How important are great recruiters?

I think great recruiters still do 2 things for you.


They get you in the door in many cases to even have the NIL discussion and they build relationships that can hopefully retain players if/when adversity hits.

Main thing now is coaches who coach up

Every year, every player, either recruit or on your roster, is potentially a target for a program that has desperate needs. Those needs could be due to poor coaching at another school (Michigan, A&M, FSU), or the belief one or two players will get them over the hump (Ole Miss). LSU can’t and should not match desperation but build a deep roster with players that hit the field in their Junior or Senior year to minimize poaching. That changes recruiting philosophy. You may miss on a potential recruit but it gives you dry powder to protect and keep continuity in the Program which is likely going to keep you contending every year. LSU is building that now and I believe will get there soon. The key is to have good coaches who have proven records of developing players. They will recruit the type of players that will fit that program.

Frank is LSU through and through. He’s bending over backwards to sign Stewart. But Woodward is the one throwing up road blocks left and right in this recruitment. He absolutely loathes the idea of paying 17 year olds millions of dollars and most of the time has a take it or leave attitude when it comes to these NIL deals.

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Woodward is the one throwing up road blocks left and right in this recruitment. He absolutely loathes the idea of paying 17 year olds millions of dollars and most of the time has a take it or leave attitude when it comes to these NIL deals.

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That's rich coming from the guy who throws around absurd money for coaching contracts

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But Woodward is the one throwing up road blocks left and right in this recruitment.

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I doubt you answer this but….


How do you know this?

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Coaches that are recruiters are becoming less and less relevant.

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bullshite. 80% of recruits do not have a bidding war going on for them. Also recruiters get people committed and then someone has to work real hard to pry them out. It is a hell of a lot harder to flp someone than it is to get them initially.

90% of the fanfare is about 10% of the recruits. These are the ones that we think are program changers... some are and some arent.

Our coaches did everything perfectly recruiting BU in terms of building relationships with BU and his family. The recruiting was top notch by LSU staff. Just couldn’t overcome the Godfather offer from Larry Ellison’s girlfriend/wife.

I believe LSU recruiting staff is very good. They win a lot more than they lose. It just hurts a lot when they lose because it’s usually the most high profile recruiting battles that are lost and they are not lost because of poor recruiting. They are lost due to getting out bid.

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Our coaches did everything perfectly recruiting BU in terms of building relationships with BU and his family. The recruiting was top notch by LSU staff. Just couldn’t overcome the Godfather offer from Larry Ellison’s girlfriend/wife.

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That is it in a nutshell. LSU cultivated BU for 2 yrs or more and just when the fruit was ripe for the picking it got poached.

Totally agree with the coaches who coach up. It seems CBK has placed as much emphasis on this circumstance than any other. To overcome the NIL hiccups, having a winning team of coaches in place for a long time is the key. They the recruits might pull their head out of the money and see that the long term development for the next level is worth so much more.