UL QB Nixon is magnet for Cajuns, family

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In his second start as a Cajun, quarterback Jalen Nixon did what several hurdles could not prevent

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[CajunRed]

Thank God the coaching staff didn't listen to the..."lets move him to running back"...calls.

[basinbear]

Thank God the coaching staff didn't listen to the..."lets move him to running back"...calls.

I will reserve judgement on this....starting against the 128th ranked Defense in FBS Football ain't exactly a real test....it is a good start though...

[Turbine]

Thank God the coaching staff didn't listen to the..."lets move him to running back"...calls.

Where he would no doubt have succeeded as well.

I am more concerned long term with Jay Johnson's inability or unwillingness to design an offense around Haack.

He won't always have a Nixon waiting in the wings.

Thankfully JJ had a Nixon he could insert into his offense.

jmo

[CajunRed]

I'm not saying he wouldn't or couldn't succeed at RB...I'm saying we didn't have enough other talent at QB to move him to RB.

[basinbear]

Where he would no doubt have succeeded as well.

I am more concerned long term with Jay Johnson's inability or unwillingness to design an offense around Haack.

He won't always have a Nixon waiting in the wings.

Thankfully JJ had a Nixon he could insert into his offense.

jmo

Again....let's wait and see whether or not this works out.....Tuesday Night will be a much tougher test

[Turbine]

Yes where to use talent is a dilemma.

I think the Nixon RB debate stemmed from a desire to not have deserved talent riding the bench, and achieving 100% potential.

Haack and Nixon on the field at the same time seemed to have more potential than Nixon trying to do it all while preserving quarterback depth.

[CajunRed]

Can't see using your back up QB elsewhere. Injuries?

[Turbine]

Can't see using your back up QB elsewhere. Injuries?

As opposed to always having a backup ready for an offense the staff has thus far been incapable of tweaking.

My optimal rating for reaching potential with the current game plan:
Both in the game, 100%
Nixon by himself, 75%
Haack by himself 65%
Both injured and out 45%

[Just1More]

I will reserve judgement on this....starting against the 128th ranked Defense in FBS Football ain't exactly a real test....it is a good start though...

Can I ask you an honest question? I expect a lot of our fans to be ignorant enough to think there's no difference in playing one team or another, with respect to a QB's performance. But is a coach showing how dense his skull is when he makes the comment "if we had seen that kind of production in the other games we lost"? Or are we all being treated as fans, to be so unbearably stupid by coaches, that when they report to the media they want to intentionally talk down to us? Or, is the coach pumping sunshine to build up his QB, team and fan base with silliness? Which one?

I'm happy that Nixon had a good game. But we will never overcome losing to good teams if our own coaching staff can't distinguish a bad defense and a damn good defense... and why almost any QB in our stable will look good against the first... and bad against the second if our coaching staff doesn't do a better job.

And nothing I just stated has anything to do with RBs and FBs. We can't use Nixon at RB/FB. It has nothing to do with if it made sense way back when. He's been massively focusing on being our starting QB. We aren't desperate at talent in SBC play. We are desperate at coaching when we play good teams.

[CajunEXPRESS]

That coach doesn't have faith in Haack is clear. He is bolstering his unhappy choice.

I wouldn't want the coach to be honest in his public comments.

[Just1More]

That coach doesn't have faith in Haack is clear. He is bolstering his unhappy choice.

I wouldn't want the coach to be honest in his public comments.

It had nothing to do with the QB choice. Haack would have shined against Texas State too. Did Jamal finally catching difficult catches, as opposed to dropping easy catches, have anything to do with that game? It's absurd to discuss QB play in drastically different game complexities. I don't care what coaches say in public. I don't listen to them anyway. But how they operate the program tells me a lot about how smart they are. I like smart coaches. I can't help it.