Hudspeth cites health for UL tight end Mitchell's exit

[Big Poppa]

Actually it's Buckley who reads Ragin pagin and sets up our coaches in interviews with the way he questions things and our coaches aren't polished enough in PR to get it...people forget Buckley covered the Denver Nuggets, you have to be pretty sharp questioning those coaches to get things out of them most if the time. He is the spoon stirring the pot that has turned our prigram into a soap opera.noy saying there aren't issues but our football coach and basketball coach have said some pretty stupid things lately but none of you hear the question or full answer. I dont care for the guy, he mocks us any chance he gets.

Utah Jazz

[Boomer]

Utah Jazz

--and I really thought Memphis---what is it one or all???

[Hark Mudspeth]

Ive said it many times before on here, Buckley is not as bad as y'all like to paint him. He does not "mocks us any chance he gets".

Just another instance of someone attacking him without offering any solid, non-circumstantial basis. Dude does his job by delivering the news. HIS JOB IS NOT TO PAINT A FUN, RAINBOW-Y PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY. If he does read RP, GREAT. How is that an issue? We are fans. People on the board have been arguing for days about the program, here is an example (perhaps) of Buckley giving readers stories they are interested in, as demonstrated by the 400 post thread on Gabe (and partially on Mitchell leaving, making people question whether it is because of the state of the program).

I listen to him on every radio show he does, he mocks us.

[Hark Mudspeth]

Utah Jazz

True

[California Cajun]

I briefly knew a University of Memphis football player who played three years and was making a 3.8 GPA in Meteriorology, and abruptly quit because he was frustrated with losing. Then his girlfriend was pregnant and he never returned.

I think players quit and transfer from football teams all the time. With the expectations on the coach tempers probably fly and some players get unhappy for various reasons. It doesn't necessarily mean the football program is irreparably damaged.

The team must upgrade in talent. Maybe they can and we'll get back to winning.

[RaginDave]

So you live several states away but you know more about the situation than Brian? A person who basically has a part time job, dedicated solely to getting to know players and speaking to coaches about recruiting. You are the definition of not knowing what you're talking about, but insisting on glazing over issues because what, you trust Mark Hudspeth's judgement?

I said I was not concerned about what you thought not Cajun t. I have respect for t, that doesn't mean I blindly agree with him. I on the other hand have No reapect for for you

[ManAboutTown]

I said I was not concerned about what you thought not Cajun t. I have respect for t, that doesn't mean I blindly agree with him. I on the other hand have No reapect for for you

Oh well, your loss. You have spent 2 threads making passive aggressive remarks and basically saying that TE lockeroom dysfunction is fabricated. BJ is telling you the completel opposite. It's not "blindly" agreeing with him to suggest that there is probably issues in the locker room. Actually, it's teaching to say the opposite. You can shove your respect up your ___. I have no respect for people that go against the obvious just because it doesn't fit their innocent fan boy version of the UL football program.

[Ragin4U]

Don't you know there is more to the story then ulcers.........I know the story but I won't tell you.......You will see.......You will see........Ulcers are just part of the story.......Hud has caused all of the players that are quitting ulcers.......Hud is the devil.......The ulcer epidemic is Hud's fault.......

The above is sarcasm........

The way things go on RP sometimes, pointing out that the above is sarcasm is strangely needed. Well done. You also forgot to point out that once Farmer, Hud, Marlin, TJoe and the lead hydration engineer are fired, UL will rise to national prominence.

[RaginDave]

There are issues in every locker room. Specifically football that is what happens when you have 90-100 18-22 year olds spending that much time together. Not everyone likes everyone. Just like I don't have to like you. Hell I have seen it at the high school level on the basketball court with 10-15 kids. Do we have issues. Yes. Are they better or worse than 50% of the rest of D-1. I don't think so. Are they magnified because we are not winning like we were 2 years ago. Yes. Did Haynes deserve to be at UL No. he was not D1 talent and should not have been at UL in general. Fuse feelings are hurt because he was outplayed by better talent. And Mitchell may or may not be homesick. Only time will tell the truth.

All of the above being said. You are still a d1ck

[ULvictory]

I understand the total concern for some fans as much as I understand the "everything is fine" angle. This season has been a roller coaster ride both on and off the field from the locker room video to players leaving. But for whatever reason Mitchell left the team doesn't change the fact that this is the third person to leave in a week. Regardless of the reason, that's not a good sign. Plain and simple.

I want to be optimistic, and I hope we go to Monroe and become bowl eligible for the 5th time in 6 years. But to say that there's absolutely nothing wrong right now would be foolish. And not because of what people are saying in here on RP, but because of what I've seen on the field. Losing to the likes of Tulane, NMSU, and Idaho; getting shutout at home for the first time since 2002 on national television. Maybe this was acceptable ten years ago, but we now have waaaaaaay too many resources to settle for 6-6 in a terrible conference.