Marlin Encourages Everyone to Support Louisiana Basketball

[cajun4life]

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.

Because he knows he can’t stand on his record. Nor will he ever take ownership of his failures and lack of accountability.

So when he tries to encourage people to show up they know he is not genuine or authentic.

The entire F’n athletic department needs a complete reset.

[Esqueleto]

Because he knows he can’t stand on his record. Nor will he ever take ownership of his failures and lack of accountability.

So when he tries to encourage people to show up they know he is not genuine or authentic.

The entire F’n athletic department needs a complete reset.

Agreed. Never thought I'd say this, but Magard needs to GO!

[zephyr]

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.

Well, we haven't really sustained anything to this point. We're 11-8 and essentially .500 in conference so

[zephyr]

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

Promoting single games does very little when very few in the community know who you are. People talk about him getting out and actually mingling with the community. Going to various civic luncheons and talking about the team and drumming up interest. This is what Hud was a genius at. That's what they are referencing.

We feel he needs to be more than a basement dweller unlike your previous avatar.

[cajun4life]

Well, we haven't really sustained anything to this point. We're 11-8 and essentially .500 in conference so

I understand that 11-8 is pretty average. However, this team can make runs when they shoot well.

If they shoot it well 3 games in March he can repeat.

[ZoomZoom]

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.

Well, I nearly fell out my recliner Saturday during the USA game when South Alabama’s broadcasters put up a graphic showing the Cajuns as the winningest program in the SBC over some period of time. Can’t remember the time frame, and not worth my time to research. Don’t know who put the numbers together. It was in the second half. Stats can always be manipulated.

Spouses should never engage fans. Marty’s wife would engage fans in the stands. It was during that era the team benches were moved across the dome to their present location. Got into it with a serious donor a little more than the usual, saw it go down. Marty surfed the program’s and Pascal’s reputation. His overall career record speaks for itself.

Ignore is the best route.

[RaginScotsman]

2 of us going to our first game this year on Saturday.

We always try to hit a few basketball games, but the times this year have been tough. Not sure what the early season start times were, but from January on there was not on game that started before 7. That's tough with a young family. But me and the 6-year-old got the green light.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Can't argue with the point how much our support has dropped across the board. Now what can be done about it. People have given suggestions on how to improve things. Hopefully the folks in charge find merit in some. Basketball wise, things could be better next season as the non conference home schedule will be more attractive. Ticket Master will go away and the bulk of the guys on this year's team should return. A strong finish to this season may give encouragement to the community that next year's team will be fun to watch.

But Mike, why are we acting like all this is new? Why are we acting like, "maybe the admin will notice and see some of the grievances and solutions posted here"? None of this is new!! We have battled, yelled, screamed and threatened this admin for yeeeaaarrssss! If anyone believes this admin is changing, you're delusional. They don't care! Their actions prove that!

[JamesTheJeweler]

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

Yeah, the idea that you believe this coach JUST now realized fan support is down, and made this pitch on his own volition is perfectly logical.

[JamesTheJeweler]

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

This statement is so short-sided. It's more like....this coach/admin have done NOTHING for YEARS....now Marlin says ONE thing and we're supposed to all just jump back on board and now everything is back where it should be with the program? Sorry man. It's taken years of of this admin doing nothing to improve things...even doing things that are opposed to getting more fan involvement, and it's gonna take more than ONE forced statement from Coach Milquetoast to change it. Sorry.....not sorry.

[Big Tyme]

Of course everyone wants Hud the rah rah guy SOMETIMES. But let his kids sing along to a song denigrating a cult figure and all of a sudden he is persona non grata. Sure Marlin probably could and should do more on the PR front but my point is that he does what some of yall want and it gets turned into a negative somehow.
If some of you could step back and see the echo chamber that you exist in, it would be eye-opening. Re: the guy talking about a basement dweller.

[Turbine]

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