Louisiana athletics operated at $8 million deficit during 2023 fiscal year

[JamesTheJeweler]

How do we define splash hire? Des and Billy were making about the same thing when they both were hired for the head job. Des wasn’t a cheap hire.

The problem is that Des was paid the same amount as Napier.

[Clutch0364]

That must have been a really long season!

Brain malfunction and fat fingers. 13-1

[anhil8tor]

Who buys season tickets these days -- in any sport? Honest question...

I have 7 for football, 2 for baseball and 1 for Softball.
I gave up my 2 for basketball a few years ago.

[KajunKrazy]

The problem is that Des was paid the same amount as Napier.

That is my point you could have got Billy type experience for what you paid Des.

[KajunKrazy]

When Billy was hired we were a top 25 team coming of a 31-1 season. The job had grown so pay should have grown.

Not true you could have gotten an experienced coordinator just like billy for that same starting pay.

[BabbForHeisman]

Y'all see what happens here, right? 100% of Vic's posts in this thread have been about the football coaching hire, so the thread changes to be a discussion about the coaching hire.

This isn't about the coaching hire, this is about the overall engagement with those who pay the bills (us, the community).

[JamesTheJeweler]

Y'all see what happens here, right? 100% of Vic's posts in this thread have been about the football coaching hire, so the thread changes to be a discussion about the coaching hire.

This isn't about the coaching hire, this is about the overall engagement with those who pay the bills (us, the community).

Par for the course

[Scott Malkinson]

Not sure that translates into what you are saying. Also, let's see how that guy does before we anoint him for anything.

If he has a winning season and not have a 45% reduction in season ticket sales he will be doing better than Dez.

[CajunVic]

It didn’t help that they made the least exciting hire they could make. For me it said we are not trying to take the next step and continue what has been built.

This was the first post where our current financial position was blamed on the CMD hire.

It is not from Vic.

[ManAboutTown]

Napier's last year was the first time we didn't see a decline in YOY season ticket sales since 2014. It's incorrect to assume as "splash hire" wouldn't have A) continued the excitement and B) been worth the investment. I'll say again, private money pledged $3mm to keep Napier. Those boosters would have spent that on a "splash hire."

I beg your pardon. My post should say overall ticket sales, not just season ticket sales. ALL ticket sales have been on a downward trajectory since 2014 except for Napier's last year. So when our AD tells you, "We were number 16 in the country and nobody came," see it for what it is. Either willful denial of the truth or gross misinterpretation of the data.

[zeppelincajun]

I beg your pardon. My post should say overall ticket sales, not just season ticket sales. ALL ticket sales have been on a downward trajectory since 2014 except for Napier's last year. So when our AD tells you, "We were number 16 in the country and nobody came," see it for what it is. Either willful denial of the truth or gross misinterpretation of the data.

That mindset always makes me smirk.
1. The numbers were up.
2. They just weren’t up like they wanted them to be. Why was that? Because they did half the job and wanted all the results. Put a winner on the field and coupled it with the worst game day experience in our program’s history. Then resents the community because they watched our best days from their couch.

[zeppelincajun]

That mindset always makes me smirk.
1. The numbers were up.
2. They just weren’t up like they wanted them to be. Why was that? Because they did half the job and wanted all the results. Put a winner on the field and coupled it with the worst game day experience in our program’s history. Then resents the community because they watched our best days from their couch.

The admin’s response to not getting the numbers they wanted is the real kicker too. Cant get full results for 50% effort? Let’s kick it down to 25% and see where that gets us. Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night baby!!!

[BabbForHeisman]

This was the first post where our current financial position was blamed on the CMD hire.

It is not from Vic.

Post #1 in this thread is the article

Post #2 is "yowzers"

Post #3 is you talking about having enough money to hire a different football coach.

I guess maybe you think people can't read when you deny saying things you actually said? lol

[CajunVic]

Post #1 in this thread is the article

Post #2 is "yowzers"

Post #3 is you talking about having enough money to hire a different football coach.

I guess maybe you think people can't read when you deny saying things you actually said? lol

And? Your _ is still blazing. Came here just to exercise it.

[CajunNation]

The "splash hire" angle is not relevant here.

It is fair to say that the hiring of CMD caused a letdown in the fan base. It was not because CMD wasn't a splash hire. It is because CMD wasn't as qualified as countless, higher profile candidates who were themselves not really splash hires either.

We didn't need a splash hire big name to keep momentum going in the fan base. We just needed someone hired that that ticked all the boxes of a known, up and coming coach.

Having said that, this is no excuse to quit supporting the program. I get being upset for a while, but sooner or later, reality should have dictated that CMD is one of our own and let's circle the pirogues.

The fact that this hasn't happened yet is a shame on our community and the cULture. We should be better than this.