(10-01-2020 01:46 PM)beefcake0520 Wrote:  

(10-01-2020 01:23 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  

(10-01-2020 01:20 PM)beefcake0520 Wrote:  

(09-30-2020 01:36 PM)sdcritter Wrote:  

(09-30-2020 11:46 AM)AstroCajun Wrote:  So what is happening at ULM?

Viator always seemed to be a guy who could coach some kids up.

No money. No prestige. Makes it darned hard for a coach to recruit really good athletes year in and year out. I think he's done an outstanding job with the resources at hand. But if the ant keeps pushing that boulder up the mountain long enough that boulder is going to roll back over him eventually.

Idaho had same issue. There's the saying of doing more with less, but there is a cutoff of when less just can't provide more. If ULM can't find a way to increase their budget, which aids in increased recruiting trips etc, then status quo is what you can expect. Marshall has never been at the top of any FBS conference (MAC, CUSA) while being a member, usually in the middle or damn near last, but we had just enough to recruit properly etc and be competitive. So where is that fine line, who knows what it is but ULM is below it, always has been.

ULM is in a financial bind. Every public in Louisiana is. La Tech and UL are going to take a massive hit to our athletic budgets. I’m hearing as much as $7-9M drop for the Cajuns.

Shesh, if ULM drops any more than they are I am not sure how they will support FBS ball, they already had the lowest budget in FBS. Is this due to COVID or ....?

Covid likely being the biggest culprit. Athletics' budgets for the public U's in Louisiana depend heavily on games actually happening, and without attendance restrictions, as ticket sales and other game day related revenue make up a big part of our budgets. Unlike some of your conference-mates, like the F_U's, who depend very heavily on student fees to float their athletic budgets. In UL's case giving is also down due to both Covid and the massive downturn in the oilfield, which has been going on for years now, but got worse in 2020.