Cole Beasley

[Just1More]

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.

[CharlieK]

So HUD wasted an NFL talent? HUD has had issues as of late...but...

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.

[Hark Mudspeth]

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.

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.

[Just1More]

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.

[zephyr]

There are those, including me, that blame Hud for Haack not being as good as I thought he could be. This offense never suited Haack. I blame Hud for recruiting him in the first place. And this offense isn't, by the way, being managed worth a damn by Hud right now. He won't admit it... but he got out of the way slightly... and that's the best overall improvement seen in the past few games.

All recruits are Hud's, are they not? As much as you say others over blame Hud for our football issues, you seem to have taken the biggest role blaming anyone but Hud.

I want Hud to succeed, but if you're not seeing a lot of coaching issues with Hud, you aren't watching the same program I am. If anything gets better with our football team, it will be because Mark Hudspeth got a whole lot smarter about running a solid football program. I welcome it. I don't want to see us fail miserably in order to make improvements. Hud better never smart off to the fan base ever again in his career here either. That you can take to the bank. And he will never again slip past an ACT or APC problem at this university. You can write that down.

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

[RaginDave]

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

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 ____.

[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.