Marlin's Record

[Clutch0364]

Here is Marlin's D1 record at UL, broken down in several ways.

Conference Regular Season standings: 1, T2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 8

Conference Tournament titles: 1

NCAA Appearances (record): 1 (0-1)

NIT Appearances (record): 1 (0-1)

Road Record: 48-71

Neutral Record: 13-11

Home Record: 77-25

Overall Record: 138-107

Record vs RPI 1-100: 10-32

Record vs RPI 101-200: 44-54

Record vs RPI 1-200: 54-86

Record vs RPI 201-351: 84-21

Not a bad overall record if you don't care about championships or building a quality program. In the best Scott Farmer tradition, it is "comfortable".

I like this information. Anyway you can compare it to our peers? Georgia State, MTSU, etc.

[Turbine]

In the last 3 years Marlin is 2-11 against the top 100 RPI, 20-17 vs 101-200 RPI, so 22-27 vs top 200 RPI.

Only 13 top 100 RPI opportunities in 101 games.

How do we fix the number of opportunities so that the stat becomes meaningful?

No team will fair well against top notch competition if they only get 4 opportunities a year almost exclusively on the road.

[CajunRebel]

In the last 3 years Marlin is 2-11 against the top 100 RPI, 20-17 vs 101-200 RPI, so 22-27 vs top 200 RPI.

What is our RPI for every year since Marlin took over? What does that trend tell you?

[VObserver]

It has been up and down. No real trend to see. The two best were this year and year 5. I will post them in a bit.

[CajunRebel]

Bustle inherited the worse college football team in America in 2002. He proceeded to win (tie) 1 conference title. He wasn't expected to have huge success out of the gate.

I agree. And when we fired him it wasn’t because of his overall record. It was because he was clearly spinning his wheels.

Marlin is clearly NOT spinning his wheels.

[VObserver]

I like this information. Anyway you can compare it to our peers? Georgia State, MTSU, etc.

I have started MTSU, but have not finished. Will take a few days in spare moments and post the same breakdown for them.

[VObserver]

I agree. And when we fired him it wasn’t because of his overall record. It was because he was clearly spinning his wheels.

Marlin is clearly NOT spinning his wheels.

So, where are the NCAA wins and NIT wins and signature regular season wins?

[CajunNation]

No actually Jim Hatfield did when he took over a program with no team and had to recruit to nothing. Bob Marlin took over a program rocked by probation and with APR concerns. But he inherited some talent to build around.

He has done an outstanding job of finally recruiting athletes with good character, graduating them and repairing the image of the Ragin Cajun brand. What he has not done well, is compete with programs that are Top 150 on a consistent basis including a few inside the SBC the last 5 seasons.

...which is why I state, Marlin = Bustle.

[basinbear]

I don't see anyone calling for Marlins head.....fire a Coach with 27 wins and see how many quality Coaches line up for an interview....

[CajunNation]

Only 13 top 100 RPI opportunities in 101 games.

How do we fix the number of opportunities so that the stat becomes meaningful?

No team will fair well against top notch competition if they only get 4 opportunities a year almost exclusively on the road.

We've got to take the training wheels off of this program.

Schedule like a major program. Learn. Build. Grow. Fail. Repeat until you are Gonzaga or Memphis.