re: Chris Allen will officially visit LSU this weekend

I'm sure they're contractually obligated to continue recruiting until they leave the program.

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Not sure if that's a legit reasoning. Look at the instability right now at BAMA with all the rumors floating around about Tosh and Cristobal. Two of their top recruiters. Way too many moving parts for neither of them to take other positions. But I have to remember that these are kids and are ,more than likely, very impressionable and believe these guys when they're saying "oh, I'm not going anywhere!"

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I understand where you are going with this, however there is a huge difference between a couple of staff members changing at Bama with Saban at the helm, and what happened in the aftermath of our coaching search. Everything seems to be headed in the right direction at the moment, and I give O credit for making some good decisions to get momentum moving in the right direction (after a couple of early hiccups that caused some worry).

All that said, O doesn't have enough successful track record as a head coach right now to cover over any instability. That's why he had to work fast to confirm staff hires and fires to keep recruiting on track. On the other hand, Saban can flash his rings and remind everyone that he pretty much nails every hire these days. I hope O gets to that point here, but it will take time and winning.

I'm not sure how much of a role perceived instability in the wake of Miles being fired and O being hired played in the recruiting of some of the guys we now have shots at, but I would bet it had an impact because of how other schools will push any negative to get an edge. If you don't think that's effective, check out Ole Miss' class right now.