re: a request of our beloved "Negatigers" I mean "Realists"

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No shite that is what happens when your team loses 4wr, 2RB and a QB to the NFL - very hard to recover from that. Tell me what other team has gone through this??? What's the coach supposed to do, not coach them up to their peak ability so they stay? Lol

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As has been said many times before, it's not like we are rebuilding from a great team. Those players were great, no doubt, but there was no surprise in them not being here anymore.
Maybe the DTs leaving early was a surprise, but does that explain why the DTs we have are so unimpressive? Does that explain the DEs? Linebackers? Oline play?
I think saying that players left early is a way LSU fans have of coping with the lack of talent they see on the field compared to the old days when it seemed like we were always chomping at the bit for guys to move on so that we could see such and such stud that was waiting in the wings.

Go look at our 2006 roster and then tell me that we haven't come down a notch in talent, even if all the early departures didn't happen.