re: LB and DL Depth

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Grimes has this belief that he can recruit raw athletic tackles and mold them into good football players which is great in theory. The problem is that it has been proven that he can't. NONE of his raw project tackles have worked out. The guy needs to go!

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The days of the 6'5" 310 lb offensive tackle are over. The 6'4", 245 lb,lightening fast DE has put an end to that in college. Recruit more than size.

This is where I'm at. Is it technique or strength? Wouldn't this matter? If technique is good, but strength is lacking, then the OL looks bad. If there is raw strength and bad technique, the OL also looks bad.

I honestly have always thought it was the strength and conditioning program but don't know enough about technique to decipher one way or the other.

If it strength then I couldn't blame Grimes as much. He did bring in some talented lineman they just couldn't get the books right.

The 2013 class seemed like a tremendous DL haul at the time

Herron was a 5* (2nd best player in TN)
Gilmore a 4* (#1 player in NC)
Bower was a 4* and a big signing day surprise

As it turned out, the two best players in that class were the two lowest ranked, Lacoture and Neal. Neither were dominant players, but they contributed. The rest of the class has done virtually nothing of note

In 2014 the ONLY good DT LSU brought in was Godchaux. 2015 saw LSU get NO DT's

That's a 3 year period where essentially only 1 impact DT was signed

You hate to always talk about them, but they're the benchmark. Bama's dominance has largely been due to the dominance along the DL. Clemson started to become a force when they started signing guys like Shaq Lawson, Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence, et al.

The 2019 recruiting class is there for the taking for LSU along both lines.

Obviously it's VERY early, but the current rankings show LSU has 2 OL's who are ranked in the top 20 nationally. The #1 and #2 players overall are D-lineman with Louisiana ties.