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The portal is a crap shoot

Posted on 3/10/26 at 7:58 pm
Posted by TigerMac81
Bossier City, LA
Member since Dec 2007
4766 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 7:58 pm
Jay struck gold for 2025. Not so much this year.
Posted by made4lsu
New Orleans, LA
Member since Apr 2009
6165 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 7:59 pm to
I will take 1 every two years
Posted by DustInTheWind
Member since Sep 2016
707 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:07 pm to
To an extent. Yes.

But these guys are way underperforming based on what they were last year. Even guys who weren’t transfers like Milam. It’s kind of puzzling.
This post was edited on 3/10/26 at 8:09 pm
Posted by 1ranter1
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2008
10833 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:07 pm to
quote:

Jay struck gold for 2025


He struck gold with Eyanson.

Dickinson was great. Cowan was good. Luis was solid. The rest of the portal class was arse

Dickinson is the only position player in the portal over the last 3 years that’s lived up to the hype offensively. Whole lot of guys that hit at lower levels and come to LSU to be just a waste of space.
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
12475 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:10 pm to
quote:

Dickinson is the only position player in the portal over the last 3 years that’s lived up to the hype offensively. Whole lot of guys that hit at lower levels and come to LSU to be just a waste of space.


Uh, Tommy White.
Posted by tonydtiger
Central Mississippi
Member since Oct 2007
2954 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:13 pm to
Yeah, unless something changes, a lot of these guys will be relocating after the season!
Posted by GeauxTime9
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Dec 2010
7000 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:13 pm to
Jacob Berry
Posted by Sissidog02
Member since Jan 2020
7216 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:13 pm to
Skenes & Tommy Tanks weren’t arse I don’t think
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
12475 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:14 pm to
Stanfield was solid.

Jobert.

Posted by Dizz
Member since May 2008
16086 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

He struck gold with Eyanson


Eyanson wasn’t striking gold he simply performed as advertised.
Posted by BiggaGeauxrilla
North Louisiana
Member since Dec 2017
3758 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:15 pm to
It was too much to replace, you can make a good team great in the portal but having to find multiple starters throughout the lineup and ready to contribute now arms, really is almost impossible. We were in Omaha winning a championship while the rest of the country was rebuilding and signing guys.
Posted by 1ranter1
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2008
10833 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:15 pm to
Tommy White was in the portal class 4 years ago
Posted by Jim Hopper
Ocean Springs Mississippi
Member since Sep 2019
4938 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

Dickinson is the only position player in the portal over the last 3 years that’s lived up to the hype offensively.
Berry, Stanfield, Tanks, Joebert, Hernandez, McManus….
Posted by tonydtiger
Central Mississippi
Member since Oct 2007
2954 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:16 pm to
Yeah, I guess you could say this is the first class that has been total crap. There's been at least one good player on the others.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
40827 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:17 pm to
There are three types of players in the portal (for all sports)

1) Those who aren’t good enough to get enough playing time at their current program

2) Those who did well against lower quality competition and are looking to step up in class

3) Those who have one-off situations (want to move closer to home, coach left, etc) - thus is by far the smallest group of the 3.

It’s extremely rare for someone from the first group to succeed (Joe burrow an obvious exception) and the second group is a complete crapshoot as you don’t know how they will do against higher competition until they are there. Remember there’s a reason they went to a smaller school in the first place. Maybe they are a late bloomer. Probably not.
Posted by TigerMac81
Bossier City, LA
Member since Dec 2007
4766 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:18 pm to
Jobert was a JC guy, but yeah.
Posted by Gras Doux
Member since Feb 2026
530 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:19 pm to
what the excuse for with the number 1 recruiting class ?
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
9462 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:21 pm to
Sometimes you shoot for the stars, other times you get crap.
Posted by grape nutz
sesame street
Member since Mar 2006
3824 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:21 pm to
Anyone that lives up to their billing in the portal is striking gold.
Posted by 1ranter1
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2008
10833 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 8:23 pm to
quote:

Berry, Stanfield, Tanks, Joebert, Hernandez, McManus….


Do you dumb mother frickers not understand last 3 portal classes?

I missed Stanfield. Hernandez certainly didn’t live up to the hype offensively (was a pleasant surprise defensively). He hit .270 with single digit HRs. The rest are 4+ classes ago
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