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re: LSU is a very young team and have been for some time.
Posted on 12/11/15 at 3:11 am to SammyTiger
Posted on 12/11/15 at 3:11 am to SammyTiger
This a rational and thoughtful post. Roster management is the biggest issue facing LSU. The reason that Mississippi State had an uptick the past two years is a lot of experienced talent. It is the reason for Arkansas's uptick. But they will not stay up there as they will lose experienced talent. Alabama is the only who consistently reloads at all positions recently. LSU used to recruit that way and their misses in recruiting coupled with losing more than normal personnel to the NFL earlier has lead to the widening gap with Alabama. LSU will improve next year as they are losing less player to the NFL (last year and this year). They will be more experienced, but unless they get better at balanced recruiting, they will slide back. Having Ogeron, Steele, and Grimes on staff will continue to help recruiting on the line of scrimmage which help close the gap with Alabama. That is the biggest reason why LSU can not keep up with The Tide. The quarterback issue has been systemic, even in the years when LSU was beating Alabama. When the gap widened in the areas where LSU was on par with Alabama, that is when the gap opened up in the series. Ole Miss was able to mask their gap with Alabama the last two years due to outstanding quarterback play, Outstanding receivers, and game changers like NKiemdeche. With people like Laremy Tunsil, Laquan Treadwell, and Robert and Denzel Nkeimdeche are no longer there, you will see Ole Miss slide backwards next year, especially against Alabama.
Posted on 12/11/15 at 3:30 am to Chaseff
Way back when Freshmen did not play and usually you did not play as a Sophomore either. Players did not leave early either so you had a progression. At QB you once had a Senior, a Junior, a Sophomore, etc. Then every year they moved up. Russell left early but Flynn was ready to start as a Senior. Perilloux would have moved up and etc. Now it is difficult to get a progression as players leave early, transfer, get kicked off the team, etc. You end up with Freshmen QB's, Freshmen OL, Freshmen DL, etc. If Mett had played as a Senior would have been better for the QB's.
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