Following 4 9-4 seasons including bowl victories and a Cajun football program massively on the rise... and we have less talent than we did in year one? I'd blame The Fossil or Farmer... but it just doesn't seem right this time.
Every single excuse is on the head coach. I could buy injuries... but I'm afraid once we get healthy I might see some of the same dumbass coaching again... with similar results. Hud needs to reinstate the only thing he does well... high octane energy and strength and conditioning... and maybe we'll get back to 8 wins. If he wants to compete with good teams and dominate every mediocre team... he has some serious things to reevaluate in his coaching philosophies (on offense).
I may be wrong... but I'm buying allowing year two of Smith's defense to take shape. Smith deserves a year where Hud Please about "creating turnovers"... and we actually teach and play fundamentally sound defense. Melvin needs to visit Hud with a crowbar and tell him he'll crack it over his head every time he suggests to a player or the players to "create turnovers". Let Smith decide if while he teaches perfect read and react tackling... if he wants one or two players on defense to add punching, rip stripping or ball jumping added to their tackling skills.