Marlin's Record

[CajunJeaux]

You and Cajun Proud are the only ones I recall indicating we should make a change now. In fact Cajun Proud may have said he would wait another year to make a decision. Others have pointed out what they believe are improvement needs strongly but that is different than advocating a change. Everyone has a right to an opinion and the freedom to express it. Just realize that view is held by very few others and that it has no impact whatsoever on decisions to be made

Mike...one can only assume there is a certain agenda behind one of the calls for firing...

[CajunProud]

Mike...one can only assume there is a certain agenda behind one of the calls for firing...

No agenda here. Only want a successful athletic program on all fronts. Also, it's nothing personal against any of the coaches.

[CajunProud]

You and Cajun Proud are the only ones I recall indicating we should make a change now. In fact Cajun Proud may have said he would wait another year to make a decision. Others have pointed out what they believe are improvement needs strongly but that is different than advocating a change. Everyone has a right to an opinion and the freedom to express it. Just realize that view is held by very few others and that it has no impact whatsoever on decisions to be made

I did indicate waiting another year, as I believe Marlin has earned at least one more year.

[GeauxCajuns]

No agenda here. Only want a successful athletic program on all fronts. Also, it's nothing personal against any of the coaches.

he was speaking of the other on commenting

[tank]

FYI .... 520,000 dollars per year is a lot of money . When a coach can pick his own assistants,and pick his own team , he should compete year in and year out for the championship. We claim we have the best facilities to attract good talented players. We claim to have good coaching and good administration . What else is missing from competing yearly ?
Are we happy with middle of the pack ? I am talking long term. I am talking all sports. 8 years and 1 title . Same with football, same with baseball,same with softball, same with women’s basketball,volleyball,soccer,track and field, etc. Take some of those high salaries and fund the “other” sports that are successful. I don’t care who runs the ship , I just want it to be run worth the money spent .
My opinion only , probably the minority , but in this great country, I can express it !!

[CajunEXPRESS]

its the same logic as getting rid of the ncaa's then. just crown the team with the best record and not have a tourney.

i will say im in favor of maybe just the top 4 or 6 from conference going to a conference tourney, but we still need the tourney.

Not even close to the same logic. The NCAA Division I basketball is made up of over three hundred schools. Dozens of conferences, and vastly different assets and schedules. The SBC is about schools that pretty much mirror each other in many of the things that I just listed.

[Cajunsmike]

FYI .... 520,000 dollars per year is a lot of money . When a coach can pick his own assistants,and pick his own team , he should compete year in and year out for the championship. We claim we have the best facilities to attract good talented players. We claim to have good coaching and good administration . What else is missing from competing yearly ?
Are we happy with middle of the pack ? I am talking long term. I am talking all sports. 8 years and 1 title . Same with football, same with baseball,same with softball, same with women’s basketball,volleyball,soccer,track and field, etc. Take some of those high salaries and fund the “other” sports that are successful. I don’t care who runs the ship , I just want it to be run worth the money spent .
My opinion only , probably the minority , but in this great country, I can express it !!

Yes you have a right to the opinion. As far as being the minority, it is not probably it is definitely. In fact, you may be a minority of one in the fanbase. Nothing wrong with that as we all disagree with others on some things. However recognize in this instance that opinion has zero impact on the situation.

[tank]

Gotcha CajunsMike. This attitude of mediocrity has been the downfall of UL Athletics forever .
Yvette had a national program but wasn’t given a pay raise to keep her here .
Guess what ? She picked her players and she picked her coach and she won consistently. Coach Lancon did it in track and field .
Now we pay average Joe’s lots of money for mediocrity. Ticket prices go up parking prices go up and the stadiums are half full .

[Cajunsmike]

Gotcha CajunsMike. This attitude of mediocrity has been the downfall of UL Athletics forever .
Yvette had a national program but wasn’t given a pay raise to keep her here .
Guess what ? She picked her players and she picked her coach and she won consistently. Coach Lancon did it in track and field .
Now we pay average Joe’s lots of money for mediocrity. Ticket prices go up parking prices go up and the stadiums are half full .

I do wonder if the cost of support is driving away some fans in this economy. You can't compare the diamond sports however to the main two. Diamond sports only have to compete with half the nation as the north pays no attention to them. Also, when Yvette was here the major schools were not paying attention to softball like the SEC does now. Lack of an RCAF back then was probably a factor in her decision to leave. As far as basketball goes, I don't personally, believe this past season was one in which "mediocrity" applies as a conference championship was attained. Health situation impacted the late season tough losses which indicated depth was more of an issue than we realized to me. I would not argue with applying the term to the previous three seasons.

[ManAboutTown]

I do wonder if the cost of support is driving away some fans in this economy. You can't compare the diamond sports however to the main two. Diamond sports only have to compete with half the nation as the north pays no attention to them. Also, when Yvette was here the major schools were not paying attention to softball like the SEC does now. Lack of an RCAF back then was probably a factor in her decision to leave. As far as basketball goes, I don't personally, believe this past season was one in which "mediocrity" applies as a conference championship was attained. Health situation impacted the late season tough losses which indicated depth was more of an issue than we realized to me. I would not argue with applying the term to the previous three seasons.

Paying Yvette was a small part of the equation. So that example doesn’t really work here.

Bob Marlin has his strengths and weaknesses, but the real conversation that needs to be had is how awful the SBC is. This past season is a perfect example.

I do not buy the economy keeping people away from games. People make time and spend money on what they like. Tigue is full almost every time the gate opens, for example.