Developing talent - NFL pipeline

Perception.

good point i haven't noticed the undertone there until you pointed it out... things could be worse than having the most NFL draft picks the past 2 years (give or take)... i see why it upsets the fans but how can the national opinion skew that into a bad thing... and it's a big reason why we were able to get such a great class last year

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i see why it upsets the fans but how can the national opinion skew that into a bad thing

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As was said above, perception. You just have to be honest about these things, Louisiana is a poor state. A large % of our athletes come from poor families and athletics is their possible way out.

While you'll never see LSU mentioned as a top academic institution, they(AD) have done an outstanding job of graduating enough athletes to rank very near the top in the SEC lately. In that regard LSU is usually at least 2 or 3 behind of course Vandy.

I'd challenge any other SEC AD to match LSU's blend of sending athletes to pro careers, and graduation rates.

1. LSU keeps losing players to the NFL.

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2. LSU sends more underclassmen to the NFL.


1. Sounds like players can't wait to get away from the program to they can finally show their talents.

2. Sounds like the coaches have developed the players to a point at which they are NFL ready earlier than most other schools.

I see why it bothers you. What's really funny is that LSU doesn't always have top 5 or 10 classes according to the recruiting services

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I think other coaches are having a really hard time neg recruiting LSU these days. We really are a phenomenon when it comes to putting underclassmen in the NFL and developing freshmen as starters.

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Yep, one leads to the other.

And I'll take it a step further, if you don't think these incoming guys love that aspect of LSU's program, that their is immediate need for you to produce from day one, then you're nuts.

To be fair, our own fans said we couldn't develop players. We are the most talented team yet lose. But then February comes around and they shite bricks when we have the 12th ranked recruiting class, then shite bricks when we lose, as if 4 other teams we played that year didn't have a higher rated recruiting class.

But here are the facts, we are one of the most talented schools if you go off of rankings of players in hs. Now let's say that again, high school. But that doesn't mean you will win every game. These kids need to be coached up and prepared, none of them are NFL ready at 17 years old. Some of them didn't start playing until their sophomore or Jr years of hs. Our coaches take players with talent and coach them up. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't like LSU or his just blinded by his hate for Les Miles.


But only LSU wins because of talent and loses because their coach.

one thing that fans and the media need to realize is that due to the new CBA players leaving early even without a first round grade is here to stay for two reason

1) The new slotting system of rookie contracts greatly lessens the overweight that used to exist when comparing first round picks compared to the lower rounds

2) and this HUGE and no one talks about it. but also due to the new CBA a players big pay day is no longer on his rookie contract (thanks Jamarcus) but rather on his first FA contract after his rookie contract. The way the CBA is written is that 1st round picks can be locked up at the teams option (I believe) for a 5 year contract. All other picks (2-7 round) can only have a max of 4 year contracts, therefore an underclassmen drafted not in the first round could possibly receive his BIG FA contract 2 years earlier than if he stays 4 years and is drafted in the 1st round. A player is almost better off (especially the way players think they all will be stars and get that big FA contract) leaving early and not getting drafted in the first round to get the big FA contract 2 years earlier than otherwise.

Basically I think players leaving early for the draft is only going to get worse not better as more people realize this.

You can't have it both ways; either those classes that weren't ranked in the top 10 should have been, and LSU recruits better than the experts say, or LSU develops three stars much better than other programs.

As to more NCs, It's not rocket science to figure out. The reason we didn't win a NC in 2011 is 1) because our offense was not very good; we should have hired a top notch OC much sooner and that is on Coach Miles, but he hit a home run with CC, and 2) we shouldn't have had to play Bama after we beat them at their house. Shouldn't have happened.

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21-0 eighty seven Miles from your campus makes the redo argument ineffective.

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Only to maybe a dumbfrick like yourself. There have been quite a few rematches in college football and few worked out well for the original winner.

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Georgia has had as much or more talent than we have over the same period and cannot translate it to NC either.

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Jawja hasn't won shite since Herschel Walker. In the meantime, LSU has won two BCS natty's.

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Here's to climbing the mountain with this talent!!

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Here's to you maybe having the balls to post as a fan of your true team on here. frick off idiot.

It's not a great thing if you want LSU to win championships.

I've said it 100 times I'm selfish.
I love LSU winning championships more so than if a player makes it in the NFL.