Will Maason Smith and Quency Wiggins ever reach their potential at LSU.

Not sure man maybe we can give the Freshman All American defensive tackle more than 1 game back after being injured for a full year to decide if he’s suddenly a bust or not though?

Not looking great so far.

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Anyone who thinks Mason is going to come back from ACL and dominate is on crack. He will take at least 4-5 games to get back into football shape and more importantly trust his knee. Give him time.

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Good advice. I need to reset my expectations.


For this defense as a whole they are going to suck for awhile. Hopefully they can improve week to week but right now they are not good.

Smith I'm not too worried about right now. He showed promise as a true Freshman and has just played one game since his injury.

Wiggins was ALWAYS going to be a project. He has all of the desired physical attributes football coaches want. That's why he was convinced to eventually play football in HS. The question now is (1) does he have the burning desire to be a great football player (the higher the competition level the less of an advantage your natural ability is) and (2) can the coaches teach him to be a good football player? Barring injury, if by year 3 he is not getting significant PT then I think we will start to know the answer. But 2 games into year two? Not a freak out time yet. The only people disappointed are the once who erroneously thought he would come in and dominate right away.

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The only people disappointed are the once who erroneously thought he would come in and dominate right away.

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I fell into that group. I admittedly fell into the group of people that became enthralled with both Smith and Wiggins physical attributes starting with recruiting. Not only did I buy into the hype from the recruiting board but local sports talk hyped up these guys big time, especially Mike Detilier hyping Maason Smith. I bought into it all.

Leaves a bad taste doesn't it?
Smith has built in reasons due to injury but hes been done no favors by the coaching staff and media,LSU or otherwise, leading the charge with the hype.
Wiggins could be overrated based purely because he has tools or he could be a true victim in all the DL coach mess. Too early to know. If Savion Jones is the guide then he will be wasted by bulking him up too much.

Get a Terrebonne High coach behind closed doors and off the record, and they will almost all say that Smith has great attributes and poor work ethic.

Wiggins gotten to play much?

Consider Tyson Jackson’s part to playing time

Fr: redshirt
RS Fr: backup
RS Soph: starter


Smith is fine.

For Wiggins you look for him to carve a role by the end of the year and gain momentum into next year

This place is like a train wreck… I shouldn’t look but I just can’t help it…