Originally Posted by
jonathanbowden
Last night I was able to catch the end of the ULM game, and though I grew up 1/2 way between Tech and ULM, I have NEVER rooted for them. In fact, one of my life goals was NOT to go to ULM, ha.
When I first saw the camo jerseys, I rolled my eyes and thought "oh brother...". But then, as much as I tried to fight it, I could help but be proud of their program, coming back from a 10 point halftime defect, with a stadium 3/4 full of passionate fans, become unstoppable on both sides of the ball vs a mid major opponent. They actually controlled the game the second half, and could have easily scored at the end.
And then I thought about other Louisiana programs that I normally consider "second rate" over the years, namely ULL. My wife and her entire large family grew up in Lafayette, but went to Tech with Me. NOBODY in the family even cares about ULL football, and yet I know they have a good chance at beating us this year.
Which brings me to my point – It's a miserable time to be a Louisiana Tech Die Hard Fan. I live in Austin (and have lived in los angeles, houston, and boulder previously), and regularly wear my LaTech hat, shirts, and shorts year round. It used to be a good point of conversation, but now people just laugh. Seriously! When people find out I'm from Louisiana, they always ask "oh your an LSU fan" to which I respond "no, LaTech!". This will not change!
I don't mean to be all doom and gloom, but to be realistic, this is the lowest point I have ever seen the program. I could honestly see us going 2-10, 1-11, or even winless this year.
Skip Holtz is the worst Div 1 coach I have ever witnessed. It could not be any more apparent that he is here simply for a pay check. And waiting on us to fire him to get two more years of free paychecks. I have nothing against the man personally, only with his professional role, which he is failing at miserably. And the biggest thing for me is not the wins or losses. It is his complete lack of passion, and how that trickles down to every other part of our program. I could sum it up with this quote:
"You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries, they only asked one question after a man died, 'Did he have passion?"
Sadly, their is no fire in Skip, or in the entirety of our program. Skip needs to be fired, young blood (ie not a former coaches son working off the family name) needs to be brought in, and the FIGHT in LaTech needs to be brought back.
2 years ago when we were having the season of a lifetime, I remember one person on here added an "eliTe" signature with the LaTech "T" to the end of his post. ARE YOU SERIOUS? We have 1 good season and you label our program ELITE?? What really ticked me off was that it was directly aimed at being the elite school in Louisiana. We may have been the best that year, but their is this saying about pride, something about it preceding something else...
I hope we win every game this year, but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't beat another Louisiana team this season. Get rid of the pride, bring back the fight.
I will always be a die hard Louisiana Tech fan, I just want to see some of my passion reflected in the actual program.
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