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Got the X's and O's covered, now need Jimmies and Joes
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:05 am
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:05 am
I am very pleased with all of the coaching hires BK has made and think they will really pay off in the next few years. However, for the 24 season we need to get more and better players, especially in the secondary and D Line. The greatest coaches in the world will still fail if the players don't have the talent for them to develop.
aTm, Tx, FSU and Old Missy seem to be scooping up the Gumps fleeing Tuscaloser and we haven't gotten any. WHY? Are they too expensive? Has BK been burned by last year and not looking for transfers? Thoughts.
aTm, Tx, FSU and Old Missy seem to be scooping up the Gumps fleeing Tuscaloser and we haven't gotten any. WHY? Are they too expensive? Has BK been burned by last year and not looking for transfers? Thoughts.
This post was edited on 1/19/24 at 7:25 am
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:12 am to LSUDonMCO
What does "two" expensive even mean?
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:15 am to Willietd
I think our jimmys and joes are not that bad on any level except d tackle. Must find a few
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:16 am to LSUDonMCO
It’s a New World with NIL, can proven recruiters in the old world hang if they don’t come with a bag of money …remains to be seen…
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:17 am to BBJ
LSU needs better than “not that bad”
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:32 am to LSUDonMCO
Not sure why OP is getting so many downvotes unless the edit completely changed what he’s saying.
Anyone who thinks we don’t need better players on defense, especially at DT, is fooling himself.
Anyone who thinks we don’t need better players on defense, especially at DT, is fooling himself.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:50 am to LSUDonMCO
Because we won’t match people’s offers. Dez Ricks is at A&M instead of LSU because the LSU staff wouldn’t offer what he was looking for even after a long conversation with him and A&M would
Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:52 am to LSUDonMCO
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aTm, Tx, FSU and Old Missy seem to be scooping up the Gumps fleeing Tuscaloser and we haven't gotten any. WHY? Are they too expensive? Has BK been burned by last year and not looking for transfers? Thoughts.
We don’t have room to indiscriminately take guys just because they’re talented and in the portal. We took a larger HS class than all of those teams with 28 already signed and one committed.
Contrast that with Texas A&M, who lost like 21 players to the portal already and only has 14 HS signees + 1 commit we are trying to flip. They have to take guys from the portal.
On top of that, Kelly has been pretty open about wanting to make sure the transfers that we take are a good fit culturally. We took a risk on Denver Harris and saw how that worked out.
But more than anything I think it comes down to simple numbers. We already have to process more guys just to get down to 85 with our current class. Every transfer that we take is an additional guy we have to process. Processing players is not as simple as it was 10 years ago because the player generally has to leave voluntarily now.
Then consider that we have 35 guys (HS + transfers) incoming who aren’t going to be processed. So you theoretically only have a pool of 50 players who you can process to take more transfers. Half of those are your projected starters. The rest are rotational guys or players who redshirted last year. There’s not much fat to cut.
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:44 am to LSUDonMCO
hoping we can fill all our needs during the next open window of the portal in May...but have to hope we don't lose anyone important either...
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:58 am to LSUDonMCO
Well I can rest easily knowing you are pleased
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