Louisiana's 2015 Quarterback Situation

[ULalum06]

I don't think Nixon or Haack will be our QB. I feel a third presence.

[CajunRage]

I don't think Nixon or Haack will be our QB. I feel a third presence.

Braxton Miller???

[ULalum06]

Braxton Miller???

I hope he goes anywhere but kitty cat land and there team continues it's magnificent spiral downwards.

[VObserver]

Did Nixon stay in New Orleans??? Was he dressed as the OSU QB??? I think we are gonna see some of that stuff come the Fall--Looked like some of his runs in the past and it was the difference in the game tonight---QBs gots to have dem legs these days!!!

Boomer, unless our coaches have all gone daft, Nixon will be a running back or something else besides a QB next season. You do NOT put a guy as your starting QB who is one party away from being disqualified from participating in football, no matter how good he might be. I agree that he is a very good athlete.,, and needs to play somewhere. Just not at QB.

[Boomer]

Boomer, unless our coaches have all gone daft, Nixon will be a running back or something else besides a QB next season. You do NOT put a guy as your starting QB who is one party away from being disqualified from participating in football, no matter how good he might be. I agree that he is a very good athlete.,, and needs to play somewhere. Just not at QB.

-----------VOB--the coaches didn't wait till next year---Upon his becoming eligible this year he was immediately played in some packages-----UL football history along with many NCAA sports ones are filled with athletes who have gotten into all sorts of troubles far worse than what Nixon did----Some have been failures and some great success stories---I choose to leave that decision to the guys on the inside and wish that we would allow this kid's future to play out!!!

[zephyr]

Yes I was on a roster at the college level. Made poor decisions during a coaching change and ended my football career. Was an all SBC athlete in Track & Field, then went into the military.

Married with 2 boys another due next month.
16 years in the military and counting, Bradley Commander and now Blackhawk Pilot.
2.5 years as a Mud Engineer for Halliburton.
6 months as a Pilot for Bristow.
Just sold my house is SMP and soon to build back in Vermillion Parish.
I like long walks on the beach, techno music and my favorite color is black.
I don't put out on the first date.
Anything else you wanna know?

I was actually going to ask you to explain to us low IQ'ers about the game of football and how we've missed the boat on projecting player success but then I read this post and had a small chuckle or two.....

[CajunJack55]

Not at a mid-major, but arguably one of the top 3 QB's in the league was not a starter at Michigan.

Tom Brady was playing behind a QB who won a National Championship when he was an underclassman. He then went on to start every game his junior and senior year..hardly a fair comparison.

[zephyr]

If Haack doesn't get a decent shot at the starting job...does he transfer. I'm only saying this so that when Jalen Nixon starts under center we don't have to look back and wonder where everything went so wrong.

A shot? He is going to go into the spring as the number 1 on the depth chart. Technically, it will be his job to lose. He will be given every opportunity to win the job and flourish.

[CajunRage]

I was actually going to ask you to explain to us low IQ'ers about the game of football and how we've missed the boat on projecting player success but then I read this post and had a small chuckle or two.....

You weren't the only one....

[zephyr]

Boomer, answer me this. Why could BG not beat out Des? He was by far the better QB.

I'm not sure where this is going as I'm only reading bits and pieces but BG was redshirted during Des's senior season plus you have Masson and Mcguire in front of him.

[Just1More]

A shot? He is going to go into the spring as the number 1 on the depth chart. Technically, it will be his job to lose. He will be given every opportunity to win the job and flourish.

I'm not absolutely sure this is true. It all depends on our staff deciding which direction they're going with offensive philosophy. They could decide that they want a dual threat QB, criticizing (perhaps) Haack's mobility, and devaluing his passing abilities... while grading Nixon and Davis higher on an overall balance. I believe the QB race is as much to do with what direction the coaches take the bulk offensive philosophy, as it is the competitive abilities of the prospective QBs.

I think this is what C4L is pointing to. As far as he's concerned, he wants the headiest ball distribution passing expert in our backfield. He'd award that start right now to Haack, and force him to prove him wrong. That would require IMO a deliberate decision, upfront, that we're exercising the passing game to it's fullest extent. If not, we recruited a head and arm out of Katy Texas that C4L thinks some FCS program will relish.

Personally, I don't think the fight is among our QBs. I think the battle is in the head of our offensive coaching staff (obviously with Hud at the helm). And the future QB will selected by those decisions more than the actual competitive abilities of our stable of QBs.

[CajunEXPRESS]

The Bustle staff thought he was not getting the mental end of the game. If they had given him a real chance Bustle may have been successful enough to string out another year or two. Hud quickly saw he was the best of the three.

I guess fate and a dumb azz coach got us Hud.