@CougarDave…awesome post!!!
@plcseaver…Peggy…great insights! You should post more. A lot more!
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Hi Russell, with all due respect I disagree with your comments about Isaiah. I know I can’t change your mind and that’s fine but I think you should know… He didn’t leave TCU because it wasn’t working out for him. He left because his auntie, who raised him after his mom died, was seriously ill with kidney failure and he wanted to be near her and help her. I think that is admirable on his part. He didn’t want to leave UH because he really likes being at UH and he told me he greatly appreciates the opportunities it provided him. He choose mcneese for the right reasons for himself. Yes it looks like it is a step down in the public view but for him personally it’s a great fit. I wonder which teammate you are mentioning who bad mouthed Isaiah when he posted he was transferring out of UH. I am very confident if you were to actually know Isaiah, like we do, you would learn he is a fine young man. Have a great day.
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And thanks to all of those who posted supportive comments to Isaiah and in fact to all of our young men.
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Best of luck to him. Some of the most successful NFL players in history went to small schools. Walter Payton, Hines Ward, Brett Favre, Steve McNair, Big Ben in Pittsburgh whose name I can’t spell, and my personal favorite, undrafted London Fletcher from John Carroll University in Ohio. 15 or 16 years in the NFL, all-pro several times. The list goes on.
Tell him for me to just tear it up!
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You are right you will not change my mind. He has had issue with coaches at both spots and there have been issues with his effort and discipline.
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I happen to think Isaiah is a good young man who just wants to find a good fit. Unfortunately it’s not at UH, but at least now it appears he’s in a better situation.
I have a buddy at work whose son went to a Big10 school for football, can’t remember if it was UM or MSU. Anyway, he was a solid recruit and a hard worker, but when he arrived on campus, the coaching style was not what he was expecting. It definitely wasn’t the workload, as I mentioned, the kid had a great work ethic. My co-worker simply said that the personalities of the coaches did not jive well with his son and made football less enjoyable. He transferred to a smaller school and had a great collegiate experience and is now finishing up dental school.
I don’t know what Isaiah’s issue was at UH. But when I hear things like “oh, so and so left the program because of poor effort and discipline” I know there is a little more to the story. Don’t get me wrong. There are plenty of instances where players are simply not putting in the effort. But to be a Div 1 athlete at UH and other big football programs, you have proven that you know how to work hard to achieve your goals.
For me, before we point the fingers at the players, we should start with: what external factors drove the kid out?
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Hi Mannycoog, thanks for the post. Isaiah didn’t relate well to Early and Holgorsen but was always respectful. However, he had great relations with his other coaches. He averaged only nine snaps per game past season. He sat on the bench a lot right from the first game against Oklahoma. He was however tied for first place in Number of sacks. He wants to play football! His work ethic is outstanding and he’s been working out with some high level trainer who works with NFL players in Houston. The trainer and those NFL players are supportive and encouraging towards Isaiah. The trainer is providing his training services for free. Well that’s it from me! Take care.
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Maybe there was more to why they was the case but bottom line is that was the case according to some close enough.
I think time will tell if it is better situation or if he just blew a huge opportunity to learn how to play the game the right way
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If a player “does not relate well” to the head coach, they sit. Always been that way, and it remains so today. The coaches run the team, not the players. If one does not relate well, guess you need to check the attitude at the door, adapt to the new situation, and get in the head coaches good graces if you want to play. Simple as that. This is football, not a lesson in social interaction.
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…or it is like baseball .Three strikes and you are out.Life is kinda that way too.
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If one makes it to The NFL the Coach of the team selecting said player is beyond said player’s control.
The player may then choose to adapt and get over it or get cut.
College football may be very similar. Indeed NFL GM’s may well have a negative reaction to a player who attends 3 Universities in 5 seasons.
It is not a secret that many,many UH Grads have worked for someone that they did not like but sucked it up for years because they needed the job.
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One of the biggest tragedies of last year, IMO.
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In every unit there are guys that are called upon to do the dirty work that allows others to do the job that gets the glory. I’m sure the guys that had to throw themselves on the barbed wire weren’t enamored with the job, but it led the unit to victory. Sometimes there are other things that players are called upon to do other than rush the passer and if the player doesn’t give that job his full attention and effort, it hurts the overall objective.
I don’t know the details of why Chambers didn’t get more playing time, but I suspect it was more than just that the coach didn’t like him. A kid can be an upstanding young man and a pleasure to be around, but when he is on the field, his job is to do exactly as he is told and if he doesn’t do it with full effort, he will not get that much PT. This is probably closer to the truth than just that the coach didn’t like him. The coach will put the guys on the field that he thinks will give the team the best chance to win which increases his longevity as a coach.
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Hi mike, I’ve always enjoyed your posts by the way; we agree on almost everything. LOL. I too wish I could understand why Holgorsen didn’t play chambers and for that matter Courtney lark. I am not buying for one single minute that Isaiah didn’t put in a great effort or had a bad attitude. Additionally, I’m also not saying ‘oh he’s such a sweet guy’ and that means therefore he’s a great football player. There is no correlation to his character/personality and his football skills/effort. Nobody here knows him like I do and trust me I’m a very good judge of character and I know a good work ethic when I see one. Your comment about ‘even if he’s such a sweet/nice guy’ has nothing to do with how he plays football or practices with the team. They are separate issues and I found that comment somewhat demeaning. It doesn’t bother me but I’m just mentioning it and I don’t think you meant it that way either. I am of the opinion that coaches should play their most productive players and try to win games. For one thing, chambers was statistically more productive than both turner and anenih who, correct me if I am wrong, averaged about 50-60 snaps per game. Isaiah averaged only nine snaps per game and was tied for first place in snaps and forced fumbles at the end of the season. So he was one of the most, if not, the most productive DE on the team if you calculate productivity based on time on the field in terms of tackles etc. Secondly, I didn’t understand why, when our defence and offence were both collapsing in pretty much every second half of games that both chambers and lark were warming the bench. That’s something I can’t find a good explanation for either as I haven’t heard a good explanation from anyone else. I think I recall you are a supporter of Holgorsen and wrote we should give him time. I don’t think he’s a good coach BUT I do agree we should give him time to build his program. I want our COOGS to win a lot of games next year and hope that time will show that he was a great hire and that I was wrong. Peace!
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Levine has won more games at UH than Holgerson as of right now.
Astute observation… duh !
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You still at it! #NothingChanges
Watching the dropped passes and Lark waiting to go in on the sidelines was bizarre.
Totally bizarre; incomprehensible!
The arm chairs have great coaches.
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