Coach Desormeaux

[SMD7636]

It’s a great idea to have Coach Hud back in some capacity or find a similar personality to grow the RCAF. Our student athletes, fans, and alumni deserve and need it.

[Turbine]

. . . other than for the owner of a sports message board in which case silence would make him go broke . . .

That is a different topic all together.

On that topic I will say "GeauxBigRed"

[Million$Mullet]

Consider what Hud did with our fan base while here. 50,000 plus for our first bowl game. He got students, Lafayette and Acadiana excited about UL football. Not likely to happen, but would love to see him move back here and head up RCAF. With the new stadium going up next year and his marketing, things could explode over here.

I love how the number gets higher and higher as time goes by. We did not bring 50k to Nola for the first bowl game. The total attendance was 42k. Next year was 48k against ecu and then 54k against Tulane. We’ve never brought 50k to Nola although we had the majority of the fans there minus the bowl game against usm.

[Turbine]

I love how the number gets higher and higher as time goes by. We did not bring 50k to Nola for the first bowl game. The total attendance was 42k. Next year was 48k against ecu and then 54k against Tulane. We’ve never brought 50k to Nola although we had the majority of the fans there minus the bowl game against usm.

However correct you may be that is a rather nuanced take.

Every fan base in the country claims total attendance as their own.

[ZoomZoom]

You grew up in God’s country! Nothing like living on the Teche. My parents built on the bayou after we all graduated. I won’t be in the bayou but we’re about to close on a property near the park that’s a pecan grove. My family’s been on the Teche since 1789 and less than a handful have left the area.

Yup, it was all country back then. Fish whenever, water skiing, cane fields & mini bikes were great, & a 2 story treehouse with a roof and electricity. Darn good environment to grow up in. Like you, generations lived on the Teche or water, but after parents nobody on bayou but my bro is still in the area with the big unusual house behind Sugar Oaks off Vida Shaw. You probably have seen the house, @6k under roof.

Thanks for the memories.

[shof]

True. Most of the fan base is old, bald, and gray.

Does 2 out of 3 count? LOL

[shof]

I love how the number gets higher and higher as time goes by. We did not bring 50k to Nola for the first bowl game. The total attendance was 42k. Next year was 48k against ecu and then 54k against Tulane. We’ve never brought 50k to Nola although we had the majority of the fans there minus the bowl game against usm.

True but I think the thing to take from his post is that we need someone to ignite this fanbase. The new stadium will bring SOME increase in fans that just want to see it (and many who just want to be there for the inaugural game). But we need people to KEEP attending and it’s not happening with the current university/athletic department mentality. Like many, I’d welcome HUD back to help fire up Acadiana and surrounding parishes. We certainly don’t have this type personally right now.

[JMV JustMyView]

True but I think the thing to take from his post is that we need someone to ignite this fanbase. The new stadium will bring SOME increase in fans that just want to see it (and many who just want to be there for the inaugural game). But we need people to KEEP attending and it’s not happening with the current university/athletic department mentality. Like many, I’d welcome HUD back to help fire up Acadiana and surrounding parishes. We certainly don’t have this type personally right now.

Guys Coach Hud isn't coming back to UL in any capacity.

[fanof71]

Live on the Teche as well in Ruth..right outside Pont Breaux...3.4 acres out of the flood zone, house built in 1898...Paradise...

[JMV JustMyView]

This thread is the ultimate example of derailing at its finest.

[ZoomZoom]

This thread is the ultimate example of derailing at its finest.

Yup, but bayou life, IYK,YK.

And nobody attacked anyone.

[Turbine]

Guys Coach Hud isn't coming back to UL in any capacity.

He ended with "We certainly don’t have this type personally right now."

There are Hud types out there.