re: HOLD THAT TIGER !! Curry Commits

We need offensive players so badly that most people on this forum have all but forgotten.

We legitimately need 4-5 receivers and at least 2 running backs.

Hopefully we get the tight end from Richwood as I love his size and speed at 6'6 220 with 4.6-7 speed.

We can't afford to turn down any offers from offensive skilled positions right now.

Yet, having said that I still want Anderson. I hope they hold onto that Tiger as he has the quickness and speed to play the position.

And they are still interested in Beal at TE. They're too many players out there and not enough slots left because they have signed so many kids so early. I mean Anderson is a good player, yeah, but I would rather have these other kids at the other positions because his position is well stocked now, and he's not sure he wants to be at LSU anymore.

No doubt, they are going to go over, and I have no clue as to how they will pull this shite off. lol That's why I'm saying losing Anderson and especially Griffin is no big deal to me because they need the slots. You have all these players out there still strongly considering LSU with LSU having limited availability schollie wise. You got 3 to 4 RB's, shite, even more WR's, probably about 4 to 6 of them, 2, 3 OT's, and 2 Te's. And on defense you still got about 3 DB's, and 2 DL's. Timaje Porter is still strongly considering LSU as they changed his mind on his last visit when he was about to commit to Auburn. He loves O and the old man Jenkins, and Porter is a bigger NT than was advertised, he is actually 6'2" 1/2 and has slimmed down to 320 his HC said. If he committed to LSU they would definitely take that monster over Griffin. It's gonna be interesting down to the wire as to how they will handle this because some kids will get their feelings hurt.

but I will say after it's all over it will be one of their deepest and strongest classes ever, a shite load of talent.

It's nice we're filling up this early but we really need some elite blue chip recruits in this class. That's the only thing really lacking is that top heavy bad asses that send it way over the top with a few major impact players.

I'm confident that the staff will make the right choices for the class.

Rosenthal will be a tackle. Anyone who claims otherwise is wrong. He has potential to be a top pick in the NFL draft with his size and athleticism at the tackle position.

We will get one of the JUCO's as Coach O has said that we need one at least. So I only assume he will push hard for one of them to commit. With Wire we are set.

I see some asses on here are downvoting me for telling the truth. People are funny I swear because what I'm saying isn't any different from what y'all are saying, but I'm just being blunt and honest about it as opposed to sugarcoating it.

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Rosenthal will be a tackle. Anyone who claims otherwise is wrong. He has potential to be a top pick in the NFL draft with his size and athleticism at the tackle position.

We will get one of the JUCO's as Coach O has said that we need one at least. So I only assume he will push hard for one of them to commit. With Wire we are set.

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Agreed. Both Rosenthal and Wire are extremely raw, and are a minimum 2 years before seeing the field in meaningful playing time. Hopefully one of the Juco players can step in at LT, and someone between Savage, Magee, and Deculus will hold down the RT spot in the meantime.

As for the numbers, I'm curious also how this all goes down. It's very clear that Orgeron is a great recruiter, but its also just as clear that his methodology is very different from Miles.

Miles started out strong, but would lull after summer camps, leaving about 10 to 15 spots open. We would get 1 or 2 commits during football season, and then 8 to 10 after jan and before signing day. He liked to roll the dice on the elite recruits that drag out their recruitments. His classes were relatively balanced, and based on the NFL draft classes, his talent could match any in the country.(despite obvious deficiencies in QB)

I am fully on board with Coach O, and agree with all the moves he has made in the offseason(lone exception being the offer to Tua late based on bad info from Kiffin, but then publically saying he prefers DT QB's turning off Myles, then correcting himself saying he likes PRO QB's later upsetting Lowell, though he recovered nicely so it's a wash).

However, I cannot recall, so I have to do research, but I need to investigate Orgeron's classes at Ole Miss. I think I remember people criticizing him for taking too many DL, and shorting more important positions of need.

So far the composition of this class does not fully reflect its needs, but that could very easily have more to do with the fact that we have a new OC, and many recruits are waiting to see what the new offense looks to see how compatible their talents are and where they fit in.

We have Anderson, Cherry, Moore(even if we call him a WDE), and Scott (3 all in the same position with Anthony, Martin, Key, and Chassion.)

Cotton is listed as a DT, but I would assume he is a SDE. I'm not sure where that puts Jenkins. I dont think he is a true NG, so Im thinking he is also a SDE or might be a DT in some packages. We still need a true NG which I think Tamaje Porter fits that bill.

So, defensively we take Porter at NG, Surtain as a CB, and Miller as an MiLB. I personally dont think we need Griffin at all. The only way we could use him with his measurables might be as a FB, which would be fine, but we use more of an HB now than a pure FB, and we took one last cycle. I would rather an extra TE than a FB his size.

So that's 3 more added on the defense, but lets subtract 1 for Griffin with the possibility of losing Anderson if we lose Griffin.(I def want Anderson, but we are stacked at the position, and it may be inevitable).

So, if the above is correct we need(left):
2 to 3 WR's (Marshall, Keys, Chase?)
1 RB (Franklin)
1 OT (Traore)
1 or 2 TE/HB (Spivey)
1 NG (Porter)
1 MLB (Miller)
1 DB (Surtain)
1 QB (Bradely)
Subtract Griffin and/or Anderson

That would put us at 28 with Anderson, or 27 w/o

How's that look for everyone?

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It's nice we're filling up this early but we really need some elite blue chip recruits in this class. That's the only thing really lacking is that top heavy bad asses that send it way over the top with a few major impact players.

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Marshall will be one. I expect we get one top flight running back and Surtain.

The offensive class this year nation wide isn't strong outside the receiver position. We get Marshall, Jason, Keys, Chase, Jenkins, we are set.


I am not even that impressed with the 2018 class across the board to be quite honest. Outside a few talents like Marshall, Surtain, Lawrence, and possibly White at RB (although I don't think he is much better than players like Franklin or Joiner) there is no transcendent talents in this class.

Next year we are looking at possibly 5-6 five star players in our own backyard alone..

Be patient fella.

Thomas
Lee
Sophser
Emery
Starks
possibly Gleason or Hutchinson from West Monroe.

Go back and read my comments, a-hole. Tell me where I trash talked down Anderson?? I knew one of you arse idiots would appear as soon as I baited you to do so. Lol

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That list looks fine, except it won't go that way. Right, now they are looking like they will take 3 RB's and proabaly 3 WR's, maybe even 4 WR's. That throws a wrench in it right there, sorry my man.

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No worries brotha. I dont see them taking 4 more WR's with the 2 we have, but I suppose it wouldnt be unheard of. I would prefer Eagles, Keys, Marshal, Jason and Chase, but as for now we have Jenkins and Jones.

I honestly see no way that we would take 3 RB's. The only way I could see that is if we nab Franklin and then Cook wants in or if Slade gets an offer as an ATH, and we play him at slot and give him reps at RB.