Louisiana Hosts Texas State In Blackout Game

[Cajunsmike]

We lost to a 5-15 Wyoming team when we were above 90%

Not true. We only had 10 of 14 players available when we played Wyoming. That is 71%. Caldwell, Smith, Lowery, and Aucoin were all out. If you remove Aucoin that is 10 of 13 scholarship players which is 77%. That being said, the loss to Wyoming was very disappointing as they are a poor team. Playing anywhere near their potential, the 8 Cajuns who played that night would have won the game. They played nowhere near it. The Cajuns shot the ball terribly from the field and the line that night. As I said, very disappointing. I just wanted to set the record straight on the percentage of players available that night.

[cajun_lannister]

Not true. We only had 10 of 14 players available when we played Wyoming. That is 71%. Caldwell, Smith, Lowery, and Aucoin were all out. If you remove Aucoin that is 10 of 13 scholarship players which is 77%. That being said, the loss to Wyoming was very disappointing as they are a poor team. Playing anywhere near their potential, the 8 Cajuns who played that night would have won the game. They played nowhere near it. The Cajuns shot the ball terribly from the field and the line that night. As I said, very disappointing. I just wanted to set the record straight on the percentage of players available that night.

So Julian & Wilson played right well the excuse from last years team was Julian not playing was the reason for the losses and this year Wilson was blames for the skid yet both played ... We barely snuck past a awful Mcneese team and lost to a terrible Wyoming heathy or not this team would not have been good

[cajuns80]

Not true. We only had 10 of 14 players available when we played Wyoming. That is 71%. Caldwell, Smith, Lowery, and Aucoin were all out. If you remove Aucoin that is 10 of 13 scholarship players which is 77%. That being said, the loss to Wyoming was very disappointing as they are a poor team. Playing anywhere near their potential, the 8 Cajuns who played that night would have won the game. They played nowhere near it. The Cajuns shot the ball terribly from the field and the line that night. As I said, very disappointing. I just wanted to set the record straight on the percentage of players available that night.

Wrong. Smith played. You really going to count aucoin and lowery in that number. Mason Aucoin shouldn’t be playing any minutes. You don’t really think lowery was going to play this year do you? He was a surefire redshirt candidate.

[RaginDave]

So Julian & Wilson played right well the excuse from last years team was Julian not playing was the reason for the losses and this year Wilson was blames for the skid yet both played ... We barely snuck past a awful Mcneese team and lost to a terrible Wyoming heathy or not this team would not have been good

I am paraphrasing someone that knows this team pretty well going into the Texas State game.

With everyone healthy we would be 6-2 in the conference, right now we are 2-6, by the way 6-2 would lead the conference. Not saying we would be good if we had the full roster for the entire season, but we would be good enough go challenge for the conference Championship. I said this earlier, look at the injuries that we currently have, not what we missed earlier, but what we are missing now:

Mylik Wilson---Starter
Cedric Russell--Starter
Kobe Julien---Starter
Durey Cadwell---Potential Starter
Trajan Wesley--Backup Point Guard
Javon Lowery---Quality minutes off the bench

Now lets look at what we have missed previously who have come back

PJ Hardy--Early guard off the bench
Tirus Smith--Big presence in the middle, when he does not foul out, but this would not be an issue if we were fully healthy, because he would not be forced to have the minutes he does now.
Mason Aucouin--Senior Leadership, forced into action now, with injuries, but if nothing else a practice body.

I count 8 would be contributing bodies that are not on the court now, or have missed significant time this season. I don't think we would be 20-0, but I feel confident that instead of being 7-13 we would be better than 13-7. Just my opinion, take it for what it is worth.

[zephyr]

I am paraphrasing someone that knows this team pretty well going into the Texas State game.

With everyone healthy we would be 6-2 in the conference, right now we are 2-6, by the way 6-2 would lead the conference. Not saying we would be good if we had the full roster for the entire season, but we would be good enough go challenge for the conference Championship. I said this earlier, look at the injuries that we currently have, not what we missed earlier, but what we are missing now:

Mylik Wilson---Starter
Cedric Russell--Starter
Kobe Julien---Starter
Durey Cadwell---Potential Starter
Trajan Wesley--Backup Point Guard
Javon Lowery---Quality minutes off the bench

Now lets look at what we have missed previously who have come back

PJ Hardy--Early guard off the bench
Tirus Smith--Big presence in the middle, when he does not foul out, but this would not be an issue if we were fully healthy, because he would not be forced to have the minutes he does now.
Mason Aucouin--Senior Leadership, forced into action now, with injuries, but if nothing else a practice body.

I count 8 would be contributing bodies that are not on the court now, or have missed significant time this season. I don't think we would be 20-0, but I feel confident that instead of being 7-13 we would be better than 13-7. Just my opinion, take it for what it is worth.

6-2? Yeah. We lost the last three games by nearly 90 points combined. That's pure speculation there and of course you're using the comment from a staff member who would use such excuses.

[cajun_lannister]

I am paraphrasing someone that knows this team pretty well going into the Texas State game.

