The Book: 2007 Football

[USLJim]

_ When does baseball start??????????????????????????????? _

Fall Ball starts either 9/24 or 10/1. Come on Baseball and Softball , our only hope and possible Women's B'ball. Soccer hopefully will get MUCH better and Our track program will come back. I don't expect Football to recover from this for another 5 years, GOD let me eat Crow please, and then there is Basketball. NO hope at all for that program. Pessimist, sorry. Having one of those moments. Let me go to sleep til Febraury-2008
Geaux Cajuns

[Kal]

I'm researching how bears hibernate as we speak. I think I've got it figured out. Setting my alarm for opening day of UL baseball.

[TuffGuy84]

I understand all of your points and i do agree that it wasnt the smartest thing. I have removed myself from the group. Speaking as a player we appreciate the support and appreciate the fans that are there every weekend no matter what. However there are a few things i dont agree with. One being an ex player from 06 on this site calling out past team-mates and telling ppl who created the group or who is an admin. As anybody knows that has played sports for UL or any TEAM knows that we are a family and some things should be kept quite. BUt that is just my opinon, all I know is things that go one with a FAMILY OR IN THE COMPLEX SHOULD STAY THERE! As for the Teams preception to ppl I cant say or control things, I just try to present myself in a way that my family and TEAM would/will be proud of. Hope this helps, see saturday at cajun field.

Well, I am extremly happy that you came and talked about this. like I said to mike, it takes a big man to do what you did, and for my part in misinterpreting it, I apologize. I hope that this is water under the bridge, it wasn't meant as a way to call you out for your performance because I wasn't, more so that I know your one of the good guys, and you always talk up about the cajuns to which I am completely thankful for. Please accept my apologies and I hope to see you kick some Trojan _____ saturday night.

Take care,
Tuffguy

[TuffGuy84]

END OF STORY. I dont want to hear anyone question the leadership of Mike D. after he came on here to deal with what he dealt with. That takes a huge amount of courage and leadership to come here and admit the fault (the facebook group) and to understand what needs to be done after such a hard weekend. Yall can still say what you want, but after seeing that kind of character, I want that guy leading my team.

Tuffguy

[CrazyCajun]

_ Thanks guys.

I was getting the stories in my head combined.

In 1999 (I think) Folse was a senior and was named opening day starter and at the last minute Baldwin picked folse over Derek Dyer who had supposedly won the starting job in the spring.

I guess when Baldwin benched Derek Dyer for VanCleave in 2001 Dyer wanted no part of this serious case of déjà vu. _

actually i think derek dyer got lit up against a pretty good texas defense, might have even broke some ribs and then he quit

[good2geaux]

Here, here! End of story.

Moving on.....

[IHateLaState]

_ Talk of replacements is premature at this point as nothing will happen until at least the end of next season.

However, if and when this comes to pass, the first phone call we should make should be to Lewis Cook with apology in hand.

If a second phone call is needed, Clint Conque up at Central Arkansas should get a ring.

http://www.ucasports.com/sport.asp?s...bio&staffid=17

--Was the OC and recruiting coordinator under Crowton at Tech*

--Took HC job at UCA. Built highly successful DII program. Expanded facilities. Led transition to 1-AA last season with 8-3 record and a top-25 ranking in their 1st year in 1-AA.

--Master recruiter.

--Talented Public Speaker

--From south Louisiana

What else do you want? _

I like it actually... We have tried the big time program assistant and it didnt work... Perhaps those guys are too used to the posh surroundings and the private jets to hop on to go see the recruits... Someone like Conque would see this as a step UP (wow... what a concept)... might view it as a stepping stone ...........cool... get me a couple of bowl trips along your way and we can do it again.... man I want someone excited about coming here.....works for me!!!!!!!!!

[BILLB]

I have always enjoyed all of the Vermillion articles, it helps me keep up with what's really going on on campus even though I am 3 hours away. So far this year when I click on the link to the Vermillion on the UL site it takes me to one of the departments site. Is this going to be corrected, or has the Vermillion web site been moved?

[cajun249]

I will still go this weekend. But am still disappointed. It was a nice apology. And it does show leadership. But there is a severe lack of decision making in the air.

There was quite an outrage when this happened today. And rightly so. When this group first started why didn't anyone think "Hey, this doesn't feel right?" We obviously felt that it was wrong, why didn't they? A true leader would have talked to Morgan and shut it down the day it started.

I don't care too much for apologies. They're just words. Show me a win on Saturday.

[DDD Cajun]

_ END OF STORY. I dont want to hear anyone question the leadership of Mike D. after he came on here to deal with what he dealt with. That takes a huge amount of courage and leadership to come here and admit the fault (the facebook group) and to understand what needs to be done after such a hard weekend. Yall can still say what you want, but after seeing that kind of character, I want that guy leading my team.

Tuffguy _

Thank you! Things were blown way out of proportion and taken out of context. And I promise you the players are hurting much more than anyone who posts on this board. Please give the players your respect and OUR university will pull through this rough patch.

Get excited we have another home game this weekend!

Geaux Cajuns!

[TuffGuy84]

I will still go this weekend. But am still disappointed. It was a nice apology. And it does show leadership. But there is a severe lack of decision making in the air.

There was quite an outrage when this happened today. And rightly so. When this group first started why didn't anyone think "Hey, this doesn't feel right?" We obviously felt that it was wrong, why didn't they? A true leader would have talked to Morgan and shut it down the day it started.

I don't care too much for apologies. They're just words. Show me a win on Saturday.

Well, the key is this, I still don't agree, but I understand why it was there. They loved the spoiler/underdog role. From what I've gathered, it was a way to gain strength from what people said about the school and our guys on the road, and I can understand why. When things are backed up against you, you look for something to rally behind, and from what it sounds like, they rallied behind the fact that they were the underdogs and considered "bad" by the other teams and their fans. I can understand that only because I've been through something similar with my band. My band has been the outcast of a music scene for years, we were _____ on, told we sucked, and banned from places, we even broke up at one point it was so bad. Now 6 years of a band being together, we have gained a following, are about to release our first full length CD (that we did COMPLETELY DIY) and we use the pirate logo as our symbol and call ourselves "The Scourge of the Scene". I compare the 2 situations because I understand that when you hit bottom, the way you come out is pulling into that underdog role, hopefully.

Hopefully, the team uses this opportunity rally around the idea that their underdogs and come out fighting.

Tuffguy

[Zeebart21]

I will still go this weekend. But am still disappointed. It was a nice apology. And it does show leadership. But there is a severe lack of decision making in the air.

There was quite an outrage when this happened today. And rightly so. When this group first started why didn't anyone think "Hey, this doesn't feel right?" We obviously felt that it was wrong, why didn't they? A true leader would have talked to Morgan and shut it down the day it started.

I don't care too much for apologies. They're just words. Show me a win on Saturday.

So when you screw up you don't apologize? The young man took control of a situation and attempted to make amends. Thats big time. What Mike D did today is bigger than winning or losing a ball game.

Z