re: A closer look at Napier's coaching experience

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AS WR COACH. He was never more than WR coach at Bama. Does no one care about this fact?

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What about leading the nation in red zone conversions as OC at Arizona St or as a first time OC at Clemson leading them to their highest season point total in school history? McElwain also hired him as an OC and AHC at Colorado St.

While at Bama he was the WR coach under Kiffin so I'm sure he learned from Kiffin and can incorporate his style without Kiffin's baggage.

As a HC:

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UL athletic director Brian Maggard saw Napier as someone well beyond his years. He speaks deliberately and takes copious notes.

The only person Maggard says he has ever met like Napier is Bill Snyder, the white-haired dean of coaches who retired from Kansas State at the age of 79. But most of all, Maggard was impressed by Napier's vision.

He came in with a plan. He was determined to beef up the Cajuns' support staff à la Alabama, and because they couldn't afford the same salaries as Saban, he relied on volunteers and young coaches eager to get their start.

His staff meetings even look like Alabama's, with Napier surrounded by some 40 people each morning as he outlines the day ahead. And that's not counting folks in the weight room and nutrition staff, which basically didn't exist before his arrival.

Before a practice recently, a staffer who spent time at Alabama was asked how Napier and Saban differ. He thought for a minute, then another, then shook his head in defeat.

"One guy coaches offense and the other coaches defense," he says. "That's it."

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