Worst UL Athletic year in 50 years

[MarlinMan3]

I think the "cULture" mantra was a stretch and/or burnt out.
Took think we were somehow going to be the only one's with culture is idiotic. Now if you say cajun culture or something to that effect it may be a different claim

[Turbine]

I think the "cULture" mantra was a stretch and/or burnt out.
Took think we were somehow going to be the only one's with culture is idiotic. Now if you say cajun culture or something to that effect it may be a different claim

Louisiana 'the state' is packing more organic culture than any place in the country.

Louisiana 'the school' hasn't unpacked 5% of what's available.

Just using the word cULture does not create one.

[MarlinMan3]

Louisiana 'the state' is packing more organic culture than any place in the country.

Louisiana 'the school' hasn't unpacked 5% of what's available.

Just using the word cULture does not create one.

Agree

[Cajunrunner]

There are two problems here, one, Kevin's article takes in the 2025 calendar year, January to December, which is not accurate. The athletic year runs from August to July. Two, if your boss is giving you a $500 a day budget and your competition has a $1,000 a day budget, you are mathematically behind. Before you start saying it is Maggard's responsibility to bring in money to add to what the university gives him, keep in mind that it is your responsibility to bring in money also, whether it is out of your own pocket, or whether you are soliciting others to donate to your athletic program. If you don't believe that, then you are part of the problem.

Here's the refutation to what may be conceived as "worst", the Bubas Cup. I understand many of you don't place any value in it, but it is the measuring stick within the conference for the overall strength of your athletic program. After Fall sports (6), Cajuns are tied for 3rd with 36.5 points, 12 points behind 1st. In the last three years, Cajuns finished 4th with 118.5 points, tied for 5th with 117 points, and 3rd with 127.5 points. There was a time when the Cajuns would struggle to reach 100 points and would finish in the bottom half of the conference. I recognize that most of you only care about the 5 "major" sports, but every athlete that puts on a Cajun uniform matters as does their sport. It's time for you to honor the value Bryan Maggard brings to this athletic department.

Damn…this reads just like a Bird of Paradise, I mean… TalktoMeWillis… I mean Jay Walker post.

Of course, we, the fans, are the problem.

[Turbine]

Don’t forget WSOC.

Thanks

Basically the school has given the coaches of Women's Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer a lifetime contract.

They could never have gotten away with this if they were still the Lady Cajuns.

By burying those programs under the Ragin' Cajuns banner, the aministration (way back when) made them irrelevant.

Free games with no accountability is the fruitage.

Its an unsustainable model.

[Esqueleto]

Thanks

Basically the school has given the coaches of Women's Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer a lifetime contract.

They could never have gotten away with this if they were still the Lady Cajuns.

By burying those programs under the Ragin' Cajuns banner, the aministration (way back when) made them irrelevant.

Free games with no accountability is the fruitage.

Its an unsustainable model.

At least they have people watching them. Without free admission only parents would bother to go

[Turbine]

That is the logic.

J Kelley Hall proved the "Lady Cajuns" could draw 1000 paying fans.

Free "Ragin' Cajuns Women's Basketball" never will.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Damn…this reads just like a Bird of Paradise, I mean… TalktoMeWillis… I mean Jay Walker post.

Of course, we, the fans, are the problem.

Right, a failed attempt to come up with excuses.
It's the the UL administration and coaching that is causing the ineptitude of our Athletics. Fan interest is generated by success, not the other way around. Once you have years of success, like many schools have had, you get fans that stick around during the down years. We have not in any way had enough success, and effort put into our Athletics to obtain a large following.
It can be done, but it must start with the UL Administration and wise decisions by the AD, like not hiring inexperienced TE coaches to be your Head Football Coach after 2 tremendous years of success.

[Duckster]

Agree but The thing i dont understand is then why did they give us any bowls to begin with, and any coverage, and why were they so 'liberal' (non political use of the word) in their approval of so many teams moving up. Or was that their genius, give us more and more and we will crumble on top of ourselves by trying to "keep up with the joneses"/be careful what you ask for you might get it.

About 20 years ago former Tulane President Scott Cowan was the leader in raising anti-trust, anti-competitive issues with Congress about the G5 conferences being blocked out of the BCS and New Year's Bowls. Its an oversimplified explanation, but pressure eventually led to the top ranked G5 making one of the New Years 6 bowls and now the CFP.

[ULvictory]

Of course I'm going to blame the fans...and the university academic administration and the athletic department and everyone else on this team. We are a team. That includes those who don't even know they are on this team. If you have a business here, you owe this community. If you live here, I don't care where you went to school, you owe this community. This university is a major part of this community. Those of us who attended this university need to do everything in our power to get ALL of the community involved in the activities of this university.

No one is saying to shut up. On the contrary, talk. Talk to the managers and owners of the businesses you frequent. Talk to your neighbors. Talk to your co-workers. Talk to whoever you can and find out what it would take to get them involved in Cajun athletics. Then talk to Bryan Maggard, Mike Desormeaux, Quannas White, all the coaches, all the athletic staff, all the administration, everyone you can think of with the university to see what we can do to build this program. This is not a sprint. WE are either in it for the long haul or we can be failures like other schools that the SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Big 10 look on with disdain.

The fans are customers. It’s not the fans job to fill seats when the product is stale. I agree that the town sometimes takes the university for granted, but how many times does the university self-inflict itself with carelessness to the point where alumni and supporters throw their hands up and just look the other way? Look no further than the current issues the university has gone through over the last 6 months.

If the athletic department and university want more fan support, don’t go 6-7 3 out of 4 seasons and then brag about “8 straight bowl appearances” inside of a brand new stadium. Don’t create a basketball culture that divided the fanbase over the last decade. Don’t win 27 games in baseball while getting run ruled by inferior competition at home. And quit blaming the fans for not showing up. It’s THER JOB to give us a good product to make us want to spend our time at their venues.

If someone opens a restaurant, it’s not the job of people to show up to eat. The food and service have to be decent enough for them to stop by. If the food is bad, people aren’t coming. Well, the current product on Reinhardt doesn’t seem to be on par if people aren’t showing up.