re: Quote from Jimmy Smith chat this morning!

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If Im a QB recruit I look back at the whole JJ, JLee fiasco and think the same way. Coaches are hurting themselves there.

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Agreed but that should be for the parents of the recruits to say not the FAN BASE of the coach. We should be supporting the coach. The shoe is always on the other foot. We get on here and dog the coach and give ammunition for other schools to use. Because I can assure you that other school are printing this crap and tell it to kids. as if its factual information.

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Bottom line.. Im far more concerned about the school itself than its fans. Im not aware of LSU fans bashing Louisiana recruits that come here. So how would that make them want to go somewhere else?

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The school is nothing without its fans. Look at how lifeless Death Valley was during the games the fans left early or didn't show. We are the culture we are the tradition. Its takes all things to create the buzz and atmosphere.

We rain down celebration and bring the team back to life at times.

to answer your question. I would most definitely send my kid to another school if I felt that he would get boo'd or mistreated because of poor play. I know it can happened but if this does happen I need to have trust in the coaching staff and LSU team environment to have his back.

(I wouldn't send my kid to Bama because of the way Nick dog Cursed McCarron his sophomore year or the way he left LSU and the thing she said after the Iowa loss.)