It's easy to like what Swinney/Saban alum Billy Napier is building at UL

[Dad04]

https://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...chedule-roster

Good article. Massive ULL use front to back, top to bottom. WARNING: Some readers might find disturbing.

[Cajunrunner]

It's still good publicity for our program.

[BeauCajun]

They must have cleaned up the article. No dreaded ULL anywhere in there. A few UL Lafayettes. Lots of UL.

[CajunT]

https://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...chedule-roster

Good article. Massive ULL use front to back, top to bottom. WARNING: Some readers might find disturbing.

Read the article this morning and I didn't think it was worth posting when I finished. The roster is better and we were 7-7 last season. With better QB play and improvement on defense we should at least win 8 games, yet his projection is 6 or 7 wins. So he clearly doesn't like or believe in Billy Napier ball. The title drives traffic to his article, only to be disappointed.

[Rougarou]

Read the article this morning and I didn't think it was worth posting when I finished. The roster is better and we were 7-7 last season. With better QB play and improvement on defense we should at least win 8 games, yet his projection is 6 or 7 wins. So he clearly doesn't like or believe in Billy Napier ball. The title drives traffic to his article, only to be disappointed.

Welcome to the internet! Sadly...

[STLMOCAJUN]

Read the article this morning and I didn't think it was worth posting when I finished. The roster is better and we were 7-7 last season. With better QB play and improvement on defense we should at least win 8 games, yet his projection is 6 or 7 wins. So he clearly doesn't like or believe in Billy Napier ball. The title drives traffic to his article, only to be disappointed.

Yes of course with improvement we could win more games. But with unproven QB, major concerns at linebacker and safety on defense, a tough schedule and the need to develop a defensive line/pass rush saying 6-7 wins is a realistic expectation. His point is that the team is trending up with the improvement we made from Hud’s last year to Napier’s first season and will only get better with the type of recruits he signed this year. We can still be a 6-7 win team based on our schedule and deficiencies but a program that is trending in the correct direction.

[CajunT]

Yes of course with improvement we could win more games. But with unproven QB, major concerns at linebacker and safety on defense, a tough schedule and the need to develop a defensive line/pass rush saying 6-7 wins is a realistic expectation. His point is that the team is trending up with the improvement we made from Hud’s last year to Napier’s first season and will only get better with the type of recruits he signed this year. We can still be a 6-7 win team based on our schedule and deficiencies but a program that is trending in the correct direction.

We can agree on the unproven QB, I don't agree with the LB position. We have three players that started at LB in Boudreaux, Gardner and McCaskill in addition to Moncrief and Cordova. My concerns start with the guys in front of them outside of Hill and Higgins. Booker has the most experience afterwards and we are really young after those guys.

Safety is another position that has concern, although I believe Trahan showed what he could do against App. State and Tulane in the bowl game. We have plenty of depth there, just need to work out starters. Greenhouse and Trahan have an early jump this spring.

My main problem with the article is that he points out the obstacles but he doesn't project any further on his prediction. What's missing, what if the Cajuns get better QB play and the defense is better? What would his possible projection be if that happens? The obstacles are clear, but there is not a possible path to a better season? His article misses the boat on that subject when it comes to pre-season predictions.

[ultracajun]

Judging by the handshakes after last year's game, I don't even think Saban knows who Napier is.

[cajun_lannister]

7 wins +/- 1

[Turbine]

Judging by the handshakes after last year's game, I don't even think Saban knows who Napier is.

Saban doesn't know any of his past acquaintances.

[CameronCajun]

Judging by the handshakes after last year's game, I don't even think Saban knows who Napier is.

You don't make a phone call in the middle of the night for someone you don't know....

[LaCajunsFan]

You don't make a phone call in the middle of the night for someone you don't know....

This

[mgv6260]

You don't make a phone call in the middle of the night for someone you don't know....

Can you explain for those of us who do not know what call you are talking about?

[CajunVic]

Can you explain for those of us who do not know what call you are talking about?

Saban and Dabo both called Maggard to let him know that Napier should be a strong consideration at the heat of the hire.

[mgv6260]

Thanks, I did not know that.