UL Keeps Rogers For Uncertain Future

[Turbine]

_ We must be out of money. _

UL could have saved $100G if they had made the move of apponting an interim at $30G and not replacing the assistant.

[duggie85]

I'm going to throw up a little bit of a hell mary here

That would be a Hail Mary...

igeaux.mobi

[Turbine]

... Until we support that team like we support the others, Rogers is exactly the coach we deserve.


And that's all there is to say about that. _

Marlin didn't wait for the stands to fill before his team started on it's epic win streak.

[Turbine]

_ Coach Rogers did sign Brooklyn Arceneaux of STM. She led her team to the 5A state championship this year and she made the 5A All State team. He also signed a highly sought after girl from Florida. I don't think he is bringing in inferior talent. Now, I am not saying I agree with the decision. I just don't think you can say he has recruited poorly for the upcoming year. Now will he be able to help them improve once they get here? That is a different question and his track record is suspect in that regard. _

It is not so easy to find good recruiters who can coach.

The team had talent when he got here and a great incoming recruit is no reason to keep an inferior coach.

[CajunEXPRESS]

_ Agreed, he should have been let go. They could have went out and hired an interim for next season while raising funds for a new coach. Hell, they have 2 in state coaches that they could probably afford to take from their respective programs MSU and Southern.

UL could win and win big just like MTSU, hell just like J Kelly Hall did, if we had the right coach. _

C4L, I have to agree to some extent, but remember this even under Hall the revenue produced by fans were awful. Women basketball will not come close to paying for itself even if it did reach the levels of MTS. That is a financial reality. This university will not undermine football, mbb, softball, baseball to rebuild this wbb program. IMO this coach is a caretaker who has been given another year and possibly longer if he improves at all.

Do I like it? No way, but none of my donations are going to wbb. They go to the other sports and I would not view it well to see a large salary going to wbb from the general athletic fund, or RCAF.

I am certain Farmer would be happy to accept a huge largess to upgrade women basketball, so a couple of thousand people committing to donating a hundred dollars are more for five seasons would do the trick.

[duggie85]

Do not know this at all, just thinking out loud, but maybe there is someone they would like to get but would have a better shot if they wait another year???


igeaux.mobi

[Turbine]

_ Do not know this at all, just thinking out loud, but maybe there is someone they would like to get but would have a better shot if they wait another year???


igeaux.mobi _

That would be great, but it would be better and more easily accomplished with an interim caretaker making $70G less.

[duggie85]

That would be great, but it would be better and more easily accomplished with an interim caretaker making $70G less.

This is true. Haha.

igeaux.mobi

[wcd35]

_ That would be great, but it would be better and more easily accomplished with an interim caretaker making $70G less. _

An interim would have to be in the program already IMO. So you'd be looking at an assistant. You dont see interims being hired from outside to be an interim, especially not for $30K. Its just not feasible.

[Turbine]

_ An interim would have to be in the program already IMO. So you'd be looking at an assistant. You dont see interims being hired from outside to be an interim, especially not for $30K. Its just not feasible. _

Great idea, why didn't you speak up sooner

Current asst. Lori Morris has head coaching experience at Southwestern JC

She would be a great interim coach, and who knows . . .

[CajunT]

_ An interim would have to be in the program already IMO. So you'd be looking at an assistant. You dont see interims being hired from outside to be an interim, especially not for $30K. Its just not feasible. _

You are correct, I don't think that they have ever approved an interim contract from outside the university for one season. I could be wrong, perhaps Turbine might find something on that in archives. But I don't recall any such contracts being approved for UL or actually requested.

[BananaHammock]

_ It would be if people cared more about women's basketball.


But they don't.


What's ridiculous is our lack of support. It's a true chicken/egg problem.


And I say this as being part of the problem.


Until we support that team like we support the others, Rogers is exactly the coach we deserve.


And that's all there is to say about that. _

I agree whole heartedly with the chicken/egg problem. But, unfortunately our women's basketball program has never had a strong following that I can recall. It is very possible that Scott and the UL administration threw the majority of their money at Marlin and Hudspeth knowing those 2 would make us the most money. One consequence may have been that once those programs started generating more revenue they could then go after a better women's coach but for now we have to settle with the current coach.

I would love to see the Pre-Marlin/Hudspeth revenue numbers from basketball and football and see what they are after one year of having these 2 guys. I don't want to suggest miracles but I wouldn't be suprised if they are at least 50% more after 1 year.

If we want better coaches/facilites we need everyone to support our teams in good times and bad, be willing to pay more for tickets/parking and know that we have people in place that want to upgrade what we currently have. I think having a new press box on the football field will immensely release the eye sore that the current one is. Our basketball facility couldn't ask for anything more in my opinion. The softball complex should be one of the nicest in the SBC. Once renovations are complete on the baseball complex it should be one of the nicest in the SBC. Butts in seats = upgrades.