Cajuns Raging

[CajunRebel]

_ I'm pretty sure I don't need you to tell me what my argument is, I don't know if you are bustle's wife or what but give it up. It's time for him to go! Stop telling everyone we should be proud of a game that we didn't even cover the 24 point spread at home. Oh and by the way watch what will happen to basketball attendance in marlins first year
igeaux.mobi _

"so yeah a new coach with new excitement will get our attendance back up just like bustle did"

^^ Ok then what is your argument?

I never said we should be proud of the loss last week.

And if you don't like Bustle then that's fine. But attack him for the on-field performance because that's the only thing he is responsible for.

I get tired of people on here blaming Bustle for things he's not responsible for. In this case people are blaming Bustle for low attendance when there are many other factors that affect it. And with all the complaining about low attendance people don't even realize that it's actually been higher the past 3 years.

If you hate Bustle that's fine but at least attack him for things he is responsible for like wins and losses. If you want him gone it's should be because you don't think 6-6 is good enough, not because of injuries or attendance.

[IHateLaState]

A new coach will not automatically raise attendance... My original point was to go out and get a quality coach that will bring hope and expectation of winning. Wow what a radical thought... WINNING

You can't go out and get embarrassed 55-7 in your first game.... then embarrassed against a conference foe... and expect to bring the casual fan in. I know a handful of people who chose not to attend Friday night because they were afraid of being embarrassed. That is the legacy of this administration. Not competing on a consistent basis...

When you pay $400-500k for a new coach the expectation has to be that he will turn the program into a winner... 7 games a year should be the expectation. If after 4 years he does not produce you do it again. You dont wait 9 friggin years and HOPE that something will change.

Winning will produce crowds. A realistic hope that you will compete when you bring in a OK State will increase crowds... Being in the hunt.... really in the hunt.. for a Conference title will increase crowds... A bowl game every now and again will increase crowds...

Why is that so difficult to understand and more importantly why is it so difficult to achieve?

[shof]

I'm not saying he is the right guy; or for that matter we could afford him. But I like the attitude!

Shof

Note: if you do not approve of bad language, don't watch it!



P.S. Hope the link works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZaOF...eature=related

[AstroCajun]

_ A new coach will not automatically raise attendance... My original point was to go out and get a quality coach that will bring hope and expectation of winning. Wow what a radical thought... WINNING

You can't go out and get embarrassed 55-7 in your first game.... then embarrassed against a conference foe... and expect to bring the casual fan in. I know a handful of people who chose not to attend Friday night because they were afraid of being embarrassed. That is the legacy of this administration. Not competing on a consistent basis...

When you pay $400-500k for a new coach the expectation has to be that he will turn the program into a winner... 7 games a year should be the expectation. If after 4 years he does not produce you do it again. You dont wait 9 friggin years and HOPE that something will change.

Winning will produce crowds. A realistic hope that you will compete when you bring in a OK State will increase crowds... Being in the hunt.... really in the hunt.. for a Conference title will increase crowds... A bowl game every now and again will increase crowds...

Why is that so difficult to understand and more importantly why is it so difficult to achieve? _

A new coach brings excitement, but we cannot hamstring our coaches with a schedule that's an uphill battle.

It's difficult to achieve when you schedule three guaranteed losses such that you must go 7-2 in the other games.

It's particularly difficult to achieve when you schedule such that you MUST go 7-1 in conference to get to seven wins.

It's also difficult when you tell your coach that he's only got 5 home games this year.

Schedule so that we give ourselves a chance for success and for me that formula is simple.

ALWAYS START THE SEASON LIKE THIS:
Game 1 (AT HOME!!!) against any FBS and win the damn game.
Game 2 - Get into conference play (home or road)

AND we must get MAC, WAC and CUSA teams in home and home deals as part of our OOC schedule.

That should almost always get you to 2-0 and 5-5 the rest of the way gets you bowling.

[AstroCajun]

_ I'm not saying he is the right guy; or for that matter we could afford him. But I like the attitude!

Shof

Note: if you do not approve of bad language, don't watch it!



P.S. Hope the link works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZaOF...eature=related _

He's a PROVEN WINNER.

That's high on my list of qualifications for the job.

When it becomes available, of course.

