re: Sims, the Camp thing, and the WR situation

It's been a while and I don't have time to follow all that closely.

Just to be straight, how EXACTLY did the Sims camp situation go down?

I'd heard that LSU wasn't going to offer him until he camped, but Sims would have to pay the camp fee, and he balked at that. Had he camped before?

I can see LSU not being interested because of the talent of TQ, SN, MD, etc and at the time, Landry and Beckham hadn't completed their monster seasons and were in no way a lock to go pro.

BUT, we already had issues with recruiting the WM area, especially in terms with Bama. Maybe Bama really didn't want Kenny Bell either, and after 5 years, he's had a pedestrian career on the field with the Tide, but from a recruiting standpoint, has been pure gold. They took Luther Davis for the same reason. Maybe Falkins and Sylve too.

If Bama can do it (meaning take players they really don't want) for the bigger picture, why couldn't we? We may end up this year with 3 or 4 players we "really don't want" but need to fill in the class.

The "earn the offer" thing doesn't fly with me. How many of our class this year will have camped with us at some point in time?? Do we tell Adoree we don't want him because he didn't camp and earn it?

Of course, any player who wants to go to LSU should want to camp if offered, but if not, I don't think it should be a black and white decision if they don't.