re: Harold Perkins interview at UA all american practice

There must be a lot of people here who can make remarkable judgments about young folks based a few minutes of video.
I did not see anything that proved Perkins has no work ethic or that he was dishonest (or a "thief"?).
what is see if an overconfident, maybe arrogant young man who seems to have problems with sorting out proper priorities. And while he is inarticulate I am not prepared to say he is wrong if he places a high priority on money.
There are apparently a lot of very good schools, with very good fb programs willing to pay $.
Just because he doesn't choose to accept it from LSU does not mean he is evil or wrong.
Posters did not seem so eager to condemn Perkins when we appeared to have a better chance to get him.

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You are going to have to pay these elite kids, at least the ones that don't come from good families or a little money.

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I never said we wouldn’t have to. I also said in my first post that I’m sure we’re paying Howard and Campbell, who could have gone elsewhere fishing for a better offer during the coaching transition. Are they not 5 star players? Are they not the kind of guys we should focus on as the back ones of future classes?

Look, all I said is maybe it’s time to change the balance, not go all the way in the opposite direction like some of you seem to be thinking. This isn’t a binary, either/or deal.

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Kelly makes high character kids a priority. He’s done it everywhere he’s been. Those are the kids who will bust their arse for the program and not want to transfer on a whim.

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Everyone loves smart, high character kids until Bama is stomping a mud hole in our arse every year with those highly rated kids we passed on. With NIL the way it is now, you’re going to have more Perkins’ attitude and less of Bech’s attitude.

If we’re not willing to play ball, other schools will jump at the opportunity.

Exactly. You start having the mindset that you don’t want players that have making serious money at 18 as a priority, then might as well raise the white flag in trying to recruit on an elite level ever again. It’s only going to get worse.

Maybe Kelly has focused on Perkins and decided to pass BECAUSE of the big picture.

You have to pay the right kids. There are plenty of kids making good NIL money on the Tigers.
The new staff needed to cut the chaff from the wheat, so to speak, but to think we aren't going to use whatever resources available to us ignores the last 20 years of LSU athletics.
We will do what it takes to remain competitive. It's all part of the Alignment.

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So Kelly is Trent Johnson 2.0? He better get with the program. It’s clear LSU is out of it with HP and this falls squarely on Kelly for lack of focusing on the bigger picture.

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This is so asinine I can’t even take you seriously

So He didnt talk to BK on his visit on 12/11? Or home visit before that?

LINK to uncles interview with Culotta YT

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The whole family feel like they made it already. There's an influx of money from somewhere. They never had it.... Oh unc is a lurker on this board

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If only the family could realize NFL>NIL.

There's too much focus on NIL right now and no one is thinking about the real life changing money on an NFL contract. There's very few, if any, NIL contracts that can compete with a first round NFL contract. Put playing time and NFL first, then try to add in an NIL deal or two along the way. Also, the more he can play early, the more NIL money will come his way after getting exposure. If he goes to A&M and sits on the bench for a year he's losing 1 year of exposure for NIL potential. He goes to LSU then he gets NIL potential day 1 as he gets on the field.


Even the richest alumni aren't throwing THAT much money to the HS players without taking a loss in the end, especially one that hasn't even played a second in a school uniform.