LA Tech Football Travels to Old Dominion Saturday - latechsports.com

[Bone_afide_Dawg]

I meant to say ‘he didn’t play much of a part in it...’

[RGTech98]

I will acknowledge that i haven't read a single post in this thread so it may have already been covered ad nauseum... Will Skip ever start playing to win and not just coach not to lose?!?

[FriscoDog]

Skip is an experienced coach and I think he has done a good job working with what he has. Anyone who isn't totally blind can see that we pushed NC State to the limit, had SMU beaten pretty much, and also had Mississippi St. dead to rights at one point. The ball just didn't bounce our way in those games. If you push out Skip, who do you get to come to Tech which basically is in a conference that may not even exist after this season? What decent coach would even want to come? Skip is fine, the main thing that needs to be on any list of priorities should be getting into a conference.

Skip has stated that this is the most talented team he has had at Tech.. If that is so, then why doesn't our record reflect it? We have had much better records with less talent based upon that statement. The answer can only be coaching..

[glm47]

Skip is an experienced coach and I think he has done a good job working with what he has. Anyone who isn't totally blind can see that we pushed NC State to the limit, had SMU beaten pretty much, and also had Mississippi St. dead to rights at one point. The ball just didn't bounce our way in those games. If you push out Skip, who do you get to come to Tech which basically is in a conference that may not even exist after this season? What decent coach would even want to come? Skip is fine, the main thing that needs to be on any list of priorities should be getting into a conference.

Troll.

[champion110]

This should be the final straw for Skip. He has to go... We need to get someone in that knows how to take us to the next level. Even in the good years that he has had, we couldn't win a championship. I am happy for all the bowl victories, but the last two years are showing what we are now. New blood is needed. I will add that Skip is one of the nicest guys we have had as coach. He just isn't getting it done. ODU hasn't beaten an FBS team in 3 years. We have regressed, not improved with each game. It is time!

[PawDawg]

Exactly. We had the ball in ODU territory. We SHOULD have gone for it on 4th down. But DAMN.....throwing a low percentage, 30 yd, fader BOMB down field on 4th and 3 with your BACKUP QB was truly a stupid call. Just get the 1st down and we still have 4 more downs to win the game IN THEIR territory.

This

https://twitter.com/aisports_4th/sta...QZTt_oqgg&s=19

Maybe don't be in a situation where you need to convert a 4th down to beat 1-6 odu

This

and this...Total FUBAR of our Athletic Program. Who's the boss?

[dawg80]

An ongoing acceptance of Holtz’s patheticness would completely destroy Tech football. Even when he was lucky enough to be present when other teams mismanaged their games enough to lose to Tech, he did play much of a part in it. Holtz’s luck has run out and his failing competence isn’t enough to make up the difference... he’s done.

The crash and burn has already happened it’s just that the fuel tanks haven’t exploded yet, but that part is inevitable.

Reneau is forever known for destroying the Lady Techsters. Guice is on track for the same in football.

Stop the BS, please. That crap is old and totally wrong, anyway.

Now, Guice is in a place where the NEAR future of Tech Football is in his hands. But, puhleeze! No way is any sport "destroyed forever." Coaches come and go, programs have peaks and valleys, and the world goes on.

[Blue Dawg]

Stop the BS, please. That crap is old and totally wrong, anyway.

Now, Guice is in a place where the NEAR future of Tech Football is in his hands. But, puhleeze! No way is any sport "destroyed forever." Coaches come and go, programs have peaks and valleys, and the world goes on.

The Techsters struggle to score double digits despite their glorious history. It's safe to say even though they technically are still incorporated, they're never "coming back"

Will football be the same?

[revf]

I'm still leaning toward 4-8...but at this point, I think 2-10 will serve our needs better. I also think ULM will get to 6 wins, they only have to beat Ark State and Texas State, they can finish 6-6 and you just know they will spin it as being in the Rose Bowl. Then we will see what the empty suits of Guice and Wood will do. I am betting they will do nothing.

I think after a 5th consecutive loss vs. UAB, Skip will struggle to produce much of anything the rest of the season.

