What Happened

[Esqueleto]

We need to tie each home game to a tailgate food festival or cook off…the stadium size needs to be reduced to 33k and the seating needs to be updated with premium seating as if you are at home with cup holders leg space, a phone/tablet holder and charger for syncing the game to real time broadcast while in seat to get access to replays and features to order food in stadium… people should not have to leave there seat except to go to the rest room…you got to make it comfortable as possible… also the students have to be the core heart beat of support and the school must drag these kids to the games with prize deals and entertainment. You got to make it the place to be! Oh and finally get real damn Cajun food in the stadium! Food is our culture so make it apart of the atmosphere.

Jeezus, if you got to make it THAT comfy for people to go to games, ____ it.

[KajunKrazy]

Hopefully I'm wrong and this is not prophetic, but I wouldn't be surprised if we end up back in lockdowns and mandatory masks for another stupid virus this coming year or 2024.

I hope the American sheeple aren’t stupid enough to fall for the BS again.

[Cajun Monkee]

Of the top 20 attended games in Cajun Field, eight were under Hud and three under Napier.

And the conference championship game with Appalachian state was only number 7 under Napier.

I think the one massive failure, and make no mistake, it is weighing on us greatly today, was Napier’s inability to reach out to the community.

Where are the stories of helicopters with Napier in them landing at high school football games?

Where are the stories of the time when Napier handed out donuts or snow cones to the students at the corner of Rex and Saint Mary?

I don’t remember seeing the players walking the perimeter of the field after the game high-fiving with the kids in the stands.

I don’t remember seeing pictures of Napier sitting with the incoming freshmen in the bleachers during orientation.

Huge, massive failure on the part of CBN and how it didn’t attach that present moment with the future.

If somebody is reading this, can you get Dez a ride on a a helicopter next fall?

[KajunKrazy]

I'll give you an example. I did not request tickets to the bowl game as I had prior engagements that day. Did I get a call to see if I wanted tickets or if I wanted to donate tickets? Nope?

If someone doesn't renew season tickets or rcaf, no one calls them to follow up.

This year I forgot to renew my baseball tickets and I did get a call before they were released to the general public to see if I still wanted them.

[Cajunrunner]

Would love to see increased marketing efforts outside of Lafayette Parish.

HA!

As someone who was living in Acadia Parish during a couple of HUD's best years, I can confirm there was nearly zero effort to capitalize in neighboring parishes. Maybe Vermilion Parish. Certainly nothing to the West.

[Big Poppa]

Of the top 20 attended games in Cajun Field, eight were under Hud and three under Napier.

And the conference championship game with Appalachian state was only number 7 under Napier.

I think the one massive failure, and make no mistake. It is waiting on us greatly today, was Napier’s inability to reach out to the community.

Where are the stories of helicopters with Napier in them landing at high school football games?

Where are the stories of the time when Napier handed out donuts or snow cones to the students at the corner of Rex and Saint Mary?

I don’t remember seeing the players walking the perimeter of the field after the game high-fiving with the kids in the stands.

I don’t remember seeing pictures of Napier sitting with the incoming freshmen in the bleachers during orientation.

Huge, massive failure on the part of CBN and how it didn’t attach that present moment with the future.

If somebody is reading this, can you get Dez a ride on a a helicopter next fall?

Right the sad thing is Des appears to be more on the Napier end of public engagement. He’s even made comments on radio programs saying where he’s read the message boards and social media and don’t care what those people think (fans). His comments do more to turn people off than they do to turn them on. He appears to always be in defense mode and not selling his program mode.

[Cajunrunner]

And our 1 P5 game wasn’t competitive.

Acadiana & rest of LA aren’t impressed with beating Nichols by 3 points.

Sorry.

13-1 and finished ranked in the Top 20.

I'll be a Negative Nancy about other things here, but I won't look at last season in a negative light. That team deserved 30k+ average attendance at Cajun Field and deserved an Acadiana community behind it.

[cajun_lannister]

Right the sad thing is Des appears to be more on the Napier end of public engagement. He’s even made comments on radio programs saying where he’s read the message boards and social media and don’t care what those people think (fans). His comment do more to turn people off than they do to turn them on. He appears to always be in defense mode and not selling his program mode.

Problem is Dez doesn't have the pedigree that Napier had. Napier got on Rome, McAfee and Pawwl with his past connections.

[Cajunrunner]

Huge, massive failure on the part of CBN and how it didn’t attach that present moment with the future.

If somebody is reading this, can you get Dez a ride on a a helicopter next fall?

My understanding is some of those helicopter rides (and landings) led to ____ing off some local high school coaches/administrators whom could assist in convincing some of their top talent to give UL a look instead of going to LA Tech, Southern Miss, etc.

While community engagement is great, give me Napier's professional business approach all day over the show-boating and arrogance that burned bridges. Anyone want to revisit inviting LA Tech's high school recruits to Cajun Field to watch Tech blow us out the water?

[Big Poppa]

My understanding is some of those helicopter rides (and landings) led to ____ing off some local high school coaches/administrators whom could assist in convincing some of their top talent to give UL a look instead of going to LA Tech, Southern Miss, etc.

While community engagement is great, give me Napier's professional business approach all day over the show-boating and arrogance that burned bridges. Anyone want to revisit inviting LA Tech's high school recruits to Cajun Field to watch Tech blow us out the water?

Tech doesn’t own any recruits. Nothing wrong with inviting kids to your game that you would like to sign.