Getting Davis back is huge.

Agree. The frame is there. Coach him up.

People love to mention that he was a 5-star, but let’s not forget that there was some discrepancies in his evaluation as a high school recruit One service said he was a 5 star player, another (probably more) disagreed.

Maybe he’ll play his way to being an elite lineman, but he’s got a long way to go

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One service said he was a 5 star player, another (probably more) disagreed.

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The others had him rated as a high 4 star I believe. He was a very highly touted recruit at the time.

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This seems like a Brad Davis failure

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I just told my LSU friend that Davis was coming back and he wasn’t happy. I said that no player from last year should be judged because of how bad the Kelly regime was.

We need to keep Ory Williams too

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Multiple from Ole Miss & certainly more to come from elsewhere.

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Why do you keep saying this? If we get any from there, it will backups. 2 are out of eligibility and they have supposedly re-signed the other 3 starters.

Also, their position coach stayed at OM. This seems like the least likely position there that we will have leverage on.

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I think putting all the blame on Brian, Kelly or the offensive line coach is a bit like collective wish casting. There were multiple instances caught on video replay of all of these lineman, including Davis, literally just letting defensive lineman waltz through the line and get a sack. Showing virtually no resistance at all. Some of the fault lies on the players, not executing, you can’t blame it all on coaching.

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For the millionth time: There are multiple breakdowns showing the translation of recruiting rankings to draft results. They all say the same thing. Over 60%+ of 5 stars are drafted, and most in the first three rounds. High 4 stars aren’t far behind those numbers.

When you have an entire starting OL made up of 4 and 5 star players and they are all underperforming across the board, there’s undoubtedly a coaching problem. The numbers tell us there’s likely only 1, maybe 2 busts in the group. The rest are struggling in large part because they aren’t playing with proper technique and don’t know their assignments. We’ve all seen multiple instances of this broken down in film studies.

Are there instances of players outperforming coaching under Davis? Sure. Dellinger, Campbell and Jones from the previous OL. Adams and Moore from this one, but only one of those two was developed by Davis. It’s also worth noting that Josh Thompson played well against Big 10 competition and was still completely underwhelming here.

That dude is one large man.

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They are not animatronic robots out there being controlled by a coaches joy stick. They’re actual humans who have control of their own bodies.

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How many OL arrive in the P2 and start as true freshmen? Needless to day, it’s a very small number and there’s good reason for that. OL rarely have been taught how to use leverage and advanced technique in high school. Practice time is limited and that’s one of the most difficult positions at the college level in terms of assignments and technical demand.

If players aren’t taught what to do when they get to the college level, then they are doomed to struggle. Only a very small number are so physically imposing that they can play well in spite of technical deficiencies. Are you really making excuses for Brad Davis’ universally acknowledged poor coaching here?

What the frick do you expect players who don’t know what they are doing to do? Just get lucky? Figure it out for themselves? Yes, they have a responsibility to execute what they are taught, but when what they are taught is substandard, even when they do execute as asked the results won’t suddenly be good.