[Turbine]

Errol Rogers hire did not increase attendance, although he was following a legend.

The Baldwin hire increased attendance over Stokely and the Bustle hire did likewise.

Looking at last year numbers if you think Baldwin was outdrawing Stokley, LOL

Baldwin’s last year numbers were padded greatly because the NCAA was threatening non D1 membership status based on a 5 year attendance average.

Bustle really did increase attendance over Baldwin and more than just the 2000 credited

[NOCajun]

_ Do SBC teams travel less than the average WAC, MAC or CUSA team?
igeaux.mobi _

I bet the NECHS routinely have 10-12,000 in attendance at all their away games...

[Hammer58]

_ I bet the NECHS routinely have 10-12,000 in attendance at all their away games... _

They ship their blue tarps by FedEx?

[NOCajun]

_ They ship their blue tarps by FedEx? _

So THAT'S where all that surplus WACky money goes!!!

[zephyr]

_ A new coach will not automatically raise attendance... My original point was to go out and get a quality coach that will bring hope and expectation of winning. Wow what a radical thought... WINNING

You can't go out and get embarrassed 55-7 in your first game.... then embarrassed against a conference foe... and expect to bring the casual fan in. I know a handful of people who chose not to attend Friday night because they were afraid of being embarrassed. That is the legacy of this administration. Not competing on a consistent basis...

When you pay $400-500k for a new coach the expectation has to be that he will turn the program into a winner... 7 games a year should be the expectation. If after 4 years he does not produce you do it again. You dont wait 9 friggin years and HOPE that something will change.

Winning will produce crowds. A realistic hope that you will compete when you bring in a OK State will increase crowds... Being in the hunt.... really in the hunt.. for a Conference title will increase crowds... A bowl game every now and again will increase crowds...

Why is that so difficult to understand and more importantly why is it so difficult to achieve? _

I agree with what you are saying. I happen to believe that we will certainly draw a larger crowd if the expectations and product on the field are higher. What concerns me though is that teams on our level such as Troy, FAU, even Ball State and Buffalo in the MAC have not seen any consistent increases in attendance no matter how good they have been. The cajuns, largely a middle of the road team in the SBC, has lead the SBC in attendance for several years with nowhere near the success that FAU and Troy have had.

[CrazyCajun]

_ "so yeah a new coach with new excitement will get our attendance back up just like bustle did"

^^ Ok then what is your argument?

I never said we should be proud of the loss last week.

And if you don't like Bustle then that's fine. But attack him for the on-field performance because that's the only thing he is responsible for.

I get tired of people on here blaming Bustle for things he's not responsible for. In this case people are blaming Bustle for low attendance when there are many other factors that affect it. And with all the complaining about low attendance people don't even realize that it's actually been higher the past 3 years.

If you hate Bustle that's fine but at least attack him for things he is responsible for like wins and losses. If you want him gone it's should be because you don't think 6-6 is good enough, not because of injuries or attendance. _

i didnt blame bustle for attendance, actually i think thats been pretty decent, all i said is its time for him to go, not because of attendance but he has brought us to where he is going to bring us, and to compare bustles first years here is not a fair comparison, the program was in shambles, if and when he leaves the program will be in a much better position than when he got here. you are confusing 2 posters. i think its time for him to go but not b/c of attendance, i brought up the point that he had us leading the conference in attendance. people are tired of the same ol thing so attendance will begin to drop. and if you go out and make the right hire, attendance will increase. season ticket sales are up for basketball and marlin hasnt even held a full practice yet. i blame bustle for always losing a game he is not supposed to and he has a OC mentality. in 9 years you have never heard bustle say "this is unacceptable" as a head coach sometimes you have to be that guy. its always , well we played hard or i thought we moved the ball well at times, At this level effort should not even be a question, if you dont play hard you stand on the sideline. why are we even discussing effort, is osu the only game they played hard? Why should we not expect to be able beat teams like this? Troy doesnt have this attitude, Middle doesnt have this attitude so why is it ok for us to have it?

[CajunNation]

At this level effort should not even be a question, if you dont play hard you stand on the sideline. why are we even discussing effort, is osu the only game they played hard? Why should we not expect to be able beat teams like this? Troy doesnt have this attitude, Middle doesnt have this attitude so why is it ok for us to have it?