2018 Football Staff

[jllanclos]

It's been my dream for this program to become a launching pad for coaches. I want to be hiring new coaches all the time here, because they're successful.

Hell, I'm thrilled Saban came to this program to find his next assistant. That's stellar.

I'm sure we'll find a more than capable DC. Not worried about this at all.

[IberiaCajun]

Don’t see this as a positive in any way. Losing a DC to be a position coach is a bummer. I realize it’s Bama but this is a setback. Hopefully the next guy will be good. We won’t know for quite a while either way.

Napier is hiring good coaches. If not, why would Saban be interested? Would you feel better if he went to Nicholls? Looks like Saban trusts Napier so much he let him do his vetting and then offered Scott something he thought was better for him. It is part of the game. I think other programs will be calling on our assistants at the end of next year. We will see.

[Clutch0364]

I stand corrected. He brought Malzahn to Tulsa and then at Rice they were running the same offense. Good catch.

Grahams OC's over the years have all become head coaches. Major Applewhite, Gus Malzhan, Chad Morris, Mike Norvel and now Napier.

[cajun_lannister]

And the necksters hold true-to-form:

"Hopefully he goes. We can do so much better. I'm guessing Skip doesn't try & counter. Would be an easy way for Skip to upgrade w/o firing him. I predict if he goes & we don't screw up the hire that we will be better on defense next year."

. "Baker, our current DC that ULL has supposedly offered its DC job to, fields defenses that are good against the run, but they struggle to put any pressure on the QB. Good QB's have been able to pick us apart. Another huge problem we've had is that we haven't been able to recruit a single decent linebacker since Baker took over from Manny Diaz" ... more from the LTUR

[MetryCajun]

Losing a coach before he coaches is not good, no matter how you spin it. It is a good reflection on Napier’s vetting, but it is a poor reflection on the state of our program. Whoever takes this DC position will probably look like an idiot for a year or two. This is a major rebuild on that side of the ball. I think Scott made a good career move here.

[Turbine]

Losing a coach before he coaches is not good, no matter how you spin it. It is a good reflection on Napier’s vetting, but it is a poor reflection on the state of our program. Whoever takes this DC position will probably look like an idiot for a year or two. This is a major rebuild on that side of the ball. I think Scott made a good career move here.

There may be a cutoff point where an existing DC would tell Nick Saban to get lost, but I don't know where that cutoff point would lay.

No spin, this is not a knock on UL, a lot of P5 DCs would make the lateral move.

[LouisianaB]

Losing a coach before he coaches is not good, no matter how you spin it. It is a good reflection on Napier’s vetting, but it is a poor reflection on the state of our program. Whoever takes this DC position will probably look like an idiot for a year or two. This is a major rebuild on that side of the ball. I think Scott made a good career move here.

I disagree that it is a poor reflection of our program.

The options:
(1) coach at G5 school, with a new head coach, to play for a SBC championship and NOLA bowl, .0005 percent chance to win a NC, playing in front of 20k fans on average;
OR
(2) coach at a P5 powerhouse in the SEC, with a head coach who is arguably the best college coach of our lifetime or maybe even ever, playing for SEC Championships, 75 percent chance to win National Championship, playing in front of 100k fans on average.

If you seriously pick option 1, you have mental issues.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I disagree that it is a poor reflection of our program.

The options:
(1) coach at G5 school, with a new head coach, to play for a SBC championship and NOLA bowl, .0005 percent chance to win a NC, playing in front of 20k fans on average;
OR
(2) coach at a P5 powerhouse in the SEC, with a head coach who is arguably the best college coach of our lifetime or maybe even ever, playing for SEC Championships, 75 percent chance to win National Championship, playing in front of 100k fans on average.

If you seriously pick option 1, you have mental issues.

Metry has been at it too long. He's no longer a dreamer, and thank God Napier is.

[CharlieK]

Metry has been at it too long. He's no longer a dreamer, and thank God Napier is.

There is a lot of that beat down around here.....

[MetryCajun]

Metry has been at it too long. He's no longer a dreamer, and thank God Napier is.

True dat. just here to crush dreams now. 😁

[ULGrad@HOU]

I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s a negative, unless you are the type of person that thinks any change is negative. It may be for the best.. They guy just was not here long enough to do anything really. Now is the best time to have this happen. Napier will pick another good coach I’m sure.

[cajun4life]

In no way is this a poor reflection of this program. He is leaving for Alabama! A program that has played in 5 of the last 8 NC games. For roughly the same salary. How is that a knock on Scott or UL?

Some of y’all need a reality check on where we are in the pecking order of the college football landscape. We are in the bottom 1/3 of FBS programs. We have the potential to become a Houston or ECU type program, but we are no where near that at the moment.

Scott left for The Premier program in college football.