Hudspeth happy with Cajuns' defensive scheme, coaching

[CajunEXPRESS]

I'm not complaining that people are complaining. This article tells you nobody is being let go. The only thing now is to see who else gets the boot (players) and who they go get to help for next year from juco and recruiting. While the defense wasn't great, I expected problems with the defense even if we stayed healthy. The offense was a much bigger dissapointment and our head coaches strength. The head coach acknowledged we sucked, I acknowledge we sucked. He said he would fix it, we will see. It's just amazing that HUD has a bad year and everything under the sun is on his shoulders...stokley stunk the joint up at the end of his career and none of it was his fault. You can't have it both ways, is e erg thing under the sun on the head coach or not? Sure looks like the guy taking snaps is more important than any other aspect of the program...at least here anyway.

Our head coache's strength is solely motivation. Even that has to be questioned after his total screwup of the Nixon/Haack
issues.

[CrazyCajun]

You do realize Stokley never played against a schedule as easy as this. That same Florida team Hud lost to lost to GaSouthetn.

Look we can play tit for tat, but Hud's completely responsible for what is currently a very bad team. You think he can fix it. I think we'll be closer to 4/8 again than 8/4.

We can discuss next December. I'm not seeing 8/4,7/5. Maybe 6/6,or 5/7.

Wrong, that Florida team was 11-1 and played in the sugar bowl...they lost to Georgia southern the next year.
HUD is totally responsible for this bad team, just like stokley was totally responsible for all his bad teams. Can't have it both ways.

[CrazyCajun]

Crazy...you keep asking people "what do you want him to say?" What else do you want?"

Please do me a favor. I'm being dead serious go read that article again.

Hudspeth is only NEGATIVE about one aspect of this defense: an inability to create turnovers. He mentions it 5 times:


"The only downfall to this year's defense was the lack of turnovers we got."

"That would be the only true thing I was most disappointed in."


"As far as the coaching, as far as the scheme, getting our players to play hard, I was pleased. But we've got to cause more turnovers.

"We've got to find a way to create turnovers."

"I've never been a part of a defense that creates so few, so we've got to create turnovers like everyone else does and give our offense the short field sometimes." Just a side note: this last one drives me crazy. Remember the Georgia State game when our defense didn't get a TO but got a great stop and gave our O the ball at the 50 up 10-0. Remember what we did? Switched QB's and threw a pic. Then we had to hear the next week in the press conference not that that was a bad decision and on Hud, but that he wished we had given Jalen a better chance to succeed and another series.

So what do I want to hear?

1. Hud acknowledge that this defense was poor fundamentally and part of the reason for this was his constant preaching of needing to cause turnovers. We are not getting this. He is still stuck on this concept that everything will be fine if we can just get healthy and force a turnover or two. We will likely never see a repeat of the Tuesday night WKU game from a few year's back, so Hud needs to quit counting on that as his formula for success and wake up in the real world.

2. Name Davis your QB early. He will never tweak the offense to be what Haack would need to be successful. Enough of this surprise, secret who's it gonna be nonsense. It's great for competition nonsense. Commit and give the kid some confidence.

Those are the 2 main things I'd like to see before next season.
#1 clearly won't happen. The second one I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Id like to hear those things too, I heard that in a round about way in his last coaches show with jay about the defense. He took some responsibility for the poor tackling at south al, saying it was his fault because they told them to go for the ball. It's still a balance, he has to have these people work for him, we chastise him for throwing people under the bus, then we want him to publicly throw more people under the bus. As long as he is having this discussion with the coaches and team, I don't need to see it in the paper. The proof will be in next season. He could say all the right things but if we still suck, those words won'tean anything. If he fixes it and wins the conference next year, nobody will care what he said in the paper 9 months earlier. I've said it before, media is certainly not the mans strength and might be one reason he hasn't gotten a higher profile job, he would get destroyed with an sec media lynch mob. I think Davis needs to be the guy but I don't mind making him work for it in the offseason, he needs to be the guy coming out of spring. Competition doesn't hurt.

[zeppelincajun]

Id like to hear those things too, I heard that in a round about way in his last coaches show with jay about the defense. He took some responsibility for the poor tackling at south al, saying it was his fault because they told them to go for the ball. It's still a balance, he has to have these people work for him, we chastise him for throwing people under the bus, then we want him to publicly throw more people under the bus. As long as he is having this discussion with the coaches and team, I don't need to see it in the paper. The proof will be in next season. He could say all the right things but if we still suck, those words won'tean anything. If he fixes it and wins the conference next year, nobody will care what he said in the paper 9 months earlier. I've said it before, media is certainly not the mans strength and might be one reason he hasn't gotten a higher profile job, he would get destroyed with an sec media lynch mob. I think Davis needs to be the guy but I don't mind making him work for it in the offseason, he needs to be the guy coming out of spring. Competition doesn't hurt.

I'm not trying to quibble with you, but your comments accentuate Hud's biggest flaw. His ego and stubbornness. We get him taking credit in a round about way for trying to strip the ball, but more turnovers is all he preached this season and continues to do so.

