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re: Coach Kelly says they aren’t going to buy players.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:59 pm to Shaft Williams
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:59 pm to Shaft Williams
I know y'all are recruiting high school players at an elite level. Maybe someone should tell BK to put some of the high recruiting money into the portal pot. Just a thought.
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:59 pm to DBG
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I’m fine with not introducing locker room issues for mid players
But that’s only half the picture.
You HAVE to manage your roster effectively.
We just threw away an offense that was as good as 2019 because of poor roster management.
Defensively, we are legitimately bottom of the league at two different position groups.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:04 pm to Hot Carl
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They've won 1 since 2000.
But the Yankees have been buying players since they bought Babe Ruth.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:05 pm to Hurricane2020
Who would your two be and why not any of the others?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:08 pm to xtremecouture23
Well then prepare to give up 150 rushing a game.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:08 pm to moneyg
Roster management is a different discussion. You can’t always fix a position group by throwing numbers at it, we saw with the DBs last year.
We need quality over quantity and I didn’t see a ton of quality these cycles.
We need quality over quantity and I didn’t see a ton of quality these cycles.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:09 pm to xtremecouture23
Can’t wait until we find someone who will.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:15 pm to FireawayLSU
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Because people see we need people but when we don’t over spend they panic and melt.
People are pissed because we were put in the position to have to overspend. BK has had 3 years to get the DL right and it has gotten worse each year. He was banking on Wingo or Smith returning and neither did. Then he publicly stated that we needed to get multiple DL transfers, and swung and missed. Point is, it’s his job as the head coach to manage the roster well enough so that we aren’t put in the position to have to overspend on players.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:15 pm to DBG
The DTs that have come on visits would automatically be the best players at that position when they step on campus had LSU shelled out the money.
CBK not doing everything possible to improve DT is embarrassing.
CBK not doing everything possible to improve DT is embarrassing.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:18 pm to Shaft Williams
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I know y'all are recruiting high school players at an elite level. Maybe someone should tell BK to put some of the high recruiting money into the portal pot. Just a thought.
It’s not a sustainable model.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:19 pm to coolpapaboze
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I still think marquee players with established track records of performing will command top dollar,
And they should but those guys won’t hit the portal very often. You’ll get the guys wanting to jump from the G5 to the big boys and you’ll get some stars from bad teams who are changing coaches but most elite players aren’t going to leave where they are to go to a new situation and take the risk of hurting their draft stock.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:19 pm to MightyYat
What’s not sustainable?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:21 pm to DBG
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We need quality over quantity and I didn’t see a ton of quality these cycles.
Should’ve been more active in the winter portal but we didn’t have the coaching staff in place yet.
We could have gotten Walter Nolen for less money than Williams was asking for.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:22 pm to LSBoosie
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What’s not sustainable?
Relying on the portal. You’ve seen the price tags portal players are asking for. You’ve got to get them out of high school, retain them and develop them. It’s a much cheaper and more sustainable path.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:23 pm to CottonWasKing
Don’t think there were many game changers then either. Maybe Nolen but he was only going to Ole Miss, he’s from that area.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:24 pm to DBG
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Don’t think there were many game changers then either. Maybe Nolen but he was only going to Ole Miss, he’s from that area.
Nolen was the only “game changer” that I can remember but you could’ve gotten some solid players at a decent price compared to what was being asked for in the spring.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:24 pm to Shaft Williams
Nick is gone welcome to being human
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:28 pm to CottonWasKing
What do you mean by relying on it? We’ve seen plenty of teams have success with transfers. Obviously you want to recruit and develop well, but you are always going to have to spend money in the portal. Hopefully you can recruit and develop well enough to keep that to a minimum.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:28 pm to CottonWasKing
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Relying on the portal. You’ve seen the price tags portal players are asking for. You’ve got to get them out of high school, retain them and develop them. It’s a much cheaper and more sustainable path.
Why would next year's elite HS players take less than supposedly average DT's got this cycle?
2025 class ain't even close to signed yet and the price to keep them will continue to go up.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:33 pm to CottonWasKing
Agree here. Gotta play the long game. And the rules keep changing every year.
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