2019: ESPN Power Index

[Boomer]

Just wondering, you said “consistent success” to move up to P5. HUD went 9-4, 4 straight years with 4 straight bowl wins. Arguably the best 4 year stretch in UL football history. What is your opinion why other than Tulane no P5 school offered him a better gig?

....Tulane isn’t P5 and at the time they were really down——remember the S Dome crowds?

[cajun4life]

I would think in that scenario drinkwitz would also be a candidate. I do think a lot will depend on how satterfield and brown do. If they both flop, P5’s might be hesitant to bring in someone straight from the SBC.

Name a G5 coach who has a better pedigree? Saban and Dabo, Napier comes from coaching royalty.

UNC is a low pressure, high upside P5 job. It’s a basketball school that can dominate the ACC in football. Especially with the Florida schools in shambles.

[CrazyCajun]

Name a G5 coach who has a better pedigree? Saban and Dabo, Napier comes from coaching royalty.

UNC is a low pressure, high upside P5 job. It’s a basketball school that can dominate the ACC in football. Especially with the Florida schools in shambles.

Just saying drinkwitz was at NC state and currently coaching in North Carolina and is coming in here undefeated with a win over UNC...I think he would be on their radar as well. I promise you they know who he is. Point being, Napier isn’t the only good young coaching looking to move to P5’s. Timing and connections has a lot to do with it.

[CajunVic]

Just saying drinkwitz was at NC state and currently coaching in North Carolina and is coming in here undefeated with a win over UNC...I think he would be on their radar as well. I promise you they know who he is. Point being, Napier isn’t the only good young coaching looking to move to P5’s. Timing and connections has a lot to do with it.

Who says Napier is LOOKING?

[no1cajunfan]

....Tulane isn't P5 and at the time they were really down——remember the S Dome crowds?

Sorry I wasn't more clear. Yes, I know Tulane isn't P5 but they were the only other school to offer. No other schools including all P5 made him an offer. Possibly the lack of a signature win in those 4 years?

[CrazyCajun]

Who says Napier is LOOKING?

Nobody, he said in 4 years after Mack brown retires

[wscoog]

Just wondering, you said “consistent success” to move up to P5. HUD went 9-4, 4 straight years with 4 straight bowl wins. Arguably the best 4 year stretch in UL football history. What is your opinion why other than Tulane no P5 school offered him a better gig?

Supposedly he interviewed for the Houston job after sumlin left. Rumor was he didn’t interview very well. Made such a great impression we hired a special teams coordinator who had a punt blocked in the conference championship game against usm. Felt like an omen.

[axg8750]

He is a great rah rah guy. Coach not so much. As someone posted earlier, you can see what Napier and staff are doing without the absolute necessity of a particular win. HUD’s run was smoke, mirrors with a good amount of luck. However, he could smooze with supporters like the best of them. Before his head got big, he was the best at it. Who did not like an evening or even a minute with HUD around in his first three or 4 years?

If Brett Baer was not on Hud’s teams the outcome would have been much, much different. Cajuns would not have beat Troy at home (onside kick) or won first NO bowl game.

Baer not only won games by being the best kicker at onside kicks in history of program but also by his punting abilities.

[Oiler]

Who says Napier is LOOKING?

You can't possibly believe that he isn't. All G5 coaches are looking to cash in at their first opportunity. With the way the coaching profession works, who can blame them?

[CajunVic]

You can't possibly believe that he isn't. All G5 coaches are looking to cash in at their first opportunity. With the way the coaching profession works, who can blame them?

I don’t think he is looking because he knows the opportunities he MAY desire in the future are not yet looking at him. I believe he aspires to win a National Championship some day, not just to be a coach of any P5. A bad P5 move could forever shut him out of that big aspiration. He has not shown enough yet to get that big one.

[cajun4life]

I don’t think he is looking because he knows the opportunities he MAY desire in the future are not yet looking at him. I believe he aspires to win a National Championship some day, not just to be a coach of any P5. A bad P5 move could forever shut him out of that big aspiration. He has not shown enough yet to get that big one.

Hence my nervousness about UNC. But the silver lining to that is, we keep him for 3-5 more years. Which would do wonders for our program.

[moorecajun]

Maybe. But Texas has played well in recent years, under Mac Brown btw. I would expect that if you compared the number of nfl players and win/loss percentage, unc would have the most nfl players and the lowest win percentage over the last 30+ years of any other team in country. Hence they do less with more.
Any stat geek care to find those numbers?

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