Matt Viator

[ManAboutTown]

Viator will not be our next coach.. Moving on..
igeaux.mobi

[USLJim]

_ If Viator is such a great coach, why has not been offered a job at a I-A program?


igeaux.mobi _

THE BEST POINT YET. If He was so good why didn't ULM or Tech look at him.

PLEASE GOD NO on this one. I can't believe he would leave his Alma Mater and want to Coach us, since there is no love between our Universities ALUM.

GEAUX CAJUNS

[Turbine]

It would be silly not to interview Matt Viator and give him the respect he deserves.
igeaux.mobi

[Hooj_Cajun_Fan]

_ It would be silly not to interview Matt Viator and give him the respect he deserves.
igeaux.mobi _

Very true, but wouldn't it be just as silly to hire him when there are much better candidates that want this job?

[STEVEAUX UL 78]

This discussion needs to go away forever!!!!.....NO NO NO NEVER!!!!!!

[allncr1966]

_ Very true, but wouldn't it be just as silly to hire him when there are much better candidates that want this job? _

Do we know for sure there are better candidates that WANT the job? Sometimes people apply for jobs because its available and they are interested not necessarily that they want the job. If during the interview process it sounds like a good job then they may want it. Sometimes they apply just to hone their interview skills for something down the road. I interviewed a lot of people in 40 years in running a business and not all of them wanted the job they interviewed for. Most do but sometimes its just testing the waters. Some of the coaches maybe using the job at UL as a bargaining chip to get a raise where they are. If they are interviewing for another HC job they may use the UL job again as a bargaining chip and vice versa. I am not advocating Viator for the UL job just pointing out there are lots of reasons people interview for a certain job.

[Hooj_Cajun_Fan]

_ Do we know for sure there are better candidates that WANT the job? Sometimes people apply for jobs because its available and they are interested not necessarily that they want the job. If during the interview process it sounds like a good job then they may want it. Sometimes they apply just to hone their interview skills for something down the road. I interviewed a lot of people in 40 years in running a business and not all of them wanted the job they interviewed for. Most do but sometimes its just testing the waters. Some of the coaches maybe using the job at UL as a bargaining chip to get a raise where they are. If they are interviewing for another HC job they may use the UL job again as a bargaining chip and vice versa. I am not advocating Viator for the UL job just pointing out there are lots of reasons people interview for a certain job. _

Alright, maybe you have a point. In either case, there are better candidates that want the HC job at UL. I'd say Joe Deforest is a better candidate (not that he's the best candidate or that he's my favorite) and it's been clearly indicated that he wants the job.

[allncr1966]

_ Alright, maybe you have a point. In either case, there are better candidates that want the HC job at UL. I'd say Joe Deforest is a better candidate (not that he's the best candidate or that he's my favorite) and it's been clearly indicated that he wants the job. _

You have a good point as well, Joe Deforest maybe the better candidate so we will see.

[NOCajun]

_ Maybe so .. But lets face it - we are not going to get a top asst from a big time program with the little money we are offering and as I stated before Viator has proved that he can build a better program than we have with a lot less resources and we can afford him and we can ____ of the folks in Lake Charles .. Seems like a win win win win situation... _

Actually, we just FIRED one.

[BirdofParadise]

_ It would be silly not to interview Matt Viator and give him the respect he deserves.
igeaux.mobi _

We all know the success that McNeese State has had in the past at the 1-AA level.

It should be noted that Matt Viator, has head coach, has never won a playoff game at the 1-AA level. This includes the year that they went 11-0 in the regular season.

This year McNeese was 6-5 and for the second time under Viator, failed to qualify for the playoffs.