re: Frank Wilson - Maybe LSU should try to keep this guy around.

Good example that taking tons of 3 stars is not always a bad move

I've gotta be honest, I don't see a pattern.

Wilson has or is very close to establishing himself as one of college football's top recruiters. Here is one big question to consider: to keep him at LSU for several years, will he have to eventually be named the offensive coordinator? I have a strong feeling he wants to move up & be more than the offensive backfield coach/chief recruiter.

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Frank Wilson - Maybe LSU should try to keep this guy around.
Wilson had a relationship with Tyrann Mathiew since he was in the 10th grade. Mathiew didn't just start playing this good, he did the same at st.aug. St.Aug football team wasn't doing so well so LSU never notice the kid.
Wilson also recruited LA when he was at Ole Miss. He recruited Brandon Bolden(starting running back), Mike Wallace(NFL), Kendrick Lewis(NFL) and Benjarvus Green-Ellis(NFL). All starters in the nfl today!
We need wilson! Besides, he also have a great relationship with Landon Collins and Leonard Fournette(st.aug rb).

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He's a great coach, and probably an even better recruiter. But, he's going to max out his potential as a collegiate coach here. In my honest opinion, he needs to stay here about 5-7 years, minimum. Barring an implosion out of Miles, which I don't foresee, that's an easily achievable goal.

Once that happens, he'll have established bona fides at several stops in the SEC, and also in his backyard at LSU, while providing some longevity & learning the offensive game at the collegiate level.

From there, he'd got a Larry Porter-like shot at a lower-tier school. That's what his goal will be. Because frankly, LSU's never going to hire a first-time coordinator.

Not ever. Not never. Never again. Did I say never?

This is me just spitballing, by the way, but...His ultimate perfect-storm in that sense is at a place like Tulane. That guy would really do a number on our efforts down there, & build that program up with quality football players, as well.

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I've gotta be honest, I don't see a pattern.

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You don't see the pattern that our football recruiting coordinator is recruiting football players?

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You and George are S-T-U-P-E-D! Just dum and dummer.

Look at the first names!!

Frank Wilson can pretty much sign, seal, and deliver anyone whose first name begins with a J or a D. That's 2 out of all 26 of the possible letters!! That's like 27% of the alphabet!!

He's the head recruiting coordinator and it's his job to get kids to come to LSU. Yes he's very good at it, but it's also his job. Same way Porter was good at it when he was head of recruiting.

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wilson is a very, very good recruiter but he has "ELITE" contacts and reputation in N.O. and river parishes.

I know he has a boatload of work in this area but I would like to see Wilson recruit elite talent from out of state. Porter was able to recruit 5 star talent (and high 4 star) from out of state and Wilson needs to recruit some out of state talent. we have our best recruiter on lesser talent this year.

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I think the best model is for Frank Wilson to continue to recruit La. almost exclusively. It's a huge advantage to have one recruiter that can almost single-handedly lock down this state, allowing the rest of the staff to use their resources on recruiting OOS.

I think, if anything, one flaw in LSU's model is that FW is shouldering a little too much of the burden at the moment. So far, the rest of the staff has been somewhat ineffective in OOS recruiting, except maybe Brick Haley. Hopefully the new special teams coach will be able to rectify this with his contacts in Texas, but he hasn't made any noise yet.

tigerfan, you are making my point. he is the best recruiter and but for haley the rest of the staff is , at best, average SEC LEVEL RECRUITERS. he needs to stay recruiting in NOLA but your best recruiter has to recruit the best talent. la. has good/solid talent this year but not the BEST.

he are slowing being locked in LA. with no Texas recruiter and florida not panning out so far.

I don't have any gripes with FW but I don't think he would have gotten McKnight who thought he was reggie bush and was probably rewarded for going to USC.

I'm only saying you have to be somewhat flexible in how you utilize your best talent (FW) and this year he COULD have a few OOS guys to look at. furthermore, the guys FW has gotten commits from are locks and he won't have much work to do on 2012 guys going forward (on to 2013 & 2014).

while he does have his hands full, I don't think it took A WHOLE LOT OF WORK to get commitments from these last 3 guys.

Wilson was McKnight's recruiter for Ole Miss if I remember right.