Defensive staff

[ManAboutTown]

Read the articles from these past couple days, write down the injuries they list on defense, what do you suggest the staff do differently? The defense had had a couple shutout halfs...3 point halfs. They aren't the iron curtain by any means but awful and hopeless aren't what come to my mind when I think of this defense...injured and undermanned.

Thank you CC
How many shut out halfs have we had prior to this staff?

[Turbine]

Thank you CC
How many shut out halfs have we had prior to this staff?

Good Q. and lucid perception by CC.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Read the articles from these past couple days, write down the injuries they list on defense, what do you suggest the staff do differently? The defense had had a couple shutout halfs...3 point halfs. They aren't the iron curtain by any means but awful and hopeless aren't what come to my mind when I think of this defense...injured and undermanned.

I don't know what games you are watching, but go ahead, lists all the shutout halfs. Let's see, the only game where we allowed the 3 pts in a half was when we were getting blown out by Ark State and they were coasting. You sure you are watching UL?

[ULGrad@HOU]

Thank you CC
How many shut out halfs have we had prior to this staff?

You might want to verify all those shutout halfs we had.

[CrazyCajun]

I don't know what games you are watching, but go ahead, lists all the shutout halfs. Let's see, the only game where we allowed the 3 pts in a half was when we were getting blown out by Ark State and they were coasting. You sure you are watching UL?

2nd half of ulm...now your turn... List the injuries

[CajunT]

2nd half of ulm...now your turn... List the injuries

Texas State and ULM were both held to under 150 yards total offense in the second half.

[ULGrad@HOU]

2nd half of ulm...now your turn... List the injuries

Ok, we had 1. You do realize we are playing several of the worst football teams in the country. Yes, we've had some injuries, and that matters, but just look at our last game, the defense was terrible.

[Just1More]

I can't tell what in this defense is attributable to our injury/loss of expected starters... and what is attributed to the coaching staff. I guess I'm seeing a better scheme. I guess. But I've always been concerned when we bring in coaches that coached P5 programs, expecting that they're going to make us better. I think most of them are dependent on P5 talent at every position.

I was very disappointed to hear Hud admit we missed 50 tackles because we were trying to strip the ball against USA. He confessed that he led that stupid "we need turnovers" BS... but why did Melvin and his staff go along with that stupidity for 4 quarters? It definitely cost us a football game.

People can run the talent excuse all they want, but I definitely think our coaches blew this year up more than it being a down year talent wise.

[Just1More]

Ok, we had 1. You do realize we are playing several of the worst football teams in the country. Yes, we've had some injuries, and that matters, but just look at our last game, the defense was terrible.

Look at that USA game. The dumbassness of "creating turnovers" had us trying to strip the ball instead of tackling. Does Hud wear the dunce cap all by himself for that?

[Just1More]

Texas State and ULM were both held to under 150 yards total offense in the second half.

I think we could have held Lafayette Middle School to under 100 yards. I'm not saying our defense didn't have some good series stops. But when you look at the breakdowns this year against some mediocre offenses, we had some extremely costly failures on defense. If Hud wouldn't have put Haack in 3rd and long so often, we could have perhaps overcome our defensive issues enough to win a couple more games... but Hud wasn't up for that this season.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Look at that USA game. The dumbassness of "creating turnovers" had us trying to strip the ball instead of tackling. Does Hud wear the dunce cap all by himself for that?

No doubt, it was a failed strategy and should have been dropped after the 1st qtr. It certainly cost us that game. Really though, I haven't seen crisp tackling all season in any game. There were a few instances, but as a whole, the defense lacks intensity and decisiveness.

[CrazyCajun]

Ok, we had 1. You do realize we are playing several of the worst football teams in the country. Yes, we've had some injuries, and that matters, but just look at our last game, the defense was terrible.

We had a CB playing safety who gave up 2 touchdowns because he never played safety in his life. We were playing against a QB who just left a memorial for his recently murdered father, it was the best game of his life which was 15-39 or something? 2 blown coverages by a guy who should have never been in that position. No TJ worthy, no Crawford, no lightfoot, no posey,no Alexander, no Thomas, Watson just returned from injury only to be shoved in a position he never played before. That's just on the defensive side and half the guys are playing hurt. While tovell has played great since moving inside, you still took him away from the outside. Emtire new staff, system and verbiage...10 games and we haven't started the same 11 yet on defense.