It's not hard to win in Baton Rouge

Well in the event that Les leaves, I hope a lot of top notch coaches think what they're saying.

He has to get credit for the level of recruitment. He has cherry picked a lot of outstanding talent from out of state that has kept us as a top 10 program

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This is TRUE statement. Talent heavy state with NO in-state competition for the elite players

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We have lost alot of good players to out of state and some of our best players are out of state

Plus this thread already exists

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This is TRUE statement. Talent heavy state with NO in-state competition for the elite players

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Agreed. It’s not meant to take anything away from Les, but LSU is arguably the easiest place in the country to win outside of Texas and maybe USC. Just because you’ve had horrible coaches in the past doesn’t diminish the fact that you have tremendous facilities, a rabid fanbase, the top conference, and one of the most talent-rich states in the nation without a single instate school to fight with.

now tell us how you really feel

IMO, that statement is very true. I always felt that if we could just get our kids to stay here, we would be a good program for a long time. And now we are, props to saban and partly Gerry D for putting up that fence.

Now its just about keeping it up.

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This is TRUE statement. Talent heavy state with NO in-state competition for the elite players

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Agreed!

Signed,
Curley Hallman & Mike Archer

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STEVED00
It's not hard to win in Baton Rouge
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We have lost alot of good players to out of state and some of our best players are out of state

This is not a knock on Les. He has done a great job of keeping the in state guys. As did Saban before him.

I agree that we have pulled some studs from OOS, but our core group is La products and guys with ties to La and LSU.

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Disagree slightly that our CORE is from La.


Not from Louisiana - Signed:

J.Gore
C.Loston
E.Ferguson
R.Shepard
J.Lee
R.Brooks
S.Ware
R.Baker
D.Bryant
K.Hatcher
B.Wing
T.Dickson
JC Copeland
R.Dugas
K.Minter
K.Theriot
L.Muncie
TBob Hebert
E.Washington
R.Blackmon
C.Neighbors
A.Hurst
J. Williford
G.Shaw
K.Boone
C.Aghayere
M.Brockers
K.Adams
S.Montgomery

J.Mettenberger
J.Maclin
J.Collins
J.Hairston
T.Randle
S.Rivers
N.Rice
G.Ball

Not to mention Seniors from last year:
J.Jasper
D.Helton
T.Toliver
A.Russian
K.Sheppard
P.Peterson (Jr.)

If we don't have the above, we may not finish 11-2 last year.
The media is dumb as a stump when it comes to statements like that.

Stovall, Archer, and Dinardo could not win consistently in Baton Rouge, Hallman could not win at allllllllllllll....

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Then again, with LSU's fertile recruiting grounds and vast resources, it's hard not to win in Baton Rouge.

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we have just as fertile recruiting grounds for basketball, but look at that program.
the best football players in this state, more than likely go to LSU.
the best basketball players in this state, more than likely do not go to LSU.

Proves having a fertile recruiting ground does not mean you are going to win games

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peopleschamp
It's not hard to win in Baton Rouge

We are 14-10 in the SEC the last 3 seasons. That is not exactly a winning big. Nobody is questioning Les can recruit, but he is running one of many very competitive programs in the SEC. Winning in this conference is not easy. There are many very good coaches as well.

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Thank you Ryan Perrilloux :(

However, how many of those 10 SEC losses the last 3 years has LSU been outclassed, routed, annihilated or been completely out of ??????????

Only 2 that I know of: Ole Miss '08, and Florida in '08.

How about going all the way back to '05 ?????:
Georgia in '05 SECCG, plus the above 2 in '08.


I guess you could say there have been a few other SEC losses since '05 that LSU was in most of the game but came up short with not a good chance to win:
Florida in '06, Georgia in '08, Bama in '09, and
Florida in '09.


So, all in all, since Miles arrived in '05, LSU has been outclassed with absolutely no chance of winning in only THREE SEC games (and THREE GAMES OVERALL, SEC or OOC):
'05 SECCG vs UGA, '08 Florida, and '08 Ole Miss.

And four more that we were in but could not come back:
Fla in '06, Georgia in '08, Bama in '09 (thanks refs), and Florida in '09 (Thanks refs again.)

LSU should have been one of the top programs since integration. LSU is just now reaching a level they should have always been at. No reason why Alabama or Florida should have been that much better all those years.