re: Coach O Can Learn Something from Dabo

As was the case this cycle, the staff needs to learn what "commitment" means also. They dropped kids that were committed here with no intention of withdrawing that commitment. Who's to blame for that?

Sure we'd all love to have the Clemson policy and the hit rate they have but there's a reason it's only been done a couple of times in the modern era. It's not feasible everywhere or necessarily even the best policy.
Carroll's USC teams, Browns Texas teams and now Dabos Clemson teams are the only modern era recruiting juggernauts that had hit rates nearing the 25% mark with few to no decommitments.(Mack's classes hit on probably 70% a few times)(hit rate is commitment to offer ratio) It takes rare setups for it to work out that well. Carroll had a, unique at the time, NFL like powerhouse and made his offers an elite confirmation of a kids ability. Mack had that Longhorn draw which at the time was massive and he purposely selected kids he knew he could land. Didn't want to get his hands dirty. Both of those I understood. Don't know what Dabos doing or what makes things work but kudos to him.
On the contrarion side just look at everyone else. Bama has had an unprecedented run in recruiting with essentially the same principles we have. UGA now on one doing the same. Flood offers, get as many kids on campus as possible, center in on the guys you really want while balancing instate offers. Most powers now have an ever-changing board which allows kids to move up and down which leads to schools dropping commitments. The process has been rushed so much the past few years(rules and the industry) that it is inevitable that schools are going to take on kids that don't really measure up as others emerge. We've done fine building our roster and though there's always room for improvement(closing), I don't think a complete overhaul is needed.

We just whipped Clemsons arse. O needs to keep doing what he feels is best for the program.

Besides, we play in the SEC. we are essentially recruiting a different batch of kids. Some elite prospects, particularly from SEC states are set on playing at an SEC program. We are simply more competitive on the recruiting trail.

I will say what Dabo has done in this regard is quite amazing.

I think Saban isn't too far behind.

Would be nice to get better at securing who commits to us.

to take that kind of stance would be a huge (yuuge)gamble.recruits would second guess their commitment,and hold off until they made other visits.do we turn away a 5 star,cuz he visits another?

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In the last four year, LSU has had 41 football recruits withdraw their commitments to play for the Tigers -- including 15 from the 2020 recruiting class.

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And 6 of those 41 recommitted and signed with LSU.

2017 Jacoby Stevens and Lowell Narcisse
2018 Kelvin Joseph and Kenan Jones
2019 Derek Stingley
2020 Jaquelin Roy

Yeah. Maybe dominated isn't right but we had just as much if not more talent than Clemson over the course of the past 4 years. This whole thread and the people agreeing with it are just upset we didn't land Burch and now think Dabo has it all figured out.

Nevermind the fact that this season never happens if we do things like Dabo (remember Burrow came here as a transfer spot). Some very selective memories in this thread.

Clemson and Lsu both recruit at a high level . What works at one school does not always work at another . The easy path to the playoffs is part of why we are sucessful at recruiting but there is so much more to it. Coaching stability, family atmosphere, high graduation rate, great facilities and the I'm gonna make your kid a better man pitch are just some of the reasons . I would think SEC tradition , coach O and a large number of NFL alum are part of the reason for your success . What I am wondering is what are some of the other reasons ? Oh and of course coach O could learn something from Dabo . Just as Dabo could learn something from coach O .

I will politely disagree! Its not like Dabo was able to put together a good class because he restricted his commits to take a visit elsewhere. That is a terrible analogy.

Not to mention, the Midget and Smart pull #1 and #2 ranked classes year after year, and none of these guys restrict the kids to take visits elsewhere.

Also, the thought of restricting these kids from taking visits after committing will eventually backfire. Its analogous to restricting your girlfriend from talking with other dudes, and we all know how that ends up.

In addition, these kids are teenagers and change their favorite school more times than a lady changing her panties in a day.

Non-commitable are not what is offered. The recruit is told the offer is commutable based on.somethings happening. The player knows what must happen for the offer to be accepted by both parties.

Well let's see how we do this cycle...

Hoping we get that bump...