I 100% Support Mike Desormeaux! (formerly I will not support Mike D)

[CajunVic]

Are you questioning the wisdom of Bum Phillips, the Yogi Berra of football? I don't care if you were Dr. Maggard's stoolie, you sir are in now way qualified to question the wisdom of this great American, you, you, you lawyer!

You may have the wrong guy, and yes I am NOW qualified to do so, in fact, I did so solely with coaches from the University of Louisiana.

[CajunVic]

You should be smart enough to know that Bum Phillips was making a funny.

I am, but then there are some who post here like BWK . . . shall I say anymore. . .

[Bandwagon King]

People here are using that as experience. All I am saying is being a high school coach and being a college coach is apples and oranges

Not saying high school coaches haven’t been successful but I don’t think you can use that either when it comes to coaching at a Division I-A school

Not sure if you knew this, but the great Bum Phillips & Jimmy Johnson coached high school football. And while that might not make much of a difference to a lot of people, you can damn sure bet it makes a ton of difference on the recruiting trail. It is also extremely useful in coaching on the college level, or even the pros. As college assistant coach you might not ever coach one side of the football, or special teams. As a high school coach, you are forced to gain a much greater comprehension of all sides of football which is priceless experience to have a coach at a higher level.

Being a great coach isn't about being an offensive, or defensive genius. It's about understand all of the fundamentals of football. I have said this all along about Billy Napier when people keep calling him an offensive coach. He's NOT an offensive coach. He's a football coach. He understands that some times you can't win with just offense. some times you can't win with just defense. Some times you have to win with special teams as well. That is the definition of a great coach. Someone who can win in all three phases of the game.

[Bandwagon King]

You may have the wrong guy, and yes I am NOW qualified to do so, in fact, I did so solely with coaches from the University of Louisiana.

Let me qualify Mr. Ambulance chaser, Bum prolly meant FOOTBALL coaches. And yes it was a funny & yes I'm having fun with you Lord Varys.

[Ragin9221]

Not sure if you knew this, but the great Bum Phillips & Jimmy Johnson coached high school football. And while that might not make much of a difference to a lot of people, you can damn sure bet it makes a ton of difference on the recruiting trail. It is also extremely useful in coaching on the college level, or even the pros. As college assistant coach you might not ever coach one side of the football, or special teams. As a high school coach, you are forced to gain a much greater comprehension of all sides of football which is priceless experience to have a coach at a higher level.

Being a great coach isn't about being an offensive, or defensive genius. It's about understand all of the fundamentals of football. I have said this all along about Billy Napier when people keep calling him an offensive coach. He's NOT an offensive coach. He's a football coach. He understands that some times you can't win with just offense. some times you can't win with just defense. Some times you have to win with special teams as well. That is the definition of a great coach. Someone who can win in all three phases of the game.

Now I agree with that !! That’s what I want to hear! Let’s see if he has the right attitude and the know how to get it done !

I think on the college level it takes both!

I think to be successful you need to know everything !! You have to have a certain way about you to be successful at the college level this is a whole different level which is why coaches are making 500k to 10 million a year !

[CajunVic]

Not sure if you knew this, but the great Bum Phillips & Jimmy Johnson coached high school football. And while that might not make much of a difference to a lot of people, you can damn sure bet it makes a ton of difference on the recruiting trail. It is also extremely useful in coaching on the college level, or even the pros. As college assistant coach you might not ever coach one side of the football, or special teams. As a high school coach, you are forced to gain a much greater comprehension of all sides of football which is priceless experience to have a coach at a higher level.

Being a great coach isn't about being an offensive, or defensive genius. It's about understand all of the fundamentals of football. I have said this all along about Billy Napier when people keep calling him an offensive coach. He's NOT an offensive coach. He's a football coach. He understands that some times you can't win with just offense. some times you can't win with just defense. Some times you have to win with special teams as well. That is the definition of a great coach. Someone who can win in all three phases of the game.

And . . .

