My vision for Lamar University is simple. Make the necessary changes to make this Football team better by attracting new fans and better recruits.
The most simple solution is winning. Winning cures everything. Unfortunately we won't win much without the best recruits. Here are some ideas I have for the near future.
New uniforms: We need an all white storm trooper look, a red jersey of course and then some sort of alternate jersey with metallic or all black. Get the kids excited. When you look good, you feel good. When you feel good, you play good. Play good...... WIN.
Marketing: We need to spread the word a lot better than we are doing currently. Lamar is not the talk of the town. High School football is. When people around here talk college football they talk about UT, LSU and Texas A&M. No one cares about Lamar. We need to change that. Introduce some promos, incentives for showing up at the game, make people want to come!!
Game Atmosphere: It's stale. We already aren't playing interesting teams at home. We need to figure out how to spice things up a bit. The Lamar Band would be a start. They need something that grabs attention. The band is good, don't get me wrong, but it's like watching any local high school perform. Take a look at what Ohio State does during halftime. We can easily get that done on a smaller scale. It's not hard to get iPads to everyone and learn those sorts of movements. We just need to make it smaller with less people. The band can get a crowd going in the stands with the right songs.
The students need to band together for this team. Show up in droves and get nuts. What else is there to do in Beaumont on a Saturday night? Nothing.
On a larger scale: We need a better stadium. It's just old and outdated. Nice scoreboard and great turf but that's really where it ends. We need a stadium that matches the field house amenities.
Let's get there. GO BIG RED.