Bryan Maggard Leaves Louisiana

[JamesTheJeweler]

LOL....water must be dropping cuz the Fish are biting heavy today!!

Impossible to troll here. If the troll job is a scenario that NO ONE would be surprised if it happened, its not trolling. We've actually had that exact scenario here already with the coach/AD combo.

[Houston Cajun]

The University of Louisiana is announcing that Dr. Bryan Maggard has accepted a leadership position as the Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Operating Officer at the University of Missouri.

Maggard, who has guided Louisiana Athletics since 2017, will assist with a seamless transition.

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Missouri makes more revenue from just the SEC tv money ($72.4 M in 2024-25), nearly double UL's entire budget. Life will be much simpler for him in the SEC. I would imagine he will be getting a pretty serious bump in pay. He paid his dues at the G6 level and is now parlaying that back into the P5. And, after 22 prior years at Missouri before UL, he returns home. Best of luck to him and thanks for his years at UL.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Find an assistant athletic director who is well connected in the Big 12.

This is actually genius.....

[Swamp]

Club Hud, but I don't see it happening, even though it would be f'n awesome.

As far as I'm concerned (and I liked Maggard, dude knew our branding was ___ and made some sweet improvements, and Massive improvements to facilities, back to back Top 25 finishes in the Holy Grail sport, and was rep'n us on the College Football Playoff Committee for the next 3 seasons) the only thing we need to be worried about is Drops. Catch the football, we'll be alright.

And whoever said move Des to a Stokley role, damn, some don't learn from the past.

First action of new A.D.V.P. - Cut WBB. Bam, there's a start.

[Swamp]

Missouri makes more revenue from just the SEC tv money ($72.4 M in 2024-25), nearly double UL's entire budget. Life will be much simpler for him in the SEC. I would imagine he will be getting a pretty serious bump in pay. He paid his dues at the G6 level and is now parlaying that back into the P5. And, after 22 prior years at Missouri before UL, he returns home. Best of luck to him and thanks for his years at UL.

Yea I agree. Plus they (Zou) get a sitting member on the CFPC. Good luck to him. He did excellent work here and will do the same at Missouri.

[JMV Just My View]

What abut Hudspeth? Liability or Asset, given his proven ability to excite fans and generate revenue. Is that enough to run an athletic department? He would be coming from a high school job, I believe. Just a thought.

He would do good as a fundraiser mouth piece.

[JMV Just My View]

That won’t happen.

I was only joking.

[JMV Just My View]

Club Hud, but I don't see it happening, even though it would be f'n awesome.

As far as I'm concerned (and I liked Maggard, dude knew our branding was ___ and made some sweet improvements, and Massive improvements to facilities, back to back Top 25 finishes in the Holy Grail sport, and was rep'n us on the College Football Playoff Committee for the next 3 seasons) the only thing we need to be worried about is Drops. Catch the football, we'll be alright.

And whoever said move Des to a Stokley role, damn, some don't learn from the past.

First action of new A.D.V.P. - Cut WBB. Bam, there's a start.

For that to happen they would need to replace that sport.

[Swamp]

From a more serious (because the front porch of the U depends upon it) point of view, I would rec speaking with Joe Moglia as a potential consultant for this search. For his bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Moglia

Download speechify if you dont have a read out loud extension in your browser and listen to whole detailed background of the Wik article. A Louisiana alum in finance with a Football mind would be one hell of a solid find.

[Swamp]

For that to happen they would need to replace that sport.

The 16 sports rule? Asking because I think thats what your speaking of.

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Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns face a turning point as Dr. Brian Maggard exits after steering the program through tragedy and transformation.

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[Vobserver]

First action of new A.D.V.P. - Cut WBB. Bam, there's a start.

We don't need to drop WBB, just it's coach; then try to hire someone who can actually identify division 1 talent next time.

[Turbine]

Start charging for events.