Good morning Cajun fans - we've been Ricky Bungled again

[Clutch0364]

_ We need to fire Bustle and hire Bowden away from North Alabama. _

Definitely lets go get a guy who is coaching at a division II school with 30 plus FBS transfers (22 from BCS conferences). He would be a bad hire.

[CajunSaint]

_ We were trying to cover a WR that's getting some serious buzz as a Heisman Trophy candidate with CB and Safeties from towards the bottom of our 2-deep rotation. Ain't no surprise they put up the numbers they did in the 3rd quarter when so much of our defense is getting carried off the field by the training staff. _

not quite correct. no. 2 was pretty much on an island with this guy almost all night long.

[Parrott]

Wanted to clarify: Those are shovel, not shuffle, passes. Carry on!


igeaux.mobi

[beavis11]

I was completely impressed with the first half. Lead 21-17 at halftime is great. Then reality kicked in and the rickey bustle company lived up to expectations. 0 half time adjustments, corrections, etc. Yes safety help on 81 who was kicking Auryiene's ass all game is very helpful and even though he probably would have still caught passes he wouldnt have dominated as much as he did.

They noticed how big their receivers were compared to our DBs so they started playing more screens. whats worse is we didnt pick this up for the most part getting linebacker help and attacking the flats to deplete their screen after screen.

Let Gauthier throw the ____ing ball you pathetic excuse for a coach!!!! He got to throw one ball, To a wide open blocking full back who honestly has bricks for hands. Not the best choice of play you virginian dip ____

Once Masson starts throwing intentional grounding after intentional grounding (has to be leading the NCAA in this category ....if there even is one) then pull his ass and put in a QB that wants to throw it to receivers. Masson played a hell of a game but those penalties kill us and are unnecessary

on 3rd and 1 or 4th and 1 open up the playbook and stop running the same play eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevery time your in that situation. It is so predictable and will not work anymore once you have reached the 3rd or 4th quarter, because THE OTHER COACHES HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS AND KNOW ITS COMING!!

Keep James Butler and Darryl Surgent in the games, Just like Spikes and Walker, Just cause they are freshman they are obviously better talent then the sorry ass butter finger receiver upperclassmen you have on the field. Put in players that produce big plays and you can count on.

3rd and 30 and you ____ing shuffle pass??? shuffle pass wow what a pathetic play call, In case you haven't notice our offensive line is not the best in the Sun Belt much less NCAA and we have been hitting big pass completions all game but instead of throwing it pass the sticks or atleast attempting to with a fade route of some sort you throw a 3 to 4 yard shuffle pass and hope for the best. WHAT is going through your mind at this point??? Im so tired of this backward ass retarded logic. give me a break.

and finally Dont let the players get so emotionally involved to where they give up once they get down a TD or 2. If they would have kept that fighting mentality going into the 4th they could have fought hard enough to be back in the ball game being down only 2 scores going into the 4th. But it was clear that they simply gave up and let OK St. and so far every opponent we have played on our schedule rack up points and out score us.


Bustle you want your answer to what happens in the 2nd half.
You and your coaching staff make NO ADJUSTMENTS EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR and we are sick of seeing it.

RACK HIM !!!


igeaux.mobi

[RaginWaldo]

_ Wanted to clarify: Those are shovel, not shuffle, passes. Carry on!


igeaux.mobi _

looooooooooool i was typing with rage and clearly didnt proof-read my lengthy rant, ty sir

[RaginScotsman]

Try to keep the faith until next week guys. If we get absolutely embarrassed by Troy, I will bring the torch to the bustle firing. I've tried to say to myself and my friends time and time again, "just give him a chance to reorganize", but it's 9 years is too long. Get a result or get out. I'm sick of putting so much of myself into my school (from a football stance) without some reciprocation. Our guys are good players without guidance. I hope I'm proved wrong this season, starting Saturday.

[RedTails]

Guys, I know we got blue balled going from ecstatic to disgusted with the OSU game and it's frustrating BUT imagine having Green, Decoster and Streeter in the game (I'm not knocking on Spikes and the other players who stepped up and filled their shoes nicely). and imagine not losing half of our defense to injuries before and during the game. That would have been scary.

