re: Herron, Bain, Gilmore not playing much

People complaining about depth can gladly blame Les and company for that. In 2012, they took 1, read that ONE DL recruit and he was a DE.

Yes, the departures have hurt, but to act like the coaches are blameless in the predicament is ridiculous.

Les and his recruiting strategy are mostly to blame for this mess.

For reference, MSU took the following number of DT's each recruiting cycle:

2010 = 2
2011 = 2
2012 = 3
2013 = 0
2014 = 1

They are going to suffer there in a couple of year with how they pulled a Les by not recruiting any in 2013 and only 1 in 2014.

How about Bama:
2010 = 2
2011 = 2
2012 = 5
2013 = 2
2014 = 4

So there you have it folks. Recruit consistently and have a consistently strong defensive line. LSU did not do that and for Bama this is just DT's and not even counting DE's.


In the end, recruit DT's every year and you'll have depth even with losses.