LGT Final: Louisiana 23, Texas State 17

[CajunT]

…….So putting our starters against the NILers…….at QB-Woo vs Chris……RB Washington vs Johnson….. WR Lacy and Fleming vs LL and choose one…..Please add any more! Think we filled it out pretty good!

Boomer, we are winning. If you want to see who is playing, look at the classification of the starters on both sides of the football. The majority of 5th year juniors and seniors are Napier recruits. Now that has nothing to do with the call sheet, but since you brought it up.

[Jacob81]

Boomer, we are winning. If you want to see who is playing, look at the classification of the starters on both sides of the football. The majority of 5th year juniors and seniors are Napier recruits. Now that has nothing to do with the call sheet, but since you brought it up.

Well the only 5th year starters recruited under Des would be transfers and I know there are some. And of all the starters recruited under Napier, how many were actually recruited by Des?

I don’t see a recruiting issue. We might lose potential recruits that we wouldn’t have before nil. Just like we might lose some transfers now as well.

[Boomer]

Well the only 5th year starters recruited under Des would be transfers and I know there are some. And of all the starters recruited under Napier, how many were actually recruited by Des?

I don’t see a recruiting issue. We might lose potential recruits that we wouldn’t have before nil. Just like we might lose some transfers now as well.

……Maybe missing my point…..we lost some guys that would be on the UL team this year…..my point is that we have replaced those that left with some damn good players…..ergo pretty damn good job of recruiting/keeping starters!111

[CajunT]

Well the only 5th year starters recruited under Des would be transfers and I know there are some. And of all the starters recruited under Napier, how many were actually recruited by Des?

I don’t see a recruiting issue. We might lose potential recruits that we wouldn’t have before nil. Just like we might lose some transfers now as well.

Never mentioned it was right? Boomer brought it up. We will learn how well he and his staff have recruited next season when a number of his recruits will have key positions. I have discussed his recruiting over the last few years, the last two have been pretty good.JMO

[Jacob81]

Never mentioned it was right? Boomer brought it up. We will learn how well he and his staff have recruited next season when a number of his recruits will have key positions. I have discussed his recruiting over the last few years, the last two have been pretty good.JMO

I’m not saying it’s right or wrong. Just pointing out Des has his hand in a lot of the recruiting on the field right now. After 2 down years with napiers recruits I’m not giving him any credit now that Des has turned this ship around.

[facelessjonmoon]

Lewis was better at broken plays. Ben is better at making sure there are minimal broken plays.

Levi also had as many as 4 current NFL linemen (3 current NFL starters) blocking for him

That along with his mobility allowed for some nice free lancing

[CharlieK]

Levi also had as many as 4 current NFL linemen (3 current NFL starters) blocking for him

That along with his mobility allowed for some nice free lancing

Those lineman and some absolute stud RBs also helped Napier’s play calling.

[JamesTheJeweler]

It's so weird hearing people rip Napier. Like, I get that you're upset how things happened when he left, but it's a business. Adapt or die. But all this denigrating Napier . . . the coach that brought us the greatest stretch of success this program has ever seen. . . by a long shot . . . was just . . . LUCKY???? LoL! FFS! I've heard it all, now.

[facelessjonmoon]

Is there any way to get Ben one more year? Can we get him on the “Justin Venable” program?

I'd rather him finish this season healthy than the alternative that would get him that
JMO

[CajunVic]

It's so weird hearing people rip Napier. Like, I get that you're upset how things happened when he left, but it's a business. Adapt or die. But all this denigrating Napier . . . the coach that brought us the greatest stretch of success this program has ever seen. . . by a long shot . . . was just . . . LUCKY???? LoL! FFS! I've heard it all, now.

you have now become the funniest jeweler in town . . .

[Turbine]

It's so weird hearing people rip Napier. Like, I get that you're upset how things happened when he left, but it's a business. Adapt or die. But all this denigrating Napier . . . the coach that brought us the greatest stretch of success this program has ever seen. . . by a long shot . . . was just . . . LUCKY???? LoL! FFS! I've heard it all, now.

Odd twist isn't it.

[CharlieK]

It's so weird hearing people rip Napier. Like, I get that you're upset how things happened when he left, but it's a business. Adapt or die. But all this denigrating Napier . . . the coach that brought us the greatest stretch of success this program has ever seen. . . by a long shot . . . was just . . . LUCKY???? LoL! FFS! I've heard it all, now.

Nobody said he was “just” lucky. But you are just not remembering those years accurately if you don’t remember many questionable in game decisions and lucky bounces that went our (and his) way during that run. Napier to date is our best coach ever, and it’s not even close. But he wasn’t perfect, and was DEFINITELY the recipient of more than his share of good fortune during our two year run.

Dez is a better offensive coach than Napier. Remains to be seen if he develops into a better overall program manager. Napier was a genius at that.

So let me get the forum rules straight….we can run down the current coach in the middle of a 7-1 start, but even suggesting the former coach wasn’t perfect is “ripping” him?