Surprising??? Robert Lee offered 2-year contract extension

[shof]

_ I think its a little too soon to be giving a contract extension. I think it would be warranted next year after a good year.

GEAUX UL! _

I may have mis-read the article; but I think his original deal was done. So if you didn't give him at least a 1 yr extension, we'd be looking for a new BB coach this summer. I've got no problem with a 2-yr deal at this point. Not like it gives him 4-6 more years (aka RB's extension a couple years ago).
Please correct me if I'm wrong about the original deal being done.

Shof

[California Cajun]

What constitutes winning big is subjective. I will bet you a hamburger we win more than we lose next season.

I think he deserves the two years because he's trying to build the program right, rather than just inject a quick fix to help propel him to another job.

[Tripple Threat]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't self destructed yet!

[MetryCajun]

_ I may have mis-read the article; but I think his original deal was done. So if you didn't give him at least a 1 yr extension, we'd be looking for a new BB coach this summer. I've got no problem with a 2-yr deal at this point. Not like it gives him 4-6 more years (aka RB's extension a couple years ago).
Please correct me if I'm wrong about the original deal being done.

Shof _

I see this extension as a much better deal for Lee than for UL. If we turn it around next year this extension will look great, but if we continue to struggle we are pretty much stuck with him for several more years. I think it would have been better to wait until the end of next season.

[shof]

_ I see this extension as a much better deal for Lee than for UL. If we turn it around next year this extension will look great, but if we continue to struggle we are pretty much stuck with him for several more years. I think it would have been better to wait until the end of next season. _

From the article this morning. Contract would have expired this summer without a new deal, or an extension.

Shof

Lee to receive 2-year extension
Offer awaiting approval from UL system board of supervisors on Friday
Joshua Parrott
jparrott@theadvertiser.com

With two months left on his current contract, Robert Lee received the boost of confidence he was hoping for, a reward for helping rebuild the UL men's basketball program both in the classroom and on the court.

[California Cajun]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't self destructed yet!

Maybe Taz can help kill it.

[ulforlife]

Maybe Taz can help kill it.

LOL

[DestinCajun]

I think he deserves the two years because he's trying to build the program right, rather than just inject a quick fix to help propel him to another job. _

You're right.

Even if it doesn't happen next season, the U still has it's options. One extra year doesn't affect that.

[HoustonCajun]

_ I see this extension as a much better deal for Lee than for UL. If we turn it around next year this extension will look great, but if we continue to struggle we are pretty much stuck with him for several more years. I think it would have been better to wait until the end of next season. _

Not several more years, just one.

[Turbine]

Well it is nice to see Robert Lee can recruit without a long term contract already in hand.

Now 2-years is not forever but it is a lot better than 2-months. Somehow Lee was able to sign Ryan McCoy to a scholarship while his own contract was set to expire in 2 or 3-months. I had heard somewhere before that coaches couldn't recruit under such conditions.

With the entire program being reset and all, I wonder if any other coach could have survived going though what Robert Lee was force to undergo by the administation.

kudos to Robert Lee. jmo