Football Season: Reasons to be negative.

[cajun_lannister]

Your question is fine.

It's like this. Erath is a 3A school. It is one of the smaller 3A schools. For the time that Mitchell was there, it had a 1A offensive line in talent. Catholic High had at least a 4A defensive line in talent.

It's not that Mitchell only dominated weaker teams. He dominated everybody, except the 1 or 2 schools that absolutely dominated Erath's OL.

Heck, McGuire was shut down several times due to Louisiana's sorry OL. I certainly don't think any less of him because of that.

We got the guy who dominated that line .. Ziyon Hill

[CharlieK]

We got the guy who dominated that line .. Ziyon Hill

Hill was a ____ing wrecking machine.

[KajunKrazy]

We got the guy who dominated that line .. Ziyon Hill

D line is pretty deep. Will he play as a freshman or red shirt? Curious to see.

[angeleast]

Will Ziyon be redshirted??

[oldwiseone33]

Hope Hill isn't redshirted. I believe he can contribute this year

[cajun_lannister]

Will Ziyon be redshirted??

just will depends on his summer and whos infront of him

[Boomer]

just will depends on his summer and whos infront of him

.....Just seeing I guess a closed Spring scrimmage.....very impressed with Ragas! Had some good stats etc coming out of Shaw in probably the toughest league in the state....what surprised me was the speed of his downfield sprint....also hope Calais returns without loss of speed....Vob what was his 100 speed,,,think one of the best we ever had???

[ManAboutTown]

.....Just seeing I guess a closed Spring scrimmage.....very impressed with Ragas! Had some good stats etc coming out of Shaw in probably the toughest league in the state....what surprised me was the speed of his downfield sprint....also hope Calais returns without loss of speed....Vob what was his 100 speed,,,think one of the best we ever had???

Why would he have lost speed?

[BeauCajun]

Why would he have lost speed?

Injury from last year. Quad and shoulder.

[cajunhawk]

There are huge unanswered questions coming into this season. Will Hud allow his new OC to do his job? Will Mike Lucas continue to improve the defense (not like it could get much worse after the Boise game)? How much improvement is the offensive line going to see, if any? Is Jordan Davis the answer even though Hud went out of his way to make sure Davis saw very little time on the field? Can this team replace The Prophet (TM)? Will this team be more or less a vertical threat than the Acadiana High WRECKINRAMS!!!..? (Pours one out for Mr Bitter). Will Jorge Munoz continue to get work as Hud's biggest sycophant on the staff? Will Mike Desormeaux still be the token alumni that Hud dangles in front of us, but never really utilize properly because he thinks the only way he will keep his job the way things are going? How many times are MAT and I going to take Metry and his little band of transgendered females to the woodshed this year? And now...the question the world has been waiting for...is the hot seat under Hud going to cause him to up his bicep gainzzzz, thus creating what the world will forever term "the tightest sleeves in the game" usurping Ed Hochuli once and for all?

These are the questions folks. My expectations are low...but the room for growth is there. I would be much more excited if we didn't have a coach who walked headlong into brick walls incessantly last year and in previous years. I sincerely doubt his sincerity that he will let the new OC work. I want to be proved wrong. I'm begging to be proved wrong. Even if it fails miserably...I can respect a man for getting out of his comfort zone and failing. I cannot respect a man who fails because he is too chicken ____ to even try. I'd also be much more excited if this staff was known for recruiting a bit better. This past class was terribly uninspiring, but...our much hyped classes ____ the bed and left the cupboard pretty bare going forward. The main point of positive vibes this season...is that we now have a true AD at the helm now. If the ship is capsized by years end and there seems to be no recourse...I have faith that Maggard can see it for what it is...and he will act. I would also hope if Hud shows signs of life and intelligence...or his sleeves get a bit loose...Maggard would spring into action and start the gears moving to push the program if he saw any embers start to glow.

I see the silver lining in the clouds my friends...I just hope it's not a bigger, badder storm brewing.