"Too Comfortable" or "Too Complacent"

[Swamp]

This is more of an open-ended question.

For quite awhile, I have heard from posters here that the university doesn't want as much athletic success because "it would take too much work." I have also heard that we are "too comfortable" with just settling for achieving minimal success. I have also heard from posters here that the university is taking certain actions on purpose (lack of promotions, going after the Greeks, etc.). So, let's hear what you think on the matter.

Do you think the university is/isn't taking enough steps to help our athletic program reach its goals in being the best program that we can be? Or we are too afraid of achieving large success?

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[cajun55]

BIG PICTURE?

Where we are at now compared to our peers or former peers. Other than that SEC school 50 miles away no one else has it as good as us in this state.

Tulane is private so not really relevant to the discussion. Would we rather be LA Tech right now? Would we rather be ULM, Mcneese (former peer)? Every public university in our state is bleeding fan support and struggling. One even dropped its football program this year.

As frustrated as many of us are right now (rightfully!), it's still nice to see that big picture we are still in a good position if we commit to athletics, especially with the football stadium reno on the way.
A large percentage of athletic programs are struggling these days outside of a small number of schools that pump insane amounts of money into their programs or some unique situations like App State/JMU.

I'm not happy with alot of things (lack of marketing, fan/alumni outreach/gameday atmosphere, etc..) but big picture we are not in such a bad position as some would like to think. We are the clear #2 public university athletic program in this state and are in a better place than we were 20 years ago when the discussion was all about how to get into a better conference. Now the SBC is really where we need to be currently.

Just trying to be positive today!

Geaux Cajuns!

[ManAboutTown]

If local radio and Jay Walker were as critical and asked the questions Ragin Raview guys did and we ask on here I guarantee you they would no longer have access to Maggard and the coaches for interviews...and that is where we get most of our information.

Man, if you only knew the depths of this. Not only can you not ask real questions, you better be willing to sing the company line like Patti LaBelle.

Quick recent story: We had multiple meetings with the SID office about getting Coach Des and Coach Kristi on prior to their seasons starting. Nothing big, maybe 30 min of unfiltered, long form interview, as we typically do. Keep in mind, this was during the final weeks of last football season. Both coaches WANTED to do the interviews and expressed so to the SID guys (confirmed this with Roberts and Des). Meetings went really well, they both expressed the need for non-traditional media coverage and had high praise for RR. A couple months go by, we contact SID for availability of coaches for the interview we discussed and we get crickets. When we pressed, we got some BS text message about 'it not being the right time.' We requested another meeting with SID office because this was a 180 from their attitude 6-7 weeks prior.

They proceed to tell us that because our Ragin Review twitter account posted a picture of the empty stadium for the Troy game and said, "Students, you're better than this..." that was "combative." So we didn't get to interview Des. Who still to this day wants to do content (beyond just the interview) with RR.

So as much as I still have real contempt for Jay for what he did behind the scenes to ruin relationships between RR and the SID office, I do get that he has to toe the company line. But there have been many that come through this market that refuse to bend the knee, like Dave.

[CajunNation]

...So as much as I still have real contempt for Jay for what he did behind the scenes to ruin relationships between RR and the SID office, I do get that he has to toe the company line. But there have been many that come through this market that refuse to bend the knee, like Dave.

I can't think of one major university that owns the media narrative like this one does. It truly is the mark of a small time university and program.

[CajunEXPRESS]

An addendum to the Fossil story, the fan forum may not have been the RP, but the old obsolete Delphi board.

Unfortunately some of you believe I’m making this up, or dealing with a rumor I heard. Not the case she actually posted about the conversation she overheard, and was soon removed from her position in baseball.

As for the question about what the Fossil could do to hinder Robe? Get serious.

[VObserver]

The girl was hired by Robe to organize fundraising efforts. She was too successful and the Fossil forced Robe to let her go.

[Cajuns1]

The girl was hired by Robe to organize fundraising efforts. She was too successful and the Fossil forced Robe to let her go.

The stories I could tell...

[cajun55]

The stories I could tell...

ditto

[Turbine]

An addendum to the Fossil story, the fan forum may not have been the RP, but the old obsolete Delphi board.

Unfortunately some of you believe I’m making this up, or dealing with a rumor I heard. Not the case she actually posted about the conversation she overheard, and was soon removed from her position in baseball.

As for the question about what the Fossil could do to hinder Robe? Get serious.

You are not making this up.

It was on Delphi, on one of the private forums, that is why no one knows about it.

I was there.

[Big Buds]

Cajuns1 & cajun55…spill the beans.

[R1Letterman]

Problem with that SOUTH Carolina video is the end zone of says Carolina....that is not their name

[JamesTheJeweler]

The stories I could tell...

Do it! This is what the fans need to see! Hold them accountable.

[cajun55]

Cajuns1 & cajun55…spill the beans.

Those days are long gone, details are irrelevant. The one thing that has not changed is we are scared of change.

Knowing how we have operated for so many years how would you expect the university to react to the state of college athletics when there has never been this much change and uncertainty. Would you expect to go all in and take risks when things have never been more fluid or would you expect to pull back to operating within what you are comfortable with? Covid, NIL & the transfer portal couldn't have come at a worse time. Add to that all of the changes in today's media (decline of radio, etc..) and it's not surprising what is happening.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Those days are long gone, details are irrelevant. The one thing that has not changed is we are scared of change. Knowing how we have operated for so many years how would you expect the university to react to the state of college athletics when their has never been this much change. Would you expect to go all in and take risks when things have never been more fluid or would you expect to pull back to operating within what you are comfortable with? Covid, NIL & the transfer portal couldn't have come at a worse time. Add to that all that the changes in today's media (decline of radio, etc..) and it's not surprising what is happening.

Every university in the country is dealing with the exact same things. Tired of hearing that.

[R1Letterman]

Since local media/radio is declining why is a larger market still a valued commodity for a team to "move up"