Head Coach Mike Desormeaux

[Scott Malkinson]

Why would you pay him much more than that? He's a first-time college head coach. If he proves his worth over a year or two he'll get raises just like Napier.

If the previous choice was making 2 mill and the next was 600k would be some red flags in most industries

[CharlieK]

All of you people need to chill out. We are all 100% invested in Mike being successful as head coach of our Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. The fact that some of us have legitimate concerns about his readiness for the job does not equate to us "hating" him or even the hire. I have not seen one person here express doubt about Mike's character or work ethic or commitment to the job at hand. What I have seen are concerns very similar to those which a proud parent might have were their beloved child to receive a sudden and unexpected promotion to a position at work.

Every on of us wants him to succeed. We all want him to be as good as or better than his coaching parent CBN. Some of us are mothers who can see no wrong in their offspring; others are fathers who believe wholeheartedly that he CAN do the job, but see the possibility that he might have needed more time and experience to fully equip himself to handle it.

None of us are wrong.

You are reading some of this stuff and just seeing questions being asked? Come on.

[Scott Malkinson]

Yep. It's ok to have questions and/or concerns. It is NOT ok to judge this before he's coached his first game.

I disagree with "none of us are wrong." I think those who have already decided "we USL'd this one" are dead wrong.

Now as far as salary is concerned, Billy's original salary was 750 plus incentives. He earned the raises he got. I would expect Mike's salary to be somewhere in that range, give or take 100K.

So cheap you said it yourself we have some budgetary concerns. This is a way to save face while saving money aka Dr.A aka USL

[Turbine]

All of you people need to chill out. We are all 100% invested in Mike being successful as head coach of our Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. The fact that some of us have legitimate concerns about his readiness for the job does not equate to us "hating" him or even the hire. I have not seen one person here express doubt about Mike's character or work ethic or commitment to the job at hand. What I have seen are concerns very similar to those which a proud parent might have were their beloved child to receive a sudden and unexpected promotion to a position at work.

Every on of us wants him to succeed. We all want him to be as good as or better than his coaching parent CBN. Some of us are mothers who can see no wrong in their offspring; others are fathers who believe wholeheartedly that he CAN do the job, but see the possibility that he might have needed more time and experience to fully equip himself to handle it.

None of us are wrong.

Solid analogy.

[JayWalker]

So cheap you said it yourself we have some budgetary concerns. This is a way to save face while saving money aka Dr.A aka USL

Sorry, sir. You know not from whence you speak on this one. The salary for the new coach was always going to be in the 750 range, the same as Billy.

No way you're going to start a head coach at 1.5 million or anything like that. That's not because of budgetary concerns, either. That's just being smart.

[VObserver]

Yep. It's ok to have questions and/or concerns. It is NOT ok to judge this before he's coached his first game.

I disagree with "none of us are wrong." I think those who have already decided "we USL'd this one" are dead wrong.

Now as far as salary is concerned, Billy's original salary was 750 plus incentives. He earned the raises he got. I would expect Mike's salary to be somewhere in that range, give or take 100K.

I agree that it is wrong to judge at this time; but it is neither right nor wrong to express concern.

As to the "none of us are wrong", perhaps I was a bit more general than I should have been. I agree with you as to those who have already decided we have "USL'ed" this hire. Those who fear we might have done so are likely old farts like me who have seen us do so far too many times.

For the record, I am not one who thinks we might have "USL'ed" it. I do have concerns about experience and knowledge necessary to make good staff hires. That said, Mike has never been a "Me" guy. I firmly believe that if he is uncertain about something he will reach out to Dr. Maggard, Billy and/or other more experienced folks that he knows and trusts for advice, then make his own decision.

I trust Dr. Maggard to have done his due diligence. More importantly, I trust Mike to give his absolute best effort to this job. I firmly believe that, even if there are some stumbles along the way, Mike will make us all proud of him. He always has.

[Scott Malkinson]

Sorry, sir. You know not from whence you speak on this one. The salary for the new coach was always going to be in the 750 range, the same as Billy.

No way you're going to start a head coach at 1.5 million or anything like that. That's not because of budgetary concerns, either. That's just being smart.

Maggard said salary would be 1.2 if that candidate warranted it .... so um

[cjr3888]

I'll go full MAT on you jack-wads! If you're complaining and saying Dr Maggard USLed this, go home and pound sand, or eat rocks, or whatever clean way of saying to ____! Having concerns is one thing but downing the hire and saying it won't work a few hours after the hire is announced shows that you're just hear to b---h. You guys are idiots who need to stay at your damn house and keep your mouth shut! You shouldn't call yourself Cajun fans. You should turn in your red, go to your local Wal-Mart, and start wearing purple.

[SlappyCajun]

Sorry, sir. You know not from whence you speak on this one. The salary for the new coach was always going to be in the 750 range, the same as Billy.

No way you're going to start a head coach at 1.5 million or anything like that. That's not because of budgetary concerns, either. That's just being smart.

If he starting salary was always going to be around $750K. Then I think it’s fair to say that many of the names we saw in here were not real candidates because we certainly couldn’t have gotten them at that price.

[CharlieK]

I'll go full MAT on you jack-wads! If you're complaining and saying Dr Maggard USLed this, go home and pound sand, or eat rocks, or whatever clean way of saying to F-Off! Having concerns is one thing but downing the hire and saying it won't work a few hours after the hire is announced shows that you're just hear to b---h. You guys are idiots who need to stay at your damn house and keep your mouth shut! You shouldn't call yourself Cajun fans. You should turn in your red, go to your local Wal-Mart, and start wearing purple.

The ville bringing the heat!