Different Coaching styles and the need for TIME MACHINES

[CajunVic]

. . . yes about 5 of them and they are all going to die on that dorm hill . . .

[cajun4life]

Seriously? Do you really think players that are bouncers were out working until after 2AM during Napiers training camp? How would that work get off at 2AM and check back into the team dorm. Some folks have no clue how this works.

I was a two sport athlete here. I know exactly how it works.

[Big Poppa]

I was a two sport athlete here. I know exactly how it works.

You weren’t under napier. We talking 3 weeks in August camp only. I know for a fact no one was leaving the team dorm during camp and working at a bar. That I’ll bet my very last dollar.

[CajunVic]

. . . the dorm storm is quickly turning into an afternoon summer shower . . .

[John Cocktolstoy]

this tells one virtually nothing . . .

If you can’t read into what that tells one about the difference it makes in keeping kids contained under one roof with monitors watching the doors vs having them spread all over town and policing themselves, then that’s a you problem.

[John Cocktolstoy]

How many players missed time due to academic issues under Napier? I know of several. So where was the discipline then?

Fumbling more often, that’s a reach. How about we weren’t handing the ball of to NFL backs named Trey Ragas and Elijah Mitchell.

Several players are bouncers downtown. Just like they have always been.

Fumbling has nothing to do with talent. NFL talents Chuck Muncy and Terry “butter fingers” Robiskie, as he was called in BR, were both very prone to fumble. Hanging on to the ball is all about focus, paying attention to detail and doing the little things right. It’s a mental discipline that is created all year throughout the process.

Correct about players being bouncers. But not in August under Napier during training camp. Players working as bouncers dates back to the 60s and 70s I am aware of that. I could see a player asking napier “coach I am going to check out of camp tonight from 9 until around 2:30 to work in a bar” Don’t think Billy would allow that.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I was a two sport athlete here. I know exactly how it works.

True that, but it’s been decades since you did that. Things evolve over time.

[cajun4life]

True that, but it’s been decades since you did that. Things evolve over time.

I agree, but acting like the reason we underperformed is because of a lack of discipline is a bit much. Or the changes is fall camp is a stretch.

2 games with poor coaching decisions and horrendous OL play in the first 6 games. The OL play will get fixed because of All SBC talent returning from injury. Shoot I think King McGowen is the next Cajun OL to get drafted.

We had the 3rd worst graded OL in the country. Mainly because we constantly had to shift players around due to injury. Plus they were young.

That will all change this year. We will run the ball and wear defenses down and close out games we couldn’t last season.

I’ll admit if I’m wrong, but I bet the other screaming lack of discipline won’t.

[CajunVic]

I agree, but acting like the reason we underperformed is because of a lack of discipline is a bit much. Or the changes is fall camp is a stretch.

2 games with poor coaching decisions and horrendous OL play in the first 6 games. The OL play will get fixed because of All SBC talent returning from injury. Shoot I think King McGowen is the next Cajun OL to get drafted.

We had the 3rd worst graded OL in the country. Mainly because we constantly had to shift players around due to injury. Plus they were young.

That will all change this year. We will run the ball and wear defenses down and close out games we couldn’t last season.

I’ll admit if I’m wrong, but I bet the other screaming lack of discipline won’t.

. . . this analysis is spot on . . .

[CharlieK]

I agree, but acting like the reason we underperformed is because of a lack of discipline is a bit much. Or the changes is fall camp is a stretch.

2 games with poor coaching decisions and horrendous OL play in the first 6 games. The OL play will get fixed because of All SBC talent returning from injury. Shoot I think King McGowen is the next Cajun OL to get drafted.

We had the 3rd worst graded OL in the country. Mainly because we constantly had to shift players around due to injury. Plus they were young.

That will all change this year. We will run the ball and wear defenses down and close out games we couldn’t last season.

I’ll admit if I’m wrong, but I bet the other screaming lack of discipline won’t.

People also forget how many bone headed Napier coaching decisions he got away with due to the enormous talent and general health of his teams.