I think we learned today not to spend too much time chasing big fish out of state

Several high-quality prospects were processed because kids from out of state led the staff down a road of thinking they were going to sign.

At the end of the day, the big time blue-chip players know they will end up playing in the NFL. They can get there regardless of what team they go to, which is why you’re seeing said kids stay at home and play for bad teams.

I think it’s clear that the success of this program didn’t really mean much to several of the big targets they were going after. In my opinion, it would’ve been wise to sign the local four-star kids and not put too much time into these kids on the other side of the country.

And some of you will say that I wouldn’t have this opinion if the big fish had signed; and how do you know they aren’t interested until you spend time with them blah blah blah. But that’s my point. They processed players thinking they would get the big fish and didn’t. And at the end of the day lost some very good recruits by getting greedy.

I’m not knocking the staff for swinging for the fences, because they’ve landed several studs in this class. I’m just saying it’s clear that when you have as much talent as the state of Louisiana, it’s best to put the ball in play. Unless it’s one of your historic pipelines like Texas, etc.

For me personally, I’m not going to waste my time and money following the whole recruiting drama for months or years on end anymore. None of these so-called experts really know what these kids are going to do. Because the kids really don’t know what they’re going to do either. I’ll simply check in when the pen meets the paper and look at their highlights on YouTube. Because most of this recruiting news is truly bull$*** and speculation.

Go Tigers!