re: PJ Woodland - Time to address the Elephant in the Room

I was critical, not because of talent but because of the circumstances in which his commitment was taken. It gave off troublesome signs of ineptness.
Kid visited one weekend, left campus with no offer and all insiders reported he wouldn't be in the class and OM predictions were made. A mere 5-6 days later, Evans evidently caught our staff completely off guard by flipping to UGA and Woodland is invited in again that weekend, gets offered and commits. That is the definition of backup plan no matter how you try to explain it away as something else. Where's the problem in stating the obvious?
Excuses rolled in from insiders and the immediate go to was the plan was always 4 and this is just that materializing. The talk was Bernard Causey was the makeup for Evans. Problem with that was, Causey had already been offered while Woodland was passed over, Causey was already targeted as the 4th CB prior to Evans' decommital and predictions were already in for him to flip from OM.
When the circumstances of the facts and the story don't line up, a story obviously fed by LSU sources based on the fact all insiders pushed the same story immediately, how is it supposed to be taken by those that follow such things? For me personally the talent of Woodland was fine. The story and sunshine pumping were the issue. We can credit the staff with unearthing a possible gem but let's not pretend even they didn't see its worth at the outset.