LGT Final: Louisiana 23, Texas State 17

[CajunVic]

Its Napiers MO.

Still he didn't trust Desormeaux enough to do the job traditionally assigned to the position. But he then turns around and says he is his choice to do it all.

Can't trust that disconnect

It taking three years to right the ship shows Napier was both wrong and right.

Wrong at the time, right now.

sorry but personnel probably had more to do with success or lack of success of play calling than anything each called and you know it . . .

[CharlieK]

2 games with missed FGs. At south alabama and at Monroe. I was there for both. That was all luck and how we won the West after the Monroe win.

I thought there were 2. I remembered the ULM one clearly. Couldn’t remember what the other was.

[CharlieK]

Neither are good offensive coaches. Neither are bad offensive coaches either.

Dez is definitely a good offensive coach. What’s your criteria? Mine is scoring and winning. Both of which we are at the very least “good” at.

[CharlieK]

Its Napiers MO.

Still he didn't trust Desormeaux enough to do the job traditionally assigned to the position. But he then turns around and says he is his choice to do it all.

Can't trust that disconnect

It taking three years to right the ship shows Napier was both wrong and right.

Wrong at the time, but right now.

It’s possible for Napier to believe he’s better at play calling than Dez, while also thinking Dez would be a good coaching choice. Not sure why you think those things are mutually exclusive.

[Million$Mullet]

I thought there were 2. I remembered the ULM one clearly. Couldn’t remember what the other was.

ULM missed field goals in back to back years against us. In 18 it would have tied the game. In 19 it would have won the game for them. We had already won the west but still that would have sucked.

[Clutch0364]

Dez is definitely a good offensive coach. What’s your criteria? Mine is scoring and winning. Both of which we are at the very least “good” at.

Winning has nothing to do with being a good OC. You can have the best offense in the country and not win.

We have way too many lapses for me to say he is a good offensive coordinator. The exact same things I was saying about Napier. Does he do something’s well, yes but I do think our offense could be better with the talent we are showing at the skill positions. I also hate settling for FGs after good drives.

We will never agree on this and that’s fine. In the end we are winning and that’s what matters.

[CrazyCajun]

We are in the top 35 in just about every offensive category, 7-1 and on the verge of the top 25.

[CharlieK]

Winning has nothing to do with being a good OC. You can have the best offense in the country and not win.

We have way too many lapses for me to say he is a good offensive coordinator. The exact same things I was saying about Napier. Does he do something’s well, yes but I do think our offense could be better with the talent we are showing at the skill positions. I also hate settling for FGs after good drives.

We will never agree on this and that’s fine. In the end we are winning and that’s what matters.

So are we winning because of how good our defense is? How the hell are we 7-1? How are we a top 35 offense? Top 4 in the belt. Give me a break. No OC is perfect or calls a perfect game. But he is demonstrably better than average.

[RedTails]

We are in the top 35 in just about every offensive category, 7-1 and on the verge of the top 25.

Right. I don't wanna pile on that other poster, but Dez and co have the offense purring. And every piece in play is a contributor to that. The play at the line, WRs blocking/route running, RB play, and the poise, leadership, and play of Ben 10.

[ULvictory]

Billy inherited some decent talent that Hud couldn't win with, but he also brought in a lot of structure that showed on the field. There is no doubt that we got some lucky breaks to win games, but we were definitely fundamentally sound on the field that put us over the top. He also brought us not only out first 10 win season, but three straight 10+ win seasons, our first outright conference title in 50 years, and our first Top 25 ranking in the modern CFB era. As of now, Billy Napier is the greatest coach to walk the sidelines here.

As for Des, we are seeing a coach still learning on the job and drastically improving at it each day. The whole "continuing where Billy left off" line when he was hired went out the window when Billy gutted the staff and team. Looking back on it, Des had to start from scratch and wasn't able to get the close wins in the last two years that Billy got to the point where I would even say that the teams from the past two years definitely would not have had a 5-0 run in these last 5 games. But what's great about Des is that we are seeing his work come together with a time that seems to be focused on the same prize. And hopefully, this success continues to finish the season with a conference championship and a top 25 ranking.