3+ year honeymoon.....

[Bandwagon King]

Obviously they don't. Or preneptual agreements would be good for more time. the fact that Hud had a three year honeymoon shows he did a good job, But when you make seven figures a year, you shouldn't be on honeymoon. He feels the heat. And if he doesn't, he should. Any time the money goes the Hud level, the heat goes way up & rightfully so.

[Duggie35]

I still think we are in good hands with Hud and fully expect him to right the ship. However, he is the highest paid Head Football Coach in Louisiana, other than Les. Therefore, I think we should hold him accountable for his $1,000,000.00 salary and his teams performance should reflect his pay. I'm Sorry, but Hud did not justify his salary this past Saturday night! We could have gotten that kind or performance from the toothpick!

[BeauCajun]

When looking at this in a 3 year stint, the only reason it appears he is accomplishing more in the 3 years than the rest of the football history is the existence of the SBC and the NOLA Bowl.

When looking at victories per 11 games and quality wins per year, Nelson did what Hud did twice before, with Brian and Jake, with much, much tougher schedules. Also, for the 3 years Nelson had a conference, we had 2 co-championships compared to the 1 for Hud.

And Nelson did all of that without the RCAF.

And all while being handcuffed by Z's favorite bud. Those who haven't followed this program as long as we have, don't realize how much Nelson Stokley did with so little.

[CameronCajun]

Would going Independent help? We could piece together a tougher schedule than the belt, but we would not have a bowl tie in to fall back on. Im OK with that.

[CajunNation]

Would going Independent help? We could piece together a tougher schedule than the belt, but we would not have a bowl tie in to fall back on. Im OK with that.

I'm convinced it would work, but only if we have a reasonable shot at a Bowl. There is no reason a Bowl couldn't be able to contract with individual schools if those schools have no conference affiliation.

Case in point, BYU:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...nco-mendenhall

Don't you think the NOLA Bowl would love to contract with us?

[CameronCajun]

Hey sign me up, i'm in!

[Stabil123]

And all while being handcuffed by Z's favorite bud. Those who haven't followed this program as long as we have, don't realize how much Nelson Stokley did with so little.

Stokley had a pretty good passer and a receiver who could get open and catch, that is not little

[Just1More]

I've never viewed it as a love affair, so a honeymoon was never in place for me. I don't view coaches that way. It took a position and starting salary that no one else was apparently ready to offer and pay to get Hud here. It took even more money to keep him here... more than once.

Do I like him as our coach? Yes. I like him "off the charts" as our coach. He's kicked us into an orbit we aren't even familiar with. Does that mean he's perfect? No. And I believe... and this is strictly my opinion... that he was able to immediately inject an enthusiasm and energy... coupled with a level of work ethic and physical conditioning... that got us jumped up to where we are. He and his staff also recruit very well... and the winning has multiplied that effect. But, I see very little improvement beyond that.

The issue is technical coaching. No need for the extreme details. But "that" is the problem right now. And perhaps Hud can kick that up a notch as well... if he humbles himself enough to agree it's true.

It was not the talent... on the field... on Saturday. Tech, in no way, has more talent than UL. They are not better athletically... and they are not more physical. They have some technical coaching that we are short on right now. Hud just needs to figure out what and who needs help... and get that help... fast.

[zakeeus]

Everybody here really needs to calm the frick down. The Cajuns lost to a better team, or at the very least did not show up when the opponent did. After baseball season some of you didn't know which shirt you wanted more, "Broadway for Heisman" or "HUD for President" Tech was picked to win the CUSA west division and unless the game Saturday was a fluke, they should be in a bowl game. Personally, I would much rather see the Cajuns lose to an I'm state rival who's only loss is to Oklahoma than some new addition Slum Belt team.

[Just1More]

Everybody here really needs to calm the frick down. The Cajuns lost to a better team, or at the very least did not show up when the opponent did. After baseball season some of you didn't know which shirt you wanted more, "Broadway for Heisman" or "HUD for President" Tech was picked to win the CUSA west division and unless the game Saturday was a fluke, they should be in a bowl game. Personally, I would much rather see the Cajuns lose to an I'm state rival who's only loss is to Oklahoma than some new addition Slum Belt team.

So you're saying by losing to an instate rival... it guarantees that we won't lose to some new addition to the SBC?

I didn't realize it worked like that.

I didn't use all caps and a bunch of exclamation points... to prove that I am indeed writing calmly.