Coach Des In Unique Position

[CajunVic]

Yes it did.

Everthing was fixed.

It did not fix RCAF membership numbers and donations and it did not fix attendance numbers . . .

[JMV JustMyView]

Yes it did.

Everthing was fixed.

Concessions? Parking? RCAF memberships? Attendance issues? Gameday management?

[Turbine]

It did not fix RCAF membership numbers and donations and it did not fix attendance numbers . . .

Well that's not everything.

It fixed everthing.

[Turbine]

Concessions? Parking? RCAF memberships? Attendance issues? Gameday management?

"Winning the event" is a different game.

[CajunVic]

I’m not sure winning on the score board is ever supposed to fix concessions, parking and game day management. A university can be great or horrible at each of these regardless of record.

Winning should go a long way to fix the other two and has not . . . and that is why this whole board has been baffled.

[CajunVic]

Well that's not everything.

It fixed everthing.

In truth and in fact, it fixed nothing.

[Turbine]

In truth and in fact, it fixed nothing.

That's why we don't complain about nothing. It's been fixed.

[CajunVic]

That's why we don't complain about nothing. It's been fixed.

Without complaints you would be out of business.

You need those that complain about something and those that complain about nothing.

You have a heavy dose of each here.

That is the reason the cheese business in Lafayette is very healthy . . .

[Turbine]

Without complaints you would be out of business.

You need those that complain about something and those that complain about nothing.

You have a heavy dose of each here.

That is the reason the cheese business in Lafayette is very healthy . . .

Expenses exceed funds here too.

Complaints don't help.

[CajunVic]

Expenses exceed funds here too.

Complaints don't help.

All I can say is that there’s still plenty cheese in Lafayette despite the run.

[zephyr]

It occurred to me that Coach Des is attempting to do something never done before. Try to follow the most recent coaching timeline. Coach Baldwin never won more than 3 games over 3 seasons. Coach Bustle worked hard and got back to respectable and would have got us to a much needed bowl game except for weird tiebreaker rules in conference. Coach Hud came in and broke the bowl drought and won a string of them. Coach Napier lost the first bowl and built the program up to win 3 bowls and get nationally ranked in top 20. All that success landed him at a richer and larger university as head football coach. That had never happened before and now Coach Des is the first to follow a coach who was so good he moved up the coaching ranks. Des is also dealing with the loss of some of the strongest pieces of the program including co-ordinators, position coaches, players including potential All-Americans, regular seniors, covid seniors, RS seniors, portal losers, and staff. We all were aware of but underestimated this impact. A wise man, let's call him Jay, once said when you lose a co-ordinator(Stewart) , you take 2 steps back before you go forward. Losing 2 co-ordinators and a head coach has got to hit you hard.
I know Coach Des would never bring this up as excuses and I respect him for that. Based on his resume as a coach and player, he deserves time to put his plan in place and I think he will be successful. We might have another tough loss or two, But as fans lets give the man a reasonable amount of time before we expect to be playing on New Years Day.
GEAUX CAJUNS!!!

All valid and lucid points but I'd settle for Des just calling better offensive games. That's an improvement that can be done immediately and doesn't need time and our patience.

[Esqueleto]

All valid and lucid points but I'd settle for Des just calling better offensive games. That's an improvement that can be done immediately and doesn't need time and our patience.

My question is why does Des feel the need to call plays? How about learning to be a head coach and manage the game appropriately? I would like to see him give the play calling to TL.

[ULGrad@HOU]

There are a lot of subjective views here on how things are going to go with Des and some want to wait and see what he can do over time, some see it already being less than desirable.

Let's just throw out some facts and see where we rank at the moment (FBS) with 5 games being played and see if it improves over the rest of the season.

Passing offense - 94
Rushing offense - 107
Scoring offense - 95
First Downs offense - 111
Sacks Allowed - 38

Fewest Penalties - 115

Passing Yards Allowed - 85
Rushing Defense - 53
Scoring Defense - 32
Turnover Margin - 4
First Downs Defense - 72


https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/.rrent/team/694

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Passing offense - 94
Rushing offense - 107
Scoring offense - 95
First Downs offense - 111
Sacks Allowed - 38

Fewest Penalties - 115

Passing Yards Allowed - 85
Rushing Defense - 53
Scoring Defense - 32
Turnover Margin - 4
First Downs Defense - 72


https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/.rrent/team/694

Wow…not enough polish for that other than thank goodness for turnovers. And we’re not on the CBS Sports’ Bottom 25 Radar.

[JMV JustMyView]

There are a lot of subjective views here on how things are going to go with Des and some want to wait and see what he can do over time, some see it already being less than desirable.

Let's just throw out some facts and see where we rank at the moment (FBS) with 5 games being played and see if it improves over the rest of the season.

Passing offense - 94
Rushing offense - 107
Scoring offense - 95
First Downs offense - 111
Sacks Allowed - 38

Fewest Penalties - 115

Passing Yards Allowed - 85
Rushing Defense - 53
Scoring Defense - 32
Turnover Margin - 4
First Downs Defense - 72


https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/.rrent/team/694

I am only interested in the W and L stats.