re: Ed orgeron named recruiting coordinator, upgrade or no?

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Really? Well is that what Frank Wilson was? And how did that turn out for him?

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Worked out fine for Frank... but as Duckie mentioned on pg 2: "Austin was the go to guy for Wilson. He managed the entire board and future recruits."

I'm sure Frank would've managed fine without Austin, but having capable assistants to delegate tasks to is immensely helpful... There's hundreds of players, parents and coaches that LSU has to routinely reach out to in some capacity to maintain positive relationships-- and that's in state alone. Then there's evaluating film and tracking stats and progress of players on the field and in the classroom. Then there's planning visits to recruits, from recruits, planning activities and availability of other personnel for activities, etc. I can assure you-- as great as Frank was-- he didn't do this by himself on top of his coaching duties.

What sucks is that we lost Austin to USC, so not only did we lose Frank, but lost his right-hand man, as well.

Orgeron is a pro, so he will be fine. "He just needs to get himself an Austin Thomas" as JesuitBlueJay mentioned. But, even better, as Duckie suggests, would be to develop a support staff under Orgeron. This board goes nuts every time some coveted recruit says they liked LSU, but stopped hearing from them or don't hear from them often. A bigger, well trained staff to help with all of the admin duties involved with basic communications, scheduling & evaluations that the recruiting coordinator is responsible for would help Orgeron and the other coaches have more time for meaningful contact with more recruits.

Not sure why some people were giving Duckie a hard time on this concept, though I wouldn't be too surprised if a couple of them were UA recruiting support staff carrying out their trolling duties on social media.