I understand, no ____ing match here.
The only point I was trying to make was that a new coach (or even Bustle for that matter) would be wise to bring him on staff because of his connections around the high schools in LA. That's it! I know coach Cook also, (and most of his staff) and know how the previous admin treated them. I also know that it is the best job (ND), I'm there every Friday night.
Having said that, my son will be attending ND in 4 years and I would love for him to stay there and coach him. Just the UL fan in me would like to see him here also. Either way I win!
I didn't mean to set you off. I think we both want the best for UL, but it was just an opinion.
GEAUX CAJUNS!!!!!!
Tsk, tsk, tsk Hammer! I will agree with you on one thing you certainly do have room to move up mainly because, well, there's NO ONE below you. That's not good when you "have to reach UP to touch BOTTOM!" What's the view like down there when you look up and strategize? How does looking at the rear ends of 116 FBS teams look from down there along with the losses to obscure 1AA schools?
Yep, you are right! You guys are definitely 1A and certainly have been the poster child for the What-IF Sun Belt Conference.
As for Robe and Marlin, I'm geniunely glad for them and for the opportunity UL gave them. I just hope when another opportunity for them to "move up" comes that their resume' for being at UL does not hold them back.
You know what I mean? it seems that your wonderful D1 prowess also has been a graveyard for coaches. They deserve much better. Don't you think?
I'l go now. You guys have a lot of big plans to work on and maintaining your view from "down there" somewhere in D1A nowhere land. Good luck on the rest of your season.
Gosh, I hope you guys get to (verklepmt) six wins to be bowl eligible.
How about Gus Malzahn the OC from Auburn? His name was mentioned here last year and he has been successful on different levels.
I just wanted to make sure you realize I said we are a more dangerous team than Mcneese. I am in no way shape or form saying that LSU considers us a threat. And yes we played like crap against LSU last year but we were a few dropped passes and picks (and a 1 yd run) away from scoring at least 17 on them. at least. And don't get me wrong, I respect the talent that yall have over there at McNeese but just realize that the only reason you have that talent is b/c most of them are not academically eligible for any D-1 school. Come on up in D-1 and we'll see how much trash you talk then.
And yea when yall played us yall were by far the better team. But how long ago was that? 4 years ago?? but anyway, in all seriousness, I respect the way your team went in to death valley and put up a fight. Even though injuries was a big problem, yall went in a fought hard with LSU even if they didnt give their full effort. The way we look right now, we would probably go into a game like that with a gameplan designed for us to lose like what we had against Georgia. So props to your coach for shooting for the stars and getting his team to do the same.
Right now, Malzahn makes over half a mill a year and is at the top of most of the major programs' short list.
The odds that he is the next Cajun football coach are about the same as me inventing a time machine to go back in time to 1980 and bring back Reagan to run for president in 2012.
It's really fun to fantasize, but it ain't ever happenning.
Thank you for the compliments they are appreciated. A winning tradition is something McNeese is proud of. ULL in the glory days was proud too. Unfortunately, Jerry Baldwin ran the program off the rails and into a deep ditch. As for D1 academic requirements McNeese is D1-FCS Division. ULL is D1-FBS Division. Please do your own research.
We have to both adhere to the same academic standards and rules as implemented by the NCAA. The big difference is the number of scholarships allowed per division. FCS gets 65 (I think) and FBS gets 87 (I think). The difference is 22 which is an extra defensive unit and offensive unit for FBS schools. That, in an of itself, kinda exacerbates the whole premise of coaching versus actual talent.
I follow both programs and ULL handles their academic casualties via grey-shirting and McNeese pretty much does the same. At least since the Matt Viator era.
Good Luck to the Cajun program. I hope you find a great coach for the future.
So to stir the pot a little what will everyone be saying if UL does win this weekend
Then I will be asking the same questions that I asked last week. Why can we not play consistently well form week to week? How can we play well against OSU and Troy but play like crap with no emotion against WKU. IMO, that is coaching. A good coach gets his team to play to the best of their talent each week rather than playing up or down to your opponent. This team has shown it has talent. Unfortunately playing up or down to the level of our opponent seems to be a trademark of Coach Bustle's teams.
I think the problem is mental toughness. Anytime that this team has hit adversity this season, we have folded, and folded bad. When WKU had the fumble return for a TD against us, we looked defeated. We regrouped a little at half and scored on the first drive, only to have WKU drive down on their first drive and take back the 17 point lead, again, when that happened, we looked defeated. Against MT, when Lawson had that fumble on that first play we looked defeated. The difference between that and ok state or troy is 2 things. 1) we expected to be in for a long day and 2) we played well early in both games that gave us hope. Against Troy though, we seemed to have that same feel when we had the fumble inside their 5. This teams mental toughness is definitely lacking.
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