UL offers Billups preferred spot

[duggie85]

Without offending anyone, how does anyone know he is or will be better than the QB's we have on our team? The word on Brady Thomas was almost identical to that of Billups coming out of HS as well. Rocket arm, good QB intelligence and can move when he needs to. He's also a solid contributor to the team overall and he's maintained his walk-on status for several years now. That would leave Hollingsworth. None of us have seen him play so I'm not in a position to say whether he should be relieved of his scholarship for Billups. Bottomline is that if Billups wants to be here, he will be welcome. If he's willing to walk-on, he will almost surely be given a scholarship for the next season when we have 2 come available at the position.

IMO, I just think that this is a position that we need to trim the loose fat for the future of this program. Easy decision? Hell no. This just happens to be a vital position where an upperclassman is just treading water and a freshman with more credentials is willing to come on his own dime, perform the same duties, but has a brighter future. Will this freshman pan out? Maybe not. If he doesn't, UL doesn't lose anything IMO. If he does,....

I could be wrong though. I'm just an armchair coach.



igeaux.mobi

[Duggie35]

_ IMO, I just think that this is a position that we need to trim the loose fat for the future of this program. Easy decision? Hell no. This just happens to be a vital position where an upperclassman is just treading water and a freshman with more credentials is willing to come on his own dime, perform the same duties, but has a brighter future. Will this freshman pan out? Maybe not. If he doesn't, UL doesn't lose anything IMO. If he does,....

I could be wrong though. I'm just an armchair coach.

igeaux.mobi _

You are doing a lot of coaching!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!

[CroCajun1003]

_ IMO, I just think that this is a position that we need to trim the loose fat for the future of this program. Easy decision? Hell no. This just happens to be a vital position where an upperclassman is just treading water and a freshman with more credentials is willing to come on his own dime, perform the same duties, but has a brighter future. Will this freshman pan out? Maybe not. If he doesn't, UL doesn't lose anything IMO. If he does,....

I could be wrong though. I'm just an armchair coach.



igeaux.mobi _

I've been following the Guy B. saga like everyone else. I've watched his videos and read his interviews. I want him to be a part of UL as much as everyone else, but what you are suggesting, taking another player's scholarship to make room for Guy, goes against everything I believe in. This is not the pros. We have made a promise to every single one of the kids we have ever offered a scholarship too. If asked to choose between losing games or losing our integrity, I'll choose games every time.

I want Guy to be a Cajun, but not at the expense of another student athlete.

[CrappDaddy]

_ Duggie85, Corey Leonard played at Convington High. He was one hell of a pitcher in HS, his fastball was clocked as high as 93 mph. Robichaux loved the kid, but he wanted to play QB in college. The Cajuns offered him at safety, they missed on him. _

They didn't miss, we had Mike D. No way Leonard would have started over Mike

[Boomer]

_ Duggie85, Corey Leonard played at Convington High. He was one hell of a pitcher in HS, his fastball was clocked as high as 93 mph. Robichaux loved the kid, but he wanted to play QB in college. The Cajuns offered him at safety, they missed on him. _

This practice drives me NUTS--For instance will Tatford or Quave be offered at TE or OL----Offer them both at both positions--Hell let them have a shot at where they want---After evaluation the coaches decide---BUT THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE!!!! Are you being honest with the kid---Damn Right!!!!

[Hammer58]

_ I think recent history proves we should offer billups. If I'm not mistaken, Corey leonard and the qb from lake Charles high both wanted to come here, went else where bc we didn't have room, and ended up having pretty nice careers.

Don't wanna call anyone out, but if the coaches are truly high on him and billups wants to be shown we want him and he'll walk-on, there's a couple of qbs to choose from that could be told thanks for your services, good luck in the future.....

igeaux.mobi _

Just to correct the record, as I understand it part of the reason we lost out on Leonard was that we dragged our feet and waited too long to offer (which was a pretty common complaint it seems during the Bustle tenure). The Ferroux deal was more complicated as he wanted to play QB and we would not guarantee that is where he would play and Buslte was offering him as an athlete. Plus his HS coach at Erath was pushing for him to go to BBU.

[CajunT]

_ They didn't miss, we had Mike D. No way Leonard would have started over Mike _

Understand and agree with you, but his numbers at D1 football and ASU suggest their evaluation wasn't good. He was a 4.6 athlete, he wouldn't have made a good safety in my opinion. His best position was QB, not safety or wr.

[zephyr]

_ They didn't miss, we had Mike D. No way Leonard would have started over Mike _

Actually, I believe this to be opposite. Mike was considered a project early on and was certainly a liability in the passing game prior to his senior year. He was a hell of an athlete and running QB and perfect for a zone read system but Mike was susceptible to big shots and injury which he was oft injured through his career. I loved what he did in 2008 but I remember a lot of people wanting him moved away from QB prior to that year, especially after the McNeese debacle in favor for Hundley. Leonard came in and played immediately at ASU and showed to be a very good dual threat QB. I think that had he come here, he would have seized the job immediately after Babb left and not given it up because he was more balanced at an earlier stage than Des was. That's my opinion.

[zephyr]

_ I've been following the Guy B. saga like everyone else. I've watched his videos and read his interviews. I want him to be a part of UL as much as everyone else, but what you are suggesting, taking another player's scholarship to make room for Guy, goes against everything I believe in. This is not the pros. We have made a promise to every single one of the kids we have ever offered a scholarship too. If asked to choose between losing games or losing our integrity, I'll choose games every time.

I want Guy to be a Cajun, but not at the expense of another student athlete. _

Agreed. I certainly don't want that expense to be a senior who has busted his chops in this program for the past several years and done what was required to be a good teammate and contribute. That's not how you handle your student athletes.

[cajuntbray]

It is my understanding that both Tatford and Quave are being offered at the OL position.