Cajun Field: UL's Maggard wants 'Wow Effect' function

[MetryCajun]

Some people are ok with the status quo as long as they have their close parking spot and tailgate social hour.

This is not true. First there is no status quo. You are either moving forward or backward. All people (even so called “no you place” fans) want the university to thrive and max out its potential. What gets people at odds are comments like “at this point in our program we should not have down years” or we need to “hold these coaches accountable”. Really? We are in a low level conference, in a very poor state with a university that has zero cache outside of a 20 Parish area. What we have built here to this point is pretty impressive and a testament to the administration and its loyal fans. Look at our facilities minus the football stadium. Pretty spectacular if you ask me.
If UL was a person they would be a guy with a big upper body(facilities) with some pencils for legs(budget/conference). Basically we have no foundation to be consistently successful.
Everyone here has an idea on how to raise funds but the truth is we are close to maxed out in this conference or CUSA. Can we spend our way into the AAC or a regional conference with the likes of Houston, Memphis and Tulane? I doubt it, I think most people will be “show me first”. Tieing it back to this topic, building a new stadium will generate temporary interest, but it is just putting on more upper body mass. It will not move the needle appreciably in getting us out of the SBC. What we really need is what programs like Houston and others have...corporate donors to drive our budget upwards. Unfortunately, large Louisiana Corporaitions are few and far between.

[GeauxLouisiana]

Dude.. you are on thin ice.
WAAAY too close to Faceless Buffoon status..
Another outburst like that, and you might get added to the mailing list!

They can add me to the list! Not going to keep the status quo going any more. It's time to change the way things are around the baseball program. If we want to get back to the Omaha for the first time in nearly 2 decades, ____ needs to be shaken up.

[talktomewillis]

PS- good to have you posting again BOP. It's been too long.


Actually, no.

And, I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or not.

[ManAboutTown]

They can add me to the list! Not going to keep the status quo going any more. It's time to change the way things are around the baseball program. If we want to get back to the Omaha for the first time in nearly 2 decades, ____ needs to be shaken up.

Your T-Shirt is in the mail...

[CajunAmos]

So you are saying it's a different coach that gets into these down years and a different coach that turns things around? Looks like the same man in the dugout to me during all of those seasons.

Depends on what you're reviewing. The head coach and pitching coach, yes. The hitting coach and primary recruiter, no.

[Cajunsmike]

I know dozens of people that do not post but read this board. “Our group” is bigger than you think.

I do too. Some of them don’t post because there opinion of some who participate here is not the highest. They don’t want to get into arguments with folks they don’t relate to.

[ULvictory]

This is not true. First there is no status quo. You are either moving forward or backward. All people (even so called “no you place” fans) want the university to thrive and max out its potential. What gets people at odds are comments like “at this point in our program we should not have down years” or we need to “hold these coaches accountable”. Really? We are in a low level conference, in a very poor state with a university that has zero cache outside of a 20 Parish area. What we have built here to this point is pretty impressive and a testament to the administration and its loyal fans. Look at our facilities minus the football stadium. Pretty spectacular if you ask me.
If UL was a person they would be a guy with a big upper body(facilities) with some pencils for legs(budget/conference). Basically we have no foundation to be consistently successful.
Everyone here has an idea on how to raise funds but the truth is we are close to maxed out in this conference or CUSA. Can we spend our way into the AAC or a regional conference with the likes of Houston, Memphis and Tulane? I doubt it, I think most people will be “show me first”. Tieing it back to this topic, building a new stadium will generate temporary interest, but it is just putting on more upper body mass. It will not move the needle appreciably in getting us out of the SBC. What we really need is what programs like Houston and others have...corporate donors to drive our budget upwards. Unfortunately, large Louisiana Corporaitions are few and far between.

This is something the previous AD would say. Heck, he said it in his press conference when he resigned. "It's not about what you have, but what you DO with what you have that counts. I just wish people would've known what we didn't have, so they can see how much we have done." No, that was an excuse for settling. Look at softball. Look at the sustained success that program has had in the past 30 years. Every. Single. Year. In baseball, we built a $18 million palace with one of the most loyal and boisterous fan bases in all of college baseball. You mean to tell me we can't sustain success in those areas? Come on, now.

If you win consistently, dominate your conference in whatever sport it may be; you can set yourself up for sustained success. Boise State has done it, Gonzaga does it, Butler does it, Cal State Fullerton does it, so why can't we? This is the exact problem that I've been talking about. CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T........ We need to stop with this attitude and at least TRY.

[ManAboutTown]

I do too. Some of them don’t post because there opinion of some who participate here is not the highest. They don’t want to get into arguments with folks they don’t relate to.

I find that most people who talk down to those on RP either can’t stand debating, don’t have the knowledge or just enjoy calling ppl willing to discuss Cajun sports “idiots”.

I have no use for people that can’t share their ideas.

[ManAboutTown]

This is something the previous AD would say. Heck, he said it in his press conference when he resigned. "It's not about what you have, but what you DO with what you have that counts. I just wish people would've known what we didn't have, so they can see how much we have done." No, that was an excuse for settling. Look at softball. Look at the sustained success that program has had in the past 30 years. Every. Single. Year. In baseball, we built a $18 million palace with one of the most loyal and boisterous fan bases in all of college baseball. You mean to tell me we can't sustain success in those areas? Come on, now.

If you win consistently, dominate your conference in whatever sport it may be; you can set yourself up for sustained success. Boise State has done it, Gonzaga does it, Butler does it, Cal State Fullerton does it, so why can't we? This is the exact problem that I've been talking about. CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T........ We need to stop with this attitude and at least TRY.

Can’t say that. Know your place.

[Cajunsmike]

I find that most people who talk down to those on RP either can’t stand debating, don’t have the knowledge or just enjoy calling ppl willing to discuss Cajun sports “idiots”.

I have no use for people that can’t share their ideas.

There are some people who fit that description while others are nothing like that. They make their opinions known in other ways, often directly to coaches and administrators.