Burnt ROUX: Marquie Cooke

[Zeebart21]

First of all I've never been kicked off any team whom ever you are. Get better sources or contact me and find out what happen. Of course they going to make the black guy seems like he is trouble, but nothing was said or brought up when ya'll favorite player got caught smoking weed (J.J. Ridick)
Both schools that I left, me and the coaches came to a agreement, so if there is anything else u want to know I'll be around campus and who r u to be downing others?

I think I speak for the majority of Cajun fans when I say that we are happy to have Marquie on our squad...

Rumors get started, message boards are full of em'. Doesnt make it right but its a reality.

Not sure if you are the real deal, or not... But rest assured under Coach Lee's leadership, and guidance "you"/"Marquie" will be the best possible player you can be, and will get a darned fine education.

We look forward to having "you"/Marquie" make a major impact next season.

Thanks for stopping by, dont be a stranger...I think you'll find out that we are pretty nice folks...

Finally, not sure why you brought up JJ R., but NO one here ever mentioned him, or even cares about him...We care about our own..."you"/Marquie" are one of us now...

best of Luck to YOU!!!

Z.

[DaddyCajun]

First of all I've never been kicked off any team whom ever you are. Get better sources or contact me and find out what happen. Of course they going to make the black guy seems like he is trouble, but nothing was said or brought up when ya'll favorite player got caught smoking weed (J.J. Ridick)
Both schools that I left, me and the coaches came to a agreement, so if there is anything else u want to know I'll be around campus and who r u to be downing others?

Marquie Cooke, I want to speak on your behalf. I do not really know you but during homecoming this year I was able to speak to you at the first practice at Blackham. You seem to be a very nice young man and very respectful of your elders. My son and his friend enjoyed listening in on our conversation as they both love basketball and after seeing your first hand dribling and shooting the ball, they as well as I were very impressed. Just work hard on your studies, hard on your game and listen to coach Lee he will teach you alot about becoming a man and life.

Thanks for choosing to play for the Cajuns, My family and I as well as MANY Cajun fans look forward to watching you play the next two years at UL and hopefully many years after in the NBA. You seem to have a lot of talent and potential, don't waste it. put those God given talents to work and you will be justly rewarded!!!

DaddyCajun

[AirBill]

First of all I've never been kicked off any team whom ever you are. Get better sources or contact me and find out what happen. . . . Both schools that I left, me and the coaches came to a agreement, so if there is anything else u want to know I'll be around campus and who r u to be downing others?

First and foremost, if this is Marquie Cooke, I want to apologize if I was wrong. I'll admit, I'm far away enough from the situation right now that I don't know everything about what's happening at UL right now. My post was aimed more at the university and the direction of the basketball program than you, and I'm sorry if I made assumptions that were off base.

But I have to ask one question: When your former coach said that "Marquie failed to abide by a set of standards we set for our basketball team" in USA Today last August, doesn't that sound an awful lot like getting kicked off? If not, why not? Do you think VT was being unfair? Quite frankly, I'd like to hear your side of the story.

Another reason why I might have made a faulty assumption was your leaving two programs in the space of less than six months, which still bothers me, to be honest with you. Now, you just might be looking for the right fit, which is admirable. I do hope this is the right fit for you, and for my alma mater.

[CajunAmos]

I agree with the sentiments expressed here. I spoke with Marquie at the same fall scrimmage, and he appeared a well spoken, polite young man. I know fans always want the best for their university and teams, but we need to give people the opportunity to prove themselves as players and individuals before we're finding faults, especially with character.

In regard to character issues, sometime it takes more than one warning bell some some people to get the message. I've been there myself, and I believe Michael Southall has been there now as well. All people have trouble at some time in their life, and their character is what determines how it goes from there. I'm glad we have a coach who's willing to give "kids" the opportunity to find their own character, with the goal of a successful life, regardless if it involves basketball.

[Illtellu]

First of all I've never been kicked off any team whom ever you are. Get better sources or contact me and find out what happen. Of course they going to make the black guy seems like he is trouble, but nothing was said or brought up when ya'll favorite player got caught smoking weed (J.J. Ridick)
Both schools that I left, me and the coaches came to a agreement, so if there is anything else u want to know I'll be around campus and who r u to be downing others?

Marquie don't even worry about it you only have to be at UL 2 years and then you can leave this place I dont even know why we look at this website UL has the worst fans in college basketball. They didn't even give Turner, Fields or Barksdale a chance to get a glimpse of what D-1 ball was like, but they love their "hometown heroes" After Turner, Cooke, Dees, Barksdale, and Fields leads us to a top ten team next year, and Coach Lee leaves UL for a better job, UL will be nothing probably fall to a D-3 school. I can't wait for that. I like UL, but the fans are horrible, they could make anybody want to leave this place. Cooke just be ready to come right in and dominate at the point next year because the black players aren't allowed to come in and get better, they are already supposed to be "great". The proof is in the pudding. Turner, Fields, nor Barksdale never played 10 minutes of D-1 basketball, but they had expectations on them as if they were the seniors. Just be ready next year, or you will not want to be at UL after next year. From one of your freinds.

