Wolf Pack's Johnson makes his own return

[CoolCajun123]

Aww the little butt hurt gang has arrived. Welcome ladies. I'm so glad you little gals woke up.

[alum81]

No one has forced feed you anything, you can chose to believe what is written or simply do your own evaluation. What athletes pan out once they get on campus depends upon a number of factors, including putting them in the right position to succeed. You mentioned Fuselier is your favorite, you do realize he picked up offers from SMU and Louisiana Tech? Are you saying he couldn't succeed in their systems because he was over hyped?

I'm pretty certain you are younger then me, but I've been watching Cajun football since 1975 and have been a season ticket holder as an adult since 1989. There have been a number of talented athletes that have played in this program, yet this staff is the only one to bring in enough to win four bowl games and actually play in one. In your live time you had never seen a bowl team at UL until this staff hit campus and you are going to tell me how myself and others are over hyping recruiting? Take your head out your ___ son, because you have never seen enough talent at UL during any stretch of its history to get to and win four consecutive bowl games.

I won't pretend that this staff has been perfect or has not made mistakes. Every staff has done so since 1970 or you would see more bowl banners hanging around the UL campus today. The bottom line is you have witnessed the greatest stretch of football in the history of this university under Mark Hudspeth. I won't say it has been a stretch without flaws or its ups and downs, but when someone lectures me about the lack of talent in this program right now and doesn't have the history to fall back to put things in context, I tend to give their statements about what someone else is selling very little credibility.

Dude I'm older than you and I'm telling you coach Stokley and Bustle feilded teams with way more talent than we have this year. The schedules were much tougher then also. Yeah Hud has done some great things but recruiting better players is not one of them sorry.

[Turbine]

Dude I'm older than you and I'm telling you coach Stokley and Bustle feilded teams with way more talent than we have this year. The schedules were much tougher then also. Yeah Hud has done some great things but recruiting better players is not one of them sorry.

You are correct and here is why.

Stokley had 3,000 more athletes to cherry pick from, and 30 fewer teams to schedule against.

With Bustle it was more like 800 more players in the D1 recruiting pool and 8 fewer teams to schedule.

Right now the D1 talent poll is diluted and so is scheduling, especially in conference.

Going Independent or moving to a better conference are the only two sure fire methods to reverse the trend.

Given the numbers (approximations by the way) a 9-4 record today is just as big of an accomplishment as it would have been in the Stokley and Bustle eras.

[ZoomZoom]

It amazes me this dead ars horse gets beaten so much around here. TOPS is used in this manner by EVERY university in the state in EVERY program. It has nothing to do with your favorite local high school athletic star, or the "one that got away". Even if an instate player is "offered", if a player qualifies for TOPS, TOPS it is, a straight business decision.

It would have been a shame to miss out on a 'Zo Harris because a third string WR was local and TOPS qualified, and we used a scholarship instead of TOPS.

It's just that back side hurt time of year because "junior" isn't being recruited by UL.

[Zeebart21]

It amazes me this dead ars horse gets beaten so much around here. TOPS is used in this manner by EVERY university in the state in EVERY program. It has nothing to do with your favorite local high school athletic star, or the "one that got away". Even if an instate player is "offered", if a player qualifies for TOPS, TOPS it is, a straight business decision.

It would have been a shame to miss out on a 'Zo Harris because a third string WR was local and TOPS qualified, and we used a scholarship instead of TOPS.

It's just that back side hurt time of year because "junior" isn't being recruited by UL.

You're welcome. Is he being a whiny _____, like toolcajun123?

Z

[CoolCajun123]

Haha this is starting to get fun ladies.

[Zeebart21]

Haha this is starting to get fun ladies.

Actually, its only mildly amusing. Never has proving someone wrong, such as yourself, been so easy to do on this board.

Ho hum....

I'll allow you to have the last word.. Go!

Z

[CajunT]

Dude I'm older than you and I'm telling you coach Stokley and Bustle feilded teams with way more talent than we have this year. The schedules were much tougher then also. Yeah Hud has done some great things but recruiting better players is not one of them sorry.

Your entitled to your opinion dude, but collectively over four seasons there has never been more talent in the program then under Hudspeth. Yes, there have been many talented athletes in the program like Mitchell, Tillman, Taylor, Green, Stokely and others during good years. But there has never been more talent collectively as a group during any stretch of UL football history. Hell, even Baldwin had some talent at times like Fred Stamps and Taylor.

As for Bustle, how was his schedules any tougher then what Hudspeth has played? They are in the same darn conference and don't tell me how good North Texas was when they were winning the conference. Stokes played better schedules at times because the only conference he was in at anytime was the Big West. But there were seasons were he didn't play much better if at all. As I said, the bottom line are results!

[CajunT]

It amazes me this dead ars horse gets beaten so much around here. TOPS is used in this manner by EVERY university in the state in EVERY program. It has nothing to do with your favorite local high school athletic star, or the "one that got away". Even if an instate player is "offered", if a player qualifies for TOPS, TOPS it is, a straight business decision.

It would have been a shame to miss out on a 'Zo Harris because a third string WR was local and TOPS qualified, and we used a scholarship instead of TOPS.

It's just that back side hurt time of year because "junior" isn't being recruited by UL.

It's actually pretty funny when you sit down and listen to stories about recruiting not just about football, but other sports. Coach Robichaux had a few interesting stories about local products and parents getting ____ed because he told them their kid needs to play junior college ball. Heard a few from Coach Lotief as well. As you stated, some parents think because their kid isn't good enough to get any interest from LSU that UL should take them regardless of their level of talent. The same thing went on when Bustle was here, some local parents were ____ed because their son had offers from Central Arkansas and Delta State, but he should have been offered by UL in football. There is no doubt all coaches miss on recruits at times, but I never get upset at a staff if they decide not to offer a kid that has no FBS offers.

[alum81]

Your entitled to your opinion dude, but collectively over four seasons there has never been more talent in the program then under Hudspeth. Yes, there have been many talented athletes in the program like Mitchell, Tillman, Taylor, Green, Stokely and others during good years. But there has never been more talent collectively as a group during any stretch of UL football history. Hell, even Baldwin had some talent at times like Fred Stamps and Taylor.

As for Bustle, how was his schedules any tougher then what Hudspeth has played? They are in the same darn conference and don't tell me how good North Texas was when they were winning the conference. Stokes played better schedules at times because the only conference he was in at anytime was the Big West. But there were seasons were he didn't play much better if at all. As I said, the bottom line are results!

Do you count Hud's first two years as his recuites? I only count the last 2 and it has dropped off quite a bit.

Do you think the Sunbelt is as strong as it was when Bustle was here? I don't think so.

[CajunT]

Do you count Hud's first two years as his recuites? I only count the last 2 and it has dropped off quite a bit.

Do you think the Sunbelt is as strong as it was when Bustle was here. I don't think so.

So Ringo, Hamilton, Peoples and others didn't play?


So you are telling me that other then Troy a 5-6 SBC champion North Texas, Bad ULM and start up programs at FIU and FAU were better? Not until much later.

[ManAboutTown]

To take it a step further, who's developing our QB's? Broadway regressed each year he was here, and IMO, was not used enough as a passer.. Another clue that the scheme is the scheme and that's all there is to it..