins.

[ManAboutTown]

When diehards like the ones on this board start saying they are done, that is when we are in real trouble. I will never be done, not as a fan, not as a supporter, not now and not ever. We may not like the direction the administration is taking, but that doesn't mean we give up, that means we scream louder. When guys like MAT and others "give up" we are done. So, they didn't listen to you, so f'n what, say it again to different people, or say it in a different way. Don't give up, don't ever give up on this school and this athletic program. We may not like it, but losing the diehards are the end of this athletic program. We need to build a new group of diehards behind us. I see more UL and Louisiana and Ragin' Cajuns around this town then I did 30 years ago. I think there is an opportunity, it's going to take hard work and getting our hands dirty.

The starting point for this corporations around town. We need to take companies, big, small and medium size that support UL and promote the hell out of them all over social media, word of mouth and everywhere in between. We need to get our business around town to get their employees and children into the stadium every Saturday. Sure, we would love them to be corporate sponsors, but they don't have to be, they can support from outside the RCAF if they would like.

This would need to be a grassroots effort from the fan base, if the university does not get on board with us, then we will do it without them.

I will never stop supporting the Cajuns, NEVER!!!!!!

The day I take my last breath on this earth, I will still be watching a Cajun event.

It’s just not worth it anymore, Dave. We’ve been fighting the same fight as long as I’ve been associated with this place. We are smack dab in the middle of a replica of 2014. Success across most sports and absolutely nothing done with it. Crazy thing is, Academics are soaring, and we still can’t capitalize.

Like I mentioned earlier, I’ll give more perspective with stories we’ve accumulated over the last few years dealing with this admin on the show.

Gerry and Nick will do a great job carrying on RR. At this point in my life, I’d just rather spend my time with my family and investing in things that actually give me a return.

[Duggie35]

I sort of understand the frustration some of us have, but I will wait until the 2025 season to see what changes may take place in a renovated Cajun Field. I agree that some minor things could be done now, but I have a hard time justifying spending money on an old stadium while at the same time trying to raise money for a renovation project. I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel until Cajun Field is renovated. But, until then, I will continue having my a-s-s in Cajun Field to see my team play.

[CajunNation]

... I’d just rather spend my time with my family and investing in things that actually give me a return.

On that note, what do the unicorns look like this year? Can they win it all?

[ManAboutTown]

On that note, what do the unicorns look like this year? Can they win it all?

Undefeated league champs last year and just added another stud this season. Ship or bust.

[ManAboutTown]

I sort of understand the frustration some of us have, but I will wait until the 2025 season to see what changes may take place in a renovated Cajun Field. I agree that some minor things could be done now, but I have a hard time justifying spending money on an old stadium while at the same time trying to raise money for a renovation project. I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel until Cajun Field is renovated. But, until then, I will continue having my a-s-s in Cajun Field to see my team play.

Duggie, if they don’t fix the real problems (and they’re not to this point), how is a renovated CF any different than a renovated CajunDome? Sure, it’ll be a shiney new toy for Lafayette to play with for 6 months, but what happens after? I can tell you what happened in the CajunDome… it was more empty after the renovation than before.

Sure we need to win. Sure we need a new football stadium. But we need to fix the core issues or we’ll have a nice new empty stadium. And to sit back and wait, and tell fans “just wait for the new stadium” (which btw doesn’t really fix any real logistical issues, from what I’ve been told) is a lazy and incompetent way to run a D1 athletics program. Prices will soar, reseating, moving of students, more mandatory RCAF investments… Its coming across the board. Yet, the donor base and ticket holders aren’t growing. Guess what that means…

[60swerethebest]

I think the funniest post of the year is Covid and NI research center got us R1. Funny
Rest of post pretty accurate.

[FeelDaRage]

Duggie, if they don’t fix the real problems (and they’re not to this point), how is a renovated CF any different than a renovated CajunDome? Sure, it’ll be a shiney new toy for Lafayette to play with for 6 months, but what happens after? I can tell you what happened in the CajunDome… it was more empty after the renovation than before.

Sure we need to win. Sure we need a new football stadium. But we need to fix the core issues or we’ll have a nice new empty stadium. And to sit back and wait, and tell fans “just wait for the new stadium” (which btw doesn’t really fix any real logistical issues, from what I’ve been told) is a lazy and incompetent way to run a D1 athletics program. Prices will soar, reseating, moving of students, more mandatory RCAF investments… Its coming across the board. Yet, the donor base and ticket holders aren’t growing. Guess what that means…

That's assuming the stadium even gets renovated. How long ago have they initially announced this? Almost a decade? A decade plus? Yet they're still sitting on their hands and in the meantime doing nothing to create an atmosphere that can transfer over to a renovated stadium thereby making it a worthy investment.

[Big Buds]

MAT, please don’t stop supporting Louisiana athletics! Sleep on it, bro. We need EVERY diehard out there.

As far as RR goes, yeah take a step back and be with the family. But don’t let go of the rope all together.