[Headcase33]

You were saying.....

I said it on purpose so the team would turn things around and look they did!!

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J Garner scored twice in his seventh straight game with a rushing touchdown as Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Louisiana-Monroe 42-21 in the 62nd Battle on the Bayou on Tuesday night. The Ragin’ Cajuns ...

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[HOUCajun]

Here's the thing. Coach Dez frustrates the hell out of me as well.

But I really do think if he would hand over the offense/play calling completely to someone else (we have a dude on staff who worked very closely with Joe Brady and Burrow) and focus solely on just overall game management as a Head Coach, he might turn into one of the best HC's, maybe even the best, in the conference.

Also, though, any talks to extending him or giving him a bump in pay should include a reduction of a buyout. He's not going anywhere, as he truly does love UL, and no big time program is hiring him away from us.

Agree with most of this. Cajuns are in a position to have 2 10 win seasons in 3 years. Worst case we win 8 games this year. Dez is going nowhere.

There are very few head coaches who can handle play calling. Dez is no Sean Payton but neither was Napier. Would love to see him focus on head coaches/ceo duties and leave play calling to an OC.

[Headcase33]

Agree with most of this. Cajuns are in a position to have 2 10 win seasons in 3 years. Worst case we win 8 games this year. Dez is going nowhere.

There are very few head coaches who can handle play calling. Dez is no Sean Payton but neither was Napier. Would love to see him focus on head coaches/ceo duties and leave play calling to an OC.

I agree, he is over the 6 win hump so now win out regular season will be 9-3 and bowl game win will be 10-3. Just sucks being only 5 points away from being 9-1 right now.

[RaginDave]

I agree, he is over the 6 win hump so now win out regular season will be 9-3 and bowl game win will be 10-3. Just sucks being only 5 points away from being 9-1 right now.

We should be 9-1, coaching errors cost us both the LTU and USM games

[cajun4life]

We should be 9-1, coaching errors cost us both the LTU and USM games

Spot on.

[smd7636]

If Coach Des doesn’t want to give up play calling to prioritize head coaching duties, we should we hire a proper head coach and let Coach Des be an assistant.

[PetroCajunRunner]

If Coach Des doesn’t want to give up play calling to prioritize head coaching duties, we should we hire a proper head coach and let Coach Des be an assistant.

With what money?

We'd be paying Dez HC money to be an assistant, then have to fork up HC money for a HC.

[zephyr]

Here's the thing. Coach Dez frustrates the hell out of me as well.

But I really do think if he would hand over the offense/play calling completely to someone else (we have a dude on staff who worked very closely with Joe Brady and Burrow) and focus solely on just overall game management as a Head Coach, he might turn into one of the best HC's, maybe even the best, in the conference.

Also, though, any talks to extending him or giving him a bump in pay should include a reduction of a buyout. He's not going anywhere, as he truly does love UL, and no big time program is hiring him away from us.

If you are talking about Munoz, that's a hard no for me. Dude was our OC back in 2016 when we had Anthony Jennings and that was possibly the worst UL offense over the past 25 years or so. That was nearly Baldwin level stuff there. No thanks. There's a reason that guy has never been an OC again.

[Cajunsmike]

Spot on.

The injury to Colin Jacob was a huge factor in the 2 conference losses.

[WestUCajun]

The injury to Colin Jacob was a huge factor in the 2 conference losses.

So was the the loss of McPherson