Final: McNeese 88, Louisiana 62

[HoustonCajun]

Good points. I can't believe some are giving up this quickly. Ridiculous.

Knowing how far down our program was, it will SURELY take more than one LATE recruiting class to turn things around.

I remember Coach K at Duke started out poorly also, so I checked his record.

1980-81 - 17-13 (1st year)
1981-82 - 10-17
1982-83 - 11-17
1983-84 - 24-10
The rest is history

Coach Sampson at UH:

2014-15 - 13-19 - 1st year
2015-16 - 22-10
The rest is history

Here are 2 great coaches who started out poorly, got their recruits, and had dramatic results. I have been critical of this team because, frankly, they are bad. But, let's not be too critical of Coach Q yet. Just maybe he will be able to run this thing around like Coach K and Coach Sampson. Like Duke and Houston, we need to stick with him through the growing pains and give him time to build his team.

[CajunVic]

The program needed a reset. The results of the new coaching staff, this season or long-term, don't negate that. Just because the new hire may or may not work out doesn't necessarily mean the original stale fish should have been retained.

who said that?

[CockyCajun]

who said that?

Cajun Runner said that.

[CajunVic]

Cajun Runner said that.

Cajun Runner said what?

[DieHard 1280]

I remember Coach K at Duke started out poorly also, so I checked his record.

1980-81 - 17-13 (1st year)
1981-82 - 10-17
1982-83 - 11-17
1983-84 - 24-10
The rest is history

Coach Sampson at UH:

2014-15 - 13-19 - 1st year
2015-16 - 22-10
The rest is history

Here are 2 great coaches who started out poorly, got their recruits, and had dramatic results. I have been critical of this team because, frankly, they are bad. But, let's not be too critical of Coach Q yet. Just maybe he will be able to run this thing around like Coach K and Coach Sampson. Like Duke and Houston, we need to stick with him through the growing pains and give him time to build his team.

No doubt he will get plenty of time to build his team. I mean after all, we gave Coach Marlin 72 years. It wasn’t until his overall record dropped below 74% that we let him go.

[Turbine]

No doubt he will get plenty of time to build his team. I mean after all, we gave Coach Marlin 72 years. It wasn’t until his overall record dropped below 74% that we let him go.

I see what you did there.

LOL

[zephyr]

Fair point. However that does not mean adjustments with this current squad can't be made. The dribble drive focus on the offense will struggle until Keller returns or until the bigs improve their play. Teams will employ the same strategy McNeese did and collapse the middle in order to force turnovers. Coach Q said as much in his post game interview.

I mean, how many steals did they have? That's a rhetorical question. I don't care although it felt like they got a steal every trip down the court in the first half

[zephyr]

who said that?

You did

[ZoomZoom]

Same night this happened, Tulane lost at home to UNO by 22.

[CajunVic]

You did

please quote where I said the old staff should have been retained . . .