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time to get recruits with character not stars

Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:48 pm
Posted by craycray
S. Lake Tahoe
Member since Jan 2018
585 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:48 pm
our 5 stars have shite the bed the last few years. the 3 and
4 star kids with high character and the want to be here are the ones who have excelled. Ricks, Stingley have been a joke. flott and mcglothern have excelled cause they want to be here, are coachable, and exhibit a team first attitude. Stingley and Ricks in my opinion are pretty boys who only played for themselves. if Perkins is like Ricks and stingley, and from all reports he is, he can go kick rocks.
Posted by DallasTiger45
Member since May 2012
8445 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:51 pm to
Your username is certainly appropriate.
Posted by Ghostface_Killa
Turtle Island
Member since Oct 2019
1888 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:52 pm to
Stupid post, good luck with that. You can recruit both.
Posted by DRock88
Member since Aug 2015
9495 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:52 pm to
We're still gonna have to pay market value. Even kids with good character and an allegiance to Louisiana would be stupid not to take legal money.

But, yes, I do believe we should pay attention to how kids act.
Posted by Herman
PRAIRIEVILLE, La
Member since Feb 2018
685 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:52 pm to
I get your point but Stingley is not a problem and he was injured. Good kid and not in same conversation as Ricks
Posted by tigerbacon
Arkansas
Member since Aug 2010
3704 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:53 pm to
Stingily is a top 5 pick who bleeds purple and gold. Ricks was never about LSU he is about the prettiest girl in town. Was LSU in 2019 and now it’s Bama. Huge difference between thetwo
Posted by craycray
S. Lake Tahoe
Member since Jan 2018
585 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:55 pm to
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Stupid post, good luck with that. You can recruit both


point is a 5star that's a diva can kick rocks a 5star with high character can come on down and help us win
Posted by DeafVallyBatnR
Member since Sep 2004
16870 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:55 pm to
And LSU will go 0 and 8 in bowls like ND
Posted by CP3forMVP
Member since Nov 2010
14945 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:56 pm to
quote:

flott and mcglothern have excelled cause they want to be here, are coachable, and exhibit a team first attitude.


What about the 3 and 4 stars that want to be here, are coachable, and have a team first attitude, but haven't excelled?

What about the 5 stars that want to be here, are coachable, and have a team first attitude, that have excelled?

Are we coming to a sweeping conclusion based on a few guys?
Posted by LsuTool
Member since Oct 2009
34856 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:58 pm to
quote:

who bleeds purple and gold
Posted by craycray
S. Lake Tahoe
Member since Jan 2018
585 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 8:59 pm to
our 5 star divas have gotten us to 11-11 the last two seasons. give me character guys that are coachable any day of the week. they will do whatever it takes to be successful
Posted by Outback Ray
Member since May 2021
232 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:00 pm to
Time to get recruits with stars and have coaches who can instill character
Posted by BatonrougeCajun
Somewhere in Texas
Member since Feb 2008
6089 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:04 pm to
Some of y’all are just dying to go 0-12
Posted by Magician2
Member since Oct 2015
14553 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:04 pm to
Let's do it!!!

So many teams have won the CFP with 3*s

Wait....
Posted by biggdogg
United States
Member since May 2008
1661 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:04 pm to
That’s just not a LSU problem it’s all of college football. Go look at how many 5 stars out of high school get drafted and how 3 stars get drafted. Also where they get drafted.
Posted by craycray
S. Lake Tahoe
Member since Jan 2018
585 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

have coaches who can instill character


strong possibility thats why some very popular former staff members were told to seek other employment. they along with the former head coach allowed the inmates to run the assylum
Posted by ATLTiger
#TreyBiletnikoffs
Member since Sep 2003
44582 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:06 pm to
quote:

point is a 5star that's a diva can kick rocks a 5star with high character can come on down


Well duh. In that scenario they’re both 5 stars and you want the higher character guy if forced to choose.

That ain’t what you said in your first post though.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
15476 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:06 pm to
You no longer recruit palyers, you pay players....that is all.

NIL and the transfer portal are in charge, not the university.

Get used to it!
Posted by tigersauce85
DFW
Member since Feb 2018
239 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:10 pm to
Stingily and ricks are good examples. It’s an example of why I’m okay with Raymond leaving. But I think BK will give a compelling vision and leadership to keep those 5 stars.
Posted by misey94
Hernando, MS
Member since Jan 2007
23397 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:35 pm to
quote:

Stupid post, good luck with that. You can recruit both.


This. Right. Here.

The binary thinking on this board just makes my head hurt. Look at guys like Howard and Campbell who are both 5 stars and stayed home through a coaching change when they could have gone anywhere. Make 2-5 of these guys the bedrock of every class. They are out there. Make these future leaders your top priority.

Then add a few of the right 3 and lower 4 star guys, likely LA guys who really want to be here and fit what the staff is building. Guys like Bech who star-chasers would pass on, but has the tools to be an SEC player. They will build lasting depth and future development. They may eventually leave if thing s don’t work out, but they won’t be the guys looking to grab a bag and bail if they aren’t starting their freshman years.

If you do these things and build the right culture that indoctrinates everyone else to buy in, then you can fill in the rest with the kinds of players we have recruited the last 20 years and have a talented roster that can play with anyone AND that is bought into a process-oriented, development-based mindset. Once you build that, you can bring in a few guys who don’t have the right priorities day one and most of them will conform once in the program. That’s what they do at Bama and Clemson (in different ways) and it WORKS.
This post was edited on 1/1/22 at 9:40 pm
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