Head Coach Mike Desormeaux

[JMV JustMyView]

Vic...what you gonna do with that $100 that LouisianaB owes you ?

The same that I am going to do with the $10,000 that Rainman66 bet with me.

[CajunVic]

22 of those guys are gone Dec 19... don't really help you in 2022 now does it

The 63 left sure will and they will help him get a replacement 22 . . .

[Scott Malkinson]

The 63 left sure will and they will help him get a replacement 22 . . .

Sure the
Butler , Manac and Humphreys grow on trees

[CajunVic]

Sure the
Butler , Manac and Humphreys grow on trees

Every single college team that is good has good players leaving every year. Your point?

Oh, you just picking on the new guy . . .

[JMV JustMyView]

For the folks that think Mike can't get coaches to come here. Listen if he wants he can cherry pick any team in the sunbelt conference for coaches. For any opening he will not have any shortage of coaches applying.

[Scott Malkinson]

Every single college team that is good has good players leaving every year. Your point?

Oh, you just picking on the new guy . . .

I do think it was a lazy / cheap hire. But that's besides the point the last staff had connections from Texas to South Carolina what do we have outside the state.

[Scott Malkinson]

For the folks that think Mike can't get coaches to come here. Listen if he wants he can cherry pick any team in the sunbelt conference for coaches. For any opening he will not have any shortage of coaches applying.

Has he worked with any of them or they will have to trust him? That's a huge concern with never having left to build connections else where

[CajunEXPRESS]

Sure the
Butler , Manac and Humphreys grow on trees

Oh, I missed the part that those guys were getting another year of eligibility if Billy stayed.

[JayWalker]

As I tried to explain last week, this was a unique coaching hire for UL.

Because every other football hire ever, we were trying to fix something.

Now we are trying to sustain it.

You think Dr. Maggard is taking a chance here. I do not.

I think taking a chance would be to hire ________________, watch him fire the whole staff, watch a dozen or more players enter the transfer portal to go along with the graduating seniors and have to rebuild something that didn't need rebuilding.

Or you take the advice of a man who took your program to heights we've only dreamed of, along with other former coaches who all said the same thing: Mike is ready.

Now, some of you said ( and I totally understand) about Mike never having coached anywhere else....that he needed experience. What you aren't understanding is, the experience was brought to HIM in the person of Billy Napier.

I think promoting from within was absolutely the smartest move. Now, he'll have to make good hires with Toney, Juluke and Hocke leaving. We will miss those guys and there's a reason why Billy is taking them to FL.

And, we know what's going to happen now. Every time we lose a game, some of you will be screaming Maggard made a mistake, just like some of you screamed every time Levi didn't make a play.

Now, to answer some questions that were asked but not answered here.

Mike will be formally introduced Tuesday afternoon. Everyone will be on the road recruiting tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the public will be invited, and I"m sure it will be at the Stadium Club.

Bryan did not give terms of the contract because there are still a couple of things to be worked out. That will be unveiled Tuesday as well. And, yes, Mike does have representation.

Mike was offered the job noon Friday.

As I said earlier in the week, Mike checks every one of Maggard's boxes.

I've known Mike since he set foot on campus. He was one of the best competitors I've ever covered and was as tough as anyone we've had at the QB position. He has a high moral compass. He's a good family man.

I think Dr. Maggard has hit another homer.

[Scott Malkinson]

Oh, I missed the part that those guys were getting another year of eligibility if Billy stayed.

If you ready before I said you can rebuild through the transfer portal especially with guys connected to Bama or UGA.