Cole Beasley

[CharlieK]

Name an offensive skill player that got markedly better under 4 years of Hud. I'll hang up and listen.

Harris? Nope
http://www.ragincajuns.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3677

Riles? Maybe
http://www.ragincajuns.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4702

Broadaway? Worse. Eli? Misused for 2 years. Robinson? Nope.

Come on....name one offensive skill player that has progressed markedly in his 4 years under hud.

All of them just don't have the talent, right?

[Just1More]

Apparently the offense at NWST isn't suited for Haack either. I wonder which one truly is....

Probably few to none these days. But we recruited him, held him as a QB in waiting, that couldn't be beat out by any other QB we had last year or last year going into this year. I think that says more about Hud and our staff than it does about Haack.

You've been just as critical about our offense as anyone on here. I don't agree with throwing our recruits under the bus and not addressing the facts regarding the putrid offense we ran. I can accept both Haack and Fuse not possibly being the best at their positions, and quitting on that fact. But I've watched too many other issues I've seen, and heard about others. I would prefer not gouging these athletes knowing what I know.

[Bigbuf]

Elijah McGuire wants a word with you.

Gabe is nowhere near Eli.

I agree with you, but this is about Gabe.

[Bigbuf]

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.

See reply to Hawk.

[Ragin' Caleb]

No Zephyr, don't you realize Hud broke Haack, he was the second coming of Jake, until Hud screwed him up, now he aint worth ____.

Or there was a reason he didn't play here. If he was that good, he wouldnt be splitting time with another qb at Nwst. NWST!

[Bigbuf]

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.

Thats something no one is really talking about. A Zo type runner on this team and all of a sudden we are 8-4.

[Just1More]

Or there was a reason he didn't play here. If he was that good, he wouldnt be splitting time with another qb at Nwst. NWST!

Don't under estimate the QBs that have played at some FCS schools in this state. Bobby Hebert wasn't a bad QB at NWST. I'm not defending Haack. But don't act as if some of our QBs over the years wouldn't have warmed the bench at some FCS schools.

[Just1More]

Thats something no one is really talking about. A Zo type runner on this team and all of a sudden we are 8-4.

A lot of things being different could have had us 8-4. And the coaches need to be the first to know that Zo wasn't here anymore.

[Bigbuf]

A lot of things being different could have had us 8-4. And the coaches need to be the first to know that Zo wasn't here anymore.

Sure wish they had a better plan to replace him....the thing is that there is no one in the pipeline either.

[Bigbuf]

A lot of things being different could have had us 8-4. And the coaches need to be the first to know that Zo wasn't here anymore.

You are right, but with Zo in and all other things being equal...we don't lose to Tulane and NMST.

[Hark Mudspeth]

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.

The really good dual threat QB's...don't end up here. If you can sling it and run like a gazelle...you are going to Clemson, not LA. We most likely will always end up with subpar passers who can run like a RB or you end up with a guy like Broadway or Jennings who can throw pretty good and run pretty good but aren't stellar at either...and we got both from higher profile programs. Personally I rather a really good passer who is sevicable with his legs....those are tough to come by as well.

[Just1More]

The really good dual threat QB's...don't end up here. If you can sling it and run like a gazelle...you are going to Clemson, not LA. We most likely will always end up with subpar passers who can run like a RB or you end up with a guy like Broadway or Jennings who can throw pretty good and run pretty good but aren't stellar at either...and we got both from higher profile programs. Personally I rather a really good passer who is sevicable with his legs....those are tough to come by as well.

I agree in all regards. I find it odd, however, that it used to be different. You had talented QBs at every program... even at the FCS schools. Personally, I think high school and college programs are relying so much on QBs to be running QBs that it's reducing the number of great passers. You can see the result in the NFL.