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re: An invitation for LSU fans to show some love to the Cajuns (albeit unrequited)
Posted on 6/2/15 at 7:29 am to GeauxTigerTM
Posted on 6/2/15 at 7:29 am to GeauxTigerTM
Let me add this bit...
In the late 90's I had a working relationship with Joey Durel. Now the outgoing City/Parish President of Lafayette but then just a business owner whose office was was upstairs at his Johnston Street Pet shop.
I happened to be in his office when word came down that the name change had gone through. The guy was almost pissing himself in excitement, and yet every other word was about LSU. He was asking if I was excited and I just shrugged and told him I didn't see why it mattered all that much. He ranted on and on about how it was all about perception...that simply changing the name would give the appearance of being larger and more successful.
I countered with..."Why not simply get better? Why not attract locals and alumni by actually working to put a better product on the field?"
The inability to do that was all LSU's fault, btw.
Then I REALLY pissed him off and told him, "Joey...I'm a USL alumnus and I can;t wait to get LSU football season tickets. I grew up an LSU fan and nothing about attending USL games while at school turned my into a Cajun fan. If anything, it turned me off. Conversations like this turned me off."
Then I was the problem...not that USL had done nothing to grab and keep me as a fan, just that I didn't blindly support sports programs that had virtually no interest in even trying to get better and fans who DID bother to attend concerned more with the program 50 miles down I-10 they basically never played than with their own.
So...I never call them by that name not because I fear that it will have the affect guys like Durel seemed to think it would...but because they admitted it was nothing but symbolism over substance. It was s shell game. It was Jon Lovitz changing his name to Brad Pitt in the hopes of sneaking into Jennifer Anniston' room...
Ok...all done.![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/IconLOL.gif)
In the late 90's I had a working relationship with Joey Durel. Now the outgoing City/Parish President of Lafayette but then just a business owner whose office was was upstairs at his Johnston Street Pet shop.
I happened to be in his office when word came down that the name change had gone through. The guy was almost pissing himself in excitement, and yet every other word was about LSU. He was asking if I was excited and I just shrugged and told him I didn't see why it mattered all that much. He ranted on and on about how it was all about perception...that simply changing the name would give the appearance of being larger and more successful.
I countered with..."Why not simply get better? Why not attract locals and alumni by actually working to put a better product on the field?"
The inability to do that was all LSU's fault, btw.
Then I REALLY pissed him off and told him, "Joey...I'm a USL alumnus and I can;t wait to get LSU football season tickets. I grew up an LSU fan and nothing about attending USL games while at school turned my into a Cajun fan. If anything, it turned me off. Conversations like this turned me off."
Then I was the problem...not that USL had done nothing to grab and keep me as a fan, just that I didn't blindly support sports programs that had virtually no interest in even trying to get better and fans who DID bother to attend concerned more with the program 50 miles down I-10 they basically never played than with their own.
So...I never call them by that name not because I fear that it will have the affect guys like Durel seemed to think it would...but because they admitted it was nothing but symbolism over substance. It was s shell game. It was Jon Lovitz changing his name to Brad Pitt in the hopes of sneaking into Jennifer Anniston' room...
Ok...all done.
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Posted on 6/2/15 at 7:30 am to GeauxTigerTM
Holy thread tsunami of words!
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Posted on 6/2/15 at 7:48 am to GeauxTigerTM
I too have similar experiences. My family, parents, aunts and uncles, siblings and their spouses all attended, graduated and even some worked at USL till retirement. Many of my nieces and nephews have attended and graduated from USL.
Except for my parents, most have commented repeatedly their strong dislike for the LSU system. Always felt they got the crumbs from the table in funding anything.
Yet the USL NAME change was to prove they were at least equal, that USL was no longer a "directional" school. Somehow a label made them better.
USL (ULALA) really peppers them up. So be careful in its use this weekend.
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Except for my parents, most have commented repeatedly their strong dislike for the LSU system. Always felt they got the crumbs from the table in funding anything.
Yet the USL NAME change was to prove they were at least equal, that USL was no longer a "directional" school. Somehow a label made them better.
USL (ULALA) really peppers them up. So be careful in its use this weekend.
![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/Icongeauxtigers.png)
Posted on 6/2/15 at 9:25 am to GeauxTigerTM
GeauxTigerTM ... yo , what you said ...; + 1000 ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/IconPimp.gif)
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Posted on 6/4/15 at 12:24 pm to GeauxTigerTM
quote:
In the late 90's I had a working relationship with Joey Durel. Now the outgoing City/Parish President of Lafayette but then just a business owner whose office was was upstairs at his Johnston Street Pet shop.
I happened to be in his office when word came down that the name change had gone through. The guy was almost pissing himself in excitement, and yet every other word was about LSU. He was asking if I was excited and I just shrugged and told him I didn't see why it mattered all that much. He ranted on and on about how it was all about perception...that simply changing the name would give the appearance of being larger and more successful.
I countered with..."Why not simply get better? Why not attract locals and alumni by actually working to put a better product on the field?"
The inability to do that was all LSU's fault, btw.
Then I REALLY pissed him off and told him, "Joey...I'm a USL alumnus and I can;t wait to get LSU football season tickets. I grew up an LSU fan and nothing about attending USL games while at school turned my into a Cajun fan. If anything, it turned me off. Conversations like this turned me off."
Then I was the problem...not that USL had done nothing to grab and keep me as a fan, just that I didn't blindly support sports programs that had virtually no interest in even trying to get better and fans who DID bother to attend concerned more with the program 50 miles down I-10 they basically never played than with their own.
So...I never call them by that name not because I fear that it will have the affect guys like Durel seemed to think it would...but because they admitted it was nothing but symbolism over substance. It was s shell game. It was Jon Lovitz changing his name to Brad Pitt in the hopes of sneaking into Jennifer Anniston' room...
Get over yourself.
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