re: Derek Williams commits to Texas

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Get used to LSU and fans being happy with a top 25 recruiting class. Not going to be able to compete with the big money teams and the gap is going to keep getting wider.

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You'll get downvoted but you're right. Top 15 / top 20 classes are probably the expectation now. Maybe top 10 once in a while.

The days of LSU finishing with a top 3 or top 5 class are done. We absolutely do not have the money to build elite recruiting classes with the top dogs.

I mean it's beyond obvious at this point as yet another elite player has left the state.

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There’s also another solution. It’s called winning games. 11-12 last 2 years isn’t helping.

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Texas went 5-7 last year. Doesn't matter. They're cleaning up in recruiting because they have millions in their NIL collective. A&M goes 8-4 every year and signed the highest rated class ever last year.

This notion that we just need to win some arbitrary amount of games to change the minds of recruits is pure nonsense. We can't offer these kids the money they want, so they're going elsewhere. It's that simple.