Where LSU ranks in the 247 Talent Composite

All I get from this is tangible proof how bad the roster management was the last few years.

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8th with only 71 commits.

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It somewhat validates what other have opined was the case. LSU still has talent, though not quite at the level as in recent years past. Nonetheless, LSU is STILL in the top 1/3rd of the SEC. The only concern is depth.

Frankly, this is why I remain bullish on the team. Ed Orgeron was an absolutely awful coach who was grossly overrated because of 2019. The best thing he did from 2017-2019 was stay mostly out of the way as to the on-field approach. That was his platform in campaigning for the job in the first place. He interjected himself, most notably by implementing HIS preferred defensive style, in 2020. The results of the last 2 years speak for themselves.

Ed and his collection of coordinators no one else in D-1 football wanted for those jobs are gone. Now, a proven coach and coaching staff inherits a still talented roster. National championship level talent? VERY unlikely. But it should be more than enough to win at least 8 games with, now, a competent coaching staff.

The people who are sleeping on LSU are the ones who thought Orgeron had a lot to do with 2019. They also think the results of the last two seasons were because of a lack of talent. Neither are true. The 2019 team was allowed to be great because he DID NOT have a lot to do with the on-field approach. The same logic applies to this season. There is an inverse relationship between LSU success and the level of Orgeron's involvement. With Orgeron not being involved at all this year LSU has no choice but to be much better.

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I don’t understand, do we not have a full 85 man roster this year?

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Negative.

It means that our full roster consists of 71 players that committed and signed with LSU out of high school. The remainder are transfers and walk-ons.

If anything this seems to understate LSU's average talent (and the extent of the roster mismanagement), because apparently what this does is measure the average ranking of the top 85 players on a roster out of highschool, with the assumption that your top 85 ranked players will be guys on scholarship. LSU's roster only has ~67 scholarship players who were ranked out of highschool.

As indicated in this list, there are 71 players on the roster who were ranked out of highschool, but that includes a handful of walkons bringing down the average (other schools also have 2-star walk-ons, but when you have 85 scholarship guys those walk-ons don't make the cut to be included in the calculation).

There are also a few transfers who were unranked out of highschool and are not considered at all in these calculations but who will play a lot this year, including Mekhi Garner, Colby Richardson, Tre'Mond Shorts and Slade Roy.

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It means that our full roster consists of 71 players that committed and signed with LSU out of high school. The remainder are transfers and walk-ons.

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No, pretty sure this includes transfers...

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See Jayden Daniels, Noah Cain, Sevyn Banks, etc. etc.

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Not quite, the 71 is the total number of players currently on LSU's roster who received a star ranking, regardless of where they committed, which includes some current walkons. LSU has around 67 or so players on scholarship who were ranked coming out of highschool, along with another 7 or so on scholarship who were unranked out of highschool (4 of the transfers plus some former walkons given scholarships).

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Thank you. I’m an idiot.

And still losing scholarship players

Below FSU

This really shows how bad Ed did us the last two years. No reason we shouldn’t have had 9 and 10 win seasons in 20 and 21 if he hires competent assistants and stays out of their way.

The same can be said for Miles though. After his natty Les hired Malveto which screwed up 2008. Then his goofy arse thought he needed to control the offense which imo cost us at least 1 and maybe 2 nattys after 2008.