[Bandwagon King]

One thing I had forgotten about Coach Dez is his intelligence level. I was recently reminded of the fact he had over a 3.9 GPA when he graduated from UL. He did that in 3 1/2 years while competing at a high level in a demanding sport. He is in the National College Football Hall of Fame for academic success. Quite an honor. That tells me the talk about gaining experience through the benefit of working with Coach Napier has some validity. Logic there he obviously is a quick learner. Bet he was like a sponge in absorbing all the knowledge passed on to him. I also like the fact he was here for a couple of rough years under Coach Hudspeth. You learn more in life from failure than success. Therefore, things that did not work in 2016 and 2017 can be removed from the process.

You are spot on about the IQ thing Mike. The GPA was the thing that hit me, when I read his qualifications. And I don't think being under Hud was anywhere close to a mark against him. Hud was a good coach. But what made Hud really good was the great staff he put together when he came here. A lot of those guys have been quite successful other places. It was Hud's inability to continually retain top assistants everywhere that started to hurt him. Plus he couldn't move past don't let go of the rope.

A really smart coach will take everything he's learned & build his own system based on that knowledge. Plus he will evolve his own knowledge & continue to keep the learning process fresh & motivational for himself as well as the players he has at that time. But the most important thing for any coach to be successful at any level is to obtain & retain, or maintain a top level of assistant coaches. This is going to be what makes or breaks Mike Desormeaux at UL. It is what makes, or breaks every coach.

[Bandwagon King]

Now I agree with that !! That’s what I want to hear! Let’s see if he has the right attitude and the know how to get it done !

I think on the college level it takes both!

I think to be successful you need to know everything !! You have to have a certain way about you to be successful at the college level this is a whole different level which is why coaches are making 500k to 10 million a year !

I'm gonna give you an example of a guy who is getting massively overpaid & is going to fall flat on his ass & just wreck whatever's left of the program that got him. That's Lincoln Riley. You wanna see a guy who was gifted just about everything he has? Look at that guy. He is nothing more than a an over glorified QB coach/ mediocre coordinator who was given a cherry program that has been at the top for almost a hundred years.

Even the way he handled his exit from that school which gave him all of his BIG breaks was bush league & spells future failure. There is no doubt as a young coach Mike has questions he must answer. And they are impossible to answer in a press briefer. The only way they can be answered is by what he does every day & his results on the field & in the classroom.

But when you look at the way this coaching situation from Billy leaving, to the hiring of Mike, every single fan, or even casual observer of the Louisiana football program should jump up on the table & give Brian Maggard, Billy Napier, Scott Stricklen, Mike Desormeaux, the players & Mr. Savoie as well as the Florida administration a resounding standing ovation. ALL of it was done with class, dignity & in a way professionals should act when conducting business.

[CajunVic]

. . . But when you compare the way this coaching situation from Billy leaving, to the hiring of Mike, every single fan, or even casual observer of the Louisiana football program should jump up on the table & give Brian Maggard, Billy Napier, Scott Stricklen, Mike Desormeaux, the players & Mr. Savoie as well as the Florida administration a resounding standing ovation. ALL of it was done with class, dignity & in a way professionals should act when conducting business.

So why the need for so much cheese here, including from you . . .

[CrazyCajun]

People here are using that as experience. All I am saying is being a high school coach and being a college coach is apples and oranges

Not saying high school coaches haven’t been successful but I don’t think you can use that either when it comes to coaching at a Division I-A school

It is experience though, I don’t see anyone saying that bc he coached high school he will be successful but he has been in charge of a program. He took a terrible program and brought them to state semifinals. People bring up his age but he is only 2 years younger than Napier was when he got here. He is older than Sean Mcvay who coached in a super bowl. If he would have been with hud at north Alabama or cane with Napier from ASU like Rob Sale would his “experience” be that much different? Mike Is a smart guy, I don't think he would have accepted the job if he didn’t believe he was ready. The dude is a winner, you can’t teach that. These concerns everyone has are legitimate I guess but not sure how it concerns anyone more than the guy who hired him and interviewed him for 4 hours and watched him for 4 years, mike apparently alleviated those concerns to the guy that hired him.