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Do you think they will keep atleast 1 coach in some capacity
for recruiting reasons? I think they should keep coach
Mason due to his recruiting ties and coaching experience through the state of Louisiana. He is from Arkansas and played under Lou Holtz. He has Arkansas ties for recruiting and has been recruiting Louisiana hard for over 20+ years with coaching stints at Northwestern 3 times, ULM, Tulane and UL. What is your opinion if anyone at all should be kept?
In my opinion this is 100% up to the next coach, he should have free reign.
I do have a loose suggestion, if a coach comes in who has never been a head coach it would only be smart to retain a "rope knower" on staff.
If he has head coaching experience he has been there done that and UL won't have to worry about him being paid to learn as he goes.
Having said that I understand you are really asking; Who of the current assistant coaches is highly thought of locally?
Keep the Florida connection.
Obviously our perception in Louisiana is about as bad as it could be. We need a revamp.
igeaux.mobi
I would like to see us keep Gerald Broussard as the OL coach and keep Hurley Brown as the DB coach as he is an excellent recruiter out of Florida. Other than that maybe keep Kevin Fourquier as a positional defensive coach, maybe LB's. Tim Rebowe from what I been told from people who have worked in the college ranks really like him as a person and trust him as a recruiter.
Run them all
igeaux.mobi
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Originally Posted by waterboy
I'll drink to that!!:D:
Considering how poor our WR production has been with an inability to get separation, dropped balls etc I would not be in favor of retaining him.Quote:
Originally Posted by nsudemon10
I don't know about Fourquier even being a LB coach because he was never a position coach here for me to be able to make a honest opinion, but I would be in favor of keeping Hudson if he would stay as the O-Line coach. When he was strictly the Oline coach, we had some very good lines and I always saw improvement, since he's become the O-Coordinator, there has been a decline in the position. If he would be willing to be moved to being the O-line coach and take a pay cut in doing so, I'd be all in favor of retaining him.
Looking at a numerical roster in one of this years programs I see zero players from Arkansas, so if Mason has these Arkansas ties, he is sure not utilizing them. Our receivers consistently drop passes and run some of the poorest routes I have ever seen. Him being kept would be about on par with Lustig being kept.Quote:
Originally Posted by nsudemon10
I question some of his personnel decisions on the line and his refusal to pull a guy out, even if for a play or two, if he is continually screwing up. CajunT questioned him about that last year and his explanation was pretty weak at best. And then we saw the same thing again this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by TuffGuy84
I have no problems keeping Hurley Brown. He is our main recruiting source in Florida and has been responsible for some really good players. Our DB's have been solid for the past several years and I would hope they would consider keeping him.
Hurley is my top pick for retention.
I would hope the new coach keeps 2 or 3 for continuity. Think Rebowe should be seriously considered. He is well thought of by high school coaches, and his connections in the River Parishes are strong.
Not the offensive or defensive coordinators. Only Tim Rebowe and Gerald Broussard IMO. They are solid coaches. remember tim rebowe almost left last year to take a head coaching job a nicholls. I like him and hope he stays.
It will be very interesting to see who the next coach will retain, if any. I think it would be wise to keep a couple of key people. There are no miracle workers among the head coaches we're hiring. It is foolish to think that we are flushing a load of losers and just because new names show up, we are good to go.
In year one especially, of this new coach's UL stint, he is going to need some transition pieces to move from the known system to his system. Personally, I would retain one defensive and one offensive coach from the prior staff for year one... and make staff changes later as needed.
I agree like most people that we really need a good south Louisiana/east Texas recruiting capability. Most people will tell you that for UL football, to pluck a few gemstones from the area, the head coach has to have some exceptional recruiting style.
I believe there are two schools on recruiting for a program like UL. One, we have to have a head coach that can sit down with an exceptional local athlete and his parents and put that young man at UL. Second, the staff needs to be able to assess talent in the high probability UL recruiting zones, but are overlooked by other larger programs. Unless our new coach gets some really interesting known person as OC or DC, I can't see one of them being the big draw to the program. The HC has got to be a great deal closer on the recruiting trail.
Although I think we've done ok... Bustle was notorious for not getting many marquee athletes... and we as fans have been forced to accept "the word" that the guys we did recruit were diamonds that everyone else in the mid major ranks overlooked. Some have been... some have not.
Here are some FACTS/OPINIONS to ponder.....
(1) Although we each have our favorites, we stunk it up against some mediocre Sun Belt competition and who has to take the heat for that? The Chief AND his Indians.
(2) If all of these guys are such good recruiters, where are the consistent WINS, the bowl appearances and long list of all SUN BELT athletes who stepped it up in the second half of every game?
(3) I agree with a previous post..... Keeping one coach from each side of the ball makes good sense ... FOR US.
(4) If the new coach wisely does that, those coaches must be GOOD coaches and popular with HS coaches in THIS area - Rebowe and Broussard certainly fit that bill. Other coaches will be hired to replace all the others who have the same connections in Texas and Florida....make book on that. After all, the ones with supposed strong ties have not exactly cornered those markets.
(5) Sadly, the others must go...but they will land somewhere...they always do as they keep their options open 24/7. The smart ones always have contingency plans because MOST, if not all, have already been introduced to that beast in the business.
(6) Bustle did not get Marque players nor did Baldy, Robertson, Stokes, Tam or Faulkinberry. Their coaches landed a few good players who were ATHLETES FIRST and luckily molded their few into BETTER players.....other hot shots who signed on through those years (that the sports information dept. did magnificent releases on) did not work out because they were not hot shots after all. We will rarely, if ever, beat the eminent mother you know who in the next town over, and if we do, I doubt the player is a 28.5 star rated recruit that every school in America is after. Many that go to the next level from here usually draw the comment...."Who woulda thought?"
(7) What's the big hurry on hiring a future early retiree anyway? The many that we think would do well here certainly want a coaching life hereafter....therefore many will never be interested in the graveyard shift that our Gulf States/Southland/Independent/Whatever West/Sun Belt self has historically been?
(8) Thanks Doc and thanks Raymond for helping to create that....on second thought, NO THANKS! It really WASN'T a pleasure dealing with either of you.
(9) But it was with Coach Bustle. He's all class and is genuinely a nice guy.
(10) Its too bad that nice guys have to sometimes finish last.....even when the finish is caused by 10+ key injuries and a weak S&C guy and a "bigtime" shoestring budget.