Ragin Review LIVE: Q&A w/ Cajuns LB Andre Jones

[Turbine]

Mike was a disciplinarian as a player.

He has a transition method. Chill.

[ManAboutTown]

IMO. It is more important for a head coach to be respected with a healthy level of fear around him, than it is for a head coach to liked with a complete level of relaxation around him.

Listen to Dre's answer when I asked him this specifically. He said they are motivated to play hard for Des because they love the man and don't want to let him down. They played hard for Billy because it was expected and if you didn't, you weren't playing on Saturday's.

There is more than one way to skin a cat. Will it work out? We'll see. But coaches have been successful with many different management styles. Our culture just prefers the Ole Ball Coach style.

[CajunVic]

Listen to Dre's answer when I asked him this specifically. He said they are motivated to play hard for Des because they love the man and don't want to let him down. They played hard for Billy because it was expected and if you didn't, you weren't playing on Saturday's.

There is more than one way to skin a cat. Will it work out? We'll see. But coaches have been successful with many different management styles. Our culture just prefers the Ole Ball Coach style.

If one listens with a clear mind, this is what you heard. If not, it’s the agenda spewed above that was heard.

[RedTails]

With the transfer portal, I’m thinking hard-nosed coaching will probably be diminished across the board. Even Tom Coughlin mellowed out at the behest of his veterans in the locker room.

[CajunVic]

Oh no, unless CMD carries and big stick and actually uses it, he is soft.

[ManAboutTown]

A "players" coach, Josh Heupel, just took the Tennessee Vols into BR and SPANKED a "disciplinarian" in Brian Kelly.

Again, what matters is the fit. Does Mike's style fit the roster that we have and the roster that he's building. BK is a perfect example of how the different styles only matter if the fit is right.

[ManAboutTown]

AP Top 25

1. Georgia (32) - Disciplinarian
2. Ohio State (20) - Player Coach
3. Alabama (11) - Disciplinarian
4. Clemson - Player Coach
5. Michigan - Disciplinarian
6. Tennessee -Player Coach
7. USC - Player Coach
8. Oklahoma State - Player Coach
9. Ole Miss - Player Coach
10. Penn State - Disciplinarian
11. UCLA - Player Coach
12. Oregon - Not sure yet
13. TCU - Disciplinarian
14. Wake Forest - Disciplinarian
15. NC State - Disciplinarian
16. Mississippi State - Player Coach
17. Kansas State - Disciplinarian
18. Syracuse - Player Coach
19. Kansas - Player Coach
20. Utah - Disciplinarian
21. Cincinnati - Player Coach
T-22. Texas - Player Coach
T-22. Kentucky - Disciplinarian
24. Illinois - Not sure
25. James Madison - Disciplinarian

For some context...

[CajunVic]

Thanks MAT for helping out some of these agendaairions. You know what I mean.

Because absent reality, some here would burn out coach at the stake just to create optics.

[ManAboutTown]

Thanks MAT for helping out some of these agendaairions. You know what I mean.

Because absent reality, some here would burn out coach at the stake just to create optics.

I think we're all guilty of sticking to our guns a little too long sometimes. But it's easy to crucify a guy when things aren't going well and the reasons were prewritten. The power of suggestion is strong.

I'll choose to let it play out and try to understand why things are happening the way that they are on the field, in this case. I feel like we owe it as a fan base to Mike. If it tanks, it tanks. There was never any guarantee with any hire that we were going to make. He's one of us, and the upside is tremendous. And truthfully, at the end of the day, I think he will win here.

[Big Poppa]

Listen to Dre's answer when I asked him this specifically. He said they are motivated to play hard for Des because they love the man and don't want to let him down. They played hard for Billy because it was expected and if you didn't, you weren't playing on Saturday's.

There is more than one way to skin a cat. Will it work out? We'll see. But coaches have been successful with many different management styles. Our culture just prefers the Ole Ball Coach style.

I heard what Andre said and I’m sure in his mind they are playing hard for Des. Over all in football I’m with KK there has been a bigger sample size of success when a player respects his coach but doesn’t necessarily like him and is afraid to F_____ up. Just take a look at all the all time greats Hays, Schembechler, Osborne, Sabine, Spurrier, Holts,.......Don’t fool yourself on Sweeney he might be the best mix of the 2 styles there is.

Having said that I see mike as one that learns from his mistakes and will make major changes in he off season.