How to create excitement for UL Athletics?

[Duckster]

Will begin by stating something positive. The football stadium redo now underway is exciting. Represents a major commitment to our most important athletic program. That alone will not reengage or attract new fans. Sure maybe at first the new stadium will be like the new Chick Filet opening, everyone wants to check it out. Soon the novelty fades, then what? The athletic department is desperate to raise more revenue in order to compete. Those leaders must come up with a strategy to do that while rolling out the red carpet to fans, students, sponsors, donors, media, etc. Taking folks for granted is a sure fire way to lose customers. If the customer won't come to you, then you go to them. The next thing is hold coaches accountable, stop tolerating mediocrity. Its bewildering that some coaches are allowed to meander along without meaningful improvement. Maybe its unfair, but football and Men's basketball coaches should be on a shorter leash due to those sports potential to drive so much revenue. We tolerate too much mediocrity for too long. The cULture is not nipping it in the bud. Instead the current mediocre approach by the university breeds fan apathy. Sure we might be a bunch of homers, but you get tired of feeling like your fandom is being taken advantage by no one listening. Or worse you become sick and tired of paying for ongoing mediocrity or decline like what is being allowed in football. Loyalty is a two way street. I'm a small fish, but makes me question after 20+ years why open the check book next year for football? Its irrational to care so much if the powers that be won't acknowledge the obvious decline and communicate about it.

[ManAboutTown]

Will begin by stating something positive. The football stadium redo now underway is exciting. Represents a major commitment to our most important athletic program. That alone will not reengage or attract new fans. Sure maybe at first the new stadium will be like the new Chick Filet opening, everyone wants to check it out. Soon the novelty fades, then what? The athletic department is desperate to raise more revenue in order to compete. Those leaders must come up with a strategy to do that while rolling out the red carpet to fans, students, sponsors, donors, media, etc. Taking folks for granted is a sure fire way to lose customers. If the customer won't come to you, then you go to them. The next thing is hold coaches accountable, stop tolerating mediocrity. Its bewildering that some coaches are allowed to meander along without meaningful improvement. Maybe its unfair, but football and Men's basketball coaches should be on a shorter leash due to those sports potential to drive so much revenue. We tolerate too much mediocrity for too long. The cULture is not nipping it in the bud. Instead the current mediocre approach by the university breeds fan apathy. Sure we might be a bunch of homers, but you get tired of feeling like your fandom is being taken advantage by no one listening. Or worse you become sick and tired of paying for ongoing mediocrity or decline like what is being allowed in football. Loyalty is a two way street. I'm a small fish, but makes me question after 20+ years why open the check book next year for football? Its irrational to care so much if the powers that be won't acknowledge the obvious decline and communicate about it.

Outstanding post.

[Ragin9221]

Well already said it when that stadium is built we need to be experimenting with ideas and when OLOL stadium is finished better be on point for the first game and be able to handle 30k a game !!

[JAB]

If I trolled like you did on here I would stay home and watch on my patio to, as you have admittedly do several times on here. Tell me do you and JAB ever watch together.

How did I get roped into this?

I contributed to the thread, and I still have not received any comment about my proposed fried chicken canon.

[Ragin9221]

How did I get roped into this?

I contributed to the thread, and I still have not received any comment about my proposed fried chicken canon.

I am down I don’t see how we haven’t done that before. I mean that canon reach into the upper deck!!

Wonder why they never did it for basketball games ?

[cajun55]

How did I get roped into this?

I contributed to the thread, and I still have not received any comment about my proposed fried chicken canon.

The ice gators do not exist, I don't think we want to go down that path! Would be pretty funny to have another Cajun Chicken night and do that though!

[MrCaelan04]

What is the way we can create excitement about UL athletics?


If we continue this trend we will end up like ULM with no fan support and no one showing up to the games.

We will start having trouble funding athletics and if goes down far enough. We will end up with no money with no fan support. Bad thing is the Administration has created this.

If Marlin stays for another 4 yrs without making it to a tournament with no excitement in scheduling we will be in trouble

If Des goes into his 4th year without a winning season or without creating excitement we will have a new stadium with no one attending.

We have create this black hole and if we don’t do anything in the next 3 yrs without anything changing we will be a college with no fan support and no money!

Idk, ULM showed out in Lafayette somehow. Had this annoying ass fan in the student section with us who kept saying we sucked. My brother in Christ you’re 2-9, and down 52-21

[ULvictory]

What is the way we can create excitement about UL athletics?


If we continue this trend we will end up like ULM with no fan support and no one showing up to the games.

We will start having trouble funding athletics and if goes down far enough. We will end up with no money with no fan support. Bad thing is the Administration has created this.

If Marlin stays for another 4 yrs without making it to a tournament with no excitement in scheduling we will be in trouble

If Des goes into his 4th year without a winning season or without creating excitement we will have a new stadium with no one attending.

We have create this black hole and if we don’t do anything in the next 3 yrs without anything changing we will be a college with no fan support and no money!

The two new positions with the new ticket management deal will cater mainly to community outreach with season ticket drives and game promotions. We were one of the only FBS programs in the area that did not have its own ticket outreach program. It’ll be interesting to see the efforts being made when the Paciolan deal does into effect in February.

[MrCaelan04]

If Ragin Review did not exist, the only people talking about Cajun Athletics would be the official UL social media accounts and Kevin Foote. Local radio coverage is nonexistent. The newspaper that formerly was the record of the city gives TSAB WBB equal coverage to UL football. It's ridiculous you go after three fans that spend hours pumping out free content after performing their full-time jobs.

Before I got fired, I would’ve covered UL and nothing but UL over at the Verm. Maybe they’ll rehire me next football season but we’ll see what happens.

[Ragin9221]

The two new positions with the new ticket management deal will cater mainly to community outreach with season ticket drives and game promotions. We were one of the only FBS programs in the area that did not have its own ticket outreach program. It’ll be interesting to see the efforts being made when the Paciolan deal does into effect in February.

Community outreach and ticket drives was never our forte.

Problem is UL to me is looked at like a Lafayette thing and not an Acadiana thing. We have to do better when it comes to ticket promotions and community outreach!

Going with not just being critical. We have to spend a certain percentage on marketing. A company will spend 5% even 10% on marketing.

If our athletic budget is 20 million dollars a million needs to go to marketing our athletics.