Dunlap and Rogers Quit Playing for Errol Rogers

[MetryCajun]

_ WRONG!!! WRONG!!!! WRONG!!!!

If we are going to play a sport, we want to be competitive. That does not mean paying exorbitant salaries we can't afford, but it DOES mean cutting our losses on a VERY bad hire.

I don't care about baseball, tennis or golf. BUT if we are going to play them, they need to be treated exactly like any other sport when it comes to demanding performance. No sport should be sponsored by the school if it isn't going to be taken seriously when it succeeds or when it fails. _

There are 4 sports at UL that people actually watch. Those 4 need to be treated differently than the rest. We had an NCAA team 2 years ago in WBB and nobody other than family and friends went. For that reason I do not think we should be buying out contract in those sports.

I have a feeling we are not going to agree on this subject.

[shof]

_ WRONG!!! WRONG!!!! WRONG!!!!

If we are going to play a sport, we want to be competitive. That does not mean paying exorbitant salaries we can't afford, but it DOES mean cutting our losses on a VERY bad hire.

I don't care about baseball, tennis or golf. BUT if we are going to play them, they need to be treated exactly like any other sport when it comes to demanding performance. No sport should be sponsored by the school if it isn't going to be taken seriously when it succeeds or when it fails. _

I couldn't agree more! Every coach in every sport needs to be held accountable. If, as Mr Farmer states, we have lots of support (funding wise in the community); then we need to send a message that this type of performance, both on the court, and off the court (ladies leaving the program) will not be tolerated. And the ladies BB program is in a severe nose dive!
Shof

[Turbine]

There are 4 sports at UL that people actually watch. Those 4 need to be treated differently than the rest. We had an NCAA team 2 years ago in WBB and nobody other than family and friends went. For that reason I do not think we should be buying out contract in those sports.

I have a feeling we are not going to agree on this subject.

The game was at 3 in the afternoon on a workday.

I agree it would take several years of sustained success to develop a true fan support system.
igeaux.mobi

[CajunAmos]

There are 4 sports at UL that people actually watch. Those 4 need to be treated differently than the rest. We had an NCAA team 2 years ago in WBB and nobody other than family and friends went. For that reason I do not think we should be buying out contract in those sports.

I have a feeling we are not going to agree on this subject.

I will say a fan following starts small and builds. In Coach Halls last year, I attended a number of the games, and the stands in EKL Gyn were full. I agree with a couple of earlier opinions, in that if you show continued progress toward excellence you'll gain a consistant audience, and that if you are going to have a sport you support it at the University level. This means you fund it, and pay the associated coaches, to at least the average of your conference members.

When Coach Hall left, it was noted (I think here, Turbine) that it was approved by DrA that our offer to him was raised to what Cincinnati was offering (about $200K, I think). If that's the case, my thinking is you should be able to get an assistant HC from a higher level womens basketball program for that salary. From the outside it seems that we've taken a step back. It's hard to see a program for your school who was possibly the worst in womens college basketball for a decade or longer, and had progressed enough to get an at large invitation to the NCAA tournament, and two years later being back at the bottom of the barrel.

[DaddyCajun]

_ /agree _

Disagree. This sport is one of the higher profile sports in DI athletics. Football(#1), Mens Basketball(2), Womens Basketball(3), Baseball(4), and then Softball(5) nation wide. UL certainly does not have this order because our Womens Basketball team has not been competive for most of its existence.

Our womens program has not reached the point where buying out a two year contract would cost the overall athletic budget all that much.

I too agree this coach has gone in the wrong direction. For two players like this to up and quit and one being a Senior is really sad. This situation at the very least needs to be looked into.

The womens basketball program at a University can have a nice amount of positive visablity, ours is having the opposite visability.

[shof]

_ Heard through the grapevine, that 5 other girls will transfer or quit when the years done... I wonder if this is just rumor, but thats the word on the street... _

If that is correct, then you would think warning bells, lights, sirens, etc would be going off in the AD offices. How many more signs do they need to see that the program is going in the wrong direction, and fast! The program can NOT afford 2 more years of this trend.

[cajun4life]

_ Is that right!!! _

It is right, we go out and hire high school quality coaches and look what happens. MBB terrible considering the tradition and the recent past, which you were a part of. The teams from '98-04 would kick the crap out of any team Lee has put on the floor. Look at the history of who we have hired in WBB Gay Nix was an absolute joke, Coach Hall was a true college coach who left to go to Cinci who is not a powerhouse program but way better than UL. Rogers what can I say a sorry high school and AAU coach who is on the verge of losing all of his players.

[Tiredof theBS]

Time for a change??? Let's take care of business...

1) Lady Cajun Basketball,
2) Men's Basketball,
3) and football now, or at least after one more .500 season.

You can't convince me that we could not be competitive in all three of these sports with a decent coach.

[NOCajun]

Time for a change??? Let's take care of business...

1) Lady Cajun Basketball,
2) Men's Basketball,
3) and football now, or at least after one more .500 season.

You can't convince me that we could not be competitive in all three of these sports with a decent coach.

I wouldn't even TRY!!!
igeaux.mobi

[HOUCajun]

_ Time for a change??? Let's take care of business...

1) Lady Cajun Basketball,
2) Men's Basketball,
3) and football now, or at least after one more .500 season.

You can't convince me that we could not be competitive in all three of these sports with a decent coach. _

Great idea!! All it would take is 5-700k cash for buyouts! Start up a fund and I will kick in $100. You get 6999 more people to do the same we will get this thing squared away.
I guess we might also need an extra couple hundred thou for their replacements since we are playing very low salaries and quality replacements will cost double what they make. Oh, and the coaches we hire could still stink it up.

Sounds pretty simple.