This Staff

[Policarp]

Me hearing "entire staff back in tact & Only one in FBS.....

Me on Aug 30: "That is pretty cool....should be a clear strength in our conference"

Also me on Nov 9: "Good Lord, we just lost to 2 ESPN bottom feeder teams in 5 days.....time to clean house"

[CajunNation]

This is simply a bad football team...Bad coaching.. No discipline. Should have NEVER been hired to be a college head coach. He is a great guy...Just not a head coach of a team that was ASCENDING...MOVE ON NOW!!!!

Nothing will be done in relation to CMD's employment here until after the stadium is finished.

What we can do now is what Southern Miss did a few weeks ago. They made Hall give up the play calling, and shocker, they are winning.

2 biggest problems we have now are lack of discipline and play calling. Those are fixable, but this administration will not go through another HC search and hire before the stadium is done.

[CajunNation]

Let Leger prove he can be OC these last two games, or look for another OC this offseason

Correct. CMD needs to focus all of his energy on discipline building and recruiting.

[CajunNation]

Um...literally anyone. Prospective coaches love when a team is bad because the bar is extremely low.

Because of what Hud and Napier were able to accomplish, and because of where Napier ended up, and because of the investment that the RCAF/Admin have put into the program over the last 2 decades, including a new stadium and the Assistant Salary Pool, this will be one of the most coveted jobs in all of the G5 for quite a while.

[jaxmc1023]

They didn’t because they don’t care. They wanted an entry level guy who they could pay the entry level wage.

Vic will be along shortly to tell you that Des's wage is on par with almost every other Sunbelt coach..

MH could see that Maggard was going to continually push for more money to maintain the upward trajectory of the football program. As Vic will also point out, Maggard was able to line up funding to pay Napier if he decided to stay at UL. Clearly there are fans of this university who are willing to put their wallet behind an effort to create a winning program.

The problem for Martin Hall is that those fans also create expectations. Expectations that money donated through RCAF to help pay for coaches, ACTUALLY goes to coaches, not get raided by the university to fund some horse s*** on main campus.

[CajunJack55]

Vic will be along shortly to tell you that Des's wage is on par with almost every other Sunbelt coach..

MH could see that Maggard was going to continually push for more money to maintain the upward trajectory of the football program. As Vic will also point out, Maggard was able to line up funding to pay Napier if he decided to stay at UL. Clearly there are fans of this university who are willing to put their wallet behind an effort to create a winning program.

The problem for Martin Hall is that those fans also create expectations. Expectations that money donated through RCAF to help pay for coaches, ACTUALLY goes to coaches, not get raided by the university to fund some horse s*** on main campus.

Vic is MIA this morning, this much “negativity” would make his tiny little brain explode.

[old alum]

How many years does Des have left on his contract? That is how long he will be here.

If we keep Bob Marlin for 10+ years, accomplishing very little, and he had no ties to our programs, then we are not going to get rid of a former Ragin Cajun QB turned Coach that was a pretty good QB and was raised 30 miles down the road.

The real issue is WHAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION TO GIVE HIM A 5-YEAR, $3.8 MILLION CONTRACT? His base is $755,000/year even if they win zero games. He had less actual coaching experience than most high school coaches in our state. His salary should have been $100K/year at the most.

[old alum]

I no longer care like I did before. If we win great, if we lose, oh well.

Exactly how I feel about both football and basketball.

I'm also worried about baseball. They have a beautiful stadium and just can't get it one since Tony Passed away. (Degg's 3-year record is takes us back to a level where the Cajuns were playing in the 1980's)

Thank God we have good softball and Water Ski teams!

[Crawfish]

When Dez was hired, I was disappointed. The reason was that I did not think he was ready to take the reins. I felt that it was unfair to him and the program to be tossed into the fire before he was ready. I had hoped he would succeed, but I had serious doubt. It was not because I thought he was not capably; it was because I felt he needed some more experience. I had hoped he would have an opportunity to get it. Even if he could have been a coordinator or an FCS coach for a while, it would have been helpful.

My feelings have not changed. He will probably get at least another year or two to right the ship though. It is a bad situation for the staff, the program and the fans. He was not set up to win.

[Crawfish]

I'm also worried about baseball. They have a beautiful stadium and just can't get it one since Tony Passed away. (Degg's 3-year record is takes us back to a level where the Cajuns were playing in the 1980's)

This is simply not the case about baseball. The program has steadily improved over the years since Deggs has arrived.

[cajun4life]

Exactly how I feel about both football and basketball.

I'm also worried about baseball. They have a beautiful stadium and just can't get it one since Tony Passed away. (Degg's 3-year record is takes us back to a level where the Cajuns were playing in the 1980's)

Thank God we have good softball and Water Ski teams!

Don’t be retarded, Deggs has coached here for 4 years and 1.5 were affected by Covid. He has gone to back to back regionals. He’s won a game each time he’s been there.

[jaxmc1023]

The real issue is WHAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION TO GIVE HIM A 5-YEAR, $3.8 MILLION CONTRACT? His base is $755,000/year even if they win zero games. He had less actual coaching experience than most high school coaches in our state. His salary should have been $100K/year at the most.

Because if they paid him what he's worth he would be making less than many on the $2mil "support staff"