Marlin Encourages Everyone to Support Louisiana Basketball

[UL_Cajuns]

Regardless of the coach this team is very fun to watch and deserves our support. Let’s give them the support on this home stretch. Geaux Cajuns !

[Crawfish]

You know he was forced to beg for fans after this fiscal report came out.

Yeah, the idea that basketball coach wants fans to support his team is just crazy.

[zephyr]

Talked about this with M$M earlier. It's a shame a big portion of our fanbase is so out on Marlin because this team is fun to watch and I genuinely enjoy the games. But he was 100% told to say something about this in the media and you can hear the contempt he has in his voice for the fans. He's befuddled that people aren't coming to the games, and in the same breath does the very thing that keeps us away. It's amazing to witness.

He should be encouraged to get out into the community. Take a page out of Hud's playbook. Go to civic lunches and organizations rallying support for a good team.

[cajun4life]

Yeah, the idea that basketball coach wants fans to support his team is just crazy.

It’s the concept of the coach actually trying to integrate into the community. Not just the people who are in the rebounders club. Marlin doesn’t seem to do that very well.

Hudspeth and Jessie Evan’s were always out and about and actually engaged people almost on the daily.

[UL_Cajuns]

It’s the concept of the coach actually trying to integrate into the community. Not just the people who are in the rebounders club. Marlin doesn’t seem to do that very well.

Hudspeth and Jessie Evan’s were always out and about and actually engaged people almost on the daily.

Coaches nowadays have to be a man of the people with all the free streaming of every game, other entertainment options etc.
Bob is just not that type of person I guess.

[Turbine]

"Never stop recruiting" the fans.

[Reality Check]

I'm just waiting on interest rates to get a little better before I go take out that bank loan to be able to buy tickets and refreshments for 3 to attend a home game.

[Duckster]

Nothing wrong with CBM wanting fans to come back, even though a long shot. Feels like we've been on glidepath to apathy since middle of Coach Lee's tenure. There's been a few bright spots during Coach Marlin's long tenure here, but we've already debated fan expectations here in the past. The reality is the Administration is not in alignment with its fans expectations and vice versa. Until that changes fan apathy will continue.

Regarding Foote's article it was annoying in the way it was bouncing back and forth from men's to women's to men's to women's basketball. Why not create a separate article for each? Its a false premise to assume fans of men's Cajuns basketball care to read about lady Cajuns basketball and vice versa.

[babysitter]

How bout go beat somebody worth a ____.

[CajunSID]

It’s the concept of the coach actually trying to integrate into the community. Not just the people who are in the rebounders club. Marlin doesn’t seem to do that very well.

Hudspeth and Jessie Evan’s were always out and about and actually engaged people almost on the daily.

Given the home attendance dropoff and the amount of $$ school has to be losing with home games, particularly guarantee games like Eastern Kentucky, I will be curious if program is asked to play more $$ road games.

Coaches hate them for a variety of reasons, but less than 2k fans/game cannot be accepted.

[Million$Mullet]

Last two home games have been around 2400. We should be averaging double that. Hopefully with a little run more fans will start showing up. People said the same thing last year about how fun the teams are to watch. I promise if you go to a game you won’t leave disappointed. Every person that I have brought the last two years have been back multiple times. Whether or not people like the coach, the kids deserve then support.

[BeauCajun]

I’m looking forward to being back in the Dome Thursday night.