2005: 100% occupancy attainable at Lady Cajun Basketball Earl K. Long Gym!

[headragincajun]

Good point by Turbine, ALL kids going to Louisiana Athletic Summer Camps should be able to buy Young Ragin Cajun Memberships at HALF PRICE, this would have more parent pant legs being tugged at during each sporting season.


Coach you stated earlier that the courts should be good to go in approximately 3 weeks!!! Would it be possible to plan a camp for the last week in July and first week in August??????????

DaddyCajun
I have a camper for you, waiting!! She has some friends waiting also!!!!!!

I would love to do a camp but the answer is NO FOR THIS YEAR ONLY. The reason why was that we were originally told it was shut down til Aug. That was, in case they hit a snag or something. We were not going to do all the work and then something happen and we had to cancel it. Also it is better for us to do it in June every year. We are out the whole month of July recruiting. So July really isn't an option. In the end we just decided to wait it out and do it right. I DIDN"T WANT THE CONTRACTERS TO HURRY THEIR WORK. GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. It's looking good. Hope this helps.
Headragincajun1

[CDeb]

Hey coach, it's great to have you post here. We haven't had a head coach post on the forums (at least not anonymously) since softball's Yvette Girouard.

[Pirogue]

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME HOW TO GET MORE STUDENTS OUT TO OUR GAMES HERE ON CAMPUS.

Free beer, Strippers, extra points in class, Loud music, Fireworks, keep winning...

Do all that... 3000 seats isn't enough

[Clutch0364]

Coach 1 thing you might be able to try to raise more money for WBB would be the 50 50 raffle like at the baseball games. Fans can pay $1 per raffle ticket and half the money goes to the program.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe thats how it works.

[Turbine]

Free beer, Strippers, extra points in class, Loud music, Fireworks, keep winning...

Do all that... 3000 seats isn't enough

Um P they want to make money too

I see that getting a Law degree hasn't stopped the wheels from spinning.

[TheRaginCajun06]

Coach 1 thing you might be able to try to raise more money for WBB would be the 50 50 raffle like at the baseball games. Fans can pay $1 per raffle ticket and half the money goes to the program.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe thats how it works.

Exactly what I was going to write. 50/50 raffles are cool. Say that 500 people buy a ticket. $250 goes to UL nad $250 goes to a student.

THIS #1 BIGGEST PROBLEM that UL Lafayette has is that HALF the student body is uninformed. Most students don't realize they get into all events free.

You are going to have probably 10,000 out of the 15,000 students either working, not interested at all in sports, night class, family, church....etc that just won't come on a weeknight to watch basketball.

So there are 5,000 students left. 4,000 of them don't know there is a game. 500 have plans already. 500 left to attend the game.

I know for a fact that students miss out on so much and I've talk to SEVERAL students about why we never know what is going on. The reason is because if you don't pick up a newspaper or you miss the 5 flyers on campus you miss out on knowing what is going on.

How do we fix this? Create a buzz. This starts with your major groups. SGA, sor and frats. You got to get them involved with halftime events, pregame events and postgame events. Once you do that you create a trickle down effect. It's like word of mouth. That is what Lafayette is based on. You have to get people interested. There are those who would watch a game and those who would watch a game with entertainment on the side and that crowd is bigger in numbers.

Winning of course has a lot to do with it. Now that we've got that part down, let everyone know what is going on. Hell, I remember things at the Icegators games such as .... If the Gators score 7 points you get a free wHOPPER at Burger King.

Stuff like that? If the Cajuns score so many points they can redeem their tickets for a chicken sandwhich.

I got so many ideas. If you want to talk coach just send me a PM.

[JMV JustMyView]

Exactly what I was going to write. 50/50 raffles are cool. Say that 500 people buy a ticket. $250 goes to UL nad $250 goes to a student.

THIS #1 BIGGEST PROBLEM that UL Lafayette has is that HALF the student body is uninformed. Most students don't realize they get into all events free.

You are going to have probably 10,000 out of the 15,000 students either working, not interested at all in sports, night class, family, church....etc that just won't come on a weeknight to watch basketball.

So there are 5,000 students left. 4,000 of them don't know there is a game. 500 have plans already. 500 left to attend the game.

I know for a fact that students miss out on so much and I've talk to SEVERAL students about why we never know what is going on. The reason is because if you don't pick up a newspaper or you miss the 5 flyers on campus you miss out on knowing what is going on.

How do we fix this? Create a buzz. This starts with your major groups. SGA, sor and frats. You got to get them involved with halftime events, pregame events and postgame events. Once you do that you create a trickle down effect. It's like word of mouth. That is what Lafayette is based on. You have to get people interested. There are those who would watch a game and those who would watch a game with entertainment on the side and that crowd is bigger in numbers.

Winning of course has a lot to do with it. Now that we've got that part down, let everyone know what is going on. Hell, I remember things at the Icegators games such as .... If the Gators score 7 points you get a free wHOPPER at Burger King.

Stuff like that? If the Cajuns score so many points they can redeem their tickets for a chicken sandwhich.

I got so many ideas. If you want to talk coach just send me a PM.

What would be even better would be for the 50/50 raffle winner to donate there winning purse back to the team, I know I would

[Clutch0364]

I'm a poor college student I don't think I could give it back that easily lol

[TheRaginCajun06]

I'd let them have their $250, but I'd keep my $250! I'm a poor college student too. That would just cover the books for a semetser.

[lxa656]

I'd let them have their $250, but I'd keep my $250! I'm a poor college student too. That would just cover the books for a semetser.

Dont you mean BOOK!

[Clutch0364]

Dont you mean BOOK!

SO SO TRUE!!!

[RedBug58]

I hear some talk here & there about growing the women's program to a point where it can be moved to Blackham or the Cajundome. I think from past experiences that it would not be the best move for these reasons:

1) Earl K Long Gym has "character" and it is on campus.

2) We thought moving to the Cajun Dome from Blackham was going to be the "Ticket". It was a much nicer place, but it is too big for college basketball in Lafayette. When the place is half full, it's a decent crowd but it still looks fairly empty. The atmosphere cannot "electrify" without being close to a full house. Blackham would "rock" with 6,000 to 7,000 people. Earl K Long can "rock" with a few thousand, but those same few thousand or even a few more will look like nothing in Blackham or the Cajun Dome.

I see Earl K Long being a really "Hot Ticket" this coming year.