Manchurian candidate of UL athletics

[CockyCajun]

Who is the Manchurian candidate for UL athletics? Someone pulling the strings does not want the fanbase to grow.

[cajun_lannister]

Who is the Manchurian candidate for UL athletics? Someone pulling the strings does not want the fanbase to grow.

Whoever decided to buy a giant R1 banner instead of SBC football championship one.

[Million$Mullet]

Who is the Manchurian candidate for UL athletics? Someone pulling the strings does not want the fanbase to grow.

Fott Scarmer

[Swamp]

Whoever decided to buy a giant R1 banner instead of SBC football championship one.

Maybe the '20 and '21 FTBL Championship banners are hanging in MH

[RaginScotsman]

Whoever decided to buy a giant R1 banner instead of SBC football championship one.

Haha.

[RaginScotsman]

Maybe the '20 and '21 FTBL Championship banners are hanging in MH

I love the banner banter. The lack of answers on the football banner and the lack of a mascot are just such bad optics. This is the low hanging fruit that it would be so easy to come out and at least address. Nope. Can’t freaking do it.

I’m not a letter writer, but I would also like to know who these people are. I know the Greek oppressor in Heidi. Not sure who else.

[Ragin9221]

Who is the Manchurian candidate for UL athletics? Someone pulling the strings does not want the fanbase to grow.

I hate to demonize someone or something, but i will have to say this. I dont think they are trying to ruin athletics.

I will say this though i think part of the problem is T-Joe main focus is academics and managing the school as it should be, so first he has mis-manage athletics by making sure he doesnt go over budget.

The rest come from big time Universities with a big time mentality. Where fan support is not a problem where things are done differently.

Maggard for example came from Missouri where at Missouri they focus on the big money and never had to worry about the little guy, and probably everyone around him has the same mindset.

Well that can only take you so far.

He needs to learn that South Louisiana is different then Missouri.

Plus he has a certain way of doing things and knows what works, but he is facing a different challenge here because those tactics may work at Missouri but not here.

He has to realize that mentality here creates apathy, also average fan feels like they do not matter which in turn is leading down a road where attendance and average donations has dwindled and in turn is running into the ground.

Here in South Louisiana once you lose those fans it is hard to get them back. Like really hard.

Once they lost faith and feel like they dont matter they are not showing back up without some major changes.

I believe he is hitting that wall because he has been here 6 yrs or however long he has been here, and those changes have been made, and now with those changes came dwindling fan support.

Now it has become a crisis.

[Clutch0364]

They are either trying to destroy the fan base or they are completely incompetent.

BUT it’s just the fans fault. We don’t understand how good we have it.

[CajunNation]

One thing people need to realize is that when we talk about "Martin Hall", we aren't necessarily talking about the president. We could be, but there are more than a few people over there that are disconnected from the fan base and the parents of Acadiana.

It's cultural, and it's ideological.

[Swamp]

The banners and Hells Bell in the SEZ simply don’t make since.

[Duckster]

Its bizarre at least a temporary SBC football championship banner wasn't displayed by the time the 2022 Homecoming game occurred. Maybe something is planned for new stadium to highlight the 2021 championship but another missed opportunity to celebrate.

As for fundraising, the athletic department/RCAF is missing the boat by not targeting small donors. The ground game in political fundraising today is cultivating thousands of small dollar donors which adds up to millions of dollars. No need to reinvent the wheel. Apply a model that's working.

[Esqueleto]

The ground game in political fundraising today is cultivating thousands of small dollar donors which adds up to millions of dollars. No need to reinvent the wheel. Apply a model that's working.

IDK, that seems like a lot of work.