With Coutts at Cal, Cajuns adding grad-transfer punter from Cincinnati

[Hark Mudspeth]

Sure, but the deal wasn't done when he made his decision to leave the program. He refused to return phone calls from the local media that tried to contact him. Now, I would at least expect something along the lines that he loved his time here in Lafayette, enjoyed the people and his teammates. I interviewed him twice, never had a bad word to say. But not a word, just refused to return request for interviews. This was a kid that said he loved it here in Lafayette during fall practice before the 2016 season.

Not arguing he was disgruntled, he got a great deal..good for him.

[angeleast]

Not arguing he was disgruntled, he got a great deal..good for him.

He left because of bad locker room atmosphere. And he left classy good kid

[Zeebart21]

All this time, I thought he was homesick??? LMAO!

Z

[KajunKrazy]

Looks like the kid from Cincinnati is pretty good. Maybe he hasn't heard about the locker room here yet. Let's get him accepted into grad school before he finds out.

[facelessjonmoon]

Looks like the kid from Cincinnati is pretty good. Maybe he hasn't heard about the locker room here yet. Let's get him accepted into grad school before he finds out.

Sucks to lose Coutts who was likely the best player on the team last year (for his position)

But I can see why Hud likes the new guy

https://youtu.be/S3zeS3XN6VU

Between him and Artigue we will have a jacked set of kickers

[BeauCajun]

Nice sophomore stats. Slipped a bit last year with injuries. "Geraci posted a career-high punting average of 46.3 yards as a sophomore in 2015"

[Cajunrunner]

Nice sophomore stats. Slipped a bit last year with injuries. "Geraci posted a career-high punting average of 46.3 yards as a sophomore in 2015"

Hopefully we don't need him as much as we needed Coutts last season.

[Just1More]

You guys are summing this up nicely. Geraci (and/or another punter candidate challenging for the job) is a good punter. The issue was never that we lost the anchor to our team and we might not find a replacement. It was the circumstance leading up to losing Coutts. We would, otherwise, never be discussing our punter.

Like Cajunrunner mentions... I don't want to have to rely on a punter as often as we did Coutts. The reality of it is... our issues have 99.9% not to do with punting.

[CajunT]

You guys are summing this up nicely. Geraci (and/or another punter candidate challenging for the job) is a good punter. The issue was never that we lost the anchor to our team and we might not find a replacement. It was the circumstance leading up to losing Coutts. We would, otherwise, never be discussing our punter.

Like Cajunrunner mentions... I don't want to have to rely on a punter as often as we did Coutts. The reality of it is... our issues have 99.9% not to do with punting.

Dead on sir! I look forward to watching the new guys compete, but Coutts departure could have been avoided.

[Cajunrunner]

Like Cajunrunner mentions... I don't want to have to rely on a punter as often as we did Coutts. The reality of it is... our issues have 99.9% not to do with punting.

I'm thinking we'll need him 7 or 8 times in Game 1, but will only need him an average of twice a game the rest of the season.