[Zeebart21]

Marquie don't even worry about it you only have to be at UL 2 years and then you can leave this place I dont even know why we look at this website UL has the worst fans in college basketball. They didn't even give Turner, Fields or Barksdale a chance to get a glimpse of what D-1 ball was like, but they love their "hometown heroes" After Turner, Cooke, Dees, Barksdale, and Fields leads us to a top ten team next year, and Coach Lee leaves UL for a better job, UL will be nothing probably fall to a D-3 school. I can't wait for that. I like UL, but the fans are horrible, they could make anybody want to leave this place. Cooke just be ready to come right in and dominate at the point next year because the black players aren't allowed to come in and get better, they are already supposed to be "great". The proof is in the pudding. Turner, Fields, nor Barksdale never played 10 minutes of D-1 basketball, but they had expectations on them as if they were the seniors. Just be ready next year, or you will not want to be at UL after next year. From one of your freinds.

Geeze didnt you just get run from the Delphi board???? You have a problem? Coach Lee, an absolutely amazing man of color by the way, has an open door policy.....Go pay him a visit...Guaranteed, he'll give you a listen....Then he'll tell you why certain people were on the floor at certain times.

You wont get anything accomplished complaining on this board.

Z.

[Illtellu]

Geeze didnt you just get run from the Delphi board???? You have a problem? Coach Lee, an absolutely amazing man of color by the way, has an open door policy.....Go pay him a visit...Guaranteed, he'll give you a listen....Then he'll tell you why certain people were on the floor at certain times.

You wont get anything accomplished complaining on this board.

Z.

Who was talking about Coach Lee I was talking about UL fans wakeup and open ya eyes and read this before responding. I know Coach Lee is a good coach I play for him.

[Zeebart21]

Cooke just be ready to come right in and dominate at the point next year because the black players aren't allowed to come in and get better, they are already supposed to be "great".>>>

Did you not just post this?

Youre saying that the coaches dont give black players a chance...???

Thats what I see. I truly dont believe anyone in the stands or anywhere else tells Coach Lee who to play...

Dont bring your whining sss in here and tell me to open my eyes young man.

The coaches make the decisions... If you were benched, or did not get enough PT, its because of 1 of 2 things..

1. You have an attitude.

2. You need to improve your game.

Which one is your problem?

Lose the chip, get better, we'll all be one big happy family.

Mr.Z.

[Illtellu]

Once again BOY dont tell me who I was talking about. The fans, people like you, have no interest in a players developement. You expected first year players to come in here and take you to the final four. There can you understand that because if you cant you have the problem KID. Nothing in what I said had anything to do with Coach Lee. How the ____ could he be racist to black athletes and he's black. Stop looking for the controversy and look for the truth. The whole reason most of the players came to UL was to have an opprutunity to play for a black coach, because its not many of them in College basketball. The expectations on the UL basketball team is alot higher for players like Barksdale, Turner, and Fields as opposed to Mouton and James, Although all UL players have high expectations. This isn't a race thing so please don't turn it in to one.

[CajunAmos]

This will ramble a bit, but here goes:

I've been going to games since 1975 in person, and the most popular players from the fan perspectives have been African American. Wayne Julien, Dion Rainey, Andrew Toney, Alonza Allen, Graylin Warner, Dion Brown, Alfred "Pop" Turner, Dan Gay, Aaron Mitchell, Marcus Stokes, Kevin Brooks, Lonnie Thomas, etc, etc, etc. were the favorite players of their times when I've been attending games.

The "white" players who were cheered locally were by and large local products who people in the area were familiar with from seeing them play in high school, but were never the stars of the teams.

True fans (which I believe most of the Cajun fans are) want to see our basketball team play hard throughout the game, play tough defense, and most importantly, play like a team. I mean no "me first" mentality, make the extra pass to the open man, worry about your teammates first before yourself. I watched every home game this past year, and early in the season we didn't do this. Our passing was horrible, we continuously made poor decisions with the ball, and we were slow on defense and consistently getting beat on a man on man basis. When we started rotating a number of players about mid-point in conference, the defense picked up, we did a better job of moving the ball inside and out we created more consistant inside scoring and wide open outside shots, and we did a much better job of controlling the ball and taking less forced shots.

I've not criticized individuals on the team (and won't), but I can't call someone else who does a racist because I don't know him or his personal beliefs. This is a "FAN" site, so keep in mind the vast majority of people here truly love the university and all of its sports teams. We go to the games day after day, week after week, and year after year, because that's what "FANS" do.

There's people that you'll disagree with throughout your life, and you try as an adult to ignore them as much as possible, so you might as well learn that now. Most fans of college teams are like the general populace, some good and some bad.

By the way, I spoke to Marquie at a pre-season practice (along with about every Cajun player I could) and he seems a great kid. I'm looking forward to him averaging double/double scoring and assists for the team next year. I'm hoping he doesn't have to average double digit rebounds as well.

Sorry about the ramble.