Coach Desormeaux

[HoustonCajun]

Poor game day experience, poor facilities and poor opponent. Thats why fans didnt show up under Napier. Who came to Cajun Field while Napier was here that got anyone excited?

All of the above, plus Napier was not a promoter and Des is of the same mold. They do not have a personality that excites fans. HUD, on the other hand, was a great promoter and excited our fan base. That's why we set NO Bowl attendance records and Tailgating was awesome. Napier won, but results only didn't seem to matter. When fans did attend, the fan experience was putrid. It still is and that is never addressed. Napier and Des want to coach and not promote. That works at a school like Florida with an already established but impatient fan base, but not at UL. UL now reminds me of Nebraska, finding a way to lose in the end. Napier won many of the close games at UL. Thus far, Des is not. Napier is finding that more difficult to do at Florida due to expectations there. The only thing saving his job may be his contract buyout. UL's fan base has been allowed to erode and losses like last night due to defensive coaching unpreparedness just add to a further lowering of fan expectations. I'm still pulling for Coach Des. But, being one of only a handful of programs to have kept their entire coaching staff in tact and being unprepared for a fast paced offense by ODU is a grave concern.

[CajunJack55]

All of the above, plus Napier was not a promoter and Des is of the same mold. They do not have a personality that excites fans. HUD, on the other hand, was a great promoter and excited our fan base. That's why we set NO Bowl attendance records and Tailgating was awesome. Napier won, but results only didn't seem to matter. When fans did attend, the fan experience was putrid. It still is and that is never addressed. Napier and Des want to coach and not promote. That works at a school like Florida with an already established but impatient fan base, but not at UL. UL now reminds me of Nebraska, finding a way to lose in the end. Napier won many of the close games at UL. Thus far, Des is not. Napier is finding that more difficult to do at Florida due to expectations there. The only thing saving his job may be his contract buyout. UL's fan base has been allowed to erode and losses like last night due to defensive coaching unpreparedness just add to a further lowering of fan expectations. I'm still pulling for Coach Des. But, being one of only a handful of programs to have kept their entire coaching staff in tact and being unprepared for a fast paced offense by ODU is a grave concern.

Great post

[Clutch0364]

Poor game day experience, poor facilities and poor opponent. Thats why fans didnt show up under Napier. Who came to Cajun Field while Napier was here that got anyone excited?

If you have a team that finishes 13-1 and no one shows up, the admin should start asking what it is doing wrong instead of blaming the fans/community.

[Policarp]

Anyone wonder what stAte fans are thinking.......outscored 110-3 after 2 games. Baldwin Era bad.

[MountainDew]

Anyone wonder what stAte fans are thinking.......outscored 110-3 after 2 games. Baldwin Era bad.

They're probably thinking they can't wait to play us.

[RaginScotsman]

Anyone wonder what stAte fans are thinking.......outscored 110-3 after 2 games. Baldwin Era bad.

Butch gets canned the week before they play us. The interim coach inspires the red wolves and they win by 7 after a furious Cajuns comeback ultimately falls short on a failed forth down conversion.

[CajunsSball22]

I never would have hired him, but it does no good to focus on that now.

Someone mentioned starting over. Worst case scenario we will do that in a couple years.

On the bright side, we will have a new stadium to go along with it.

As long as we don’t fall to toothpick level, it won’t be hard to sell this program if we have to later.

The only way that happens is if we quit supporting the program.

Don’t freakin quit. We’re better than that.

Thank You!!! Nice to see someone gets it.

[ULGrad@HOU]

It's not the fans fault. Game atmosphere, facilities, schedules, is 100% the Admin, team performance is the Coaching staff, specifically the Head Coach. When all of those things are bad, you get poor fan support.

[JMV JustMyView]

It's not the fans fault. Game atmosphere, facilities, schedules, is 100% the Admin, team performance is the Coaching staff, specifically the Head Coach. When all of those things are bad, you get poor fan support.

This

[JMV JustMyView]

Look I like Mike, but like is not enough. I agree that we screwed the pooch with this hire. Why are we shocked? Cheap hire, cheap results. Too expensive to do a national search.