Some day after positivity

[CajunVic]

Two things needed to improve:
1. Securing the football (fumbles, dropped punts)
2. Play calling (still running Napiers, run up the middle (repeat) play.

Defense was solid but gassed after having to go out there after turnovers back to back to back.

. . . I think the title says “some day after POSITIVITY “

[RaginScotsman]

Des finally won a 1 score game!

Offense is good. It’ll be enough to keep us in every game.

Defense has been stellar. Q1,2,3 vs. UAB. First half vs. UB. And then not so good.

Special teams has been disappointing outside of Kenny. Can’t kick off out of bounds. Can’t give up onside kicks. Can’t muff punts. Do that against better opponents and you’ll lose.

We’ve played a soft schedule, but if we’re honest 3-1 was where we realistically expected to be.

Schedule gets tougher from here. Lots to be optimistic about, but Des and crew need to clean up some stuff.

[ZoomZoom]

Two things needed to improve:
1. Securing the football (fumbles, dropped punts)
2. Play calling (still running Napiers, run up the middle (repeat) play.

Defense was solid but gassed after having to go out there after turnovers back to back to back.

3. When you throw the ball away, THROW IT AWAY!

[cajun4life]

3. When you throw the ball away, THROW IT AWAY!

It wasn’t thrown away. It may have looked like that at the stadium. But Williams quit on the route, never looked for the pass and it would’ve been complete had he turned to look. Hell he didn’t even know it was thrown until the DB caught it.

[BeauCajun]

I may have asked you last night but are y’all making the trip? Also thanks for the beer. I threw a touchdown with my warm one

Not going to make it up there. Only making 2 road trips this year. #2 said it’s a great city to visit. Y’all going to have a good time.

No problem on the cold one. I think Jeaux quit at halftime. A wuss.

[Million$Mullet]

Not going to make it up there. Only making 2 road trips this year. #2 said it’s a great city to visit. Y’all going to have a good time.

No problem on the cold one. I think Jeaux quit at halftime. A wuss.

Lol I did like the delivery execution.

[Crawfish]

The team has a lot of talent and is capable of contending for a SBC West Title. They need to eliminate special teams snafus.

[Jeaux]

Not going to make it up there. Only making 2 road trips this year. #2 said it’s a great city to visit. Y’all going to have a good time.

No problem on the cold one. I think Jeaux quit at halftime. A wuss.

Like the team, I limped through the second half. Lol.

[Cajunsmike]

We should win the west.

Texas State game will go a long way in determining West winner

[Cajunsmike]

It wasn’t thrown away. It may have looked like that at the stadium. But Williams quit on the route, never looked for the pass and it would’ve been complete had he turned to look. Hell he didn’t even know it was thrown until the DB caught it.

I did not have a good look but was told Broussard did not run a good route on pick right before half. Interceptions are often not solely the responsibility of just the QB. It is a team game.

[CajunFun]

Two things needed to improve:
1. Securing the football (fumbles, dropped punts)
2. Play calling (still running Napiers, run up the middle (repeat) play.

Defense was solid but gassed after having to go out there after turnovers back to back to back.

I'm always hesitant to criticize the play calling. I have a background in game theory, and I am aware that a) you play moneyball (i.e., what do the stats recommend) and b) football is a weird game in that each play is not independent of the last plays. What you call now, allows you to set up a play for the next down, or further down.

For instance, you may run up the middle, or pass short, or throw long, fairly sure that you probably won't get much. But because the other team sees that play, they have to commit players to that possibility, which frees up other parts of the field. It really is an elaborate game of 'chicken' crossed with Texas hold'em.

Having said that, one of our past OC's once showed some of us how he picked plays. He used a grid, and picked the next play based on what he had picked in the last few plays, trying to move methodically around general categories.

I watched with horror. Give me any computer programmer and we could predict, with great certainly, what he was going to call every second or third play.

I hope we're smarter than that now.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Are you suggesting we rely on AI algorithms?

[IberiaCajun]

A quick survey of the first four games. We have 26 plays over 20 yards. That’s 6.5 plays per game.

Good news.
Now, can you flip it. How many play’s have we allowed over20 yards?

[CajunVic]

Good news.
Now, can you flip it. How many play’s have we allowed over20 yards?

. . . that would be negativity . . . and should be posted in a different thread . . .