Napier: 'Sometimes it takes a crisis' to get attention

[CajunVic]

There's a lot of baggage to carry around on the tail end of that 118 year journey.

Upstarts are unencumbered.

Baggage fees are everywhere these days.

[Million$Mullet]

Maybe we can get Jalen hurts to transfer here. Kelly Bryant is transferring too. They can battle it out over here for the starting position. Talk about a crisis

[zephyr]

And did you think that in the previous 2? No, so one game and the guy is done? Why is everyone so knee jerk reaction? How do you know the players didn't freak out and revert to their old ways after getting down? Give the guy some time to do his job.

You see, this is your problem. You lecture everyone on overreacting and you are completely falsifying things about what I said. I NEVER said he was done. You need to check the comprehension meter. You wonder why people react to you the way they do its because you put words in the air that were never there and then call them someone else's.

[zephyr]

We will have to agree to disagree. App St won because they had a difference maker at QB and more athletic lineman. We switch coaches and we still lose those games. As we all agree on now, Hud was a poor evaluator of talent. Napier has inherited a depleted team with holes at QB and every defensive position. He will struggle to win consistently until he upgrades the roster. If that doesn’t scream talent over coaching, I don’t know what does.

And what if Hud took over App State in the scenario you suggest and he changes their offensive philosophy? What if he takes the dual threat nature of their QB away? Just because the talent would trade hands doesn't mean he would utilize it the same way.

[CrazyCajun]

You see, this is your problem. You lecture everyone on overreacting and you are completely falsifying things about what I said. I NEVER said he was done you jackass. You wonder why people react to you the way they do its because you put words in the air that were never there and then call them someone else's.

Kinda Like you just did, where did i say you said that? Jackass...the whole board was melting down in general. It’s a generalized statement. Falsifying? Is this a courtroom or something?

[MetryCajun]

And what if Hud took over App State in the scenario you suggest and he changes their offensive philosophy? What if he takes the dual threat nature of their QB away? Just because the talent would trade hands doesn't mean he would utilize it the same way.

I think Hud demonstrated with Gautier and Broadway that he would not have done that. Because of his inability to find suitable replacements, we went from Duel threat QBs to no threat QBs.

[zephyr]

And did you think that in the previous 2? No, so one game and the guy is done? Why is everyone so knee jerk reaction? How do you know the players didn't freak out and revert to their old ways after getting down? Give the guy some time to do his job.

See the above, Jackass.

[zephyr]

Kinda Like you just did, where did i say you said that? Jackass...the whole board was melting down in general. It’s a generalized statement. Falsifying? Is this a courtroom or something?

It is when you fabricate things that people are saying into something else that is different. So yeah, you are falsifying things said.

[zephyr]

It is when you fabricate things that people are saying into something else that is different. So yeah, you are falsifying things said.

For instance, in the posts that you were quoting me on, there was no meltdown. As a matter of fact, as I showed, I never stated Napier was done. I brought up specific instances in ALL games I've seen this year that I questioned some of the things that we were certain would change and hadn't thus far. First, people said to wait until after the Grambling game to see what we looked like. Then it was well, Grambling is not on our level so we need to measure up against Moo State. Well, then it was well they are top 10 (which they aren't) P5 and we can't really measure up to that so lets wait until we play CCU which is a conference foe and like opponent. Well, we've run the gauntlet of opponents for which we should and should not compare ourselves.

I think that if everyone were overreacting, much worse would be said about Napier and staff with calls for bigger steps to be made. However, I think its completely understandable to question what we've seen thus far in scheme which was supposed to be much improved over last year. It doesn't mean we want him fired. I've also mentioned all along that I, too, want to give him time to coach before judging, however, I'm not judging either way. I was just tired of hearing how great of a difference would be made now that Hud was gone and we finally had that X and O coach even though he never coached a game in his career. It works both ways.

[CajunT]

Maybe we can get Jalen hurts to transfer here. Kelly Bryant is transferring too. They can battle it out over here for the starting position. Talk about a crisis

Jalen and Bryant are getting paid, they are not coming to UL. I know that sounds cynical, but most kids that have a high profile at a P5 are going to the highest bidder.

[CrazyCajun]

It is when you fabricate things that people are saying into something else that is different. So yeah, you are falsifying things said.

So everything you “quote” someone on you are saying they said that? It’s not me and you in a room, how else do you have a conversation? If im attributing something to you or anyone else..the sentence will begin with..You said “whatever you said” that’s quoting someone. Maybe you are the one assuming

[CharlieK]

So much about success is having a reliable recruiting area. This is something UL has never been able to foster. We have heard numerous coaches say LA will be our focus, but in the end we are scouring the southeast for players other programs may have over looked. It sometimes works spectacularly but it is not a replacement for a strong recuiting footprint. We see this even with P5 teams. Where are Nebraska or Michigan getting their players? When I was growing up these schools could go into Dallas, NOLA or Florida and get premium skill talent. Now they can't, and their stature has been reduced.
UL will be relevant in football when they carve out a reliable recruiting niche in LA, East Texas and southern MS. It looks like Napier is trying to do just that.

This is a great post.

I think there is no doubt that given RELATIVELY similar talent, coaching is the difference. For sure in high school, where there are certain coaches, that no matter where they go they build winners. It also applies in college, as long as the talent level is reasonably close. I don't think HUD did a good enough job developing the talent he got, and at the same time he became lax in discipline and fitness. There was nothing but talent to fall back on, and assuming we were not getting anything more than average SBC talent, that's not enough to win more than a few games.