Louisiana College Sports: Hustle out of town for Bustle?

[raginsaints]

_ I have heard that we will have a new coach before Dec 10th. I am sure that the folks who have said this have had a pretty credible track record so I will trust that the right decision will be made. _

That's a quick turnaround. I don't like that, I'd rather us do a thorough search.

[Zeebart21]

_ That's a quick turnaround. I don't like that, I'd rather us do a thorough search. _

Uuuuhhmm, how do we know that a thorough search hasnt been ongoing?

Happy Thanksgiving.

Z

[Just1More]

I believe it is entirely appropriate to review the contributions of Rickey Bustle and include numerous complimentary remarks. He is a very good person and a good football coach. The circumstances perhaps as much or more than his own abilities may be dictating the necessity of the end of his career at UL. Regardless of which side of that argument you land, it is nonetheless highly necessary that we act with our heads in this case moreso than our hearts. Let the lovers love the next guy too.

Even if someone could argue that Bustle is an outstanding head football coach... when you labor for 9 seasons with an FBS ranking (just one measuring stick of success) of unspectacular proportions, in the world of college football, you must seek new means to find greater success. Has the university done everything it needs to do? Have the fans done their part? Not yet. But that is another requirement of the new mission.

I am a strong advocate of using the mission formula that I know works. You must take one of the most visible contributing factors, the coach, and push a tremendous responsibility... including a hefty pricetag... on their head. I consider him being of fine character and his student-athletes going to class and behaving properly a non-negotiable requirement of the entire school. If it even has to be discussed more than once, there are issues at the school that transcend the coach. The maintenance supervisor had better focus on maintenance and the football coach better be focused on winning football games.

I consider the discussion of the "character of a coach" equivalent to a any other position at UL. Have we done a great background and morality check on every professor at UL? Is it acceptable that one that teaches Philosophy, English or Music is a great teacher, but is an oddball character-wise?

I look at a professor of Computer Science and say "can he teach me what I'm here to learn?". He can be a geek who wears a dress on the weekends for all I care. And as far as the football coach goes... I very much hope his main vocation is coaching football. If he's a sweetheart guy in the process... so be it. Personally, I will keep an eye on his coaching and that is where he will get 98% of the weight of his grade from me.

[raginsaints]

_ Uuuuhhmm, how do we know that a thorough search hasnt been ongoing?

Happy Thanksgiving.

Z _

That would be grounds for a lawsuit.

[SlappyCajun]

_ That would be grounds for a lawsuit. _

No it wouldn't.

[Turbine]

_ Your last statement may be true in terms of the W-L record this season but I don't think it is that bad in terms of talent and the overall state of the program. _

On Stokley's end of career . . .

Epic meltdown cannot be totally attributed to lack of institutional support.

Take this with a grain of salt but having read 20 books on (and being close to the subject) I have a sneaking -cringing- suspicion the insidious ravages of what eventually claimed his life were just starting work effecting the speed of thought and decision.

Other similarities; both have an NFL receiver on the roster and neither survives coaching heir son. Unless you can count 2-9 as surviving.

I don't know if Stokley had talent or not in 1998 I know he had one year where he went from 2 wins to 8 wins. Did he go from no talent to full talent in one year?

UL needs a coach who can think fast, that is the number one asset a coach can bring to the field on game day.

jmo

[Just1More]

_ That's a quick turnaround. I don't like that, I'd rather us do a thorough search. _

I remember when my old girlfriend thought I'd started dating someone else really fast after our breakup. I told her that the search process didn't start when she finally gave me my house keys back, it started when she stopped delivering the goods.

[Clutch0364]

_ I remember when my old girlfriend thought I'd started dating someone else really fast after our breakup. I told her that the search process didn't start when she finally gave me my house keys back, it started when she stopped delivering the goods. _

I nominate this for post of the year LOL

[cajun4life]

_ That's a quick turnaround. I don't like that, I'd rather us do a thorough search. _

The athletic department has a list of prospective coaches in all sports. They do this in order to expedite the hiring process in order to not take a catastrophic hit in recruiting.

They have a list for football, m&w basketball, baseball, and softball too. It is always good to have a short list of guys that meet the search criteria just in case.

I also believe that prior to the season starting the administration had informed Coach Bustle that it would take a winning season or bowl game in order to be retained as HC. As soon as those two goal were no longer attainable the search process started IMO. If that is the case, which I think it is, the athletic department has been gauging interest from potential candidates and began to vet them against their search criteria. I would think that it is safe to say the athletic department has 7 or 8 candidates already lined up to formally interview beginning next Tuesday.

[Hammer58]

_ On Stokley's end of career . . .
Other similarities; both have an NFL receiver on the roster and neither survives coaching heir son. Unless you can count 2-9 as surviving.

I don't know if Stokley had talent or not in 1998 I know he had one year where he went from 2 wins to 8 wins. Did he go from no talent to full talent in one year?

UL needs a coach who can think fast, that is the number one asset a coach can bring to the field on game day.

jmo _

At the end Coach Stokely had zero recruiting budget. Admittedly that is attributable to the administration and not him. coach Bustle has been operating under more resources so the cupboard is not as bare. As it is we have six commitments for next year right now.