re: Recruiting pitch for all you “we haven’t gotten enough portal” people ….

You very succinctly describe exactly what is happening at LSU right now.

Our Coach, and really the athletic department as a whole is very deliberate in their decision making process.

We absolutely want to let our new defensive coaching staff get a hold of the guys on our roster to see what we have, especially on the back end.

Of course we need a minimum of 2 DTs, and I have to believe, just based of how we've seen this AD and coach operate that there is a plan in place to relieve our problems at defensive tackle.

We know that initially Kelly wanted to retain Maason and Wingo, and at least in the case if Maason, Kelly had the same belief that most of us had.

That is that it was in Maasons best interest to stay a other year. Had we been able to announce Bo Davis a week earlier, I believe Maason would have stayed.

I am a believer in the deliberate approach the Kelly has when making big decisions, however that delay cost us Maason, and another LB who really wanted to come to LSU but apparently couldn't wait until our staff hires were announced.

There's a pro and con to everything. We got the best staff in the long term, but lost a couple sure fire contributors in the short term.

Regardless, his approach was the right one, the best hire is rarely the fastest hire. I'd rather have Bo Davis, People's, Baker and Raymond over Maason Smith and Pooh any day.