Recruiting

[Boomer]

Boomer,

Let's pray also. Lord, grant HUD the clarity to see the error of his ways and let him renew the spirit of the Cajuns by fielding a victorious team next year. Divine intervention is needed, trust me!

----Well depending on some---could we find 3 wise men----some will say Brodhead, Robe, and Lotief!!! Don't guess it is too early --but a very Merry CHRISTmas to all!!!

[MetryCajun]

How about landing a player or two in the Louisiana top 50? Other than that, games are won in the trenches. Big boys who can block, or eat up blocks, are what wins games in Hud's schemes.

My dream for UL would be to go with the Navy football model. Flexbone, ball control that doesn't need giant road-grader linemen, and an aggressive 3-4 defense. This matches much better with the players available from Louisiana high schools.

That is my observation as well. I know it is near impossible to get someone in the top 20 of LA, but we are not getting enough of the kids rated 20-50.

[MetryCajun]

Watch it,, T-SLow BOYS gonna negative rep ya!! We are not allowed to speak our minds here.. I disagree with you about the need for a need coach, but coach DUD needs a total reassessment ...of his staff and own abilities. Coach DUD is married to a system and has no thought about matching players vs system..

You need some new material.

[ManAboutTown]

That is my observation as well. I know it is near impossible to get someone in the top 20 of LA, but we are not getting enough of the kids rated 20-50.

Have we gotten any 20-50 kids out of this state in the last 3 years?

[KajunKrazy]

How about landing a player or two in the Louisiana top 50? Other than that, games are won in the trenches. Big boys who can block, or eat up blocks, are what wins games in Hud's schemes.

My dream for UL would be to go with the Navy football model. Flexbone, ball control that doesn't need giant road-grader linemen, and an aggressive 3-4 defense. This matches much better with the players available from Louisiana high schools.

I had the opportunity to see CHS vs Calvary Baptist in the dome last year in a game that was decided by just a few points. CHS had one D1 player and CB had about 7-9 on the field at all times. On paper and just looking at the size and physical match ups CHS should have been blown out. It looked like the equivalent of a good P5 vs a G5. The wing T version that the coaches at CHS runs is very deceptive, you never know where the ball is at during a play and they do it with O linemen that are usually much smaller than the guy across the ball from them, much like the military academies. La is full of athletes to run such a system. I would love to see us put in an offense that defenses will only see once a year and have to change every thing the do in order to have success.

[KajunKrazy]

Have we gotten any 20-50 kids out of this state in the last 3 years?

Don't know where was Eli and Deion Ray? Probably the only ones close. Just a guess on my part.

[MetryCajun]

Have we gotten any 20-50 kids out of this state in the last 3 years?

No idea. I know the TP and DandyDon do a pretty good job highlighting the top 50 in La. We do get a few, but so far this year I think we are shutout.

[MetryCajun]

Don't know where was Eli and Deion Ray? Probably the only ones close. Just a guess on my part.

Those two. The TE from Nola who never played. Also quite a few of our transfers. Peters, Granier, Brazil, Briscoe.

[cajunhawk]

Have we gotten any 20-50 kids out of this state in the last 3 years?

2011 we got Dexter Aucoin...per 247sports he was #37. He transferred out if I remember correctly. We also got #50...Daryl Surgent. This was Hud's first class. Evan Tatford was ranked #43 but originally committed to Tulane.

2012 none. Jacoby Briscoe was #23 but originally committed to Miami. Trey Granier was ranked #20 but originally committed to LSU. Otha Peters was ranked #10 but originally committed to Arkansas.

2013 Elijah McGuire was ranked #16. Carlton Perkins was ranked #48...never played a down. Jeryl Brazil was ranked #5 but originally committed to LSU.

2014 Anthony Jones was ranked #25, I think he transferred out last year.

2015 Dion Ray was ranked #30.

That's it.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Louisiana is loaded with NFL lineman, NFL hall of famers. Louisiana is loaded at almost every position in the NFL. Having said that, there has to be a corresponding number of high quality G5 linemen, and other positions not just P5. We should be working to be the best G5 prospect school, and supplement with kids from Tx, Ms, and Bama. These states also are loaded and within two hundred and fifty miles of UL.

We have a huge hurdle to overcome on this, coaches especially local coaches think we should be taking FCS players and get a little ____ed at us for not doing so. We have a double standard there.

No doubt if Hud has an A athlete from Lafayette or an A athlete from Texas take the local all other things being equal. Asking a local to use a tops is OK for a kid you really do not consider ready to play FBS, but with potential down the road. I was surprised to hear he did this to lots of kids who signed to other FBS schools.