re: La. recruits signed by Bama from 2007-2013.

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Rant discussion again.

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Apparently, you don't appreciate the notion of argument by analogy. The poster I was responding to implied that losing highly touted in-state players to Alabama wasn't a bad thing merely because we regularly (in his view) lose highly touted in-state players. I was merely pointing out that the frequency of an event doesn't dictate whether it is good or bad for LSU, and I included examples to prove the point. These weren't red herrings or separate topics, they clearly related to the ongoing discussion about recruiting.

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the frequency of bad events has a cumulative effect - if LSU is getting 9 of the top 10 Louisiana recruits they want this year the only fair conclusion to make is we are doing a better job of in state recruiting than pretty much any other program (including Bama) in the country.

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I'm not certain why it is so difficult to comprehend the limited scope of the argument taking place in this thread. I'm not taking a position on the broader digressions that other posters continually raise. My point is a rudimentary and indisputable one. I'll say it again: losing highly touted in-state recruits to Alabama is undesirable and bad for LSU. In the context of your hypothetical, it would be even better for LSU to land 10 of 10, right? Of course. Hence, losing the one recruit is not good for LSU. No one is debating the broader implications, we're discussing whether or not that one isolated defection is good or bad for LSU. Once more, losing highly touted in-state recruits to Alabama is undesirable and bad for LSU. If you have some issue with THAT narrow position, please let me know.