Hudspeth explains postgame rant

[Bandwagon King]

I think his comments were aimed at people just like you. We had a record breaking season and it's just not good enough for you because we didn't have a shut out defense.

We had only one defensive first team all sunbelt, one second team and one honorable mention. We only had three senior starters returning and with Gillis getting hurt, the defense was throw into a unusual line up. We had 3 out of 4 starter on the D line returning and only two other wise on the D and one of those got hurt and was out for the season. Also with injuries to Tig, Chris Hill and Anayama the LB corps were constantly getting moved around. There were injuries at all areas of the D and it's tough to build a cohesive unit with all that going on. But hey it's football and injuries will happen.....but as fans we should look at the WHOLE year not just a few choice areas that you think will confirm what you think.

These players and coaches have accomplished more than anyone else before them and they deserve all the praise and admiration we can give them for giving us such times of plenty and the deserve none of the hate and negativity that this board seems to love to spew.

I'm with coach....haters start jumping....we can't afford the drag you are putting on our high speed bus!

Are you over yourself yet? This has to be the _____ commentary I've read this year.

[Crawfish]

Maybe not, but if fans are bashing his team and he stands up for them, I can't blame him. It is amazing that fans can spout off anything they feel like and expect the people they are dissing to take a blind ear to it. Fans have a right to say anything they want, but should not get all butt-hurt if the coach disagrees.

You got it mostly right, but a coach chiding fans is never, ever a smart move.

[zephyr]

Nope...just a arrogant, know it all, sarcastic, _______....sorry was that to truthful?

No, it just goes once again to support my statement that you truly do NOT value anybody else's opinion as you continuously say you do.

[Just1More]

I know of almost no one that "bashed" the team or any particular players on the team. Hud purely reacted to two things... the comments made about how bad the defensive "SCHEME" is (and it is)... and the fact that we lost to ULM and USA. There were never any insults shot directly at the players or the team. Did some people think we played "flat" uninspired football over the last few games? Yes, some did. It appears Hud did too. "We need to play with more fire". But that is not "bashing" the team.

There are times bashing occurs on this forum. And there is good reason to... and good ways to... try and squelch it. But to arbitrarily "bash the bashers" on a thread that had no reason to go that direction... is a misapplication of emotion. And it is counterproductive to eliminating "bashing".

Geaux Cajuns! Beat the Green Ripple!

[Crawfish]

Call it what you want, but I have been reading this stuff. Regardless it makes no sense to say that the coach cannot defend his team if he disagrees with what is being said.

Bottom line; you have the right to say it, and he has the right to respond. I am not happy with the way the team has performed over the last couple of games, but some of this stuff was clearly over the top. (yes I was reading the game thread) If you want freedom of speach, that knife can cut both ways.

I know of almost no one that "bashed" the team or any particular players on the team. Hud purely reacted to two things... the comments made about how bad the defensive "SCHEME" is (and it is)... and the fact that we lost to ULM and USA. There were never any insults shot directly at the players or the team. Did some people think we played "flat" uninspired football over the last few games? Yes, some did. It appears Hud did too. "We need to play with more fire". But that is not "bashing" the team.

There are times bashing occurs on this forum. And there is good reason to... and good ways to... try and squelch it. But to arbitrarily "bash the bashers" on a thread that had no reason to go that direction... is a misapplication of emotion. And it is counterproductive to eliminating "bashing".

Geaux Cajuns! Beat the Green Ripple!

[moorecajun]

And speaking of BASHING ... let's get ready for our 3rd Annual New Orleans Bowl Bash as we prepare to put a BASHING on the Tulane Green Wave!

On one side you will have the green wave, and on the other the RED SEA!

Go red ... GEAUX CAJUNS!

[Bigbuf]

Call it what you want, but I have been reading this stuff. Regardless it makes no sense to say that the coach cannot defend his team if he disagrees with what is being said.

Bottom line; you have the right to say it, and he has the right to respond. I am not happy with the way the team has performed over the last couple of games, but some of this stuff was clearly over the top. (yes I was reading the game thread) If you want freedom of speach, that knife can cut both ways.

