Marlin Contract Extension - FOUR MORE YEARS!

[Turbine]

From what I understand, Coach Perrin did have other good opportunities become available to him. He chose to stay with some of the reasons for doing so being personal.

I tend to think you are correct.

[CajunVic]

. . . it is quite apparent that that administration has made a decision that the best path forward is to tie Marlin up to finish his career with an ultimate retirement as a Ragin Cajun . . . they believe that he is close enough to the mark to make that happen and have decided to make that happen . . . no more bickering on this board will change things . . . its time for Cajun fans to buckle up and support this staff and those athletes who choose to wear Louisiana across their chest . . . finished, fini, over . . . the last set of posts are just getting into the weeds and the further you go into the weeds the higher the likelihood that you would be stung . . . BB, there is your path and the time to achieve it . . . go get you some D1 coaching experience and it should be a cakewalk right in between now and the time the Big Fish decides to retire but no longer than 4 years . . .

[cajuns80]

I’m not disagreeing with you, but how did you come up with this?

Just how Chris Beard talked about him. Thought for sure he would move on to Ole Miss this past year.

[R1Letterman]

Campbell was already in division one both of their entire lives

[Cajunsmike]

I tend to think you are correct.

Also, Coach Perrin has been mentored by Chris Beard who is now at Ole Miss. Despite the situation that occurred at Texas, you can’t deny he has an excellent record as HC. That includes an NCAA Tournament Finals appearance at Texas Tech. Basketball wise, he has worked under one of the best in the profession. Note I placed this post before reading what Cajuns80 said. Sorry to basically repeat his comments.

[ExecutiveCajun]

Yes, from a job perspective nationally. Like it or not, coaches look it these contract decisions differently than fans.

from this angle this is the most desirable job in ncaa basketball. deliver minimal results and get a lifetime contract as long as you can be friends with the administrators. we should market that. best job security in america

[CajunT]

from this angle this is the most desirable job in ncaa basketball. deliver minimal results and get a lifetime contract as long as you can be friends with the administrators. we should market that. best job security in america

Sure! LMAO

[Cajunsmike]

More like a dead end job with zero movement. My other take is UL has nothing lose with other coaces thinking less of the program because we not hiring, who cares what the coaching profession thinks. WE NOT HIRING.

We will hire another coach one day. It will not occur following a season in which a conferene championship (regular season or tournament) has been won. Can someone tell me when or where that has occurred previously. It may have somewhere. I don’t recall that happening anywhere other than when the coach retires or off the court issues are a problem. As CajunT said, people who make those decisions have a different perspective than fans.

[JamesTheJeweler]

So to everyone here defending Marlin....do yall think this is the best we can do here?

[fanof71]

I'm just worried where all those double-doubles that left for Memphis are going to be replaced....

[R1Letterman]

Hard to find 100K jobs , I’d stay too.

Not really. Yay inflation!

[ZoomZoom]

Lamar went to the Dance 4 out of 5 years during that span which included a Sweet 16 run, and we were still above .500 against McNeese and UNO. That's like me claiming that Marlin has lost to ULM 8 times even though we have still dominated the series during his time here.

Lamar is a shell of its former self. After the Key/Davis/Olivier crew finished in ‘83, made 2 NCAA appearances since…2000 and 2012. 16th seed and a first four playin.

I’d love for things to be different schedule wise. But at least we’re not in the shape Tech (32 year streak) Lamar (11 year streak) UNO (6 year streak preceded by 21 years) and McNeese (21 year streak, only one other appearance, ‘89) are. Yeah, McNeese got WW, but that desperation move won’t last long. Will be back sucking in a few years.