re: LSU will recover from departures (ESPN article)

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There’s a reason LSU has been one of the elite programs in college football the past few years. The Tigers have recruited and developed players about as well as anyone. The sobering reality for everybody else in the SEC is that nobody has done it as well as Alabama, and the Tigers and Crimson Tide just happen to reside in the same division.

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This might be the best stated thought ever. The thing is Bama has blinded my thoughts and I look past this because it seems like we should be there but in reality there isn't a better the last 7 years than Lsu and Bama with Bama standing in the way.

This doesn't however excuse our offense.

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The statement by ESPN is largely true except for "developed players as well as anyone". This is not true in several key instances and on the offensive side of the ball. So nitpicking, the statement is largely true but you could make the argument that we are chasing Bama largely because that development did not happen and becuase we have sub standard coaching- as it compares to Bama- but not as it compares largely to the overall CFB world.