re: Luke Fickell or Dave Aranda?

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ell or Dave Aranda? by tigerwith3
I like Aranda as a coach, but the knock on him is that he’s not the best recruiter

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So what? Ed Orgeron is (allegedly) a great recruiter. Les Miles was a great recruiter.

And look at the product they put out on the field, Mike’s towards the end and Ed every year but 2019.

Aranda can coach and he’s smart enough to understand he has to have good recruiters on his staff if it’s not his strongpoint.

I’d also argue that players want to play for guys that can make them better and get them ready for the NFL.

Dave Aranda turned Duke Riley into an NFL draft pick and turned Patrick Queen into a first round pick.

That will get recruits to sign.


And LSU is fortunate to be right in the middle of one of the best recruiting grounds in the country.

It’s not like Nebraska, Notre Dame or even Tennesse where those programs can’t compete with just local talent.

LSU can.

Aranda may not be the best recruiter but he’s be good enough and he can actually coach the players to get better than they are the day they get to campus.