Final: Louisiana vs. South Alabama

[Turbine]

---So many variables go into the kick---early in the game the wind was blowing pretty hard for him, so that was a great distance help---later it kinda died down---notice the spin on the ball and if it is rapid it means he got underneath the sweet spot which happened a few times---Haven't heard the talk about the misses but it looked all good with the snap, placement, hold, and approach---would like to see the view from the back or front plus the side--hey it was a little wet out there---I was before the side approach playing and coaching --but MENTALLY it can be a killer, especially after a miss or two!!!

You are the bona fide expert on this topic, that is for sure.

[zephyr]

Unless he thought kicking an extra point was a bigger miss risk than going for two.

There was no risk. At all. If its blocked and returned, its the same points for the opposing team. While Artigue absolutely stunk it up all game, its still the much higher percentage play and there was no mathematical or game advantage to going for two on that play.

[Boomer]

You are the bona fide expert on this topic, that is for sure.

---If it were straight on approach I would agree whole heartedly, but this is a different angle with the same goal in mind----many many things the same but a lot of different aspects!!! the Slick one should know a lot about it from close up observation however!!! Rick what do you think???

[Frenchie35]

+1. Hud recruits kickers. Coutts was our highest rated recruit and Artigue was not that far behind a couple of years back. Artigue has a big leg, so I would not give up on him. That said, he should sit for a while.

What does sitting do? Can't get back to form on the bench. That's like tell your kid to go stand in the cornor until I tell you to come back and play with the rest of the kids. If he is not kicking in the next game Hud is out of his mind....That's my opinion.

[zephyr]

What does sitting do? Can't get back to form on the bench. That's like tell your kid to go stand in the cornor until I tell you to come back and play with the rest of the kids. If he is not kicking in the next game Hud is out of his mind....That's my opinion.

Kicking is the one aspect of the game that you really can't let them "Work it out " on the field though. You can't let a guy go out and continuously miss to get back into form. The kicking game has to be tight all the time. What makes it worse is that it seems to be a confidence or mental thing which can really only be worked on in game situations. if it was a technique thing, that could possibly be fixed in practice but I fear its worse than that.

[31Ragin97]

I am really surprised the best kickers wouldn't want to go to "smaller" programs. seems like you would have more opportunity to win games, with a team in middle of pack that has closer games, than a superstar team that is blowing everyone out.

[wcd35]

Hud just admitted we went for 2 in the 4th because the 2 pt chart in the game plan notes was wrong. Up 11 should be XP but the GA put a wrong chart in which called for going for 2 there. He said as soon as the game was over he went and checked it against last season's chart and sure enough it was different. He laughed it off because it didn't matter in the end, but they got that fixed.

[DocCajun]

Hud just admitted we went for 2 in the 4th because the 2 pt chart in the game plan notes was wrong. Up 11 should be XP but the GA put a wrong chart in which called for going for 2 there. He said as soon as the game was over he went and checked it against last season's chart and sure enough it was different. He laughed it off because it didn't matter in the end, but they got that fixed.

Ahhhh mystery solved. Glad he admitted it and didn't try to justify after the fact.

That said, they called a timeout. You think someone would have looked at the scoreboard and given it a little thought huh? I mean, I was drunk and I knew that was a bad decision...perhaps this is a case of of Hud's assistants being scared to xross him. If that's true, then that's a very bad sign imo.

Ah well, hopefully I'm blowing this out of proportion

[ManAboutTown]

Hud just admitted we went for 2 in the 4th because the 2 pt chart in the game plan notes was wrong. Up 11 should be XP but the GA put a wrong chart in which called for going for 2 there. He said as soon as the game was over he went and checked it against last season's chart and sure enough it was different. He laughed it off because it didn't matter in the end, but they got that fixed.

I hope there is a simple explanation for the other coaching blunders and game management nightmares..

[DocCajun]

I hope there is a simple explanation for the other coaching blunders and game management nightmares..

There is indeed, MAT. He's experimenting with the Les Miles coaching method

[CajunAmos]

There is indeed, MAT. He's experimenting with the Les Miles coaching method

Hadn't seen him chewing on bits of turf or rolling some rubber pellets around.

[CajunJack55]

2 things.
1. Why didn't the victory bell get louder from last week?
2. Why is a grad assistant in charge of telling hud whether to go for 2 or kick the PAT. These are things head coaches shouldn't have issues with

There was a typo in the chart. Apparently coaches use charts to tell them when to go for two or not. I was never a fan of going for two unless you are behind.