Des Makes Big Change To August Camp

[Big Poppa]

Give Mike a shot first and then judge him. Geez some of you guys hope he fails. He isn't Napier so let him develop his own style.

Not judging as much as scratching my head. I wish mike all the best. I loved him as a player and hopes he breaks the wins record as a coach.

[Big Poppa]

No doubt some things have to change. CBN didn’t have NIL, and transfer portal. Like it or not those two things completely reversed the power structure from the university to the players.

This has nothing to do with nil it’s not like a kid will turn down big bucks from Florida because Des let’s him stay in his apartment during camp and billy makes him move in a dorm.

[RaginCajun77]

In one breath we call them kids, but these young men have been given the right to vote and could be called in to service for our country. You can't have it both ways. Maybe just maybe Coach Des is setting an expectation of personal accountability and team accountability. You have freedom but hold yourself accountable to your goals and the goals of your team. Is it possible that he is expecting these young men to step up rather than to be mollycoddled? I seem to remember a baseball Coach who showed integrity and set the bar for his players and when they fell short, they had to show accountability to play for him again.

[Fais do-do]

In basic training they shave your head and make everyone look and act the same. You are made to work and care about teamwork in a very short time. We worked in various teams and always had a battle buddy. You were never an individual! I think removing life’s distractions/problems for a short time really allows them to focus. My hope is CMD is successful but allowing too much freedom to young men is bad. Remember the saying an idle mind is the devils workshop!

[Big Poppa]

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In one breath we call them kids, but these young men have been given the right to vote and could be called in to service for our country. You can't have it both ways. Maybe just maybe Coach Des is setting an expectation of personal accountability and team accountability. You have freedom but hold yourself accountable to your goals and the goals of your team. Is it possible that he is expecting these young men to step up rather than to be mollycoddled? I seem to remember a baseball Coach who showed integrity and set the bar for his players and when they fell short, they had to show accountability to play for him again.

I am going to say this and hope I don’t offend any one and don’t come off as being politically incorrect. Football and baseball players come from different places. For the most part they were just raised differently. They are 18 to 21 year old young college students and historically they do stupid stuff and make bad choices athletes or not. If I in his shoes I’d rather not give them the opportunity to make a bad choice.

[JMV JustMyView]

In basic training they shave your head and make everyone look and act the same. You are made to work and care about teamwork in a very short time. We worked in various teams and always had a battle buddy. You were never an individual! I think removing life’s distractions/problems for a short time really allows them to focus. My hope is CMD is successful but allowing too much freedom to young men is bad. Remember the saying an idle mind is the devils workshop!

Not true at all. It is done to prevent head lice and it is hard for the enemy to grab your hair if it is longer and slit your throat if you have longer hair versus not having hair.

[fanof71]

Jeweler I’m sure Des knows more than me but that’s not my question. My question is what does he know more than his predecessor? And his predecessors mentors Saban and Sweeney. My question is what does he know that Saban, Sweeney and the overwhelming majority of college coached don’t. Of course he knows more than me but I will never win a college football game in my life. Ever since the abolishment of the athletic dorm coming together for camp has been the norm for most schools.

Welcome Cajun Pop to the RPCA...

[JMV JustMyView]

Welcome Cajun Pop to the RPCA...

RPCA?

[Fais do-do]

Not true at all. It is done to prevent head lice and it is hard for the enemy to grab your hair if it is longer and slit your throat if you have longer hair versus not having hair.

Did you go through the military?

[CajunT]

I'm a firm believer in not creating problems that don't exist. They can and will find you eventually. Until there are actual events that call for review of Coach Desormeaux's decision, I'm more concerned with other areas of the football team that have questions to be answered.

Dorms are not full proof, I remember several incidents under Hudspet and a few under Bustle. Some athletes will push boundaries, and if those are serious in nature eventually they should be removed from the locker room.