I have no interest in seeing him throw anyone under the bus. The proof will absolutely be in the results on the field next year, but you asked what we wanted him to say. For me that is not more of the same because we do see a reflection of what he says on the field. He says he wants to see more Jalen and we got the revolving door QB experiment. He says more turnovers and we get poor tackling and failed attempts to strip the ball.

He can say this is is on me all he wants, but if he keeps on about turnovers and wanting his guys to play like "superstars" and remains firm that he is pleased with the coaching then I along with many others do no expect to see much change in the bottom line next year.

[CrazyCajun]

I'm not trying to quibble with you, but your comments accentuate Hud's biggest flaw. His ego and stubbornness. We get him taking credit in a round about way for trying to strip the ball, but more turnovers is all he preached this season and continues to do so.

I have no interest in seeing him throw anyone under the bus. The proof will absolutely be in the results on the field next year, but you asked what we wanted him to say. For me that is not more of the same because we do see a reflection of what he says on the field. He says he wants to see more Jalen and we got the revolving door QB experiment. He says more turnovers and we get poor tackling and failed attempts to strip the ball.

He can say this is is on me all he wants, but if he keeps on about turnovers and wanting his guys to play like "superstars" and remains firm that he is pleased with the coaching then I along with many others do no expect to see much change in the bottom line next year.

I'm
Not trying to argue with you either, just to me what he says doesn't matter, at least not publicly.actually, his mouth has got him in a lot of trouble...probably better he gets used to saying less. I'm interested in seeing what he does, we won't really see any of that until signing day, spring and next season. I'm sure we will know during offseason conditioning if he truly hit the reset button.

[CrazyCajun]

I'm not trying to quibble with you, but your comments accentuate Hud's biggest flaw. His ego and stubbornness. We get him taking credit in a round about way for trying to strip the ball, but more turnovers is all he preached this season and continues to do so.

I have no interest in seeing him throw anyone under the bus. The proof will absolutely be in the results on the field next year, but you asked what we wanted him to say. For me that is not more of the same because we do see a reflection of what he says on the field. He says he wants to see more Jalen and we got the revolving door QB experiment. He says more turnovers and we get poor tackling and failed attempts to strip the ball.

He can say this is is on me all he wants, but if he keeps on about turnovers and wanting his guys to play like "superstars" and remains firm that he is pleased with the coaching then I along with many others do no expect to see much change in the bottom line next year.

I do agree with HUD we need more turnovers...just don't go about it the way they do. If he wants more turnovers? Figure out a way to hit the QB.

[ManAboutTown]

Id like to hear those things too, I heard that in a round about way in his last coaches show with jay about the defense. He took some responsibility for the poor tackling at south al, saying it was his fault because they told them to go for the ball. It's still a balance, he has to have these people work for him, we chastise him for throwing people under the bus, then we want him to publicly throw more people under the bus. As long as he is having this discussion with the coaches and team, I don't need to see it in the paper. The proof will be in next season. He could say all the right things but if we still suck, those words won'tean anything. If he fixes it and wins the conference next year, nobody will care what he said in the paper 9 months earlier. I've said it before, media is certainly not the mans strength and might be one reason he hasn't gotten a higher profile job, he would get destroyed with an sec media lynch mob. I think Davis needs to be the guy but I don't mind making him work for it in the offseason, he needs to be the guy coming out of spring. Competition doesn't hurt.

The culmination is, what coaches 'say' ultimately doesn't matter. Especially Hud. He's proven to say what he thinks he needs to say. Now, he's been caught at some vulnerable moments and made some gaff comments, and those should be taken seriously. The the rehearsed bs the he gives 90% of the time is inconsequential. And I totally get it. I've taken him to task on his gaffs and revelations, but I won't think twice about the coach speak stuff.

I've said before: I think we're in capable hands with the defensive staff. And contrary to popular belief here, I think Hud can get us back on the straight and narrow. BUT, he'll have to prove to me that he's a coach that can take us to respectability nationally and win something of significance. And that's the pragmatic way any intelligent fan would approach this thing.

[ManAboutTown]

I do agree with HUD we need more turnovers...just don't go about it the way they do. If he wants more turnovers? Figure out a way to hit the QB.

Btw, I don't really understand coaching turnovers rather than solid defense. Is it that they don't trust the talent they recruited, or the quick game flip infatuation? Stopping an offense in its tracks is way more demoralizing, IMO.

[CrazyCajun]

Btw, I don't really understand coaching turnovers rather than solid defense. Is it that they don't trust the talent they recruited, or the quick game flip infatuation? Stopping an offense in its tracks is way more demoralizing, IMO.

Absolutely, play good defense and turnovers will come. Hit the QB, gang tackle the RB and have others pop him. Some schemes are designed to confuse and that can cause them but mainly, just play good defense and get to the QB.

[California Cajun]

UL coach Mark Hudspeth was pleased by UL's new defensive scheme, but creating turnovers was an issue in 2015

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I don't read the Advertiser but I watched a defense get shredded. Choose your words carefully Hud.