2018 FB G7: Louisiana 17, App St. 27

[Cajunsmike]

Coach Napier has my complete support and I believe he is capable of getting this team to where we want it to be. He also is not above criticism. I'm sure he would admit, he is learning and he makes mistakes too. At 3rd and 2, at the 12, we ran Mitchell off the right guard/tackle and got nowhere. I think most would say Ragas is our tough inside runner. What do we do, we run the exact same play again with Mitchell and fail again. Tactically, not a good call. So many other possibilities at that point.

Agree with that view. In post game, he said he questions himself about some things that happened offensively. I immediately thought about that sequence when I heard those remarks. I just believe in the long term he wants to be able to consistently pick up third or fourth and short by running the ball. No doubt it was a questionable decision to try it yesterday at this stage against that defense.

[ninacajun]

Coach Napier has my complete support and I believe he is capable of getting this team to where we want it to be. He also is not above criticism. I'm sure he would admit, he is learning and he makes mistakes too. At 3rd and 2, at the 12, we ran Mitchell off the right guard/tackle and got nowhere. I think most would say Ragas is our tough inside runner. What do we do, we run the exact same play again with Mitchell and fail again. Tactically, not a good call. So many other possibilities at that point.

I think the thing we fail to think about as fans is what led to the play call in these situations. The coaches have broken down an extensive amount of film to see how the defense will line up against the formation they want to use in that down and distance, then chose plays both run and pass, that they like and worked on all week in practice before narrowing it down by weeks end to the plays they think can be best executed. All offensive plays are designed to work when executed correctly. Sometimes you fail due to poor execution, and sometimes you fail because the other team is better, sometimes they stunt out of the predicted alignment and you end up with a “look” you weren’t expecting. My main point is there are so many variables we don’t think about as a casual fan sometimes. And I’m not saying we can’t be critical as fans, or that coaches don’t make wrong decisions. I guarantee the best coaches second guess themselves when they don’t get the desired outcome...they just have to do it less frequently than inferior coaches.

[HelmutVII]

Looks like the flight back was delayed until late this morning. The were supposed to fly back last night and arrive about 9:30 pm. They didn't get back until just before noon today.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NCR720

Anybody know what the story is.

[Cajun90]

Looks like the flight back was delayed until late this morning. The were supposed to fly back last night and arrive about 9:30 pm. They didn't get back until just before noon today.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NCR720

Anybody know what the story is.

No, but been there done that to many times to count. Miserable for sure.

[fanof71]

Looks like the flight back was delayed until late this morning. The were supposed to fly back last night and arrive about 9:30 pm. They didn't get back until just before noon today.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NCR720

Anybody know what the story is.

I have no real info...could be, because the route from Boone to tri cities is at a pretty good elevation and there was snow forecasted for higher elevations last night, don't know if that delayed trip from Boone or if it was too windy to take off last night...

[CajunT]

Coach Napier has my complete support and I believe he is capable of getting this team to where we want it to be. He also is not above criticism. I'm sure he would admit, he is learning and he makes mistakes too. At 3rd and 2, at the 12, we ran Mitchell off the right guard/tackle and got nowhere. I think most would say Ragas is our tough inside runner. What do we do, we run the exact same play again with Mitchell and fail again. Tactically, not a good call. So many other possibilities at that point.

Mitchell chose to run behind the tackle rather than hit the hole between the center and guard. The replay showed he made a poor decision.

[basinbear]

Agree with that view. In post game, he said he questions himself about some things that happened offensively. I immediately thought about that sequence when I heard those remarks. I just believe in the long term he wants to be able to consistently pick up third or fourth and short by running the ball. No doubt it was a questionable decision to try it yesterday at this stage against that defense.

Again....on 4th and 2 if Mitchell hits it up the a gap where the play was designed to go it's a 1st down.....he got impatient and didn't trust the hole being there

[CajunVic]

Again....on 4th and 2 if Mitchell hits it up the a gap where the play was designed to go it's a 1st down.....he got impatient and didn't trust the hole being there

And I guess from watching the board immediately after the play, it was the COACH's fault? Just WOW.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

im disappointed we lost but this is the best we played against a top 25 team in a lonnnnngggg time

[Cajunsmike]

Mitchell chose to run behind the tackle rather than hit the whole between the center and guard. The replay showed he made a poor decision.

Thanks for the explanation. There was absolutely nowhere to go where he chose to attack. Not always easy for us to determine what happened by some of us novices at the game. Probably one of those "correctable" mistakes coaches always mention. Of course the player has to make that decision in a nano second so it is easy to second guess.