Win or lose, Friday night was awesome and I wish we could have that kind of atmosphere at every home game. Halftime coaching adjustments or not, we were hit by the injury bug hard against a Big 12 with good depth. Chris Masson did a wonderful job spreading the ball around without his main target and did a good job with the zone-read. Without the intentional grounding, no one could say anything bad about him. (Did you see him [Masson] execute that 3rd-down conversion in the wildcat formation himself? You can tell he wants this to be HIS team throughout the entire game)

While the end result was disappointing and while the injuries stack up, I feel optimistic about our chances down the road.

[LSUTiger4RaginCajuns]

_ I don't understand even people on this post are just looking to be happy with being average!
That sux!
Fire Bustle! _

And then what? Who? Do you realize the size of the athletic budget at UL? This fire the coach stuff is just to make disgruntled fans happy. It's a matter of recruiting money and getting the very best players that are overlooked by the power conferences. It can be done. Troy can hang with anyone.

I don't know the size of Troy's athletic budget but I'll bet it is much larger than UL's. I'm sure someone with a knowledge will correct me or make a factual statement.

[CRAWFISH61]

What kills me is the kickoff coverage. The defense has to be perfect or 1 first down or the opponent is in field goal range. The ref's did not call an obvious offense pass interference, the 2nd grounding call on Masson was horrible, and on an OSU screen an offensive lineman hog tied a would be tackler and this allowed a first down. The total lack of trying to run the ball in the 2nd half was a mistake. As for coverage on Blackmon, we needed Deion Sanders. The Cajuns and really most of college football does not have an answer for him. The real problem was the OSU qb having no pressure and allowing those long routes to develop. The team was prepared and played great in the first half and it was downhill from there on.

[ragin50]

_ And then what? Who? Do you realize the size of the athletic budget at UL? This fire the coach stuff is just to make disgruntled fans happy. It's a matter of recruiting money and getting the very best players that are overlooked by the power conferences. It can be done. Troy can hang with anyone.

I don't know the size of Troy's athletic budget but I'll bet it is much larger than UL's. I'm sure someone with a knowledge will correct me or make a factual statement. _

First, the athletic budget is small. But if we can go out and spend the money on Bob Marlin, the same can be done for football.

Second, comparisons to Troy are probably not valid. Without regard to the budget, Troy has open admissions and virtually no academic standards for athletes. It will always be very difficult to compete with them, nor would we want to if it means significantly lowering admission and athletic standards.

[Clutch0364]

_ And then what? Who? Do you realize the size of the athletic budget at UL? This fire the coach stuff is just to make disgruntled fans happy. It's a matter of recruiting money and getting the very best players that are overlooked by the power conferences. It can be done. Troy can hang with anyone.

I don't know the size of Troy's athletic budget but I'll bet it is much larger than UL's. I'm sure someone with a knowledge will correct me or make a factual statement. _

Troy's budget is not much larger than ours...the admission standards at Troy help them a lot.

Another poster stated it already but the next coach will get a significant increase in pay. I am pretty sure if we hire a new coach the basketball coach will not be the highest paid guy at the school , like he is now.

[zephyr]

_ First, the athletic budget is small. But if we can go out and spend the money on Bob Marlin, the same can be done for football.

Second, comparisons to Troy are probably not valid. Without regard to the budget, Troy has open admissions and virtually no academic standards for athletes. It will always be very difficult to compete with them, nor would we want to if it means significantly lowering admission and athletic standards. _

Again, apples and oranges. While the amount they paid Marlin is a clear and strong statement as to the administration's willingness to put a good product on the field, you can't compare that pay to the one that it will take to get a really solid hire in here for football. The question for several years with some wanting Bustle gone has always been, if not Bustle then who can you afford to hire? That is true. Bustle is near the very bottom in the country in pay for a head coach and to pay someone with any type of track record will require a substantial increase in pay, possibly much more of an increase than what you saw Marlin get from Lee. That all has to come out of private dollars since the state only allocates 225k per year for a head coach pay and the rest must come from private funds. Add that to the growing list of additions and renovations we are already doing along with the 30% cuts the state is implementing and getting that money for a new candidate is extremely tricky.