Herron, Bain, Gilmore not playing much

i still don't get it.

let's not pretend that the DT's that are playing are using proper techniques, etc. we are getting gashed for a reason up front, proper technique or not.

i say just rotate em in, see how they perform.

or some just take time to develop. I know...mind blown

Too many early departures is forcing guys to play too early.

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Mass exodus to the NFL is going to manifest itself most prominently in the trenches. This shouldn't surprise anyone. They're just not ready yet, it doesn't have to be anyone's fault.

Has to be coaching or willingness to work to improve.

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Bad recruiting? Not getting coached up? Do we blame those 3?

How does 1 5 star and 2 4 star DLine guys not contribute in 2 years.

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unfortunately coaching is the primary answer, and recruiting. enough repetition can correct mindlessness. danny mccray would be one example who was always out of position in college and had a good couple of years at the next level

there are two main philosophies of recruiting:

1) get the big, fast, strong guy and teach him technique. That is, don't place as much emphasis on his high school performance, brains (unless QB) b/c the young man may have gone to a small school and blown up everyone, but it's irrelevant due to competition. Then you take the big strong fast guy and force him to be better (or process him??)

2) get the over-achieving guy with brains, or try to get some combination of 1 and 2.

LSU tries to combine both, and unfortunately, you can't always have it both ways (unless patrick peterson and a few others). this could mask coaching shortcomings if you have enough pat petersons, et al


by the way, this is the primary thing that saban changed in his general philosophy when he came back to college

Just like Brandon Harris???

I still say all 3 of those guys will be quality DTs. With Herron, I wonder if it is disciplinary given the coaches naming him starter when they thought QT was out for the year. I've said this several times, but these guys really are not progressing all that slowly. How many of our recent greats really contributed their first two years? Dorsey may have been the 3rd DT in the rotation but Brockers and Logan were redshirted and I don't recall hearing much from Nevis until his JR year. Godchaux and Lacouture are definitely the exceptions. We are feeling it this year because we didn't sign any DTs in 2012 but hindsight is 20:20 and no one would have guessed LSU would have sent more underclassmen to the NFL during that time than anyone else. You still have the 25 man yearly limit and the 85 total. On paper this is a transition year. No one wants to go through a transition but we have all the talent and an excellent coaching staff to continue to succeed long term.