Midseason Analysis

[Lexhead]

Lex, we have the most talented and speedy LBs in the belt. We have the best player in the belt. We have the best punter in the belt. We have very capable WR in Gabe and Al Riles, and Scott could be so much better with a passing scheme). We had the best OL in Mike Quave. Who knows how good our TEs are because Jay Johnson refuses to let them make plays...

It ain't the players cat.

Respectfully disagree. Unless my aging eyes are failing me (a genuine possibility), I see missed tackles, man coverage that is beyond explanation, a QB under constant pressure and whose ability to throw the ball is clearly suspect. I don't mean to say that there is no talent out there. What I mean to say is there is a clear absence of fundamental football.

I was not at ANY of the practices, so I cannot say if these players came to us without fundamentals and were not taught, or (more likely) just are not performing. There may be culpability in coaching there, but I think it more likely that these players are simply not performing. Where there is clearly culpability in coaching is the stubborn insistence in sticking with things that are not working (press man comes to mind).

So, to respond directly: It IS the players, slick. But there is plenty of suck to go around and the coaches are in the mix too.

[CajunRebel]

Interesting that you and I, who sit so near each other, see something so completely different. I see fundamental failures. Inability to tackle, inability to cover, inability to block and inability to pass. (Admittedly I saw some good down filed blocking last night.) Perhaps there is some common ground in that I believe these fundamentals are the responsibility of the coaching staff to either (1) recruit for or (2) teach. They also bear responsibility for stubbornly sticking with man press in the face of overwhelming evidence that we cannot perform in that scheme. However, I would disagree that we have the talent to compete in the Belt. There are at least three teams in the belt in the bottom 25 of the FBS, two of which we have yet to play. I expect two more wins there. That is all. That is not to say that I am a fair whether fan. I love my Cajuns and I spend considerable money to travel to watch them play. This is just a fundamentally poor football team.

I agree. I can't believe there are still people who think this team has lots of talent. You can't blame bad play calling On bad passes, missed blocks, getting beat deep, missed tackles, dropped passes, etc. Clearly this is a talent issue.

Either way it falls on Coach Hud's shoulders. It's his job to recruit the talent.

[CrazyCajun]

Respectfully disagree. Unless my aging eyes are failing me (a genuine possibility), I see missed tackles, man coverage that is beyond explanation, a QB under constant pressure and whose ability to throw the ball is clearly suspect. I don't mean to say that there is no talent out there. What I mean to say is there is a clear absence of fundamental football.

I was not at ANY of the practices, so I cannot say if these players came to us without fundamentals and were not taught, or (more likely) just are not performing. There may be culpability in coaching there, but I think it more likely that these players are simply not performing. Where there is clearly culpability in coaching is the stubborn insistence in sticking with things that are not working (press man comes to mind).

So, to respond directly: It IS the players, slick. But there is plenty of suck to go around and the coaches are in the mix too.

Do you know what a defense does on 3rd and 10 with a QB who can't throw? They eat

[cajunhawk]

I agree. I can't believe there are still people who think this team has lots of talent. You can't blame bad play calling On bad passes, missed blocks, getting beat deep, missed tackles, dropped passes, etc. Clearly this is a talent issue.

Either way it falls on Coach Hud's shoulders. It's his job to recruit the talent.

That's a defeatist attitude.

[CajunRebel]

That's a defeatist attitude.

Go **** yourself.

[RaisingCajun08]

I agree. I can't believe there are still people who think this team has lots of talent. You can't blame bad play calling On bad passes, missed blocks, getting beat deep, missed tackles, dropped passes, etc. Clearly this is a talent issue.

Either way it falls on Coach Hud's shoulders. It's his job to recruit the talent.

Agreed! Hud cannot use that "we are young" excuse. This is his 5th year. His guys are in the program. Its his responsibility to recruit and get young talented players experience so they are ready when the time comes.

Different sport but Coach Robe does a tremendous job doing this exact thing. Yes, apples and oranges.

[Clutch0364]

In 2011 when HUD took over we had better players in our secondary, OL, WR, TE and at QB. While I agree that we have the talent to win the sunbelt, I don't think this coaching staff has recruited nearly as well as people think. Now Huds first class was very good but since then I don't see it. On paper they may have been better but I see a huge lack of talent on this team.

[CrazyCajun]

In 2011 when HUD took over we had better players in our secondary, OL, WR, TE and at QB. While I agree that we have the talent to win the sunbelt, I don't think this coaching staff has recruited nearly as well as people think. Now Huds first class was very good but since then I don't see it. On paper they may have been better but I see a huge lack of talent on this team.

No...there is no way... Think of all the those star ratings on paper

[Clutch0364]

No...there is no way... Think of all the those star ratings on paper

It helps us win all those paper titles...

[Geaux]

In 2011 when HUD took over we had better players in our secondary, OL, WR, TE and at QB. While I agree that we have the talent to win the sunbelt, I don't think this coaching staff has recruited nearly as well as people think. Now Huds first class was very good but since then I don't see it. On paper they may have been better but I see a huge lack of talent on this team.

.....and now we all know why we got players the P5 schools would not touch.