Basketball transfer portal

[Scott Malkinson]

I think Dr. Maggard is an extremely effective AD. Is he perfect? No. No one is. I don't know if there's another AD I'd prefer. Could you imagine the previous AD navigating this new era of college athletics?

Under his tutelage: created in-house ticketing ops, outbound sales team, brought in Napier and gave him the resources to take us to the pinnacle of SBC football, brand new football facility in-progress, ultra conscious of the student-athlete experience, growing admin side of athletics (more resources), many more I cannot list out because I'm just making a quick post.

Cons: fan experience at games, RCAF stagnation, MBB program interest all-time low, schism with fan-led pods

Give the new Ragin' Cajun Connection pod with Dr. Maggard a listen. Everything I listed above that he's gotten done has been part of a vision laid out by his first strategic plan. This new strategic plan (hard copies will be mailed to RCAF members and available online soon) seems to address glaring issues (i.e. growing the RCAF to 5000 members).

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.

[ZoomZoom]

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?

[cajun4life]

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.

[Cajunrunner]

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.

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.

[CajunVic]

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.

[8675309]

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.

Maggard has been good to us.

[CajunJack55]

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.

I don’t think anyone on this board said this or even suggested this. We just question some of the methods and the lack of transparency.

[Turbine]

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.

Maggard is a good guy.

No one has suggested otherwise.

Planting that seed of thought is disingenuous.

[Scott Malkinson]

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.

I just find it odd Nico left and ____ went down hill fast.

[ZoomZoom]

Sure...but we didn't.

I believe it's that we still have people in Martin Hall listening to the ghost of Ray Authement.

Think this is very true. Probably based in the old Huey Long mindset, "know your place", and deathly afraid to do otherwise.