'A pretty good direction'

[ManAboutTown]

WHOOOOA man---you asked me---you asked me---you asked me to name anything that Haack has done wrong---you said you were waiting---I answer your question and you get ____ed---I will say it again--I will trust the coaches as You nor I have any idea of what went on in the coaches' game plans

Having been there, I think I understand the process more than some---but If Nixon doesn't play another down this year, I will go with it---my liking of Nixon goes to my liking a more mobile QB that can run the Zone READ--btw why do you think they call it zone"READ"??? Why does everybody but a few schools run it??? and finally have you played or coached??

Played, not coached. And like I said to DMS after he took a shot at me, I can't read what posts you're responding to in particular on the mobile version of RP. So my bad on that. My point still stands though.

Btw, at the presser, Hud was asked about Eli averaging less than 3 yards a carry. His answer?? "That tells me we need to run Nixon more".

Are you kidding me? That's just stupid.

[Just1More]

you asked him what haack has down wrong, he said he throws more INTs than TD's, and you say stop using stats, you're wrong?
thats why i have a hard time with reading your thoughts, even when you make a good point, i feel its more that you got lucky.
every coach in america scripts the first couple of series, and VERY few deviate from that plan, no matter how the game starts (im not saying there isnt fault in that, i think there is). its why every coach harps on sticking to the game plan in every press conference. nixon came in, didnt perform, and didnt see the field again.

Are you aware that 4 of Brooks INTs were against Kentucky (2), Akron (1) and Tech (1)? Arguable the 3 toughest defenses we've faced. Boomer is a stat hound that doesn't follow the details. We are no longer facing teams that we are down like a dog and have to throw on every down to conserve clock to make a miracle comeback. Do you understand that? That isn't captured in a stat. Stats are for ignorant ____s that don't understand what they're actually watching.

Boomer's comment "let the coaches coach" is silly. How do we interupt the coach's coaching by stating on a fan forum how boneheaded a coaching decision is? Putting Nixon in and having a failure was not what made the decision dumb. It would have been dumb even if Nixon would have succeeded. You DO NOT pull a QB that is having success. And Haack was succeeding. AGAIN... even the stalled drives had NOTHING whatsoever to do with Brooks.

And no... no coach sticks with a plan that has a flaw staring him directly in his face. No smart coach pulls a QB that is succeeding, that doesn't need "a rest"... just to give another QB some playing time. There's more to a decision tree with QBs than just saying you're going to play both. And one of those branches is "are we succeeding and should I make a change?". The decision was STUPID for way more reasons than the Nixon INT. We saw Nixon throw terrible passes in his last outing. And the pass he threw right before he threw the pick was at the feet of the intended receiver. That was a MAJOR coaching mistake. It should have cost Hud a win.

Hud needs to send Lutz a thank you note.

[CajunNation]

....Btw, at the presser, Hud was asked about Eli averaging less than 3 yards a carry. His answer?? "That tells me we need to run Nixon more"....

...maybe he meant as a RB? I hope.

[Just1More]

Stats? What good are stats unless they support MY argument!

Data is worthless without the information that goes along with it. Stats are used to manipulate all of the time. And "argument" is a gift you have or you do not... whether stats are used or not.

[Boomer]

I have....he ain't a QB....and The Coaches know it

---Oh ok BB--the coaches are playing somebody that is inferior-----WHY---to get fired, to get the fans ____ed, to get the team ____ed, to show how wrong they can be??? you should know from your experience that it doesn't happen that way!!! This thing would have been hashed out long ago if there wasn't a good reason for his staying at that position!!! Damn the guy accounted for 450 yards in one game BB---Your days are over as mine are--how many knew more than you when you coached and you just laughed because they had no idea---you taint in the meetings---they are and I let them live or die by the Ws and Ls----I have been very pleased with this staff and the entire offensive members that have been here since the get go!!!

[Just1More]

Btw, at the presser, Hud was asked about Eli averaging less than 3 yards a carry. His answer?? "That tells me we need to run Nixon more".

