I'm fairly certain this is some sort of spoof account or someone just playing around but in case its the real * I think you are fighting an uphill climb here. Telling us to get tickets and join the rebounders club is almost like talking down to most here. I grew up in the dome watching cajun basketball long before you knew where Lafayette was. I've had season tickets (up until a couple years ago) for BB and other sports as well. Same can probably be said for most here so to tell us to invest more money in a program that has shown no real signs of advancement over the last 14 years is fairly insulting.
If it was worst than he would have been gone a long time ago, the problem with this is it is just enough to get byit is time to bring someone in to elevate us to the next level. Like Hud did when Bustle left. Someone young, energetic and get butts back in the seats. It is that time.
The real question now is, judging by the current state of the basketball program, are we going up or down moving forward? With season ticket sales this past year and a 5th place finish in conference (4th out of 6th season we have finished below 4th place), I think we all know the answer to that.
If they want better results, time to start selling the product to the community.
A low seed in the SBC tournament has a 0.292% chance of winning the conf tourney, everything equal. The top two seeds have a 25% chance of winning.
In 14 years, CBM has only twice started us out with a 25% chance out of the gate. If we're a one bid league, we need to find someone that can consistently get us as best of a percentage of winning the conference tournament as it stands currently.
Whenever the university gets around to hiring some youngish whippersnapper coach, when putting together bonus incentives, shouldn't attendance or at least ticket sales be a bonus opportunity? Winning should grow attendance but in this day and age we need a coach that enjoys fan engagement and is incentivized to do it. There's no reason this program can't make a Sweet 16 run with the right people in the right places. There's too much complacency at the moment though.
The university is very happy to be mediocre. In fact I believe they’re more happy with this than winning too much. I know it’s crazy thinking, but it corresponds to everything they do in all programs.
The greatest game in the history of the Bob Marlin era will be his last game here.
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