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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
8460 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
1890 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
9554 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
697 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 DeafVallyBatnR
Member since Sep 2004
16940 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
14984 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 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
6161 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
1664 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 oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
15579 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 Damathe
Member since Apr 2020
7092 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 9:59 pm to
quote:

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.
All well and good but you'll be among the first to bitch that our schemes work but the players are not good enough - see CincinDomers - to beat Bama/Georgia.
Posted by boxcar willie
kenner
Member since Mar 2011
16038 posts
Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:28 pm to
quote:

time to get recruits with character not stars


if that's what Kelly wanted he would have stayed at Notre Dame
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
123870 posts
Posted on 1/2/22 at 12:32 am to
I'm sorry, but that doesn't really work well in today's cfb especially the SEC
Posted by I20goon
about 7mi down a dirt road
Member since Aug 2013
13342 posts
Posted on 1/2/22 at 4:04 am to
Nope.

Pay them.

And them get them to buy in into what you're doing once you get them on campus.

Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
14162 posts
Posted on 1/2/22 at 9:39 am to
You can find both. I think Dabo has done a good job of that.

But yes I’d rather a very good 4* with high character than a 5* locker room cancer. All day.
Posted by stopitnow1
Florida
Member since Mar 2013
1287 posts
Posted on 1/2/22 at 11:38 am to
That's what Jim McElwain did for FL and we see how that ended up.
Posted by Goldrush25
San Diego, CA
Member since Oct 2012
33794 posts
Posted on 1/2/22 at 11:42 am to
BK had plenty of character guys at ND. He wants to win NCs and you don't do that without 5-stars.

Dealing with difficult personalities that come with *some* elite players is the cost of doing business.

Is it actually the player or the culture created by the coach? I don't see Dabo or Saban having many issues with problem personalities.
This post was edited on 1/2/22 at 11:47 am
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