Starting QB position still open after spring game

[Just1More]

WOW
You folks are sounding like LSU, best athletes but poor coaching , so you want tooth pick back?

I don't understand the insult. Toothpick is an answer to nothing. And the comments don't mean that Hud and his staff (new ones) are incapable of doing better. Hud has injected massive energy and enthusiasm into preparation, and he's created an unparalleled strength and conditioning system like none before him. His PR capabilities have incrementally improved our recruiting. I also think he's created discipline, leading to really solid execution. It's simply too limited to beat equal to better teams. We will not beat Tech or Kentucky with our past defensive philosophy. I also believe... and don't know why anyone would argue it... that our QB has got to be capable of tossing the ball to short, middle and deep in order to seriously take every SBC... but especially even a better defense... out of our backfield and out of Elijah's grill this coming year. Again... we kick butt against weak programs. We need to coach not to beat weak programs... but to take out the better teams on the schedule. The weak will fall either way... we have better athletes.

[Just1More]

First I don't need a dictionary, my comments were based on the jist of the post that the problem was coaching. Everyone is entitled to theories opinion but not there own fact. Don't intend to be argumentative, but I've been a fan and supporter for a long, long time and these past few years have been a lot of fun, and a great time to be a Cajun fan, and notwithstanding most post here I appreciate and respect all involved for the success

I've watched every game for over 4 decades... and have massively enjoyed what Hud has done. I don't think talking up our athletes does anything but credit Hud. But where we've fallen short... it's been coaching decisions defensively (big time)... and a very methodical, predictable offense... that won't beat really good programs. That isn't slamming our coaches. They have every opportunity (and the ability) to rectify those past deficiencies. I'm confident they will.

[Stabil123]

I don't understand the insult. Toothpick is an answer to nothing. And the comments don't mean that Hud and his staff (new ones) are incapable of doing better. Hud has injected massive energy and enthusiasm into preparation, and he's created an unparalleled strength and conditioning system like none before him. His PR capabilities have incrementally improved our recruiting. I also think he's created discipline, leading to really solid execution. It's simply too limited to beat equal to better teams. We will not beat Tech or Kentucky with our past defensive philosophy. I also believe... and don't know why anyone would argue it... that our QB has got to be capable of tossing the ball to short, middle and deep in order to seriously take every SBC... but especially even a better defense... out of our backfield and out of Elijah's grill this coming year. Again... we kick butt against weak programs. We need to coach not to beat weak programs... but to take out the better teams on the schedule. The weak will fall either way... we have better athletes.

Ok you win I agree

[Just1More]

Ok you win I agree

No! You must argue! LOL

[Stabil123]

No! You must argue! LOL

GO CAJUN's we're going to have an amazing football season
Keep the faith

[Just1More]

GO CAJUN's we're going to have an amazing football season
Keep the faith

Geaux Cajuns!

[SlickRick]

GO CAJUN's we're going to have an amazing football season
Keep the faith

Geaux Cajuns!

PS...I love our current staff and think they have done and are doing an excellent job. They will play more aggressively this season due to changes in the defensive coaching staff and some serious depth on the back end.

Offensively, once we lost Jamal R. last season, we had a hard time finding offense beyond Elijah. TB struggled finding another "favorite" receiver and with accuracy and arm strength, all of which limited options on offense. I see Haack spreading the field and forcing defenses to pick their poison. Should be interesting!

[zephyr]

Does haack play defense? I have been talking offense this entire thread, we will not out athlete power 5 OOC teams with a zone read. They have DE that are as fast as our QB's and RB's. Being bigger up front has gotten us every where we have been in the sunbelt under Hud. People stack 10 in the box and we still run it. You will not do that against bigger, faster defenses. Like I said earlier, if we want to have the big wins.. We have to be able to execute every facet of an offense. You aren't gonna win the big games being one dimensional. We have been one dimensional but successful in conference play because we are... For the most part, bigger,stronger faster and in better shape than most of the sunbelt.

We get run on too. We are nowhere near a top of the SBC defense. How is that outmanning anybody? By your assessment, Ga Southern must have the best athletes in the conference since nobody can stop their running game either. The original poster said "out-athlete" which we all know is not even a word. We don't out-athlete anybody across the board. We have some very good athletes at many positions but we are not heads and tails above most SBC schools. Its a simple argument that you are turning into something it shouldn't be. I don't even know where Haack comes in to play in this entire argument....

