Sorry can't fire Marlin

[Turbine]

In the meantime the program gets weaker and harder to resurrect. Get a great young coach and all will be forgiven.

Very young.

Offer $100G for year one.

Incentives up to $500G in year two and beyond.

[UL_Cajuns]

Very young.

Offer $100G for year one.

Incentives up to $500G in year two and beyond.

Brad Boyd?

[CajunJeaux]

Some of the bigger ones serve on boards around here..

But look, I’m done fighting this battle. I gave it a good shot, but a man only has so much (p)iss and vinegar. I’d rather spend my time enjoying life. Not much to enjoy around the complex these days.

Should we all give you loads of schat for quitting/settling?? Just like you did a few short years back? Remember when you blamed everyone for our results bc of this very same attitude??

[anhil8tor]

Some of the bigger ones serve on boards around here..

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Those donors would rather be in the club and rub elbows than make the call to fire. All you have to do is attend a sporting event and watch the staff rub the egos of those donors..... happens every game.

[zephyr]

This post makes it clear that you have no clue, just questions. You have no clue about the dynamics when we made the move with HUD and you have no clue now. Maggard has pulled many rabbits out of a hat to get done all that he has gotten done so far and I commend him for that. Just face reality, there are no more rabbits in that hat, so Marlin is here for at least another year.

And you have conjecture with little else to support it.

[zephyr]

I think you just answered your own question. Money has been raised to reward Coach Napier and his staff. The people that chipped in the funds are not willing pay for what they consider to be a poor decision on the length and cost of Coach Marlin's buyout. Obviously I don't speak for all of them, but I've spoken to three that donated money towards the raises for the football staff. They believe like others that the attendance numbers and fundraising for MBB will speak for itself next season and the administration will have no choice at that point.

The second point I've heard and it does make sense is that firing a coach that has had some success here after a season with a depleted roster due to injuries would be a bad look for the program and may hurt us in the next search for a quality MBB head coach.

I don't really have a question. Vic said we have no money. We didn't have money when it came for pay raises and coaching hires in 3 sports. The university made it a priority to either use or raise private funds for those causes. They saw it as a priority and they knew most fans would support. My contention is that we could have the money if we made it a priority but we won't. The buyout for Marlin will be less than 1/3 of what it was for HUD.

[ManAboutTown]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Those donors would rather be in the club and rub elbows than make the call to fire. All you have to do is attend a sporting event and watch the staff rub the egos of those donors..... happens every game.

You should see the pep rallies..

Or at least, that’s what I call them..

[ManAboutTown]

Should we all give you loads of schat for quitting/settling?? Just like you did a few short years back? Remember when you blamed everyone for our results bc of this very same attitude??

1. I have no idea what you’re talking about.

2. If you can’t see the difference in the Maggard and Farmer era, I can’t help you

3. A decade of middling results tells me we are happy with being an irrelevant program. I certainly won’t tell you how to spend your money; but I’m not supporting that. And the league is garbage, to boot.

4. Long live The Purge.

[CajunT]

I don't really have a question. Vic said we have no money. We didn't have money when it came for pay raises and coaching hires in 3 sports. The university made it a priority to either use or raise private funds for those causes. They saw it as a priority and they knew most fans would support. My contention is that we could have the money if we made it a priority but we won't. The buyout for Marlin will be less than 1/3 of what it was for HUD.

Your contention is there is no priority to raise the money and I'm saying there is no will to ask the same people that have given money towards coaches salaries to buy out a coach at this time. Going back to the well too often leaves them little for anything else they consider priority at this time. They can't keep beating the RCAF horse for every need. The well has dried up for MBB with the exception of a few die hard supporters.

[ZoomZoom]

Your contention is there is no priority to raise the money and I'm saying there is no will to ask the same people that have given money towards coaches salaries to buy out a coach at this time. Going back to the well too often leaves them little for anything else they consider priority at this time. They can't keep beating the RCAF horse for every need. The well has dried up for MBB with the exception of a few die hard supporters.

For example, do you go to the well to jettison Marlin and Broadhead or hold back or go to the well later for a football stadium contribution?