Maybe they beat the hapless Eagles, maybe not.

The issue is already I am hearing the "rebuilding year, reset year mantra" from the talking heads. Skip needs more time. We are too accustomed to winning. He's got to have longer to get his system in place. Seriously. The call in show was all pro Skip last night. BC even said we don't want to get a reputation as being "elitist" by firing a coach their first bad year.

As much as we complain, nothing will change.

Skip is NOT going anywhere unless he steps down of his own free will.

[Bone_afide_Dawg]

Stop the BS, please. That crap is old and totally wrong, anyway.

Now, Guice is in a place where the NEAR future of Tech Football is in his hands. But, puhleeze! No way is any sport "destroyed forever." Coaches come and go, programs have peaks and valleys, and the world goes on.

You say that now . I’ll check back in another 20 years to see if you’re still treading water and hoping for someone to sail by and rescue your belief in Tech, haha.

[exflash]

The Techsters struggle to score double digits despite their glorious history. It's safe to say even though they technically are still incorporated, they're never "coming back"

Will football be the same?

…..Cajun fan here and I tell you guys that after you sent us Baldwin from the church in Ruston, it has taken us 20 years to get our football program back! 30 k yesterday was refreshing!

[Russdawg]

…..Cajun fan here and I tell you guys that after you sent us Baldwin from the church in Ruston, it has taken us 20 years to get our football program back! 30 k yesterday was refreshing!

You may be right, or without miraculous effort from Guice-Wood it may be worse. No leadership, no coach, no conference, new transfer out options, recruiting questions: for us guys now in our 70s it may be over: forever.

But what a ride!! Mickey Slaughter in the 50s, Bradshaw in the 60s, Duron in the &70s, Malone and Barmore in the 80s, Rattay in the 90s, whipping Fresno repeatedly in the 2000s, big wins under Dikes and 6 bowl WINS in the 2010s: been one heckuva ride!! I wouldn't have missed for the world. Even if now sucks!

[FriscoDawg]

Skip is an experienced coach and I think he has done a good job working with what he has. Anyone who isn't totally blind can see that we pushed NC State to the limit, had SMU beaten pretty much, and also had Mississippi St. dead to rights at one point. The ball just didn't bounce our way in those games. If you push out Skip, who do you get to come to Tech which basically is in a conference that may not even exist after this season? What decent coach would even want to come? Skip is fine, the main thing that needs to be on any list of priorities should be getting into a conference.

If Skippy was fine, Tech wins at least one of the three games (Mississippi State, SMU, and North Carolina State) without any question and probably wins at least two of them. Those losses weren't the result of a bad bounce here or there. They were a direct result of bad coaching decisions and poor execution directly related to poor coaching.

The fact that Tech lost all three of those plus ODU fits right in with Skippy's history as an FBS coach as documented in the Skippy Special thread. It's no coincidence that his teams at USF and Tech have lost 22 games (in just 147 coached) after having a 4th quarter lead. That's compared to winning just 8 games after being behind in the 4th quarter.

[Gladzilla]

The issue is already I am hearing the "rebuilding year, reset year mantra" from the talking heads. Skip needs more time. We are too accustomed to winning. He's got to have longer to get his system in place. Seriously. The call in show was all pro Skip last night. BC even said we don't want to get a reputation as being "elitist" by firing a coach their first bad year.

As much as we complain, nothing will change.

Skip is NOT going anywhere unless he steps down of his own free will.

BC even said maybe those past teams weren't as bad as we thought they were. Um.... Yeah losing a game to a lowly team each year isn't good. Skip never turned the corner.

[HogDawg]

Skip has stated that this is the most talented team he has had at Tech.. If that is so, then why doesn't our record reflect it? We have had much better records with less talent based upon that statement. The answer can only be coaching..

Skip Holtz has become an absolute embarrassment to Louisiana Tech. If nothing else, he should be fired for making a mockery of our beloved university. Nobody can lose as many games in the 4th qtr as he does without trying to lose 'em. It's statistically impossible.