Does hiring coordinators really make a difference before early signing day?

In a normal year, yes, but this is not a normal year. We have MAJOR upheaval in most of the biggest most successful schools. IMO what LSU has got to have is stable competent leadership……and we’ll get some kids who can play.

Would have been helpful two weeks ago. Not so much if it was in the past few days.

What's going to take some getting used to is having an HC whose success isn't nearly as contingent on who his coordinators are. For the past 17 years, we've relied so heavily on the DC & OC because our HCs were idiots who didn't coach either side of the ball that each hire was absolutely critical. That isn't the case now, but most Tiger fans don't know that yet.

Since the majority of them did not help select their HS coach, it is likely of less concern to them than to us. Although, I suspect a few are concerned about our perceived inability to find coordinators with ESPN spouting off every time we whiff on "our" choice.

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Quite with the melting.

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Quite with the rationalizing because you are unable to cope with a negative reality. It's not the end of the world. It's hurting more than it's helping.

I’m pretty sure Kelly can explain what will happen offensively.

Still, it would be nice to have coordinators in place.

Early signing day makes it hard to get great coaches in a timely manner.

If you were being recruited to work for a company that had everybody in place except your potential boss who would train you and you would report to, would you be willing to pull the trigger and take the position?

For some positions, I think it matters a good bit more than others. I doubt it makes a whole lot of difference to OLinemen, for example, especially if they have a relationship with their position coach. Probably won’t matter too much to RBs, because even the most pass-happy spread teams still run the ball and utilize their backs in the passing game. But it will certainly matter to QBs, and to a lesser extent, the WRs.

On the defensive side, probably doesn’t matter as much to safeties or corners or maybe even MLBs. But the difference between a 3-4 base compared to a 4-3 is gonna matter to DL and OLBs, who won’t know what position they’ll be developed for. How their bodies are going to be molded depends on that to an extent. So it probably matters more to them.

I have never taken a job based on who I would report to

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For some positions, I think it matters a good bit more than others.

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The important question is how much does 1 class or really this one ESD matter? 1 class will not make or break you going forward. Typically you expect a “down” class. The 2023 and 24 classes are the ones that will make or break Kelly