re: Chris Allen will officially visit LSU this weekend

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Sounds like a courtesy visit. I don't understand how a kid all of the sudden would seriously flip on Alabama after being committed this long. If he loved LSU it would have never been a question.

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I think it's a bit more than that. How much more remains to be seen. However, if it were purely a courtesy, it would have already been scheduled and he wouldn't have moved a Bama visit this close to when it was happening to fit it in.

Stability was a big negative recruiting issue for us up until after the bowl game. We had the O hire, which drew plenty of comments. We had to publicly lock down Dave Aranda. There were questions about whether Raymond would move on. Peveto was let go. It took a while for all of that to shake out.

However, now that the dust has settled, and our D went out and put on a show against Louisville, what have we seen? We've seen several good to great LB prospects respond to our staff's overtures. Allen himself went from saying he would rather ride the bench at Bama and be developed than come here and start, but had a COMPLETELY different story about being intrigued with the possibility of early playing time at LSU in interviews at the UA game. What changed? Stability. With stability comes confidence. These new guys on the board and Allen have seen enough proof over the last month that LSU's defense isn't falling off of a cliff with O at the helm, and that there is good opportunity here.