With everyone healthy we would be 6-2 in the conference, right now we are 2-6, by the way 6-2 would lead the conference. Not saying we would be good if we had the full roster for the entire season, but we would be good enough go challenge for the conference Championship. I said this earlier, look at the injuries that we currently have, not what we missed earlier, but what we are missing now:

Mylik Wilson---Starter
Cedric Russell--Starter
Kobe Julien---Starter
Durey Cadwell---Potential Starter
Trajan Wesley--Backup Point Guard
Javon Lowery---Quality minutes off the bench

Now lets look at what we have missed previously who have come back

PJ Hardy--Early guard off the bench
Tirus Smith--Big presence in the middle, when he does not foul out, but this would not be an issue if we were fully healthy, because he would not be forced to have the minutes he does now.
Mason Aucouin--Senior Leadership, forced into action now, with injuries, but if nothing else a practice body.

I count 8 would be contributing bodies that are not on the court now, or have missed significant time this season. I don't think we would be 20-0, but I feel confident that instead of being 7-13 we would be better than 13-7. Just my opinion, take it for what it is worth.

I don't trust anyone on or close to the team to not blow smoke up anyones ___ ... we hear the same ____ every year "wellll we would have won but"

[ULvictory]

I am paraphrasing someone that knows this team pretty well going into the Texas State game.

With everyone healthy we would be 6-2 in the conference, right now we are 2-6, by the way 6-2 would lead the conference. Not saying we would be good if we had the full roster for the entire season, but we would be good enough go challenge for the conference Championship. I said this earlier, look at the injuries that we currently have, not what we missed earlier, but what we are missing now:

Mylik Wilson---Starter
Cedric Russell--Starter
Kobe Julien---Starter
Durey Cadwell---Potential Starter
Trajan Wesley--Backup Point Guard
Javon Lowery---Quality minutes off the bench

Now lets look at what we have missed previously who have come back

PJ Hardy--Early guard off the bench
Tirus Smith--Big presence in the middle, when he does not foul out, but this would not be an issue if we were fully healthy, because he would not be forced to have the minutes he does now.
Mason Aucouin--Senior Leadership, forced into action now, with injuries, but if nothing else a practice body.

I count 8 would be contributing bodies that are not on the court now, or have missed significant time this season. I don't think we would be 20-0, but I feel confident that instead of being 7-13 we would be better than 13-7. Just my opinion, take it for what it is worth.

Nothing against people close to the program, but to automatically say that this team would be 6-2 with a healthier roster is a stretch. Some of the “propaganda” spewed last season was why I was so hard on them especially after we would lose to inferior competition.

For example, we lost to a 5-14 Wyoming team because we went 13/28 from the FT line with a lot healthier team than what we have now. The starting 5 that night included Julien, Gueye, Wilson, Johnson, and Russell. Loss. For TCU, we played TWELVE guys. Lost by 33. For Little Rock, we blew a 14 point lead in the 2nd half at home. And even without Julien, we were good enough to jump to that lead. Loss.

There’s no doubt now that we are struggling due to injuries, but some of the losses earlier in the year before all of this wasn’t injuries. It was bad play and some questionable coaching. Going into this season, all I heard was “wait and see what happens.” Well, with ten years into a coaching tenure, that’s the last thing fans want to hear especially after running off four guys in the offseason.

[Cajunsmike]

Wrong. Smith played. You really going to count aucoin and lowery in that number. Mason Aucoin shouldn't be playing any minutes. You don't really think lowery was going to play this year do you? He was a surefire redshirt candidate.

Somehow I missed that Smith played in the Wyoming game. So we had 11 of 13 scholarship players healthy which is still not 90 percent. Lowery would not have been redshirted with Caldwell healthy. I am fairly certain that is the case. Spenkuch was the most likely candidate for a redshirt and likely would have with a healthy roster. As far as the way Julien and Wilson played, Julien did well in that game with 15 points while Wilson struggled. Wilson is a pure freshman however and that was his first road game. Wilson was improving tremendously prior to his injury. His loss has been a big factor in the recent struggles.

[Cajunsmike]

Nothing against people close to the program, but to automatically say that this team would be 6-2 with a healthier roster is a stretch. Some of the “propaganda” spewed last season was why I was so hard on them especially after we would lose to inferior competition.

For example, we lost to a 5-14 Wyoming team because we went 13/28 from the FT line with a lot healthier team than what we have now. The starting 5 that night included Julien, Gueye, Wilson, Johnson, and Russell. Loss. For TCU, we played TWELVE guys. Lost by 33. For Little Rock, we blew a 14 point lead in the 2nd half at home. And even without Julien, we were good enough to jump to that lead. Loss.

There’s no doubt now that we are struggling due to injuries, but some of the losses earlier in the year before all of this wasn’t injuries. It was bad play and some questionable coaching. Going into this season, all I heard was “wait and see what happens.” Well, with ten years into a coaching tenure, that’s the last thing fans want to hear especially after running off four guys in the offseason.

No one will ever know what our conference record would be with a healthy roster. My opinion is that it would be 5 and 4. The Little Rock game is one that I believe we would have been able to hold on to. No particular view on any of the other games. Just an overall sense.

[cajuns80]

Somehow I missed that Smith played in the Wyoming game. So we had 11 of 13 scholarship players healthy which is still not 90 percent. Lowery would not have been redshirted with Caldwell healthy. I am fairly certain that is the case. Spenkuch was the most likely candidate for a redshirt and likely would have with a healthy roster. As far as the way Julien and Wilson played, Julien did well in that game with 15 points while Wilson struggled. Wilson is a pure freshman however and that was his first road game. Wilson was improving tremendously prior to his injury. His loss has been a big factor in the recent struggles.

Ahhh so Wilson cost us the game you are saying? Has there been a game this year where we have just lost with no excuses?