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re: Laremy Tunsil or any other OTs interested?
Posted on 9/26/12 at 2:23 pm to dstone12
Posted on 9/26/12 at 2:23 pm to dstone12
If you're expecting LSU to stockpile OLs the way it does DBs and RBs, you may wait a long time.
While SEC country may produce more than its share of elite linemen, I've always found that it doesn't translate to depth of quality linemen in the same way it seems backs (both offense and defense) seem to fall off trees down here.
I'll put it like this: If you take a second-tier Big 10 or Big East or maybe even a Pac-12 team and have their coaches watch a film of Northwestern State, McNeese and Sam Houston, there would be a few DBs, WRs and RBs that would make the BE/B10/P12 coach say "Wow, wish we had that guy." Linemen? Not so much, maybe one or two.
There are great linemen down here, but just enough to give everybody just enough. I've never seen LSU 9-10 deep with quality, game-ready o-linemen. I would never expect that to be the case. If they ever truly get that deep, to me, that would be Lagniappe.
While SEC country may produce more than its share of elite linemen, I've always found that it doesn't translate to depth of quality linemen in the same way it seems backs (both offense and defense) seem to fall off trees down here.
I'll put it like this: If you take a second-tier Big 10 or Big East or maybe even a Pac-12 team and have their coaches watch a film of Northwestern State, McNeese and Sam Houston, there would be a few DBs, WRs and RBs that would make the BE/B10/P12 coach say "Wow, wish we had that guy." Linemen? Not so much, maybe one or two.
There are great linemen down here, but just enough to give everybody just enough. I've never seen LSU 9-10 deep with quality, game-ready o-linemen. I would never expect that to be the case. If they ever truly get that deep, to me, that would be Lagniappe.
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Posted on 9/26/12 at 5:09 pm to CourseyCorridor
Well said.
However, I lament not having a true backup LT for Faulk right now.
Having proper depth on the OLine, especially the OTs, is what is needed. And we can do that with the numbers we have now.
But we need to space them out properly if we are not going to stockpile them. Otherwise we will have three or so guys ready for later on in the season or next year, and not right now (which is what we are experiencing at this time).
However, I lament not having a true backup LT for Faulk right now.
Having proper depth on the OLine, especially the OTs, is what is needed. And we can do that with the numbers we have now.
But we need to space them out properly if we are not going to stockpile them. Otherwise we will have three or so guys ready for later on in the season or next year, and not right now (which is what we are experiencing at this time).
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