Bustle says Cajuns won’t go quietly

[HoustonCajun]

_ I have to agree, the athletic program has one of the weakest strength and conditioning programs around. Granted this was one of the toughest football schedules in many years but we should have been better conditioned for the season. I was observing many of the basketball players tonight at the game and thinking they really look like they spent no time in the weight room and I think it shows with the frequency of injuries with the basketball team. _

What looked like the toughest schedule pre-season is not really panning out that way. Georgia and Ole Miss are hovering around .500 records. OK State and Ohio are doing well. Every team in the SBC has a losing record except Troy.

[HoustonCajun]

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Whatever happens in these last 3 games, DO NOT lose to ULM!!

[CajunSpools]

Nice article Queb but even you have to admit.......................

[Turbine]

Figures obtained from UL show that at least 17 starters have missed one or more games this year, many of them multiple games. In addition, there have been numerous players who are not starters but who are in rotations, who have also been injured.

With 105 players floating around there should always be enough talent to step in and fill the roll.

A big deal was made when Baldwin left Bustle with 48 scholarships, well what good does having 85 scholarships and 20 walk ons if they can't fill in and do the job.

[duggie85]

I'm not Red Lerille, so there could be more to it than I can see, but I have a hard time blaming the strength program for UL's injury's. Coach Phillips was here for the last 5 years and obviously, there has been injury after injury. I just don't see how a guy like him could coach at Tennessee, then for the Miami Hurricanes where he literally trained guys like Reggie Wayne, Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, etc. and then went off to train guys for the Cleveland Browns for 5 years and he not know what he is doing.

Like I said, I know nothing about working out so there could be more to it, but I have a hard time (with my little knowledge) blaming the strength program with a guy like Coach Phillips in charge (well, was in charge) for all the injuries. And as far as the football team goes, I believe a supplement program was put in place a few years ago so its not like they aren't getting the necessary supplements to help their bodies.

[zephyr]

_ I'm not Red Lerille, so there could be more to it than I can see, but I have a hard time blaming the strength program for UL's injury's. Coach Phillips was here for the last 5 years and obviously, there has been injury after injury. I just don't see how a guy like him could coach at Tennessee, then for the Miami Hurricanes where he literally trained guys like Reggie Wayne, Clinton Portis, Andre Johnson, etc. and then went off to train guys for the Cleveland Browns for 5 years and he not know what he is doing.

Like I said, I know nothing about working out so there could be more to it, but I have a hard time (with my little knowledge) blaming the strength program with a guy like Coach Phillips in charge (well, was in charge) for all the injuries. And as far as the football team goes, I believe a supplement program was put in place a few years ago so its not like they aren't getting the necessary supplements to help their bodies. _

I would agree. The problem is that the issue is so widespread and set over several years that people tend to start thinking a trend is continuing. My only thing is that many of our injuries are of the nature that really has nothing to do with your S&C program. Bernard Smith and McGuire have ligament issues in their hand that McGuire is now having surgery on. Masson has a knee issues because he took some hard shots. Streeter suffered the most gruesome injury I've seen in sports. Lawson broke a collarbone etc..These things have nothing to do with how you've trained to that point. Now, I would certainly think that Goodlett's inability to reach the field in his time here along with maybe Falgout and a couple of others that are chronically injured may have some validity to that claim. However, most of our injuries are of the freaky nature that may or may not be able to be explained. I'll say this, I think it is logical to assume that we are often injured due to the fact that we tend to be undersized at a lot of positions. Having Bernard Smith at DT, Grant Fleming at MLB etc..those guys are going to take a pounding for the frames they have. I have no idea if that has anything to do with their injuries but when you have undersized players at many positions in a game like football, I have to assume you're going to see more injuries or at least your chances are greater for them.

[zephyr]

_ With 105 players floating around there should always be enough talent to step in and fill the roll.

A big deal was made when Baldwin left Bustle with 48 scholarships, well what good does having 85 scholarships and 20 walk ons if they can't fill in and do the job. _

Come on Turb, you can't really think that once you start reaching redshirt freshman in your depth chart that you're going to maintain a level of play that your starters or their immediate backups provide. It is rediculous to assume that you can keep rolling players out on the field and expect the same level of play.

[RaginWaldo]

I was always taught that injuries reflect how hard you workout and condition in the offseason. Idk if this was used as a motivational tool but I know I had nagging injuries but they never amounted to miss any games. meh.

[Just1More]

_ I would agree. The problem is that the issue is so widespread and set over several years that people tend to start thinking a trend is continuing. My only thing is that many of our injuries are of the nature that really has nothing to do with your S&C program. Bernard Smith and McGuire have ligament issues in their hand that McGuire is now having surgery on. Masson has a knee issues because he took some hard shots. Streeter suffered the most gruesome injury I've seen in sports. Lawson broke a collarbone etc..These things have nothing to do with how you've trained to that point. Now, I would certainly think that Goodlett's inability to reach the field in his time here along with maybe Falgout and a couple of others that are chronically injured may have some validity to that claim. However, most of our injuries are of the freaky nature that may or may not be able to be explained. I'll say this, I think it is logical to assume that we are often injured due to the fact that we tend to be undersized at a lot of positions. Having Bernard Smith at DT, Grant Fleming at MLB etc..those guys are going to take a pounding for the frames they have. I have no idea if that has anything to do with their injuries but when you have undersized players at many positions in a game like football, I have to assume you're going to see more injuries or at least your chances are greater for them. _

Our higher-than-normal injuries may be compound issues... as opposed to a single issue. It could be the strength and conditioning program to some extent, warming up and stretching, practice regiments, blocking and tackling technique, style of play, dietary, nutritional, rest... and others. We may simply be weak in every or the majority of these areas... not just a single area.

Every school suffers from losing key starters. UL and the lower third of the FBS suffer worse due to depth issues. I have no doubt about that. I believe that our injury bug is masking its ugly twin sister... the wrong play strategy for a below 80 ranked FBS program.

We all know that we have historically left our defense on the field way too long. That has to contribute to some defensive injuries. We continuously leave them on the field with short fields to defend. It leads to exhaustion both physical and mental... and that certainly can lead to injury.

On offense, I feel we play a little too much power football and not nearly enough fast, edge and space football. In the south, we can get a good supply of skill people. I do not believe we are ever in the running for depth at interior lineman. Our coaching staffs never seem to adjust to this fact. They play every weekend like they are playing a scrimmage against "our" team. We need to assume the underdog... David versus Goliath... role... and get OL that can move... even at the expense of some height and weight. If you play uptempo... snap and fire football... you do not require lineman to dominate the line. They buy you a little time and that's all you need.

We won't know whether a better coaching staff can take the same personnel and eliminate both the injury plague and the lack of success... but it is time to find out.

[Turbine]

_ Come on Turb, you can't really think that once you start reaching redshirt freshman in your depth chart that you're going to maintain a level of play that your starters or their immediate backups provide. It is rediculous to assume that you can keep rolling players out on the field and expect the same level of play. _

Can we expect them to play at a 90%, 80% 70% of level play?

What about fresh over tired? Is a tired starter playng at 100%