And it's the over the top bashing that I am referring to. And From the comments on other threads and private messages that I have received, from some long time posters, I know I am not am not even close to being the only one that think this.

If you fit into the category of over the top, overtly critical, unprofessional type criticism or bashing then my post was aimed at you...if not then disregard.

It's amazing how some people say that fans should not be chided for emotional comments and then chide HUD for doing the same.

[Bandwagon King]

Call it what you want, but I have been reading this stuff. Regardless it makes no sense to say that the coach cannot defend his team if he disagrees with what is being said.

Bottom line; you have the right to say it, and he has the right to respond. I am not happy with the way the team has performed over the last couple of games, but some of this stuff was clearly over the top. (yes I was reading the game thread) If you want freedom of speach, that knife can cut both ways.

This thread is now over the top. You could keep picking at this sore to infinity and it's just going to be like a dog chasing his tail around endlessly. The point is there were hundreds of fans who traveled hundreds of miles with the team to the ghettos of Mobile, Alabama. They don't have the priviledge of getting off a bus fifty feet from the entrance to the stadium. They have to park a mile away in some instances and walk through some of the most poverty stricken neighborhoods in the South, both ways - in the dark. And they made a hell of an effort in following the team there In the $h!++!@st of weather.

The only commentary which was appropriate at that particular time concerning the fans was I'm sorry we played like crap in front of our fans who have shown great support to our program over the past three seasons. I take full responsibility when we perform this way, and I promise to do everything in my power to assure it won't happen again. Rant out = Everyone happy.

Anything else has everyone head scratching, and those who defend such rants without sound reasoning continue to show they are koolaid drinking idiots who deserve any crap shoveled to them by the powers that be.

[Just1More]

It's amazing how some people say that fans should not be chided for emotional comments and then chide HUD for doing the same.

So you don't think there's a difference in one of our students saying, "my professor sucks" on Facebook... as opposed to Dr. Savoie saying, "my students suck"... on live TV? There is a difference. A coach should not chastise fans for being critical. It is not the same as fans being critical of a coach. It isn't the same. It has nothing to do with "freedom of speech". It has to do with the position the person holds, the venue, and the appropriateness of the comment.

If we're talking about "game time threads"... are you saying that if someone writes "Brauchle can't be counted on to make this field goal"... or "Terrance is overthrowing his receivers"... that's "bashing" the player in your opinion? That's the worst I usually read.

Now you will read me writing, "this stupid defensive scheme sucks". Is that bashing someone? Or is that my disliking a scheme? Is that "over the top"? I just don't see it that way.

And to be quite honest... I'm probably a lot more sick of the posts against this magnificient fan base, down to the individual that at least buys a ticket, than I am about how rough our coaches or administration have it at UL. I'm major league disgusted by the attempts to "set the fan base straight"... in fact. You see... Jay Walker wouldn't want to interview me on KPEL. I'd make it abundantly clear what the Ragin Cajun fan has put up with as compared to what the coaches and administration have. And only "one side of that knife would cut". And it would cut to the bone. You'll have to trust me on this... I would guarantee that no coach or administrator or radio host EVER made another derogatory comment toward the Cajun nation... or the Cajun fan.

You could call me a "defender of the Ragin Cajun fan". And I'm "armed to the teeth" I guarantee you. If given more than this keyboard... I assure you I could rip anyone you put in front of me to shreds about "being critical of the Cajun fan". The last human on this planet that I think needs a scolding is a "Ragin Cajun fan". And that includes the foul-mouthed air breather that rants on here on game day threads. He's paid his dues.

I've said my last on this. Enjoy the festivities this week, Bigbuf. I plan to.

Geaux Cajuns! Beat the Green Ripple!!!

[Bigbuf]

Well...there you have it folks.

I certainly will enjoy myself this week...heading up on Thursday, making the bowl luncheon, do some Christmas shopping, maybe play a little golf at TPC, maybe some gambling at Harrah's...oh and watch UL whip some _____!