Even with Oriene Greene cut, how much does this hurt the Cajuns and recruiting? It seemed like Robert Lee, who claims to have recruited Greene, never used Greene in recruiting. No player like Greene has come to the Cajuns since Lee became coach.
There were never updates on Greene´s performance on the website, or during home games. Even worse, Greene´s ESPN.com page didn´t even have Louisiana: Lafayette listed as his college. Greene was never brought back for an Oriene Greene Day at the Cajundome.
There may be a place for Greene in the NBA. A 6´5 defensively minded guard who, admittedly, can´t shoot might have a place deep on the bench. He found a spot on the Celtics and then the Pacers. Even though rarely used in the league, Greene needed to be promoted by the Cajuns as an example of where a Cajuns basketball player can go. But, he wasn´t.
This leads to an important question: how will the Cajuns promote their few, but important professional athletes? As it stands, there are only pictures of pro players on the RaginCajuns website. There needs to be a daily or weekly update of each player, professional or semiprofessional, and their success in their respective league.
When BJ Ryan gets a ridiculous contract for recording three outs a night, that´s important (there was never any information on RaginCajuns.com after he signed the deal with Toronto). When Charles Tillman has an entire page in Sports Illustrated dedicated to his workout plan, that´s important. When Ike Taylor has a huge impact in SuperBowl Jerome Bettis is from Detroit, that´s important, too.
Athletes look to previous athletes to see how successful former athletes of a certain college have been. Who cares if there are many Cajuns in the minor leagues. The message is they were Ragin Cajuns and they are paid to play.
The Cajuns must do the following...
1. Have constant updates, and one page on the website, dedicated solely to the statistical and personal success of former Ragin Cajuns athletes. And not just Jake Delhomme.
2. Each home football game needs to be a Former Ragin Cajun Day. Have an Ike Taylor day, BJ Ryan day, but they need to be players recruits can watch now. Ron Guidry being a Cajun is great. But 17 year olds don´t care. They care about CC Brown and Charles Tillman.
3. There need to be video professional updates on the website, using footage from the respective league, and, more important, DURING THE GAMES. Show video footage and show stats of former RaginCajuns now.
These are not all hard to do and, better yet, it´s easy to grab a sponsor. People want to be associated with professional success.
With Greene out, and Delhomme and Stokely´s time winding down, the Cajuns have to promote their current and up and coming pro athletes.
Will the Cajuns do this?
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