Josh, I would like to make it clear that I feel you have done a great job reporting about the Cajuns since you have been here. With that said, will this be one of the questions asked if you are ever given the opportunity? And if you are continually stonewalled by this administration will you be the one to call them out on it?
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That will be the first question I ask this week. And if I am continually stonewalled by the adminstration concerning those questions, I will make that known.
Again, and this is not directed at you CajunFreak, just because my opinion sided with the administration this time doesn't mean that will always be the case. My opinion happens to match their actions. Those who think otherwise know nothing about me or how to do my job.
I find myself in rare agreement with our new Attorney General, America is a bunch of cowards when it comes to discussing race. Race should not be an issue here. Just as its shouldn't be an issue in hiring it should not be an issue in firing.
Who cares about the negative publicity? On the flip side of that argument, did we garner a whole lot of positive press or additional local support, if any at all, when we had Baldwin as our head coach at a time the national media was decrying the lack of minority head coaches in D1A? Not much that I recall. Did that same national media rush to put UL games on TV to showcase Baldwin and his team? Nope. Was there a huge rush of the local top talent minority players rushing to sign with UL due to Rogers and Lee being our head coaches? Nope. Did Big Dave push for these players to come to UL because we had his pal Robert Lee as head coach? Not that I recall. In fact I recall listening to his show and he hyped the top players for Brady at State and mentioned also rans that might be a "good fit" for UL. So if we don't get any upside for making the hires that happen to be minorities why should we get or be worried about any negative consequences for firing incompetent or underperforming coaches that happen to be a minority?
I am not content with the status quo and I really don't want Lee around anymore than you. However, I try to look at things logically and after I receive more facts, I can at least understand why the decision was made because its unfortunately the one with less risks financially and to other sport programs in the dept. However, many here are looking for that person to blame. Maybe down the road we'll see that D. Walker was being "accountable" for the future of the dept. I will not say now for sure because I think it is hard to call for sure.
Maybe the reason you’re not more ____ed is because you don't understand what really happened? Lee got rid of half of the team after his second year, leading UL down the PATH of APR sanctions. My question is; did he do this knowingly and did Walker influence his decision? I have many more questions but I'll start there.
You have written great stories about UL and you are correct about asking the tough questions, but today IMO you are completely off the mark. How can you come to the conclusion of "despite fans' frustrations, UL did the right thing"? You said yourself you haven't even asked the man in charge of this fiasco a single question about what happened. IMO this is lazy reporting, you are entitled to your own opinion and you have the platform to share that opinion with the masses, from here on out I will dismiss your opinion as unsubstantiated. Also, I have zero problems telling you all of this in person; I’m not hiding behind ____!!!!
The university will see how the fans feel next year when the attendance is the worse than last year. We as fans have a voice. If the university saved money by keeping Lee they will lose money on attendance. Only the free UL student ID's will be there and not eating or drinking a thing.
We just added another 2-3 years on top of the damage to rebuild our basketball image!
This will never be a basketball town. You can fit 10,000 in that Cajundome if you really wanted to.
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