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This Sounds like Copium from Moscona

Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:46 am
Posted by USAFTiger42
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2016
3450 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:46 am


Now with that take I understand not overreacting but if we miss like last year....we're fricked. The bus left early and we were late.
Posted by LSUTIGERS8181
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2012
11101 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:47 am to
Didn’t BK say we needed to build through highschool recruiting?
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
34741 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:47 am to
Spring portal “we won’t pay 1 year mercenaries we are using this for the number 1 recruiting class in the nation that will be here 3-4 years”


Signing day approaches “we are using this money on the portal”
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
Pelicans, Saints, & LSU Fan
Member since May 2009
82123 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:49 am to
Alabama is burning
Posted by Reeaholic
Moss Bluff
Member since Jun 2019
1191 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:49 am to
Moscona isn't a copium kinda guy tho. He's usually pretty blunt and calls it like he sees it, not toeing the party line. I don't like him but I'll give him that.
Posted by Prominentwon
LSU, McNeese St. Fan
Member since Jan 2005
94368 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:49 am to
He probably did but NIL and transfers are getting so out of hand that at some point you’re going to have to adjust on the fly


I respect his early stance about not wanting to pay kids more than his current team, but gotta keep up with the BS that’s going on outside of LSU as well


I feel like if this keeps up, a lot of these coaches that been coaching a long time will start stepping aside like Saban did. And I don’t blame them

frick these kids and their parents.
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
53811 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:49 am to
He's a clown with his stupid Bama is burning shite
Posted by LSUGent
Member since Jun 2011
2751 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:50 am to
quote:

Spring portal “we won’t pay 1 year mercenaries we are using this for the number 1 recruiting class in the nation that will be here 3-4 years” Signing day approaches “we are using this money on the portal”


I wonder how much of this perceived shift in philosophy is due to Austin Thomas being the GM. Maybe they’ve evaluated data to indicate allocating more money to the portal is better than spending in traditional recruiting.
Posted by Batiger53
Member since Nov 2024
310 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:50 am to
There is no recruitment anymore. It is a bidding war in an auction and you need to raise money to compete. In state talents can go to the higher bidders if you don't have money.
It is actually better to spend the money in transfer portal for proven players and those who perform right away rather than taking a risk with a HS player who will be in the portal anyway if he is good.
Posted by USAFTiger42
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2016
3450 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:50 am to
Yep and I was holding on to that until that Florida game. Now it's retain and portal mercenaries are a must.
Posted by PUB
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
19999 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:50 am to
Failures simply lie and BK is failing with zero accountability.
Posted by Zach Lee To Amp Hill
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2016
4854 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:50 am to
I understand there’s $10m/yr there for him but he’s made plenty of money and this is such a shitty system.
Posted by catfish 62
Atlanta
Member since Mar 2010
5330 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:51 am to
quote:

Didn’t BK say we needed to build through highschool recruiting?


He should update his comment to “the best way to build your roster is through hs recruiting” but it’s becoming clear that if you don’t land the right highschool kids, you ain’t gonna build your roster the right way lol

OR, even if you do, they can leave the following year. College is now the NFL model, you have to use portal as free agency to fill the holes on your squad.
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
11665 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:54 am to
quote:

Didn’t BK say we needed to build through highschool recruiting?


quote:

“We'll be very aggressive," Kelly said.

"I think everyone that follows us knows that we weren't very aggressive in the transfer portal. We put together a defensive line using minimal resources. We have really put ourselves in a position, and I'll use this term loosely, to stay well under 'the cap' so that we could be quite aggressive this year. We will be very aggressive in that area, as well as bring in 16 mid-year players."

"We think that the program, in terms of the culture and the standards, are such that we can do that now. Where we can bring in 16 freshmen and maybe one, if not the largest transfer portal classes as well."
Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
17449 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:55 am to
quote:

Didn’t BK say we needed to build through highschool recruiting?


In today’s football it has to be a mixture of both. Is it possible BK is adapting?
Posted by TigerDCC11
Member since May 2007
1184 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:56 am to
The problem with that is you are going to have to do that every year.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
282430 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:59 am to
quote:

Didn’t BK say we needed to build through highschool recruiting?


Someone will always be willing to pay more, there is little you can do to stop whats happening.

Posted by Old Money
LSU
Member since Sep 2012
39682 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 12:00 pm to
quote:

Moscona


Didnt read, no point in reading or listening to that clown.
Posted by lsudave1
Baton Metairie
Member since Jan 2005
9886 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 12:01 pm to
I'm sure Moscona will be on air in a few hours calling us all retards because he is the smartest man of all time.
Posted by Mickey Goldmill
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2010
25897 posts
Posted on 12/3/24 at 12:03 pm to
quote:

The problem with that is you are going to have to do that every year.



You don't completely abandon HS recruiting and you don't only accept juniors/seniors in the portal. The benefit is he may be less likely to transfer after he's already done it once (to LSU) AND you have better scouting on him.

Sure you go get the top transfer Seniors if you can, but I'd be more interested in getting transfer Sophomores and Juniors.
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