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Does La Tech keep Cumbie?
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:13 pm
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:13 pm
I feel they improved but not enough
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 11:15 pm
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Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:16 pm to Mushroom1968
It is a matter of Jim Henderson finding the money for his buyout. We lose conference revenue distributions next year and he’s owed a million dollar buyout.
We are not improved at all. Every Cumbie team has gotten a little worse each year except the record doesn’t show it because Conference USA is a glorified high school division.
We are not improved at all. Every Cumbie team has gotten a little worse each year except the record doesn’t show it because Conference USA is a glorified high school division.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:17 pm to Mushroom1968
Wazzoo is handing Tech the game and Tech is refusing to take it
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:18 pm to msutiger
They’ve been very respectable defensively
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:21 pm to msutiger
Their best player is the LB Fields out for the year, and punter.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:24 pm to Mushroom1968
I’m well aware of who is out as I watch this bullshite every single week.
Cumbie is a supposed offensive guru and we have consistently had one of the worst offenses in FBS since his arrival. He is statistically the worst head coach in the history of Louisiana Tech.
He can’t call plays. He can’t manage a clock. He doesn’t run the offense. He doesn’t run the defense. Why are we paying him a million dollars?
The only reason he wasn’t fired last season is because Louisiana Tech was shifting funds to prepare for a conference move.
Cumbie is a supposed offensive guru and we have consistently had one of the worst offenses in FBS since his arrival. He is statistically the worst head coach in the history of Louisiana Tech.
He can’t call plays. He can’t manage a clock. He doesn’t run the offense. He doesn’t run the defense. Why are we paying him a million dollars?
The only reason he wasn’t fired last season is because Louisiana Tech was shifting funds to prepare for a conference move.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:26 pm to msutiger
I don’t disagree. I’m actually surprised his defense has played as well as they have. Offensive is a joke
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:29 pm to msutiger
Honestly I think La Tech gives him one more year to ease the buyout and see how things work in sunbelt. If he wins another game. If he loses out, I think he’s gone.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:40 pm to Mushroom1968
I would love to go into Sun Belt play next year with renewed energy and a new staff, but like the earlier poster said, money would have to be found for the buyout, not to mention the looming lawsuit filed by CUSA for the timing of the departure.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:41 pm to 9Fiddy
Poor school problems
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:58 pm to 9Fiddy
I think Henderson is going to find the money. There is an energy in the fan base that has not been there since the Holtz era.
You cannot enter the Sun Belt and get your teeth kicked in year one with a Cumbie led squad. You will demoralize the fan base and all that energy is gone.
I think we lose out and Tech makes the move prior to the final game against Missouri State.
You cannot enter the Sun Belt and get your teeth kicked in year one with a Cumbie led squad. You will demoralize the fan base and all that energy is gone.
I think we lose out and Tech makes the move prior to the final game against Missouri State.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 2:21 am to msutiger
There is no way Cumbie isn’t fired in 2 weeks.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 6:16 am to Hetfield
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There is no way Cumbie isn’t fired in 2 weeks
At any other school, he would have been canned last year. 60 yards passing tonight from our vaunted air raid offense.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:58 am to msutiger
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We are not improved at all. Every Cumbie team has gotten a little worse each year except the record doesn’t show it because Conference USA is a glorified high school division.
Huge mistake letting go of Holtz. Holtz could have spent all of his time on the golf course and fielded teams no worse than what we have now.
It is really mind boggling because I think Cumbie works his arse off.
He has got to go. The apathy for the program hasn't been this bad since Bicknell.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:59 am to RougeDawg
I was willing to give Cumbie time to grow into the job, but he is not showing any signs of improvement, and there is no basis for realistic hope that he will ever get there.
It’s time to cut him loose. $$ is probably the main obstacle to that happening.
It’s time to cut him loose. $$ is probably the main obstacle to that happening.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:17 am to msutiger
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There is an energy in the fan base that has not been there since the Holtz era.
All 6 of yall are pissed?
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:20 am to Twenty 49
Let’s talk about how he has picked the wrong starter every single season at QB
2022 - Names walk on Matthew Downing the starter. Benches him after one game for Parker McNeil. McNeil gets hurt, back to Downing. Downing gets hurt, turns to high profile true freshman Landry Lyddy. Benches Landry Lyddy for walk on Jack Turner.
2023 - brings in high profile QB Hank Bachmeier as a transfer. Benched him after three games for walk on Jack Turner.
2024 - Doesn’t bring in any transfer QB. Stays former walk on Jack Turner is his guy. Benches him after two games for freshman Blake Baker. Blake Baker gets hurt and turns to freshman Evan Bullock who starts the final 10 games.
2025 - Brings in transfer Trey Kukuk from California. Names him the starter, then names Blake Baker backup while the guy who started ten games last season with a 14-3 TD/INT ratio is third string. Benches Kukuk after two games. Baker tears his ACL. Now it’s Bullock again. Benches Bullock for Kukuk to run a wild cat offense.
Like what in the world are we doing?!
2022 - Names walk on Matthew Downing the starter. Benches him after one game for Parker McNeil. McNeil gets hurt, back to Downing. Downing gets hurt, turns to high profile true freshman Landry Lyddy. Benches Landry Lyddy for walk on Jack Turner.
2023 - brings in high profile QB Hank Bachmeier as a transfer. Benched him after three games for walk on Jack Turner.
2024 - Doesn’t bring in any transfer QB. Stays former walk on Jack Turner is his guy. Benches him after two games for freshman Blake Baker. Blake Baker gets hurt and turns to freshman Evan Bullock who starts the final 10 games.
2025 - Brings in transfer Trey Kukuk from California. Names him the starter, then names Blake Baker backup while the guy who started ten games last season with a 14-3 TD/INT ratio is third string. Benches Kukuk after two games. Baker tears his ACL. Now it’s Bullock again. Benches Bullock for Kukuk to run a wild cat offense.
Like what in the world are we doing?!
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:40 am to msutiger
As an LSU fan in Lafayette, I would love for them to bring in Napier. All these ULL fans in Lafayette who hate LSU so much that they went out and bought bama flags and shirts and car stickers when bama hired Saban. So I would love for tech to come into the sunbelt with Napier and whip the Cajuns on a regular basis. I would buy some tech gear for sure
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 11:41 am
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:54 am to msutiger
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Let’s talk about how he has picked the wrong starter every single season at QB
We are an air-raid offense with an offensive guru for a coach that can't pass the ball.
Posted on 11/17/25 at 8:36 am to bnh
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As an LSU fan in Lafayette, I would love for them to bring in Napier. All these ULL fans in Lafayette who hate LSU so much that they went out and bought bama flags and shirts and car stickers when bama hired Saban. So I would love for tech to come into the sunbelt with Napier and whip the Cajuns on a regular basis. I would buy some tech gear for sure
I’m not sure Napier can reproduce the results from his G5 days. ULL maxed out the credit card and he had an arsenal of assistants. Louisiana Tech (nor ULL for that matter) can give him that at this point. It was a competitive advantage over a lot G5 schools at the time. I think he is going end up at a place that can maximize resources for him.
I think Tech’s search, if it comes, will be quick. We’ll interview a few names but I think we will get a bit of a discount on Colby Carthel from SFA. Ryan Ivey, LA Tech’s AD, hired him at Texas A&M Commerce where he went 59-18 and won a D2 National Championship and then Ivey hired him again at Stephen F Austin where the results have been mixed (42-37 overall record) but has SFA in the FCS playoffs again this year with a 9-2 record.
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