LSU is as good as or a BETTER option than Texas A&M for a top WR.

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Not to mention ATM sucks arse

It amazes me how anyone, ANYONE, would want to go to a school that has yell practices

LSU is the best place in the SEC for anyone to get drafted other than OLine and kinda linebackers but Chavis has been putting them in the nfl since he got here

We got cam. They don't. End of story.

The thinking in this post is irrelevant in the mind of a typical WR recruit. They see that wide open offense, look at their own skillset, and it intrigues them.

Look, I know of the fact that we have put more WRs in the top 3 rounds of the NFL better than anybody else in the last 10+ years, but kids love trends. They love the hot topic, the flashy, the team that seems to be on the rise. Now that TAMU/Sumlin is in the SEC, they will be on tv all the time in an offense that will throw 35 times a game to 4-5WRs, giving them tons of opportunity to showcase their talent.

Sure we can do the same (showcase the talent), but the perception is different.

Good discussion and good OP.

I think what A&zm tries to sell is opportunity. Because we'll use 4 and 5 WR sets, kids will naturally get more reps during practice than at a lot of other places. More reps is more opportunity to shine.

I understand that doesn't address head-on your theory, which is that the very elite kids don't need to play in volumous sets to get reps. They get them by virtue of their supreme talent.

Fair.

But when you look at the stat sheet and see the number of attempts, that resonates with kids. Kids aren't always going to delve into a length analysis behind the numbers. Most just correlate attempts with opportunity--of which they always want more.

When you're recruiting several elite kids that message can be compelling.

The point is supported when you consider guys like Derrel Walker and Travis Labhardt. Derrel is a former juco walk-on, and before Travis walked on to the football team he was running with the women's basketball scout unit.

Those guys had significant production this year. So Sumlin can walk into a recruit's home and point not just to stars like Swope and Evans. He can point to the nobodies.

"Listen ___, we were able to get Labhardt 65 catches last year. He's a former walk-on. We were able to feed him like that despite having a Biletnikoff finalist, another guy with 750 yards receiving, and another with 11 TDs. You don't need to worry about opportunity because you're elite. We've proved that there's plenty to go around--even for our white boy walk-ons."

It's not a hard sell. But that's not to say the top 2 at LSU don't have ample opportunity. They do.

If a top WR recruit can't look at our offense this year and drool at the opportunity to play in Cam's system then that's not the reason he's choosing schools.

We had the best WR tandem in the country this year and it wasn't close IMO. They were on display every week. They were showcased as much as top WR can possibly be.

Honestly, if you're a highly talented WR prospect, your talents are going to be better showcased in a pro-style, beat-the-man-in-front-of-you system due to the fact that safeties are going to be playing the run and instead of having to sit down in a 2-high safety zone every week, the system is better designed to get behind the defense for huge YAC's.