[Roarman]

Revenue Sharing could be achieved in this fashion. "For the record Revenue Sharing is equal sharing for all players regardless of talent or contributions to the team" A 25 player roster is allowed. Let's play devils advocate and say UL carries 23 players per season. Everyone get $7,500 per semester, which is $15,000 per player. That comes out to $345,000 needed to try to retain current roster players. Alyson and her staff would need to be fully behind raising the money but she could find five people who are retired, have time on their hands, and love Cajun softball to help her raise the money. I can name five guys in the stands that if she asked them they would help for free. She knows more people than me, so finding free help wouldn't be a problem. That means each guy would need to raise $69,000 each. The program has around 1000 season ticket holders in the grandstands and outfield. If they would communicate with fans and ask each fan for $50 to contribute that along would be $25,000 less to raise. They need to get creative and work with the professors in the marketing field. Get some students real work and have them do media work for your program as real work experience. Facebook, X and Instagram is free and they don't even take advantage of that. None of this has anything to do with NIL. This would be a $15,000 payout per player yearly. Deggs raised $150,000 in a month and found $150,000 that was matched. $300,000 in a month and he got 10 players from it and that's not counting what he needed to keep some of the current players. If Deggs and White can raise money quickly then the expectations for the softball staff should be the same.

Good development, recruiting, and raising money would help get the wins needed.

I'm pretty sure a casual fan cannot go out and raise money to benefit the Cajun softball team.

[JMV Just My View]

Regardless of her recruiting philosophy, she is going to have to deal with the issues created by the portal, NIL and revenue sharing, and we have to win.

Money talks. We may be able to recruit a pitcher with elite potential, but if she achieves that potential we will need much more money than we currently have. The same problem exists with position players, but less money is needed.

No matter what she wants to do, there are some things she has to do.

1. Get creative in ways to attract younger fans, and to otherwise grow our fan base.
2. Engage more with existing fans.
3. Be much more aggressive in her approach to raising money whether for revenue sharing, operating expenses or capital outlay. [See recent e mail and social media driven efforts by Baseball and Soccer for examples].
4. Have a proactive approach to helping girls find NIL sources. This is not the same as revenue sharing.
5. Fix our issue of poor play on the road, especially in conference games.

Revenue Sharing could be achieved in this fashion. "For the record Revenue Sharing is equal sharing for all players regardless of talent or contributions to the team" A 25 player roster is allowed. Let's play devils advocate and say UL carries 23 players per season. Everyone get $7,500 per semester, which is $15,000 per player. That comes out to $345,000 needed to try to retain current roster players. Alyson and her staff would need to be fully behind raising the money but she could find five people who are retired, have time on their hands, and love Cajun softball to help her raise the money. I can name five guys in the stands that if she asked them they would help for free. She knows more people than me, so finding free help wouldn't be a problem. That means each guy would need to raise $69,000 each. The program has around 1000 season ticket holders in the grandstands and outfield. If they would communicate with fans and ask each fan for $50 to contribute that along would be $25,000 less to raise. They need to get creative and work with the professors in the marketing field. Get some students real work and have them do media work for your program as real work experience. Facebook, X and Instagram is free and they don't even take advantage of that. None of this has anything to do with NIL. This would be a $15,000 payout per player yearly. Deggs raised $150,000 in a month and found $150,000 that was matched. $300,000 in a month and he got 10 players from it and that's not counting what he needed to keep some of the current players. If Deggs and White can raise money quickly then the expectations for the softball staff should be the same.

Good development, recruiting, and raising money would help get the wins needed.

[Vobserver]

Regardless of her recruiting philosophy, she is going to have to deal with the issues created by the portal, NIL and revenue sharing, and we have to win.

Money talks. We may be able to recruit a pitcher with elite potential, but if she achieves that potential we will need much more money than we currently have. The same problem exists with position players, but less money is needed.

No matter what she wants to do, there are some things she has to do.

1. Get creative in ways to attract younger fans, and to otherwise grow our fan base.
2. Engage more with existing fans.
3. Be much more aggressive in her approach to raising money whether for revenue sharing, operating expenses or capital outlay. [See recent e mail and social media driven efforts by Baseball and Soccer for examples].
4. Have a proactive approach to helping girls find NIL sources. This is not the same as revenue sharing.
5. Fix our issue of poor play on the road, especially in conference games.

