re: Cole Smith possible flip to Mississippi State

Everyone is tough behind the key board

Boom....

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It really pains me that people like you think honesty is "negative" If the kid has an offer, that's all that matters. Most kids take negative comments to fuel their fire to work even harder. The staff tells him what he needs to hear.

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What pains me is that all these "recruiting experts" give their "negative" comments/opinions about a committed player of an absolute team need and people like you don't think it can be/is damaging to the process.

Damaging comments are damaging! For him or anyone close to him to read comments from LSU fans saying anything but positive is damaging. He is a top player in MS and a top OL in country at needed position. He has been committed for a while and his tape shows you everything you need to know. I could care less about his offer list because he is on our board and MS State is trying to take him from us.

The season must have played out pretty well since he was an MVP as an offensive lineman. Maybe they already knew how good he was. What’s the point in waiting until after his senior season to offer him? That’s only typically done with people who flew under the radar.

I usually judge how good a recruit can be based on his actual offer list because the major schools see the potential .No offense but there's not many on his list.

Truth

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I usually judge how good a recruit can be based on his actual offer list because the major schools see the potential .No offense but there's not many on his list.

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He's playing in an All-American game, the kid is good. While sometime offer lists can be a good judge, other times they may not be. LSU secured his commitment a long while back, well before summer camps prior to senior season. He was also considered an MSU legacy, which a lot of schools sometimes dont waste their time on.

Take a look at his timeline, received offers right up until the point he committed to LSU back in March. He was likely telling any schools calling him he was interested at all.

Oh is that how you judge them? Were you of judges that determined he was the most valuable player as an offensive lineman?

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I usually judge how good a recruit can be based on his actual offer list because the major schools see the potential .No offense but there's not many on his list.

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What is your "observation" and judgment on Baskerville?

First off, nobody really knows of his actual offer list besides him and his family. How much has he camped? He comes from a small town in Northeast MS that isn't known as a hotbed for college recruiting.

Secondly, he has been committed since March and immediately did so after his offer. I'm sure other schools have focused their attention elsewhere. He may have been so sold on LSU and Grimes that he wasn't interested in talking to anyone else.

He is MVP in his state class pure center who we want to keep.