Roosters Come Home to Roost

[Duggie35]

They don't roosta like they use ta

You are right about that!

[Oiler]

Exactly! To have right at a month to recruit, NOT have all your coaching staff in place and down around a bakers dozen scholy players, WOULD be tough for ANY coach! We are moving in the right position. Look at 4th quarter at our 1's, 2's and 3's against theirs! There 3's are still signed by Alabama and SEC caliber players are they not? Look at the recruiting commits at this point, NICE! Look at the list of players that are on Alabama that our current head coach recruited, NICE! RCAF numbers are climbing, UP nicely! Getting closer to Cajun Field renovation and expansion, which will help fan base GROW, recruiting IMPROVE, and the Cajun Nation's favorite team, THE Louisiana Ragin Cajuns will soon have its Best chance to MOVE UP in a Bigger and More prestigious Conference!

Just exactly what bigger and more prestigious conference is that going to be? The "bigger and more prestigious conference" bus left the station about five years ago when the P5 was formed. We may still see some geographical realignment among the G5 conferences, but as far as the creation of a new G5 conference that'll be more prestigious, that's nothing more than a pipe dream. If anything, the G5 conferences will all become much more equal, both in performance as well as in prestige.

Right now, the top two or three teams in the AAC, as well as Boise in the MWC are clearly the cream of the crop in the G5, but the rest of the teams in those conferences are no better than Sun Belt, MAC, or CUSA teams. Though we all dream of making it into a big time conference, it just isn't going to happen. We simply weren't ready when we needed to be and were therefore left off the invitation list. The door to the big time has now closed.

[Ragin4U]

What's your choice of bait? It really seems to be working.

He's not fishing, he's catching!

[Ragin4U]

The Louis Cook that shat the bed against Catholic NI in the dome last year?

Or the Louis Cook that took CHNI behind the woodshed last week?

[Ragin4U]

Exactly! To have right at a month to recruit, NOT have all your coaching staff in place and down around a bakers dozen scholy players, WOULD be tough for ANY coach! We are moving in the right position. Look at 4th quarter at our 1's, 2's and 3's against theirs! There 3's are still signed by Alabama and SEC caliber players are they not? Look at the recruiting commits at this point, NICE! Look at the list of players that are on Alabama that our current head coach recruited, NICE! RCAF numbers are climbing, UP nicely! Getting closer to Cajun Field renovation and expansion, which will help fan base GROW, recruiting IMPROVE, and the Cajun Nation's favorite team, THE Louisiana Ragin Cajuns will soon have its Best chance to MOVE UP in a Bigger and More prestigious Conference!

How much of an issue was our new DC leaving before the season?

[cajun4life]

How much of an issue was our new DC leaving before the season?

We don’t have a whole lot of talent on defense. The young guys are very athletic, but need to learn and become more seasoned. Our secondary is pretty poor. A different DC wouldn’t make a whole lot of difference.

[Ragin4U]

We don't have a whole lot of talent on defense. The young guys are very athletic, but need to learn and become more seasoned. Our secondary is pretty poor. A different DC wouldn't make a whole lot of difference.

Agreed on the talent but 1st choice of DC versus 2nd choice must have made some small difference. There's no way to know of course, just a thought.

[CajunEXPRESS]

How much of an issue was our new DC leaving before the season?

0% unless he’s God. The players, Jim’s & Joes aren’t there in great numbers. Like a total first string.

[Ragin4U]

0% unless he’s God. The players, Jim’s & Joes aren’t there in great numbers. Like a total first string.

I can't argue with that.

[zephyr]

We don’t have a whole lot of talent on defense. The young guys are very athletic, but need to learn and become more seasoned. Our secondary is pretty poor. A different DC wouldn’t make a whole lot of difference.

This is understandable. Three of the 4 starters in the secondary are previous walk ons. I agree with the talent perspective which is why I feel like we need to be doing something like challenging the offense with blitzes and more pressure. Is it a gamble considering our inability to cover? yes. I think it should be a calculated gamble at certain times because we aren't turning teams over and we aren't getting off the field. At some point, we have to do more than play base defense.

[HOUCajun]

This is understandable. Three of the 4 starters in the secondary are previous walk ons. I agree with the talent perspective which is why I feel like we need to be doing something like challenging the offense with blitzes and more pressure. Is it a gamble considering our inability to cover? yes. I think it should be a calculated gamble at certain times because we aren't turning teams over and we aren't getting off the field. At some point, we have to do more than play base defense.

To be a successful blitzing team you need speed on the edges and LB. I don’t think we have that. I’m guessing the blitzes we try against our O line in practice do not yield the desired results.

[Rougarou]

Obviously. The only reason it was built was to attract recruits. You non't need a palace to get stronger. You need it it to reel in fish(players). Unfortunately it is not reeling in many keepers.

They use it to reel in coaches too.