Coach Desormeaux

[Turbine]

We can blame who we want to but for me I look at schools like ULM, App St., TxSt USA heck most of the schools in our conference of whom they are scheduling at home compared to UL why would anyone want to go to our games. Who cares about Miami of Ohio not me. Give the people a reason to go the CF and they will come look at the crowds for GSU, Southern, Tx AM, Oklahoma St. Sometime you got to give the people what they want.

I agree.

This will work once Louisiana has the reputation of having good schedules.

One-and-Done good opponents (with years in between) won't work.

Good scheduling year-in and year-out with wins will draw crowds.

Time to build that reputation.

[JMV JustMyView]

In order to determine fair market value for Coach Des, lets take us (Ragin Cajuns) completely out of the scenario. The question now becomes:

Would any other NCAA D1 football program in the country have hired Coach Des as head coach for the same amount we are paying him?

If the answer is yes, then we got a fair deal.
If the answer is no, then we overpaid.

No.

[HoustonCajun]

We can blame who we want to but for me I look at schools like ULM, App St., TxSt USA heck most of the schools in our conference of whom they are scheduling at home compared to UL why would anyone want to go to our games. Who cares about Miami of Ohio not me. Give the people a reason to go the CF and they will come look at the crowds for GSU, Southern, Tx AM, Oklahoma St. Sometime you got to give the people what they want.

ULM hosted Army and Sam Houston just hosted the Air Force Academy, but we can't?

[JMV JustMyView]

I agree.

This will work once Louisiana has the reputation of having good schedules.

One-and-Done good opponents (with years in between) won't work.

Good scheduling year-in and year-out with wins will draw crowds.

Time to build that reputation.

One and one opponents also will not work. Will have to bite the bullet and do 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 deals.

[Jacob81]

ULM hosted Army and Sam Houston just hosted the Air Force Academy, but we can't?

Sam Houston hosted AF in nrg stadium in Houston. Where the Texans play.

[ExecutiveCajun]

Depending or expecting people to just show up because they are alums or from the city is a terrible strategy. I hate the graduates who cross the basin but UL hasn’t always given them the best reason to show up.

You, me and everyone else on this forum isn’t who they need to market to. Get in the community and build excitement. Stop expecting someone to show up, when most of the time they don’t know you are playing until they drive by and see cars.

nothing ever fails for one reason. colossal failure requires failure at multiple levels. thats precisely what we have here. everyone is to blame. the difference is we the alumni supporters fans etc cant change anything until leadership within the university hierarchy decides to make the proper decisions with how we do business and how we sell ourselves to the masses. nothing will ever change until someone with vision for academics via the power of athletics is truly in control in lafayette, la. they can blame the people all they want to. in the end the decision makers have long let down the people that make our university special

[Turbine]

One and one opponents also will not work.wil have to bite the bullet and do 2 for 1 and 3 for 1 deals.

Absolutely

[Turbine]

. . . if it was that easy, there would be no posts here . . .

True

[JMV JustMyView]

nothing ever fails for one reason. colossal failure requires failure at multiple levels. thats precisely what we have here. everyone is to blame. the difference is we the alumni supporters fans etc cant change anything until leadership within the university hierarchy decides to make the proper decisions with how we do business and how we sell ourselves to the masses. nothing will ever change until someone with vision for academics via the power of athletics is truly in control in lafayette, la. they can blame the people all they want to. in the end the decision makers have long let down the people that make our university special

Now you are coming around and making since.

[CajunVic]

. . . so, the people that make the university special are those that will not attend because they feel like the university is not making them special enough . . .

[Million$Mullet]

Now you are coming around and making since.

Sense when does he make since??

[zeppelincajun]

Sense when does he make since??

I don’t think anyone in this thread is making cents, but that’s just my 2 since.