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The Sopsher Conundrum
Posted on 10/7/18 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 10/7/18 at 4:15 pm
It appears we are in a bit of a Surtain situation with the DL this year. 1 committed, and putting all of our eggs in one basket. Especially troubling since Ish will not sign until the Feb period. I understand the optics of signing Sopsher at almost any cost...but our DL depth as it stands now, is built on quantity, not necessarily quality. 1 four, and 2 three star recruits from last year's class (after Rosenthal and Hines moved to OL). Once Lawrence leaves we will have a talent deficit on the DL. We need more talented depth.
Is another SEC staff working behind the scenes to get Rodney another non-SEC P5 offer? If so, and that materializes after the Dec period, will Ish then have achieved his goal of helping his brother, and be free to sign with said SEC program?
Is another SEC staff working behind the scenes to get Rodney another non-SEC P5 offer? If so, and that materializes after the Dec period, will Ish then have achieved his goal of helping his brother, and be free to sign with said SEC program?
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Posted on 10/7/18 at 4:35 pm to lsucjn
It's going to be really bad if our 3 juniors leave and Sopsher goes elsewhere. The cupboard will be extremely bare. We thought losing Surtain would really bite us but it hasn't been as bad as we originally thought. But with our already thin defensive line it would be a disaster.
Posted on 10/7/18 at 4:56 pm to lsucjn
Well, I don’t think bama is going to take ish’s brother. They are extremely tight in numbers
And we’ve already offered his brother, so that’s good news
And we’ve already offered his brother, so that’s good news
Posted on 10/7/18 at 5:19 pm to lsucjn
totally agree! our dline recruiting has got lazy. Its like our coaches would rather try and develop lesser talent than try and out recruit other schools for the big fish. DLine is where titles are won and i'm just not seeing that with what LSU currently has 
Posted on 10/7/18 at 5:28 pm to lsucjn
All three juniors are coming back. The only losses on defense are going to be Devin white and greedy
Posted on 10/7/18 at 8:10 pm to lsucjn
If I were LSU I would look elsewhere. If you have a spot left in Feb. and he wants in I might take him. But I would not give his brother a scholarship in order to get him.
Posted on 10/8/18 at 10:26 am to lsucjn
quote:
The Sopsher Conundrum
too big
needs to lose 20#
days of immobile DL are over
Posted on 10/8/18 at 4:21 pm to lsucjn
Sopsher is an interesting prospect. Obviously he has rare measurable that make him a 5 star prospect. But isn't the knock on him that he doesn't always play hard? If so, that's worrisome. It seems LSU has had a few of those big men in recent years who just didn't pan out. Shelvin was the latest and right now he can't even make the travel roster on a team that could use depth along the DL.
Obviously Sopsher is a take in the class, but is it worth completely selling out and using two of your very limited scholarships to get him?
Obviously Sopsher is a take in the class, but is it worth completely selling out and using two of your very limited scholarships to get him?
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:42 am to lsucjn
Just from what I have gathered from the recruiting boards, I do not like what we are doing with Sopsher. We are thin at dline so we are letting a recruit push us around so that we take his brother too. It looks very doubtful Rodney will be a contributer in any way, so if ish busts we flat out will lose ballgames because of our dline. Its tough because everyone has ish rated so high and if he turns out to be that good he will Right the ship on the dline quickly. Basically we can’t miss on the eval or we are screwed. Just do not like the situation.
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 7:49 am
Posted on 10/11/18 at 10:33 am to lsucjn
I said it on here in the offseason, but the biggest mistake LSU made in recruiting this year was seemingly not going all out for Byron Young in the spring. He grew up an LSU fan, yet there were articles where he was quoted where LSU was not among the teams recruiting him the hardest. He visited Bama multiple times in the spring. They got him to camp in the summer, but it was too late by then.
I guess they didn't have him in the "elite" category of the other three Mississippi linemen, but they let Pickering jerk them around, and now may go empty handed besides Evans or get someone not as good as Young.
I guess they didn't have him in the "elite" category of the other three Mississippi linemen, but they let Pickering jerk them around, and now may go empty handed besides Evans or get someone not as good as Young.
Posted on 10/14/18 at 9:07 am to lsucjn
He’s going to bama! Period
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