Man, people need to relax with calling questioning a hire as "being negative". If you dont think there is plenty to question about the hire, youre just blindly accepting a decision. But that doesnt mean we dont back the hire or we wont get behind him with our support. Napier and Des' resumes were miles apart when they were hired here. There is no comparison. He was endorsed by 2 of the top coaches in all of college football. Napier had more cachè to bring in good coordinators and staff. My worry is who will Des be able to bring in? He's worked at 1 university. Its a concern. Time will tell. But just because people have concerns doesnt mean we hate Des or thinks he sucks, or thinks "Maggard is suddenly an idiot". Chill the ____ out with that. I hope Im wrong. And feel free to hammer me with all your "I told you so's". Ill gladly accept them. Bottom line is, he is our coach now. So I support him to the fullest. Its day 1.....Lets ride!
I was hoping for a talented O coordinator from a P5 school but I wish the very best from HCMD. He is walking into some big shoes to fill and I think we all need to help him out emotionally and financially! Dr Maggart has been wise in his hires so let’s move forward!
I can understand why some feel this is a risky hire, but I trust Maggard. Athletic directors don’t keep their jobs by hiring bad coaches. The decision is made and all we can do is support Mike Desormeaux and hope he can keep us on track.
I understand why some people question the hire. I think most of this comes from the feeling that we have been very successful the last three years and the program has been elevated to a position where we can now attract a quality head coach from most anywhere in the country.
There are both pros and cons to hiring a young coach. A young coach can relate with 17-22 year old players way more than a 60 year old coach can. A young coach will be more likely to not be stuck in his way of doing things. One thing which concerns me with a young head coach is the ability to attract top tier coordinators/assistants. I wish Desormeaux would have coached at a few other NCAA schools just to have a bigger network of contacts.
Only time will tell if this is the right hire. Until then… LET’S GEAUX COACH DESORMEAUX!
That isn't my read at all. My read is that there is a huge vocal base that is for the hire so anyone questioning it isn't a real fan, or just trolling with negativity. Mike Desormeaux may be able to carry right along with what Billy had going, but he'd sure look a lot better with Toney at DC. The guts of this team & it's ability to obtain a SBC title this season was because of a tenacious defense that ate up the conference's best players & made them look mediocre at best.
Congrats to Mike on the HC hire!
I think most of us (myself included) were just expecting with whatever momentum we had going a bigger "name splash" was happening. I'm not gonna diminish what is a great moment for Coach Desormeaux in his climb up the ranks. Let's get to work and bring on the Herd!
I DO get to say I've seen our new Coach play in person though... that's pretty cool in my book! Cajuns at Illinois back in the day... We almost pulled it off. Coach ran one in also
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