Des Hiring 12-5-2021

[CajunVic]

You and Turbine have butchered Vic pretty good in this thread. One thing is certain- just like Des is too hard headed to realize he’s in over his head, Vic is also…… there, I said it

not so and Turbine even agreed

No, DES is constantly referred to as a BAD coach here - I say no bad coach has ever been honored as coach of the year

Napier is regarded here as the best coach in the universe and my position is that although he has won coach of the year in the Sunbelt twice, all that says is that he is a good Sunbelt level coach


So, my position is that DES is under regarded as a competent coach here and Napier is over regarded here with respect to his competence - both are and should be regarded as decent Sunbelt level coaches

there are NO conflicts in my stances

my position all along has been that DES is not as bad a coach as some on RP make him out to be especially as he is growing into his college head coaching experience and the jury is still out on exactly how good a Sunbelt level coach he will eventually turn out to be - but he will be given more opportunity here no matter the sentiments of a few who post here


and


Napier is not nearly the coach he is raved to be here especially considering his vast levels of coaching experience prior to coming to Louisiana and we will now see whether his head coaching experience in the SEC has made him a better coach than he was in the Sunbelt or whether he is just a pretty good Sunbelt level coach who was darn lucky to have Levi Lewis and some offensive linemen who developed above expectations here and remained during Napiers tenure without free transfer and NIL which DES has always had to deal with


and yes, because of how vocal the few have been against DES and in favor of Napier I have had to use some bias in favor of my position to place these coaches closer in coaching skill levels than anyone here wants to admit

finally, Levi proved out to be a very good Sunbelt level quarterback

Woolridge definitely had the physical qualities to be in a position to play at at a higher level

FACTS are FACTS

[CajunRed]

Because we can't get out of the USL mentality, no his seat is not hot.
It should be but you are right it is not

USL mentality or not, we could not adequately pay a Des replacement right now. The UL System board would not approve it. Fact.

[Cajun Bullet]

Just the appearance of doing a national search would have paid dividends.

How do we know that this search would have in fact paid dividends? Or would have been any better or worse than CMD? Simply an opinion and everyone has one.

[Turbine]

How do we know that this search would have in fact paid dividends? Or would have been any better or worse than CMD? Simply an opinion and everyone has one.

Position coach hired, no discussion.

No buzz, no hype.

Fan "interest" always pays dividends.

[Turbine]

Here's the thing.

Desormeaux would have been a "better" hire for the program if a national search had been conducted.

[Esqueleto]

How do we know that this search would have in fact paid dividends? Or would have been any better or worse than CMD? Simply an opinion and everyone has one.

We were the TOP G5 at the time, top 20, hiring the TE coach blew a torpedo sized hole in the ship.

[UL_Cajuns]

We were the TOP G5 at the time, top 20, hiring the TE coach blew a torpedo sized hole in the ship.

Plain and simple. This is what our fans are so disappointed about.

[Esqueleto]

Plain and simple. This is what our fans are so disappointed about.

It reinforced the belief that a lot of Cajun fans have, the administration doesn't really want successful athletics. Why should fans care and spend money to support if they don't even take advantage of the position we were in?

[tdncz]

Plain and simple. This is what our fans are so disappointed about.

“We’re” 4 years ago
“Are” today

[tdncz]

Here's the thing.

Desormeaux would have been a "better" hire for the program if a national search had been conducted.

Exactly.
Had this job been competed AND THEN he was selected, that would have taken 50%+ of the negative sting out of this discussion.
PERCEPTION IS OFTEN REALITY