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Randle - Benton and their inability to co-exist?
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:29 pm
what is the story here? It comes off as sounding like the Randle camp doesn't want to have to compete against Benton? Are they afraid that Benton is better? are there off the field issues btn the two? What's the story, b/c it seems very, very odd.
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Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:30 pm to el tigre
i don't know i'm wondering this also
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:30 pm to el tigre
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are there off the field issues btn the two?
I think that is exactly it.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:31 pm to crazy4lsu
Maybe they both figured that they wanted to be the feature WR someday at their respective schools???
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:31 pm to crazy4lsu
Whatever, we got the right one.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:32 pm to el tigre
benton is the one that left. Seems to me benton knew randle would get more playing time so he left for auburn because he knew he would play there
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:35 pm to crazy4lsu
Probably several different issues here....but bottom line is I hope both do well.
We gave Benton an opportunity to come here and he didn't hold up his end of the bargain.
Why should we gamble w/ losing both???
We gave Benton an opportunity to come here and he didn't hold up his end of the bargain.
Why should we gamble w/ losing both???
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:35 pm to geauxtigers28
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benton is the one that left. Seems to me benton knew randle would get more playing time so he left for auburn because he knew he would play there
quite teh opposite. if Benton doesn't leave it sounds like we wouldn't have gotten Randle.
Did Benton pop randle in the butt with a wet towel when Benton was a senior at Bastrop?
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:36 pm to lsusteve1
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We gave Benton an opportunity to come here and he didn't hold up his end of the bargain.
wrong. sounds like we pulled his offer last second or urged him to go elsewhere in order to secure Randle.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:36 pm to geauxtigers28
LINK
at the end of the video he talks about benton
1:50 mark
at the end of the video he talks about benton
1:50 mark
This post was edited on 2/4/09 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:37 pm to bootyswamper
link isn't working.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:38 pm to el tigre
who knows?? its a strange situation. I think the final decision was made by Les, i'm pretty sure he withdrew Benton's offer last night. He would much rather have Randle than Benton, and I don't blame him. Benton has grade issues and is eligible for the draft next year. One good year and Benton is gone. Randle is here for at least three years, and frankly, I think he's the better player. Benton is pretty damn good, but I'm curious to see how he'll regroup after not playing for over a year
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:38 pm to el tigre
try it now fixed
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:38 pm to 3HourTour
oh i agree i would rather have randle for the reasons you mentioned, but that's not what i am trying to figure out.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:39 pm to el tigre
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wrong. sounds like we pulled his offer last second or urged him to go elsewhere in order to secure Randle.
And WHEN was he supposed to be eligible to play at LSU? 3 years ago......I'd say that's giving him plenty chance to come w/out this risk....
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:40 pm to el tigre
just saw the video, find it very surprising.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:40 pm to el tigre
Can someone from Bastrop tell us if there was bad blood between the two for some reason? A girl? Playing time? I heard a long time ago that they were best friends, and it just seems odd that Randle would suddenly tell the coaches that he didn't want to play with DB considering DB has been trying to get into LSU for a while. I am interested to see news surfaces.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:40 pm to el tigre
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if Benton doesn't leave it sounds like we wouldn't have gotten Randle.
i think if it were certain Benton would qualify, the coaches probably wouldn't have made the choice they made...but they couldn't take a chance on Randle going elsewhere and Benton not showing up for the 5th semester in a row.
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:42 pm to crazy4lsu
from what it sounds like from randle in the video both didn't need to be at lsu at the same time...someone wouldn't get playing time...if benton would have gone to lsu then randle would have went else where
This post was edited on 2/4/09 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 2/4/09 at 7:44 pm to crazy4lsu
I don't think they were ever best friends persay, just teammates and good enough friends. I think they realized the BEST situation for both was different schools, even though our top 2 receivers from this season would most likely be gone after this year. TT has a big year basically.
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