Should probably just drop down to FCS and the southland in all other sports
Should probably just drop down to FCS and the southland in all other sports
I still stand by my posts. I'm one of the few on this page that was in the inner circle and had enough of the lack of accountability and productivity. Oh and I forgot to mention that my company has donated over $100k in the past 10 years. Those days are over.
After the spring sport season is over, we can look back at their seasons and see whether or not they measured up.
Maggard is easily the best AD we have had. However it's like Carr being top 5 saints QB all time. The bar was set so incredibly low anything looked like an improvement. He did strike gold with Napier but failed to capitalize on it or grown. Everything else was low hanging fruit that majority of D1 programs had in place a decade before.
You’re young. Terry Don Phillips is the AD bar. Most between TDP and BM were below Farmer’s showing or overwhelmed with other responsibilities. My biggest disappointment from all the ADs is the precursor to the RCAF, the dropping of the ball with the Ragin Cajun Club. People got on board, a few years later did the two sections at Cajun Field, and nothing else except a money grab. Should have been a simple rebranding to RCAF, but nope. Lost years.
TDP moved on pretty quick, but he showed the fans and the administration what could be. Leadership missed the boat, intentionally or not, and here we are. So what happens going forward?
We will continue to raise ticket prices, look for corporate sponsorship opportunities and corporate season ticket sales. We will continue to push the fan base away by ignoring the obvious signs.
We have 2 paths we can take, IMHO we’ve already decided what that will be.
1. Corporate/Exclusive/Elite donor base, and fan support.
2. Return to being a blue collar program with organically driven fan support. Grow the fan base through student development and community integration.
Sure.but we didn't.
I don't think AD Maggard is the problem. I believe it's that we still have people in Martin Hall listening to the ghost of Ray Authement. Hell, we see it here. We have a poster, maybe posters, coming on here questioning why we're "so focused" on athletics.
Whatever anyone here says (and if it is said here it should be considered suspect) Maggard is a good guy and wants the best for Louisiana.
If you feel otherwise, all it makes you is a traditional cheese eater. We grow plenty of those around these parts of the net.
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