The Book: 2007 Football

[Clutch0364]

_ Don't kid yourself UL has the money to buy him out -did you not hear- the Legislature just added $2 million to the ULAthetics kitty. It would be a poor use of funds though.

UL got rolled over in a big way last week, it happens all the time in sports, hey it happens in Super Bowls.

UL got rolled over against some highly motivated McNeese team that is a national power (in their division) that is made up of multiple tranfers from Louisiana Tech and Tulane, as well as Mississippi State and Michigan State. Add to that some un coachtrollable turnovers that cost UL sure points and gave them quick points and it is a no brainer excusable loss.

Can I point to MAJOR problems I had with coaching decisions in each loss? Yes!

However besides those two losses UL has been in every game. Hey I would love to hear that coach bustle never sleeps and doesn't have time to make commercials.

I have seen him coaching on the sidelines after some bad plays.

I wish he wore the headphones 100% of the time, but he has to be able to trust his coordinators as well.

And why won't you let me point out that Bustle is doing just as good in year 6 as Beamer did? And might do BETTER! oops

I'm not so optimistic as to think winning is unfailingly imminent or is a done deal, I would just hate to nip success in the bud.

I guess I would lose in a Wild West dual, since I'm slow on the trigger. Hey I thought firing Baldwin after year 3 was premature. _

I was going to respect your opinion Turb then you said you thought it was premature to fire Baldwin lol jk

I respect the people that think he needs more time but I just don't feel at all the same way. I have friends that would like to make up fire ricky shirts...i cant disagree with them. facebook.com has more than 1 group that is calling for his firing, so he has lost a lot of support from not only the fans on here but by the students. I like the guy but some times a change is the only way to make things happen.

[IHateLaState]

I respect the people that think he needs more time but I just don't feel at all the same way. I have friends that would like to make up fire ricky shirts...i cant disagree with them. facebook.com has more than 1 group that is calling for his firing, so he has lost a lot of support from not only the fans on here but by the students. I like the guy but some times a change is the only way to make things happen. _

Ok first off everyone here knows my opinion... However WE ARE NOT LSU.... I really hope we dont start seeing things get ugly in the sense of T-shirts, catcalling etc.... I do like Coach Bustle.. I think it is just time for him to go... But I dont want a seige mentality where he cant go out without being called names... His family is hastled etc.... These things are wrong......

[TuffGuy84]

No comparison.

Florida Atlantic won 5 of their last 8 games last season.

DING DING DING DING DING, WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was gonna say the same thing, but ya beat me to it. The key is, if you're young, you should improve over the course of the season and play pretty good at the end. Its the opposite with us, we played our best football the first 2 weeks of the season, and its been a slow downward trend since.

Tuffguy

[IHateLaState]

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yep.... wish I had said those things.... wait I did...lol... and then I had some come on and call me a closet LSUA&Mer...lol

[Clutch0364]

_ DING DING DING DING DING, WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was gonna say the same thing, but ya beat me to it. The key is, if you're young, you should improve over the course of the season and play pretty good at the end. Its the opposite with us, we played our best football the first 2 weeks of the season, and its been a slow downward trend since.

Tuffguy _

We had a team that went on a run and won a co-championship...that team was young. But then we turned around the next year after starting off very hot and went down hill...now 2 years after that we are young again? how does that happen, wouldn't that be a problem with coaching?

Ok so we give Bustle another 2 years and we are going to be a great veteran team right...no not really we would have lost fenroy, desmo, chery, and smith...so we would be young again so would the same excuses work then to?

That doesnt make much sense the way i typed it but i think yalll get the point

[Clutch0364]

_ Ok first off everyone here knows my opinion... However WE ARE NOT LSU.... I really hope we dont start seeing things get ugly in the sense of T-shirts, catcalling etc.... I do like Coach Bustle.. I think it is just time for him to go... But I dont want a seige mentality where he cant go out without being called names... His family is hastled etc.... These things are wrong...... _

I agree to a point but it would make a statement that they are unhappy and thats what they want to get across

[AstroCajun]

I agree to a point but it would make a statement that they are unhappy and thats what they want to get across

Then why not make red dot shirts with a frowny face?

[Cajunologist]

The websites, harrassing the family, the shirts are all bad but I must say I am kinda impressed that there are that many people that actually care about the future of UL football. If we want to have a winning program, people need to get upset when we lose. I think that has been the problem for so long at UL, we dont have enough people banging on doors DEMANDING VICTORY. In the past, when our teams are on the down turn in the middle of a season, everyone jumps ship and quickly joins the lsucks bandwagon and no complaining goes on. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO GET ANGRY WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WRONG.

[Damon]

Finally, a real discussion about the heart of the issues with this football program.

Not the PA announcer, or the DJ, or coming up with a catchy cheer, or moral victories.

[MissingMandy]

_ Question: Are you a lsu graduate disquised as someone who hates em and making us think you are for UL but just like to poise questions which could cause descent amongst us? Don't want to ruffle your feathers, just want to know the truth here. I believe we are causing more damage to our University's image with these blogs than we are doing good. We don't need to expose our dirty laundry to the world, DO WE ANYMORE? _

Not sure where IHateLaState graduated from...but I have spoken with him and he is a stand up person who cares about UL....promise.

[Clutch0364]

_ Then why not make red dot shirts with a frowny face? _

that actually sounds good ill mention it to them

[RaginCajun77]

Not sure where IHateLaState graduated from...but I have spoken with him and he is a stand up person who cares about UL....promise.

Are you in Louisiana yet? Hope you enjoy your time down here.