You don't think trying to slam an injured small back into the line 500 times is misuse? Eli is a college and NFL talent made for getting the ball in space and making moves. We had talent on this team built for pounding the line. Hud has not used Eli well the past 2 seasons. You can't make an OL into something it isn't. And Hud needed to be the first to notice it and make adjustments.
All I want for Christmas is for the Cajuns to find another Fullback for next season. 6-2" 235 lbs and can run. I miss Alonzo.
I'm all for Hud learning from his experience and making solid improvements to our team. I'm not convinced he can at this point. I don't like his offense for the past 3 years (including this one). We are not going to be able to compete with any decent team unless we throw the ball effectively and I don't mean tossing it to the sideline, or 5 yards down field. Recruiting has been a near failure under Hud, I would at least say below average. How he improves this, when he hasn't been effective for his stint so for? I want to see it to believe it.
I assume you are talking about Ragas. I did not realize he was that big.
I agree. I'm seriously puzzled how QBs get these great throwing stats in high school, as dual threat QBs, and don't do well in college. Some do... but with the huge number of dual threat super athletes in HS, you would think we could find a couple that would thrive here.
We have some talented receivers. I think most schools do. But why are so many QBs not real good passers? And why don't they become the smartest guy on the field offensively? Why aren't coaches aware of who will be great and not? I'm not impressed with Hud and his staff's decisions with talent and how to use them. It isn't atrocious. But it isn't high end coaching either. We need some smarter decisions.
Personally, i think Hud needs to get away from other jocks and sit down with a geek college football guru. He needs outside the bubble help. I know this offends the jocks... but let's face it my friends... weight lifting and running doesn't enhance brain activity. Get a nerd to review the play book and the talent. And as a coach, if the subject doesn't trigger dumbazz coach speak... keep your pie hole shut until you're advised what to say by the smartest person you know.
Coaching is recruiting, skill instruction, scheme oversight, motivation, and leadership.
If we have players that don't have the talent, never get better, and always seem out of place...it's hard for the motivation to matter. And it all falls on the million dollar man.
Name an offensive skill player that got markedly better under 4 years of Hud. I'll hang up and listen.
They run our offense..QB throws a 1 yard pass to the sideline and his WR takes it 70 yards....70 yards passing for the QB. You have to look at film and the system a QB comes from to get a true idea of their "passing stats" Or does said QB have a stud D1 WR he is throwing too? Stats in general are useless without context.
I agree. But aren't our coaches smarter than the stat sheet jockeys? Are successful coaches smarter at the game than other coaches? Or are we down to pure athleticism and no intelligent development? I always saw it as the culmination of both. But if we are only dangling shiny objects to attract pure athletes, and we don't have intelligent coaches... we're paying the coaches too much. We need to spend the money on hookers and blow.
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