[zephyr]

I have a hard time disagreeing with anything you said here. I do believe we have better athletes across the board. I do believe our coaching philosophy has been overly conservative for the most part, especially last year.

I hope to see a significant improvement defensively this year, which should allow Coach Johnson the opportunity to take more risks. There is too much experience on the D staff this year for Hud to get overly involved in the game-plans each week, so we will some NFL type coverages with blitz packages etc. We will give up some big plays too, but hopefully not too many.

Hud can spin all he wants about who will be the starter, but Haack will start against the Wildcats as long as he is healthy. Brooks is no Metenberger in the pocket either. He's got good wheels, and can move the chains if and when the pocket breaks down. He's not Broadway or Gauthier, but he's not immobile either. He is a polished passer who makes quick reads and gets the ball out quickly. And, as Hud stated, he's the best deep ball passer he's ever seen. We have a ton of weapons on offense and if they can spread it out, similar to how the Saints do it, I can see us doing some real damage this year.

Athletes usually make coaches look really good. They can win games for you when coaching may not always be at its best. This is not the case for us. We have to show up every game and have most of our facets of our game working well in order to get a W....even in this conference. I like the level of athlete we are getting but we are fooling ourselves into thinking we are that much better than many of the other SBC schools in that regard. USA has outrecruited the rest of the SBC in that regard (when looking at recruiting rankings) which is a big reason you've seen such a jump in their success in such a short period of time. ASU has always recruited well, especially on the defensive side of the ball. WKU did the same thing before they left. Despite what Crazycajun says, we are physically dominating everyone in our league. We ran the ball well because we had a good scheme and the personnel to pull it off. Ga Southern does it but does it even better than we do it but I don't think any of us will annoint them the most athletic team in our league.

[CrazyCajun]

We get run on too. We are nowhere near a top of the SBC defense. How is that outmanning anybody? By your assessment, Ga Southern must have the best athletes in the conference since nobody can stop their running game either. The original poster said "out-athlete" which we all know is not even a word. We don't out-athlete anybody across the board. We have some very good athletes at many positions but we are not heads and tails above most SBC schools. Its a simple argument that you are turning into something it shouldn't be. I don't even know where Haack comes in to play in this entire argument....

Then get out the conversation... You inserted yourself in it. The title of the thread of the is starting QB and you don't why haack is in it? You are trying to make something out of nothing. Our zone read has dominated most of the sunbelt because our QB was the same size as the LB's trying to tackle him, our oline controls the line of scrimmage in the run game. You are gonna do that to sec teams with the zone read, you have to stretch the field.

[zephyr]

Then get out the conversation... You inserted yourself in it. The title of the thread of the is starting QB and you don't why haack is in it? You are trying to make something out of nothing. Our zone read has dominated most of the sunbelt because our QB was the same size as the LB's trying to tackle him, our oline controls the line of scrimmage in the run game. You are gonna do that to sec teams with the zone read, you have to stretch the field.

If you are going to continue in this conversation, at least stay on point. I was referring to another posters assertion that we "out-athlete " everyone and that is not the case. Like I said, we ran the zone read well because we had the personnel to do it. Because we are able to run the ball well does not mean we are a physically superior team to everyone in our conference. Ga Southern was the best running team in our conference and one of the best in the country. I don't think they have necessarily better athletes than us. I would say, outside of our O-Line, we have similar levels of athletes as many in our league.

[CrazyCajun]

If you are going to continue in this conversation, at least stay on point. I was referring to another posters assertion that we "out-athlete " everyone and that is not the case. Like I said, we ran the zone read well because we had the personnel to do it. Because we are able to run the ball well does not mean we are a physically superior team to everyone in our conference. Ga Southern was the best running team in our conference and one of the best in the country. I don't think they have necessarily better athletes than us. I would say, outside of our O-Line, we have similar levels of athletes as many in our league.

Ask TXST coaches if we out athlete them, ask your boys at stAte if we don't? The ones you say we don't... That Broadway told them 7 times in a row what play we were running and they still couldnt stop it. Why has georgia state been close the last 2 years against a team with better athletes? Because they didn't try to go toe to toe, they stretched the field, they spread us out, they got their guys away from ours.... If we want to beat teams that we aren't superior to in size, strength and speed we have to do the same. Having Nixon back there is trying to out athlete people.. Which works for the majority of the sunbelt. I don't know how much clearer I can be about that, you are the one trying to argue something that isn't there. I'm the one who said out athlete, so I'm not inserting myself into ___.. You are.