Des Hiring 12-5-2021

[CajunVic]

Thanks to the senior leadership of Wooldrige.

Its not unheard of to give credit to a quarterback. I'm sure you will agree.

No coach can ever shine or for that matter win coach of the year without success of his players - that is in every instance - the coach is not on the field of play

[Turbine]

No coach can ever shine or for that matter win coach of the year without success of his players - that is in every instance - the coach is not on the field of play

Your longstanding and currently conflicting stance on whether Napier and Desormeaux were good or not good coaches is interesting.

It appears that you approach a similar set of circumstances but in each instance come to a very different conclusion.

Opinion of one.

[CajunVic]

Your longstanding and currently conflicting stance on whether Napier and Desormeaux were good or not good coaches is interesting.

It appears that you approach a similar set of circumstances but in each instance come to a very different conclusion.

Opinion of one.

No, DES is constantly referred to as a BAD coach here - I say no bad coach has ever been honored as coach of the year

Napier is regarded here as the best coach in the universe and my position is that although he has won coach of the year in the Sunbelt twice, all that says is that he is a good Sunbelt level coach


So, my position is that DES is under regarded as a competent coach here and Napier is over regarded here with respect to his competence - both are and should be regarded as decent Sunbelt level coaches

there are NO conflicts in my stances

[Turbine]

No, DES is constantly referred to as a BAD coach here - I say no bad coach has ever been honored as coach of the year

Napier is regarded here as the best coach in the universe and my position is that although he has won coach of the year in the Sunbelt twice, all that says is that he is a good Sunbelt level coach


So, my position is that DES is under regarded as a competent coach here and Napier is over regarded here with respect to his competence - both are and should be regarded as decent Sunbelt level coaches

there are NO conflicts in my stances

Ok I have no problem with that.

[CajunVic]

Ok I have no problem with that.

I approve of this message and agree to lend my story to you for your book of short stories

and we will see again what competencies Napier has as a sunbelt head football coach - albeit with much more financial support this time - maybe this stint will shed more light on type of fans Louisiana has as opposed to Napier’s competency as a head football coach

[Hudsheen#Fired]

you mean the coach with “coach of the year honors” - oh yes I understand that a few RP posters know better than those who bestowed that honor upon DES

3 years under .500 versus one "good" season. Which one is the norm again?

[CajunSaint08]

It is unbelievable how DES gets all the credit for the bad and NONE of the credit for the good - not to many 10 win seasons or Coach of the Year honors in the entire history of Louisiana football and none with the adverse market conditions imposed upon a G6 school LIKE Louisiana from the effects of NIL and free portal transfer - OUT - free portal transfer out for schools similarly situated to Louisiana

Besides, how many up and coming coaches, even if they were identified, would have been jumping through hoops to coach at Louisiana who was struggling financially, run by an administration with little support for athletics and with virtually no NiL support?

If we are going to have the conversation, let’s at least have ALL of the actual facts, limitations and financial considerations in play . . .

Not to mention little to zero fan support.

[CajunVic]

3 years under .500 versus one "good" season. Which one is the norm again?

leave Napier's Florida record in Florida

[tdncz]

In the past 15 years
Les Miles
Brian Kelly
Gus Mulzahn
Scott Frost
Ed Orgeron
Have actually been NATIONAL AP COTY. Just saying

[Turbine]

I approve of this message and agree to lend my story to you for your book of short stories

and we will see again what competencies Napier has as a sunbelt head football coach - albeit with much more financial support this time - maybe this stint will shed more light on type of fans Louisiana has as opposed to Napier’s competency as a head football coach

This isn't about Napier for me it's about on the job training.

If it were,about Napier, I would say his former boss has shown a proclivity for training his assistants to be future head coaches.

Napier has not shown that he can trust his former position coaches to jump levels.

For me it's about hiring someone who was untrained for the job he was given.

Can he grow into the roll? Perhaps but Louisiana doesn't have that luxury. No school does. Yet they've granted it.