2008: Rest Desmo

[Just1More]

_ Of course he knows he is a senior. I don't believe he knew the nature of the injury. I didn't. Perhaps it is time for McGuire to come of age but I understand he is hurt also. I'm sure the coaching staff will make the right decision. I disagree with writing off FAU. They aint Florida. This team accept for Last Saturday has risen to each occasion. I expect them to do the same this Saturday. Where's the "D"? _

I knew DaddyCajun knew... I wrote that for your benefit. Who is writing off FAU? Have them give me a call.

[RCAJUN90]

_ I knew DaddyCajun knew... I wrote that for your benefit. Who is writing off FAU? Have them give me a call. _

Yea right governor.
Cajun nation said "We can lose this week and still win this league". Which is true but I think this team can beat FAU even without Mike. FAU isn't some SEC giant. Why would anyone call you?

[Just1More]

_ Yea right governor.
Cajun nation said "We can lose this week and still win this league". Which is true but I think this team can beat FAU even without Mike. FAU isn't some SEC giant. Why would anyone call you? _

... to talk with me... do you require everything explained to you?

Cajun Nation was primarily referring to Des needing rest. He does not know that Mike will not get better with rest. He thought if Mike were "restable", he would go with Brad this Saturday and get Mike ready for Troy and beyond.

Techincally, CajunNation is correct... but I would prefer to win out. In fact, I'm insisting on it.

T-Gov

[cajun4life]

Where's the "D"? _

Injured like the rest of the team. We lost Seth Adams for disciplinary reasons, Grant Flemming (ACL), Richard Brooks(ACL), Burkhalter(Failed drug test), Chris Richard(Back), Daylon McCoy (Hamstring) all are out and they are all playmakers on defense. So we will start two guys who we wanted to redshirt and at the beginning of the year they were 6th or 7th on the depth chart. Thats where the D went. We can't complain that we do not have depth at the LB position because every guy that is injured played very very well while in the game. Just the injury bug is more like the plague than the flu this year.

[Just1More]

We have a lot of injuries (understatement) but the teams we face have injuries too. They also have deficiencies that good coaching can exploit. Here's a small silver lining for us... no prior game film is a sure fire way to prepare for us.

Many will attest that we have had some pretty solid players come into this program over the past couple of years. Our depth is not that shabby. I'm an optimistic realist by nature and I have no reason to believe you cannot employ less experienced athletes at this point in the season to pick up a good portion of the load, and shift others around into perhaps even greater exploitation of their gifts.

Good coaching and we take FAU.

[Cajunsmike]

I think all three games are winnable with a healthy McGuire at QB....however defense will have to step up like it did in the ASU game.

F-me we were getting unstoppable before Dezmo got hurt......______!

I agree that we have a shot with a healthy Brad at QB. However, our injury situation at LB is much more severe than it was against ASU. We have a tremendous challenge on Saturday.

[RCAJUN90]

_ ... to talk with me... do you require everything explained to you?

Cajun Nation was primarily referring to Des needing rest. He does not know that Mike will not get better with rest. He thought if Mike were "restable", he would go with Brad this Saturday and get Mike ready for Troy and beyond.

Techincally, CajunNation is correct... but I would prefer to win out. In fact, I'm insisting on it.

T-Gov _

Cajun Nation was referring to Mike needing a rest and suggesting that Mike take that rest we take our chances with FAU without him. Sugesting we could risk losing the FAU game if we just win the last two. Yes he didn't understand the nature of the injury and neither did I but according to some people a few weeks will not matter. Techincally CajunNation is wrong because the whole premise started with the false notion that a weeks rest would make Mike as good as new. If some are to be believed which I have no reason to doubt them, a few days will clearly not help. Why don't you give the coaching staff a call tomorrow and tell them that we insist they win out!

[RCAJUN90]

_ Injured like the rest of the team. We lost Seth Adams for disciplinary reasons, Grant Flemming (ACL), Richard Brooks(ACL), Burkhalter(Failed drug test), Chris Richard(Back), Daylon McCoy (Hamstring) all are out and they are all playmakers on defense. So we will start two guys who we wanted to redshirt and at the beginning of the year they were 6th or 7th on the depth chart. Thats where the D went. We can't complain that we do not have depth at the LB position because every guy that is injured played very very well while in the game. Just the injury bug is more like the plague than the flu this year. _

What rotten luck we are having this year staying healthy. Again we are not playing the Gators. Maybe these not ready for primetime players might just want to shine Saturday. At least I hope.

[CajunAmos]

I agree that we have a shot with a healthy Brad at QB. However, our injury situation at LB is much more severe than it was against ASU. We have a tremendous challenge on Saturday.

Considering the one of the primary backups will be a tight end that was converted to linebacker three weeks ago, I'd say we have linebacker issues. This after having to pull the redshirt off a freshman, and converting a safety to linebacker as well.

[Boomer]

_ I agree that we have a shot with a healthy Brad at QB. However, our injury situation at LB is much more severe than it was against ASU. We have a tremendous challenge on Saturday. _

Do you know the 2 deep at the 3 linebacker positions???? How has DES 2 doing in his new defensive role???

[zephyr]

_ He needs another week off.

With the way FAU is playing right now, they will be every bit as tough to beat as Troy will be.

If he plays Saturday, and injures himself even more, the year truly will be lost.

I'm willing to let Mcguire have another shot to be the hero Saturday, or let Masson have a go if Mcguire can't.

As we have seen last Saturday, a hobbled Desmo is pretty easy to defend.

We can lose this week and still win this league.

We need a healthier Desmo for one, big, final push for the last 2 games. _

If we had a healthier McGuire, I'd say you have something here. However, we don't and his mobility may be more in doubt than Dez's and he's already not as mobile as Mike. Considering you have another redshirt Freshman who has seen little to no playing time this year, your options are pretty clear...You start Mike and hope between he and McGuire, that they can pull something off. Better yet, you get the coaching staff to prepare for this and throw some different wrinkles into the gameplan and don't rely just on the zone read offense....That might be useful.

[UL Alum93]

Coaching boys it all comes down to the "C" word. We're not dead in the water yet, still have many options and very talented players on this team, we will not win if we aren't properly coached, however if our coaches have done their homework we'll be just fine!

D needs to step up and not play soft, put the QB on his back with lots of pressure, do not give him time to throw the ball, he will pick us apart, again coaching, and we'll be just fine!

Good luck!!

See ya in N.O.