Your twisting it bud. Your the one that was saying as a coaching perspective, dont waste the year. Which really doesnt change anything because if he is as good as expected it is very unlikely he would stay to start more than two years. The good thing about LSU is we use more than normal nickel packages.
Then your turn it to say if he is good enough by week 8 then play him.
Miles has clearly won games on special teams alone at times, so yes, if he comes in and plays like kelvin sheppard or juice landry on special teams as a frosh, then he needs to get in and make plays. Especially if we are contending.
and for the 170 lbs part, tyrann says hello

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Posted by KG5989

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Posted on 8/26/13 at 8:44 pm to Mattyice22

Read the post.

I was just reiterating what you said with if hes good enough to play. Then I said I really really DOUBT he will be. Didnt twist anything. He wont be ready to play til about week 8 and nobody knows how good he will be considering has hasnt even been at a practice yet. He comes with a lot of hype, but we really have no idea what kind of player he really is.

RR is not as physical as Juice or Sheppard. Sorry bro hes just not. Hes a cover 1st CB. Juice is 1 of the most physical WRs we have had and Sheppard was a MLB. Come on.

And from a coaches point of view, its pointless to waste a year of eligibility on a player that hasnt even reported to the team yet just to let him play some special teams for 4 weeks. RR on special teams isnt going to change the outcomes of the last few games. And what games did we win because of Juice or Sheppard on special teams?? They made nice physical plays, but we didnt win the game because of what they did on special teams. And, our ST will be just fine without RR.

Yeah we run nickel a lot. Again, we have plenty of talent at the DB spot.

6'3 170lbs is a toothpick out there. And TM was at LSU on time and was at the summer workouts and fall camp. And he is way more physical than RR will ever be.

I get your pumped about RR. So am I. He has the potential to be great. But, we dont know if he will be here this week or next week. Hes about 4 months behind.

Redshirting him is the right move. Not just for the program, but for RR also. He needs to add weight. He needs to get the playbook down. And he needs to acclimated to playing against SEC caliber players. You think the coaches are going to take time out of practice, which is limited, just to cater to RR and help him get up to speed?? Heck no. They dont have enough time at practice to do that.

And this thread is dead... we will see what happens with RR soon. We dont even know when he will be on campus yet.