Final: Louisiana (83) at UALR (79)

[CajunEXPRESS]

All the things you mention happen every night in the NCAA. the good teams & coaches overcome more often than not. These reasons are all valid, but. hardly unique.

Bob Marlin has a reason for every loss. He loses too often. That is the only objective thing I know.

Last night was a solid win against a weak team. The fact we have a dismal record there and at Lake Chuck says far more about us than them

[BirdofParadise]

I'm thinking the teams just got back around 3am.

I saw the Louisiana branded Hotard bus pulling out of campus prime about that time.

That was the women. Men got back at 6.

[BirdofParadise]

Not Jay, but I believe the guy you are speaking of was Solomon Bozeman

Nicely done, Dave. Am I going to see you Monday night??

[BirdofParadise]

BirdofParadise, was reading game write up from UALR site and started looking at roster. Did Robert Lee leave the staff?

Yes he did. Robert wanted to get off the road to spend more time with his son who was struggling with some issues. Saw a picture of them together the other day. It looks like they're doing well.

[BirdofParadise]

All the things you mention happen every night in the NCAA. the good teams & coaches overcome more often than not. These reasons are all valid, but. hardly unique.

Bob Marlin has a reason for every loss. He loses too often. That is the only objective thing I know.

Last night was a solid win against a weak team. The fact we have a dismal record there and at Lake Chuck says far more about us than them

We will see just how weak that UALR team is at the end of the season.

Your disdain for Coach Marlin is well documented.

[Cajunsmike]

All the things you mention happen every night in the NCAA. the good teams & coaches overcome more often than not. These reasons are all valid, but. hardly unique.

Bob Marlin has a reason for every loss. He loses too often. That is the only objective thing I know.

Last night was a solid win against a weak team. The fact we have a dismal record there and at Lake Chuck says far more about us than them

The things I mentioned were not things Bob Marlin said in regards to what happened at McNeese and NW State. They were things observed by Cajunsmike as to what contributed to the losses. I agree that the team should have been able to overcome those challenges and it was disappointing they were not able to do so. We will see if what happened last night was a sign of progress to come. The fact that the two freshman were big contributors to that victory is the most encouraging thing about it.

[Cajunsmike]

Yes he did. Robert wanted to get off the road to spend more time with his son who was struggling with some issues. Saw a picture of them together the other day. It looks like they're doing well.

Where is Coach Lee at today.

[Cajunsmike]

We will see just how weak that UALR team is at the end of the season.

Your disdain for Coach Marlin is well documented.

I don't think Cajun Express has disdain for Coach Marlin. He has said he does not advocate a change. He simply believes the program should be further along in Year 5 than it is now. He has also said the play of the two freshman does encourage him some. Personally, my main frustration is the road struggles in non conference games. Last year was the only year we won any road non conference games. I have trouble explaining why that is. Generally, the team improves as the year goes along and I attribute that to the staff being able to help players improve and the fact the familiarity within a league leads to more road victories. Jay, can you explain our non conference road struggles? I know how tough this is for every team. But for a team to go winless in non conference road games in 4 of 5 seasons is something that is unusual. Who knows, maybe this is just a quirk and the odds will turn in our favor in that regard in future seasons.

[Cajunsmike]

We will see just how weak that UALR team is at the end of the season.

Your disdain for Coach Marlin is well documented.

I would bet that Cajun Express thinks every team in the SBC is weak other than Georgia State when you compare them to some teams of the past. He is comparing the league to the other 300 D1 schools in general. Personally, I don't know enough about the league this year to make a comparison.

[CajunEXPRESS]

We will see just how weak that UALR team is at the end of the season.

Your disdain for Coach Marlin is well documented.

Actually, I have zero disdain for Coach Marlin.

I have higher expectations on our ultimate mountain climb in bb than the foothills of the Alps. I just see no evidence in year five that we are beyond the foothills.

I hope Marlin proves my doubts unfounded, and he has a great career at UL. I have nothing but the best wishes for the man. Doubting him is not disdain.