Why don't we invest in coaching?

[Oldman]

i will leave you guys the way you are, because you simply don't understand/have most of the facts, but i can tell you this, we have won in post season tournment (ncaa) before,and being a "mid-major," as you say, should/never win you say, WOW, what was these guys doing winning this past year, somebody had better tell them, they cannot do that. it's time you guys stop making excuses for this guy, but you got him, you keep him.....and oh! i think we beat OKLA! maybe, but hey! who am i to talk. scheduling, things are not what they appear to be trust me, it ain't so. but i can tell you this.....things are gonna change!

[1stTake]

oldman unlike the goofballs that don't follow sports closely, you are a man of wisdom and insight.

[bigearl]

All Hail the OLD MAN!!

[CajunRebel]

RaginFan, I pretty much agree with everything you said. And yes, it is possible to get big names in the Cajundome. But it isn’t easy, as other mid-majors have attested to. From what I understand, these big name schools are beginning to charge more and more money to travel. I believe the normal asking price is somewhere around 50,000, although I could be wrong. Now the last time we had a really big school in the Dome was MSU. I don't know if you went to that game, but our attendance was very poor. Maybe a little over 3,000. The truth is that there is little interest in our Basketball team at the beginning of the season, and when we do bring in big names it costs us big.

I also see your point about this "haze" over the program. I think this is because Jessie doesn't get the support he wants from the university, and also because Jessie has a hard time keeping players eligible, which the university obviously dislikes. And as I said in another post, fans become uneasy when half the players on the team become ineligible. So there is an uneasiness between the coach, university, and fans.



As for oldman, for the past 30 years, we have had exactly one NCAA tourney win. It takes time to build winning programs, especially in our conference/financial situation. Yes, I would love for us to win games in the tourney every year but im not going to expect that out of a coach right away. What I do expect is that my coach causes my team to show a good level of improvement year after year. I feel that Jessie has done that.

You say things like "things are not what they appear," but you don't explain it. Yeah, that will convince me!

I’m not making excuses for Jessie, I'm being realistic.

When you say things like I just "don't understand" the facts because I disagree with you it really gets on my nerves. If my facts aren't straight then feel free to correct them. If you disagree with my opinion, then explain to me where you think I’m wrong.

But if you are just going to say things like "you simply don’t understand," then explain yourself in 2 sarcastic run-on sentences then I will respectfully ask you to shut up.