Mike Desormeaux for Louisiana Head Coach

[CajunVic]

Or Mike could be the HC/OC. The rumor is that Tim is going to FL.

Tim is not a rumor, you read that here.

[JMV JustMyView]

Maybe so. I hope you realize the responsibility for someone who has never called plays or managed the game in a college football game. Huge undertaking. Asking an awful lot of the young coach with no experience in either. Not sure where George Munoz is but if I were HC Dez he’d be one the first I’d call. He was on Os staff.

Anything is possible.

[KajunKrazy]

Let’s think about this before we shît on the idea..

-Every player or coach that has been around Napier and Des say the same thing: uncanny similarities between the two. Personality, moral compass, origin of their coaching career, family involvement in football, etc.
-Des is a local guy. If the hire would work out, it would probably bode well in keeping him here longer if other schools started waving checks at him. We’ve all clamored for a long term coach to build the giant into a powerhouse. Des would be that candidate.
-The players love Mike. And want him to stay here. And from what I have been able to learn, the staff that’s in place would mostly stay in tact if Des is hired as coach.
-Des has been on the recruiting trail for 7 years. He knows the business and he’s good in a room. That I know from personal experience.
-App St hired their OL coach to be head guy, and look at how well this is working for them. They’ve hired from within many times throughout the course of their porgram’s success.
-Nothing will change. Des is Co-OC. He would run the same offense and manage the team the exact same way. I like the idea of consistency.
-Community loves him. Local relationships are already in tact with HS coaches and players. I don’t we would lose many, if any, players that we’ve recruited to this point. That’s especially important with early signing day around the corner.

My only concern in this scenario is finding a good DC to replace PT. But again, Napier and PT and Ron Roberts are a phone call away for Des.

I don’t know man. The more I think about this, the more I actually like it.

All good points. Agree 100%. If he just had a little more experience at coordinating the offensive side of the ball. I know he had the co title but we all know billy coordinated the O.

[CajunVic]

All good points. Agree 100%. If he just had a little more experience at coordinating the offensive side of the ball. I know he had the co title but we all know billy coordinated the O.

C’mon KK, it’s time for you to buy in to my poem . . .

[cajun4life]

All I know is.....there were tons of "In Maggard I trust" comments....until Des' name came up. LOL

Yes, because a TE coach who has never coached at any other program is not qualified to take over a program that finds itself in a top 25 of the CFP.

Could he work out sure. But, he would be the weakest candidate on paper that could get hired.

[BabbForHeisman]

Vic, this is a really interesting social experiment you are doing. Well done!

[CajunVic]

Yes, because a TE coach who has never coached at any other program is not qualified to take over a program that finds itself in a top 25 of the CFP.

Could he work out sure. But, he would be the weakest candidate on paper that could get hired.

But off the charts on intangibles and the cULture . . . with what should be considered the most valuable endorsement out there . . .

[covcaj]

All good points. Agree 100%. If he just had a little more experience at coordinating the offensive side of the ball. I know he had the co title but we all know billy coordinated the O.

So he gets an experienced OC. Napier had no experience on defense and that worked out pretty well.

[CajunVic]

Vic, this is a really interesting social experiment you are doing. Well done!

I do now and alway will want the best for MY University of Louisiana . . . right now, it’s looking like hiring CMD might be the best thing going in that respect . . .

At least that is what the little birdy has told me . . .

[covcaj]

Seems to me Napier will be thumbs up or down on that. He would certainly know if Des is ready b