UL Needs

[zephyr]

_ Again have you seen them play? Not saying those kids cant play, but I know the players I mentioned, can play and are from your backyard. _

If the players from here are better, then you take them. However, the coaches will certainly scout them and evaluate accordingly. However, if the players we have committed fit needs better then they should remain with us.

[cajun4life]

_ Wrong. You sign the best players you can get especially when they fill a need first. We don't need to go after anybody just because they are local. Now, if they are really nice talents and could play for larger schools, obviously you go and try to do what you can do to get them. However, I don't value a local guy higher than someone else if that someone else is a better fit and talent _

Exactly! Look at St. Mary's. 4 or 5 guys from down under and they won. People don't care where kids are from when your winning the right way. They only care when your losing.

I'll be excited if we only have 3 guys from louisiana on a roster if we win 25 games every year. Hell, when we were really good in the 70's how many of those guys were from Louisiana?

[cajun4life]

Brad Boyd - Opelousas, LA
Orlando Butler - Houma, LA
Blane Harmon - Rayne, LA
Chris Manuel - New Iberia, LA
Kelvin Price - New Iberia, LA
Kevin Figaro - Lafayette, LA
Ross Moutan - Lafayette, LA
Immanuel Washington - Franklin, LA _

Andrew Toney - Birmingham, AL
Dion Rainy - Florida
Roy Ebron - Norfolk, VA
Bo Lamar - Columbus, OH
Fred Saunders - Columbus, OH

[playincajun]

Dixon? What about Williams and Labato ? How did you come up with a coach who has been here less than a year as being a coach to keep? Is Marlin bringing in any of his staff?
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[randyleb]

Williams and Labato both are new to college coaching. Labato has the one stint at UL and Williams experience is mostly European pro, I'm told. Dixon has a proven track record, Fla. and UNO before they self distructed and joined the high school league. If you think about it the last five years we have had a head coach who was an assistant coach and an assistant coach who was a high school coach running the program. Look at our record. Now, we have a head coach who is really a head coach and we need assistants who are really div 1 level assistants.

[CajunTime]

_ Exactly! Look at St. Mary's. 4 or 5 guys from down under and they won. People don't care where kids are from when your winning the right way. They only care when your losing.

I'll be excited if we only have 3 guys from louisiana on a roster if we win 25 games every year. Hell, when we were really good in the 70's how many of those guys were from Louisiana? _

Thats 40 years ago bro!!!

[CajunTime]

Andrew Toney - Birmingham, AL
Dion Rainy - Florida
Roy Ebron - Norfolk, VA
Bo Lamar - Columbus, OH
Fred Saunders - Columbus, OH _

Those players were great.

[CajunTime]

_ Williams and Labato both are new to college coaching. Labato has the one stint at UL and Williams experience is mostly European pro, I'm told. Dixon has a proven track record, Fla. and UNO before they self distructed and joined the high school league. If you think about it the last five years we have had a head coach who was an assistant coach and an assistant coach who was a high school coach running the program. Look at our record. Now, we have a head coach who is really a head coach and we need assistants who are really div 1 level assistants. _

Dixon also talked bad about the coaching staff the whole season. You can not have a guy like that around. So when things go wrong you gotta know that your own staff sticks with you and not against you.

[CajunTime]

_ Williams and Labato both are new to college coaching. Labato has the one stint at UL and Williams experience is mostly European pro, I'm told. Dixon has a proven track record, Fla. and UNO before they self distructed and joined the high school league. If you think about it the last five years we have had a head coach who was an assistant coach and an assistant coach who was a high school coach running the program. Look at our record. Now, we have a head coach who is really a head coach and we need assistants who are really div 1 level assistants. _

You need a person, that can rellate to these players. A guy that knows the community, a guy that has the coaches back at all times. Be loyal or go home!

[randyleb]

i am beginning to understand our habit of losing