2023 Coaching Carousel

[ManAboutTown]

I have no way of knowing whether it is or isn't true (but I trust you on that).

Assuming it is true, it makes me even more disappointed in the admin and mad for Des. If Lanning was indeed on campus, regardless of how close we could have been to making a contract offer to him, this shows that we had interest from the right caliber of candidate. Heck, we had interest from a better-than-expect caliber of candidate.

So to turn around and hire Des was likely a disservice to the career of Des. They had to know that going in. And since then, they've continually sent the parrots out to this site to spread the narrative of "Des is all we can afford". Its a narrative that is demonstrably false, and yet it keeps coming up. Because they want it to keep coming up. Self-imposed limits are always the most powerful.

It is true that we are broke af as an athletics department. Most of that is because of the failure of the Foundation to grow RCAF. 15 years and we've gone backward with regard to regular membership and average donation.

If you look at life BB (before Billy) and AB, we still have stepped up our assistant pool money, and a few other areas that rival the top of the SBC. Facilities are still top-notch, sans CajunField. We do lag behind in cost of attendance stipend and NIL infrastructure.

I say all of that to say this: The job is desirable. The right staff could have easily continued winning here. I'm not saying I'm totally out on Des, but specific to the hiring process, yes, it's disappointing how it played out, considering the resources we have to offer.

[ManAboutTown]

You sure about that? If Dan Lanning only got one interview then he most certainly wasn’t on campus. Maggard flew to Athens to interview him.

Who said he only got one interview?

[CajunVic]

. . . don't fool yourselves, if this in fact happened, and these two were targeted/interviewed, it is most certain that the interview revealed that we were not even close in the ballpark of acceptable salaries for that quality and experience of coach and it is prime evidence that there was no coach that would have been revealed in a further search which would have been acceptable to the talking heads on this board and that would have come to Louisiana for $750,000 . . . CMD then became our guy . . . the only guy . . . reality is always much different than made up stuff . . .

[ManAboutTown]

So we've gone from "Lanning wasn't interviewed!" to "well, if he was, it probably showed we couldn't afford him."

Goal post moving mfs lol

[CajunVic]

So we've gone from "Lanning wasn't interviewed!" to "well, if he was, it probably showed we couldn't afford him."

Goal post moving mfs lol

. . . at least the goal post are landing exactly where we are at this time . . .

[Turbine]

I dontcknow, if the avergae RCAF donation rose or fell.

I'll say this, the average RCAF donation should have dropped through the floor, but only because membership quadrupled.

I know part of the equation didn't happen.

[Million$Mullet]

Who said he only got one interview?

I’m just saying if he was on campus then I would like to think the VP of intercollegiate athletics would probably be aware. I’m not so sure that is the case. Just from what my bird has told me. And he happens to be the Sesame Street equivalent of birds.

[ManAboutTown]

I’m just saying if he was on campus then I would like to think the VP of intercollegiate athletics would probably be aware. I’m not so sure that is the case. Just from what my bird has told me. And he happens to be the Sesame Street equivalent of birds.

Well, Big Bird hasn't exactly been transparent with a lot of people lately..
Many reasons why having a candidate on campus would be a faux pas during this whole fiasco.

[Esqueleto]

. . . don't fool yourselves, if this in fact happened, and these two were targeted/interviewed, it is most certain that the interview revealed that we were not even close in the ballpark of acceptable salaries for that quality and experience of coach and it is prime evidence that there was no coach that would have been revealed in a further search which would have been acceptable to the talking heads on this board and that would have come to Louisiana for $750,000 . . . CMD then became our guy . . . the only guy . . . reality is always much different than made up stuff . . .

So are you saying NOBODY more experienced than a TE coach that's never coached anywhere else is ALL UL could have hired for $750,000?
And, btw, they overpaid Des by a few hundred thousand based on his experience.

[CajunNation]

Miss St has zero path to the CFP. He can get there at Tulane.

Truth.