re: Putting the old catch 22 to bed...

Needing a talent infusion plays into the hands of the guys selling the instability of a program/coach. “Yea he needs you cause he’s not winning/competing for championships. You know what happens when the coach isn’t competing for championships right?” Those top notch coaches aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. This is HUGE for a kid and his family. You might LOVE the coach but if someone plants that seed of doubt that the coach you love may be gone by your second year well it’s hard to NOT think that the other programs with stable coaching are equal if not better options. When all else is equal between programs this may be the tipping point for a kid and his family to choose one school over the other.

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Saban 2008 (best bama class since 90’s)
Myer 2006 (best Florida class since 90’s)

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horrible examples. Saban had already won a championship and coached in the NFL. Meyer was an emerging name, and Tebow was more responsible for that class than Meyer.

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Several examples prove its winning in February is the cause of winning in the subsequent fall.

Saban in 2001 (best LSU class since the 80’s)
Saban 2008 (best bama class since 90’s)
Myer 2006 (best Florida class since 90’s)
Smart 2017 (best Georgia class ever)

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2008 Saban, only a few years prior, won 2 conference championships and a national championship, and sent players to the NFL. Speaking of which, he was just an NFL HC. That does everything to get recruits to come to you. Let's not forget he was already a recruiting beast at LSU.

Meyer in 2006 actually did win in 2005. Meyer finished 9-3 which was the best record they had since Steve Spurrier was there in 2001. He was also undefeated at the swamp, something Zook didn't come close to doing in his 3 years there. Oh yeah, just the year prior he took a Utah team to an undefeated season, and his QB became the #1 overall draft pick.

Smart in 2017 had already had deep connections in Georgia from his time coaching at Bama. Guy had a treasure box full of championship rings and years of top defenses and sending guys to the first round.

These guys came from success, recent success at that. They showed that they could be great AND send you to the NFL.

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Stop the narrative of LSU needs to win on the field to out-recruit these teams. Never has been true and never will be!!!!

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Ed's already had his class my guy. People keep forgetting, but Ed was the HC for EIGHT GAMES prior to his first full year. His first actual class was 2018 and it was the worst class LSU had in over a decade. Meyer, Saban, and Smart actually had beyond great classes after their first full year as you stated, Ed 0 didn't.

LSU NEEDS to win on the field to out-recruit them. This isn't always the case, but it is definitely the case here. If LSU has a season where they go 7-5 or similar, you can bet your arse recruiting will feel the effects. We've already missed our chance on gullible kids buying in to the process of a new HC. Georgia and Bama are going to both have classes over 300 while LSU has never had a class over 300. This year we have much more talent than usual in state, but if you think we come close to UGA and Bama without being a national juggernaut recruiting program, you're crazy. That first starts with wins on the field to prove ourselves.