JuCo signees

[Turbine]

Signing 25 is basically committing a full/third of your team to inexperience.

Inexperience with your system, inexperience with the speed of the game all while they are trying to get their bearings straight.

Juco is not the permanent solution since a third or fourth year junior is much more valuable than a first year junior.

[Duggie35]

What we need to do is sign guys that can play football, not guys that just look good in a uniform, regardless of where they come from!

[CajunEXPRESS]

This is what we do on here. Talk amongst ourselves... speculating. I do think we all agree we've brought someone in to run our football program that doesn't need us telling him what he needs to do. He doesn't need to be told of an "urgency". He doesn't need us telling him how many recruits he is missing during early signing. He doesn't need us telling him he does or doesn't need JUCOs... or that he should try to win asap... or wait on his ideal high caliber program specific high schoolers to build an ideal Napier program.

All Napier needs from us is advice on Cajun cuisine and the best Ragin Cajun places to begin his association. My gut tells me he has a plan formulating with staff, recruits, and winning that exceeds our advice. But we definitely know more about how to pass a good time in Acadiana.

Exactly correct. Napier decides who to sign. The NCAA gives him 25 per year. If he’s happy with 25,20,16 or however many that’s who he should sign. They can be freshman, juco, a walk on junior, or graduate transfer. There’s no magic matrix to use.

[Frenchie35]

This is what we do on here. Talk amongst ourselves... speculating. I do think we all agree we've brought someone in to run our football program that doesn't need us telling him what he needs to do. He doesn't need to be told of an "urgency". He doesn't need us telling him how many recruits he is missing during early signing. He doesn't need us telling him he does or doesn't need JUCOs... or that he should try to win asap... or wait on his ideal high caliber program specific high schoolers to build an ideal Napier program.

All Napier needs from us is advice on Cajun cuisine and the best Ragin Cajun places to begin his association. My gut tells me he has a plan formulating with staff, recruits, and winning that exceeds our advice. But we definitely know more about how to pass a good time in Acadiana.

Well J1M, you said what I was thinking. Why hire a coach when we have all the answers on RP....

[RaginFan2]

Exactly correct. Napier decides who to sign. The NCAA gives him 25 per year. If he’s happy with 25,20,16 or however many that’s who he should sign. They can be freshman, juco, a walk on junior, or graduate transfer. There’s no magic matrix to use.

This!

Anyone Coach Napier & staff deem to be an asset to our program, is good for me.

[SlickRick]

He said 17.

[Cajunfanatico]

I'm just hoping everyone in the UL administration has communicated to him the need for IMMEDIATE improvement.

If everyone in the UL administration needs to communicate to Napier that we need immediate improvement, then we've hired the wrong guy.

[Rainman66]

We went from Bustle (3-9) to Hud (9-4) with minimal improvement from JUCO. Peoples for sure, and I think a DB, but don't think any others that 1st year.

Going through the UCF roster, Frost & Staff did an amazing turn-around, once again with minimal JUCO help.

I expect improved play with existing talent due to better coaching, better game planning & better discipline.

Yes, I believe there is some immediate help we can get from JUCO, but if we are expecting more than 2 or 3 starters, I would be surprised. I do be we can get some quality depth from JUCO though to make this a deeper team.

[Oiler]

If everyone in the UL administration needs to communicate to Napier that we need immediate improvement, then we've hired the wrong guy.

You’re probably right about that.

[Balanced_view]

I expect improved play with existing talent due to better coaching, better game planning & better discipline.

Yes, I believe there is some immediate help we can get from JUCO, but if we are expecting more than 2 or 3 starters, I would be surprised. I do be we can get some quality depth from JUCO though to make this a deeper team.

This 100%. the offense was good most of the year, even with key injuries, and will have good talent at all skill positions, and for all the talk of the lack of O-line talent, they had some good moments also. the main difference will be coaching adjustments, play calling, and development that should yield both consistency and overall improvement. the defense will need a influx of talent/juco experience, but they will reap the same benefits of better coaching adjustments, play calling, and development. I believe coach Napier could have coached this years roster to 9 or 10 wins.