Marlin Encourages Everyone to Support Louisiana Basketball

[ULvictory]

Can't wait to be there Thursday Night

[Cajunsmike]

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.

Same goes for me.

[anhil8tor]

This isn't a shock to the system. Our attendance has been dropping steadily and instead of address it, our fearless leaders buried their heads in the sand.

I was a 4 sport season ticket holder until I gave up on Big Fish. Football is presenting its own challenge now. Unless our administration adresses the issues, we will fall further behind our peers.

I fully realize attendance is a problem across the country, but we can get more fans IMO.

[Cajunsmike]

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.

Next year will have likely have less road games. That is due to all the road games we played this year as part of home and home deals. I know they are looking to play in another MTE at a neutral site which allows you to play more games than the normal 29. Now the remaining road games may need to be games in which we get paid for budget purposes. Those often don't come together until the summer.

[Cajunsmike]

This isn't a shock to the system. Our attendance has been dropping steadily and instead of address it, our fearless leaders buried their heads in the sand.

I was a 4 sport season ticket holder until I gave up on Big Fish. Football is presenting its own challenge now. Unless our administration adresses the issues, we will fall further behind our peers.

I fully realize attendance is a problem across the country, but we can get more fans IMO.

Have you been to any games since you dropped your basketball season tickets. It is easy to get to any individual game with such a large arena. I can't promise how any game will go. I can say the great majority of people who have been to home games the last two years have appreciated what they see on the court.

[cajun4life]

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.

The problem is people have quit on the HC. It will not change rapidly until there is a new face to lead the program. Or the success we had last season is sustained and built upon. But this is the first time that we appear to have sustained any sort of success.

Not to mention, we are a basketball school and people don’t buy into the wins just for the sake of wins. We literally schedule the bottom 1/3 of D1 basketball and fill the rest with NAIA/D2/D3 programs. Fans aren’t interested in that.

Get better schedules, have a staff that is out in public with the blue color fans, post season success and quit making excuses. Take ownership of failures, own it and get better. Don’t make excuses that no one buys into.

I want the program to be Uber successful, I just don’t have faith in the admin or the staff.

[Crawfish]

I like good basketball. I have enjoyed Cajun basketball since the days of Fletcher. I don't like or dislike Coach Marlin (I have never met him) and I am not a member of the Rebounders club. This year and last year have been fun to watch. I will show up whenever I can for the games because I enjoy them. If you don't come out because you hate the coach, then you are missing out on a great experience. Yes, I expect them to lay an egg occasionally, but overall, they do play hard. I cannot change who the coach is, and neither can those who bravely claim they will not come back until Marlin is gone. This team is worth watching. Between the "I hate Marlin" crowd and the "Cajun conspiracy theorist" some of you will never show up. It is your money, do what you wish with it. In the meantime, I will be enjoying the games.

[Turbine]

I like good basketball. I have enjoyed Cajun basketball since the days of Fletcher. I don't like or dislike Coach Marlin (I have never met him) and I am not a member of the Rebounders club. This year and last year have been fun to watch. I will show up whenever I can for the games because I enjoy them. If you don't come out because you hate the coach, then you are missing out on a great experience. Yes, I expect them to lay an egg occasionally, but overall, they do play hard. I cannot change who the coach is, and neither can those who bravely claim they will not come back until Marlin is gone. This team is worth watching. Between the "I hate Marlin" crowd and the "Cajun conspiracy theorist" some of you will never show up. It is your money, do what you wish with it. In the meantime, I will be enjoying the games.

Fair and balanced.

[Big Tyme]

So some of you complain that Marlin does not say anything to promote games, etc and then when he does, you shat on it?!

[Big Tyme]

I like good basketball. I have enjoyed Cajun basketball since the days of Fletcher. I don't like or dislike Coach Marlin (I have never met him) and I am not a member of the Rebounders club. This year and last year have been fun to watch. I will show up whenever I can for the games because I enjoy them. If you don't come out because you hate the coach, then you are missing out on a great experience. Yes, I expect them to lay an egg occasionally, but overall, they do play hard. I cannot change who the coach is, and neither can those who bravely claim they will not come back until Marlin is gone. This team is worth watching. Between the "I hate Marlin" crowd and the "Cajun conspiracy theorist" some of you will never show up. It is your money, do what you wish with it. In the meantime, I will be enjoying the games.

Excellent post!

[Turbine]

So some of you complain that Marlin does not say anything to promote games, etc and then when he does, you shat on it?!

Not unlike looking the other when the leak in the dike was just a trickle.

Later when it's a gusher even a herculean effort draws distain.

[ManAboutTown]

So some of you complain that Marlin does not say anything to promote games, etc and then when he does, you shat on it?!

Dishonesty is fun. How about some context? We applaud him finally coming out and engaging the fans. Even though he was forced to do so, it still is nice to see. The issue is, the obvious BS in the comments. We are not the most successful team in the league and we haven't led the league in attendance in years. It's absurd to suggest it.

Just come out and say "This group plays hard and deserves your support. The coaching staff would really appreciate a good crowd in the dome as well." Boom. End of comment. But instead, he has to inject propaganda and he has to do it with disdain. He really believes he's some basketball savant and the peasants in acadiana OWE him. Thin skinned, petty and immature. Just like his antics on courtside and your behavior with fans on the FB page.