re: Screw paying these high schoolers big money

ANY of you, whether for or against NIL, who are basing what you are saying about LSU recruiting going forward on what is happening right now are pissing in the wind. It’s a complete waste of time.

Transition year recruiting is a completely different animal. It’s about holding onto what you can and signing the guys who connect with what you are selling in a short period of time. That’s particularly difficult now because of ESD.

Another thing many of you seem to be missing is that relationships STILL MATTER. The NIL money only works when you have that first. We likely lost any shot at Perkins and Harris because of their position coaches leaving/being replaced. Money alone doesn’t fix that. Again, you guys are basing what you think the future will be on a coaching transition class. Whether it’s good or bad, next year and going forward won’t look anything like this.

There is only one thing I look at as a positive sign that MIGHT translate to the future. It’s that Boutte evidently did get an NIL deal and it sounds like he’s changed his tune to being “locked in” since then. If holding on to the top players we have is the priority, then applying NIL dollars there is the best way to use them today.