Fire Desormeaux

[Duckster]

NO. Out of fairness to the customers, he must be fired at the end of this current season.

No objections. This can be and IMO actually still is an attractive head coach position.

[Geaux]

JMO. But winning in the Sun Belt and its schedule does not inspire fans to attend. And if they do attend, the game day experience is mediocre at best. Winning alone does not generate excitement. Our product does not sell and none of that is ever addressed by the athletic department. It is simply put on a game and hope people show up. And, if they do, they may not return because of the in-game experience. We should easily avg. 30,000 fans a game, instead we struggle to get 15,000 - 20,000, then lose them following a loss. We should be like E. Carolina with a 50,000 seat stadium and avg. attendance over 40,000 even without significant winning seasons and with 4 other P2 schools in their state, UNC, NCSU, WKU and Duke. Hard to imagine doing that in the SBC, although App State and JMU seem to find success with it. Maybe with the right leadership we can.

Per the article posted on the board, we reduced our marketing budget from $200K to $97K.

Effective marketing is the lifeblood to ROI and getting people in the stands.

You are correct, we hope people show up.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Apparently it got us in major debt last time and the expected revenue for wining never happened.

Not so, it was Covid.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Maybe with the right leadership we can.

Yes, it will take leadership, starting with the Pres.

[CrazyCajun]

Not so, it was Covid.

Covid also helped get us in the top 25 and the championship. The fiscal irresponsibility of our leadership got us in this debt.

[HoustonCajun]

We aren’t and never will be like ECU.

We need a 33-35k stadium, that’s it. Matching east side and then upgrade the amenities to go along with it.

Nearly every single one of yall view Cajuns football, and Cajuns athletics through the wrong model. That includes the Athletic Department.

We will never be SEC light, we are unique and our approach to athletic success should be just as unique.

Just maybe it is our unique approach to athletic success that got us into this mess.

[CajunVic]

It matters not who the president is, who the ad or who the coach is if there is no NIL to compete for players andyou can change all of these positions all you want and it will be the same result.

[Turbine]

It matters not who the president is, who the ad or who the coach is if there is no NIL to compete for players andyou can change all of these positions all you want and it will be the same result.

Not true.

There are coaches out there that could take kids who never even recieved a college scholarship and still win.

[CajunVic]

Not true.

There are coaches out there that could take kids who never even recieved a college scholarship and still win.

and without NIL you get that player for one season - so it is in fact very true

[Turbine]

and without NIL you get that player for one season - so it is in fact very true

There are coaches out there that can do it again and again.

In fact they can take non NIL and beat NIL game after game, year after year.