I will be ticked if.....

[basinbear]

Listen to Cajun T folks....Scranton Times in PA. reporting that the Penn St. search committee met for the first time today. As for me, I am still pulling on that rope. See everyone in New Orleans.

[sportsfanatic21]

There would be no thank you coming from me. If you hire someone and after a year they left you after you treated them great, you would really thank them for screwing you?? Some people need to get a clue in this fan base. It is way too soon to just jump ship on this program after the promises and goals that he set. Those fans that grabbed the rope can easily let go (other than the diehards) But I don't think the job of getting us to a bowl game was impossible cause we ALWAYS had the talent for the past 5-6 years. We just didn't have the proper coaching. So a thank you for JUST one year is a little too sincere if you ask me. A Screw you after just one year would be just fine by me though.

If you were starving and thirsty in the wilderness, and someone showed up out of nowhere, showed you how to find food and water, and how to thrive, then disappeared a few days later, would you hate him? Or would you be thankful as hell that he was there for the short time he was, and showed you the way? Thats probably a ridiculous analogy, but you get the point right?

[cajunhawk]

If you were starving and thirsty in the wilderness, and someone showed up out of nowhere, showed you how to find food and water, and how to thrive, then disappeared a few days later, would you hate him? Or would you be thankful as hell that he was there for the short time he was, and showed you the way? Thats probably a ridiculous analogy, but you get the point right?

Hud=Bear Gryllis??

[RaginWaldo]

If you were starving and thirsty in the wilderness, and someone showed up out of nowhere, showed you how to find food and water, and how to thrive, then disappeared a few days later, would you hate him? Or would you be thankful as hell that he was there for the short time he was, and showed you the way? Thats probably a ridiculous analogy, but you get the point right?

Yea thats a pretty ridiculous analogy to compare that situation with our football team as I stated before, we had the talent and our players knew how to win. It was the coaching we needed and that coaching is looking to leave after just one year only to use us as a stepping stone and you are ok with that, that is the delimma.

If you wanna go back to $$ i'll give you another ridiculous analogy.

If a man walked up and offered you life changing money ($4 million dollars) to do unspeakable things with another man, would you sell your soul and do it because it could change your life? If you do this you will create enemies for your decision and betray what life goals or values you chose to live by, but its for $4 million dollars.

[CajunMarine81]

There would be no thank you coming from me. If you hire someone and after a year they left you after you treated them great, you would really thank them for screwing you?? Some people need to get a clue in this fan base. It is way too soon to just jump ship on this program after the promises and goals that he set. Those fans that grabbed the rope can easily let go (other than the diehards) But I don't think the job of getting us to a bowl game was impossible cause we ALWAYS had the talent for the past 5-6 years. We just didn't have the proper coaching. So a thank you for JUST one year is a little too sincere if you ask me. A Screw you after just one year would be just fine by me though.

Waldo, I understand your frustration. Are you still in school or in the working full time? If I am very successful at the company I am at, and another company offers over a million dollar raise to take my recourses to the other company, I would do it. Now, I wouldn't jump to another company for a "little" more money in a worse situation. Free market... love it or hate it, it brings out the best "product" in people. Now, regardless of what I just said, I will be ____ed if he leaves!!

[sportsfanatic21]

Hud=Bear Gryllis??

Hahaha. Well done

[RaginWaldo]

Waldo, I understand your frustration. Are you still in school or in the working full time? If I am very successful at the company I am at, and another company offers over a million dollar raise to take my recourses to the other company, I would do it. Now, I wouldn't jump to another company for a "little" more money in a worse situation. Free market... love it or hate it, it brings out the best "product" in people. Now, regardless of what I just said, I will be ____ed if he leaves!!

Trust me, I understand if this was strictly business. But If that is the case, then you shouldn't sell yourself to the community and just rip what you promise like a politician would. From what I learned from my Father who has coached all his professional career is that the ultimate goal is to become a Head Coach. Then win a championship, then become a consistent winner.
Hudspeth hasn't even accomplished a SunBelt Championship muchless a championship with any other conference.

It takes holding on to the rope and you need leaders to grab on first. Hudspeth was standing up and saying I will build this program and he was stampeding and picking up people one after the other like a freight train. You know what happens when you stop a freight train going full speed ahead....It derails. We are having great momentum, but an abrupt stop will result in a derailing and the ones that will be picking up the peices...like usual, are the diehards, so for all those saying they are ok and wish him the best, you are not grasping how much he would be screwing over the LONGTERM accomplishments of the university by just leaving after one year with everything he promised.

I think there are a fair share of people that will be ____ed, but idk if its enough to continue to make the push of a successful program without Hudspeth and his staff just yet. maybe 3 or 4 years down the road, but Just one year?? idk

[sportsfanatic21]

Yea thats a pretty ridiculous analogy to compare that situation with our football team as I stated before, we had the talent and our players knew how to win. It was the coaching we needed and that coaching is looking to leave after just one year only to use us as a stepping stone and you are ok with that, that is the delimma.

If you wanna go back to $$ i'll give you another ridiculous analogy.

If a man walked up and offered you life changing money ($4 million dollars) to do unspeakable things with another man, would you sell your soul and do it because it could change your life? If you do this you will create enemies for your decision and betray what life goals or values you chose to live by, but its for $4 million dollars.

I tend to think that Mark Hudspeth's dream is to be a HC in the SEC. So I guess in your analogy, my goal in life would have to be to do unspeakable things with another man, so I don't want to play this game anymore!!!

[RaginWaldo]

I tend to think that Mark Hudspeth's dream is to be a HC in the SEC. So I guess in your analogy, my goal in life would have to be to do unspeakable things with another man, so I don't want to play this game anymore!!!

hahaha ouch

[duggie85]

It takes holding on to the rope and you need leaders to grab on first. Hudspeth was standing up and saying I will build this program and he was stampeding and picking up people one after the other like a freight train. You know what happens when you stop a freight train going full speed ahead....It derails. We are having great momentum, but an abrupt stop will result in a derailing and the ones that will be picking up the peices...like usual, are the diehards, so for all those saying they are ok and wish him the best, you are not grasping how much he would be screwing over the LONGTERM accomplishments of the university by just leaving after one year with everything he promised.

I agree with your train analogy. If infact he does leave, IMO, his replacement hire will be Scott Farmers most important decision of his career here. If his hire doesn't pick up where Hudspeth left off, the entire bandwagon we have now will be lost. The whole community will be saying there goes UL, back to their old selves......

[sportsfanatic21]

I agree with your train analogy. If infact he does leave, IMO, his replacement hire will be Scott Farmers most important decision of his career here. If his hire doesn't pick up where Hudspeth left off, the entire bandwagon we have now will be lost. The whole community will be saying there goes UL, back to their old selves......

I couldn't agree more. I talked about this earlier today in a different thread, comparing this to Boise State. They were/are on their 3rd coach since their success has begun, and each hire has been more important that the previous one. Now they are in a position where their current guy may not ever leave. They lost a coach to Arizona State, and parlayed what Dirk Koetter built into another great hire. They lost the next guy (Dan Hawkins) to Colorado, then made one more great hire, and now they've reached heights that not even they could have ever dreamed of. Mark Hudspeth will not be the coach here if those dreams ever become a reality at UL. He may end up being the guy that set it in motion, but we will probably need at least 2 more great hires before we would ever get there.

[Turbine]

I agree as well (and I haven't looked at the tenures at Boise or Colorado) but I don't thinnk it can happen with a series of one-n-done great coaches.