UL adds defensive consultant to staff

[ulforlife]

Interesting

[cajunfan337]

Lol, just like our AD, apparently our coaches can't get their jobs done without having a consultant...

I mean really? The guy who was dismissed because he's got a drug problem? Boy I hope this works out

[CajunFan89]

So we hired a guy to tell us our defense needs improvement... Excellent

[zephyr]

So we hired a guy to tell us our defense needs improvement... Excellent

Yeah, the minute I heard this I actually became more concerned. We have to hire someone to dissect our issues? Is it that hard to determine what our defensive problems, namely in pass defense, are and do we need a 3rd person perspective on this? Either our staff is truly befuddled about this (which would be scary) or, they are possibly at odds with how to improve the play? This is kind of disturbing.

[CajunJack55]

Yeah, the minute I heard this I actually became more concerned. We have to hire someone to dissect our issues? Is it that hard to determine what our defensive problems, namely in pass defense, are and do we need a 3rd person perspective on this? Either our staff is truly befuddled about this (which would be scary) or, they are possibly at odds with how to improve the play? This is kind of disturbing.

NOt really disturbing. Not sure what his role will be or even the length of his stay, but they could just have him come in, look at film, see the type of players we are dealing with considering all our injuries and throw out some suggestions based on his observations....kind of like a consultant does.

[Big Buds]

Its a fresh set of eyes that is all. It is helpfully to get an outside perspective...someone who is not in too deep.

[zephyr]

NOt really disturbing. Not sure what his role will be or even the length of his stay, but they could just have him come in, look at film, see the type of players we are dealing with considering all our injuries and through out some suggestions based on his observations....kind of like a consultant does.

Well, that is obviously one way to look at it but the fact that we have to hire an outside consultant is scary enough. This is not a fortune 500 company conducting an audit, this is a football team that has coaches in place to be figuring these exact things out.

[Clutch0364]

Personally I think this is a way to get him in the door here and possibly take a spot on the coaching staff for next season.

[CrazyCajun]

Personally I think this is a way to get him in the door here and possibly take a spot on the coaching staff for next season.

If he has a spot here, won't be looking very hard for a spot elsewhere

[Cajunjeb]

Well, that is obviously one way to look at it but the fact that we have to hire an outside consultant is scary enough. This is not a fortune 500 company conducting an audit, this is a football team that has coaches in place to be figuring these exact things out.

I think it's a smart move. Why does something have to be reserved for the business world? As Luke Johnson said in his chat. A fresh set of eyes would be best. A different perspective. That's being responsible. That's what an owner does who cares about his business. Hud knows what he has here is special and it looks like he is doing the smart, responsible thing.

[ltee67]

I will admit that when I think "shutdown defense", the Red Raiders are pretty far down the list.
A question about Rebowe. Bill bentley, white, etc were good but not lock down studs when they were here. They get free agent deals in the nfl and we find out they are really good DBs. I dont think UL coaching turned them into NFL caliber type players. Is it possible that Rebowe cannot coach these talented guys to their full potential? Is it possible that with a different coach they would have been studs at UL? We always seem to be moving guys around n the back end. Just a thought.

Tim Rebowe coached Linebackers from 2008 to 2010.

[basinbear]

Lets support our Head Coach in this fellas. I can tell you this, I really do not care who improves this and obviously Hud sees a problem so lets get the problem or problems fixed......period