[JMV Just My View]

Since nobody, including myself seems to be able to figure out the coaches recruiting philosophy I figured I would take a stab at what it might be. Now keep in mind I could be way out in right field with this. When Alyson was hired she mentioned at her introduction press conference that she wants players who played for the name on the front of the jersey, not for the name on the back. She also mentioned she didn't want kids who just wants money. Mike White, Tim Walton, Patty Gasso have basically won with high school recruits and portal players as needed. All three of those coaches own national championship rings, Glasco will never have one because he is trying to write checks only. I believe Alyson could be trying to follow those three coaches model. Only Williams has played for Glasco on the current roster. The first two classes that came in for Alyson were Glasco recruits. The few portal players she has acquired isn't the same as her recruiting high school recruits. Portal players were someone else's players first. 11 of the 22 current player roster is freshman, this could be by design. The 7 true freshman coming in are the only true recruits that are Alyson recruits. She has mentioned over and over on her weekly pressers about the standards, non-negotiable, and cULture, which we as fans know hasn't worked. I think she will use her first real class as the standard and, cULture bearers. In other words they could be the class to lay the expectations, standards, and foundation for what Alyson envisions the future of Ragin Cajun Softball. This would means she is basically starting over in year 3 of her era, but really it is year 1 in her mind. The goal might be to get high schools kids(only get portal kids if a hole exist and needs to be filled) coach the kids up, recruit those same kids to stay versus spending money, time and energy via the portal. This plan could work and could back fire. Cons: The team would probably be sub par four years running before getting on track, may lose more of the loyal fan base, the program perception would be lost, NIL and portal is still moving fast. Pros: Less money, time, and energy needed to retain players versus buying portal players. I am not saying I agree with this model, nor do I even know if this is the model she may be trying to achieve. I know if this is the model she wants to try then it will still take money to make it happen, they will have to hit on almost all players, and try to keep the core players intact, and hire good coaches/recruiters to develop players to another level. Thoughts?

[JMV Just My View]

I'm now hearing Hodges might sign elsewhere.

Just signed with Missouri. I'm not crying about it. She was terrible at Arizona St.

[NewsCopy]

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[JMV Just My View]

Here is the deal. The Cajuns have 7 incoming freshmen and 3 incoming portal freshmen. 10 total freshmen with zero D1 playing time; only Favors has seen some action. This could be another rough season. Buckle up, boys.

Actually, the Cajuns would have 11 freshmen total, with zero of them having played at the college level, if you include K. Stutes, who took a redshirt season. Kennedy played in the Texas summer league. If anyone knows how she performed, let us know.

[JMV Just My View]

I will give this staff next season; heck, my outfield season ticket is only $100. NIL support not so much. I supported FB, MBB, BB, and SB this past year. Received thanks and email updates from MBB, BB, and occasionally from FB. Nothing from SB. Habetz needs to sit down with Deggs and his staff how to run a program at this level. I will not hold my breath as I believe she is too darn stubborn to accept change, i.e., watching her coaching style, trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

If the Cajuns fail to make the regionals, you will be able to upgrade into the chairback seats as a ton of seats will be available.

[SlickRick]

I watched Money Ball again a couple days ago. We may need to use a few of those techniques.

Good movie!

[Redbug58]

I watched Money Ball again a couple days ago. We may need to use a few of those techniques.

[JMV Just My View]

I will give this staff next season, heck my outfield season ticket is only $100. NIL support not so much. I supported FB,MBB,BB and SB this past year. Received thanks and email updates from MBB,BB and occasional from FB. Nothing from SB. Habetz needs to sit down with Deggs and his staff how to run a program at this level. I will not hold my breath as I believe she is too darn stubborn to accept change, i.e. watching her coaching style, trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

She never wanted to be a head coach.

[cajunref]

I will give this staff next season, heck my outfield season ticket is only $100. NIL support not so much. I supported FB,MBB,BB and SB this past year. Received thanks and email updates from MBB,BB and occasional from FB. Nothing from SB. Habetz needs to sit down with Deggs and his staff how to run a program at this level. I will not hold my breath as I believe she is too darn stubborn to accept change, i.e. watching her coaching style, trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Candice Puig.

Wish this was Manny Puig's daughter.

[JMV Just My View]

The season ticket renewal deadline is October 30th, I think. I will go watch the fall ball games, which will be over by the time this deadline comes up. If I don't see any improvement, then we will not renew after 30 seasons of having season tickets. This is where I stand concerning the 2027 softball season. This offseason has been very frustrating to say the least.

[JMV Just My View]

Here is the deal. The Cajuns have 7 incoming freshmen and 3 incoming portal freshmen. 10 total freshmen with zero D1 playing time; only Favors has seen some action. This could be another rough season. Buckle up, boys.