For the stat junkies, Eli's best game (almost 12 YPC) was against NWST... when Nixon did not play... only Haack played. And Eli's worse game (13 carries for 32 yards) was against Ark State... where only Nixon played. Stats...

[Turbine]

Yeah sorry...no disrespect to the guy, but I've seen nothing from him that is remotely NFL caliber. This statement would only be accurate for Eli. But again, I'm not a scout.

I was just stretching could.

[RaginDave]

Just an FYI, I know it has nothing to do with anything. But since the end of the LA. Tech game we have outscored our opponents 75-23 in the 2nd half of football games.

35-13 vs Texas State
13-3 vs stAte
21-0 vs ULM
6-7 vs Ga State

This means we are giving up an average of less than 6 points per game in the 2nd half. and more than 1/2 of those points were vs Texas State. If we could produce and hold teams in the first 1/2 we would have a much better record. Just my opinion

[jllanclos]

We didn't run the read option on Saturday and we scored 16 points on offense. So there's that.

Good point.

[cajunhawk]

The tweets from Buckley from Hud's presser are just mind numbing. What the ____ happened to him? How did he get to this point of stubbornness? Why can't he see what everyone sees? What in the hell is going on?

[basinbear]

---Oh ok BB--the coaches are playing somebody that is inferior

-WHY---to get fired, to get the fans ____ed, to get the team ____ed, to show how wrong they can be??? you should know from your experience that it doesn't happen that way!!! This thing would have been hashed out long ago if there wasn't a good reason for his staying at that position!!! Damn the guy accounted for 450 yards in one game BB---Your days are over as mine are--how many knew more than you when you coached and you just laughed because they had no idea---you taint in the meetings---they are and I let them live or die by the Ws and Ls

I have been very pleased with this staff and the entire offensive members that have been here since the get go!!!

Hey Boomer....you have no idea what I know....don't even try to preach to me....he will probably remain at QB the rest of the season...and will probably be productive at times.....he needs a special package out of the wildcat formation if they leave him as a QB

[cajun4life]

Are you aware that 4 of Brooks INTs were against Kentucky (2), Akron (1) and Tech (1)? Arguable the 3 toughest defenses we've faced. Boomer is a stat hound that doesn't follow the details. We are no longer facing teams that we are down like a dog and have to throw on every down to conserve clock to make a miracle comeback. Do you understand that? That isn't captured in a stat. Stats are for ignorant ____s that don't understand what they're actually watching.

Boomer's comment "let the coaches coach" is silly. How do we interupt the coach's coaching by stating on a fan forum how boneheaded a coaching decision is? Putting Nixon in and having a failure was not what made the decision dumb. It would have been dumb even if Nixon would have succeeded. You DO NOT pull a QB that is having success. And Haack was succeeding. AGAIN... even the stalled drives had NOTHING whatsoever to do with Brooks.

And no... no coach sticks with a plan that has a flaw staring him directly in his face. No smart coach pulls a QB that is succeeding, that doesn't need "a rest"... just to give another QB some playing time. There's more to a decision tree with QBs than just saying you're going to play both. And one of those branches is "are we succeeding and should I make a change?". The decision was STUPID for way more reasons than the Nixon INT. We saw Nixon throw terrible passes in his last outing. And the pass he threw right before he threw the pick was at the feet of the intended receiver. That was a MAJOR coaching mistake. It should have cost Hud a win.

Hud needs to send Lutz a thank you note.

It's really 3 interceptions, the 2nd one at Kentucky was on a Hail Mary at the end of the game.

Haack does miss some open WRs, IMO that has a lot to do with not getting enough time to grow as a QB under live game action. Haack has way higher upside that Arbuckle and it's not even close. The difference is Arbuckle has a never ending leash and is allowed to play in a system that is failrly wide open.

I am almost 100% certain that Haack physically is the best pure passer in the Sun Belt. This system and our horrendous RG & RT is really hurting us at the moment. If we called plays like we did against Kentucky all year with Haack at the helm with 100% backing we would be 5-3 right now and possibly 6-2.