Louisiana Wraps Up Roadtrip At Georgia Southern

[Cajunsmike]

Practice, how about against decent D1 competition?

Caldwell showed he was one of the better players on the team in practice before he got hurt. Basketball people who saw it can confirm that for you. Julien and Wilson showed it before they were injured in the games they have played. There is no doubt those three are amongst the top 6 in ability. Not saying they are All Americans. Just saying they are better than most of the guys playing right now. In fact they are quite a bit better which is why the last two games have been a struggle since so many are unavailable.

[Cajunsmike]

So Mike, as someone who is a Marlin backer and is typically not in agreement with most here in regards to their overall assessment of Marlin and the program, let me ask you a question. In your eyes, what is the ceiling of this program under Marlin? You've had nearly 10 full years to put eyes on the program and compare good years and bad years. What is the ceiling that you expect under Marlin?

A season like 2018 can happen 2 of every 5 to 6 years. I firmly believe they would have won the tournament with a healthy Gant and Stove that season. Of course for that to happen the injury bug has to go away and competent players have to fill out the bottom of the roster. Maybe that never happens. Interesting discussion here but I think we all know that no change is happening this year. A season like this one next year and all bets are off. In fact a change is more likely than not at that point

[ZoomZoom]

We're witnessing the the rock bottom, can't get any worse than this...

Wasn’t around for NO basketball and the first year back, eh?

[Cajunsmike]

Wasn’t around for NO basketball and the first year back, eh?

The team in the first year back from probation won 7 games. The next year they added Andrew Toney and went 21 and 9. The first team back from probation would drill the team we put on the court today as they had talent, it was just inexperienced. Of course that would not be the case were this squad healthy. Point is that it cannot get much worse than the last two games.

[VObserver]

A season like 2018 can happen 2 of every 5 to 6 years. I firmly believe they would have won the tournament with a healthy Gant and Stove that season. Of course for that to happen the injury bug has to go away and competent players have to fill out the bottom of the roster. Maybe that never happens. Interesting discussion here but I think we all know that no change is happening this year. A season like this one next year and all bets are off. In fact a change is more likely than not at that point

If 2 of 6 years at or near the top of the Sun Belt conference was the ceiling for a new coach, would you hire him? I sure as hell would not.

[cajuns80]

A season like 2018 can happen 2 of every 5 to 6 years. I firmly believe they would have won the tournament with a healthy Gant and Stove that season. Of course for that to happen the injury bug has to go away and competent players have to fill out the bottom of the roster. Maybe that never happens. Interesting discussion here but I think we all know that no change is happening this year. A season like this one next year and all bets are off. In fact a change is more likely than not at that point

So you only expect to win the conference every 3 years? Marlin isn’t even living up to what you expect.

[CajunEXPRESS]

But a 2017 year hasn’t happened but once in a decade. Stove was a great 6th man, we still should have gone to the NCAA. Gant, Stove excuse is BS IMO. NOT you, but the Big Fish.

[GeauxCajuns]

Completely off topic, but if it does “come down to three games in March” why don’t we stack our schedule to prepare for it.

By the way it’s a rhetorical question.

[Turbine]

If 2 of 6 years at or near the top of the Sun Belt conference was the ceiling for a new coach, would you hire him? I sure as hell would not.

"would you hire him?"

That question is a dynamics changer.

[CajunEXPRESS]

There's a reason that Marlin has never been poached. We should have learned that long ago and put him on notice he would never get an extension. We did the exact opposite and here we sit.

He might even return to mediocrity next year and his same defenders will be telling us about how much better they are instead of how outstanding they are.