re: In 7-8 days LSU could be looking very very good, also Fla now trying to make a move in La

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also Fla now trying to make a move in La

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Didn't this get the previous coach fired? Not recruiting more in Florida and letting top talent go to other states.

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You’re incredibly arrogant for someone who has takes like this Saban has done well in Louisiana because he’s close geographically, has owned LSU since he arrived at Bama, and wins national championships every other year. It’s not because he’s buddies with someone’s baw cousin who can give him a leg up with certain recruits.

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So when Luther Davis committed to Alabama three weeks after Saban announced he was going to be Bama's HC, it was because Saban

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[is] close geographically, has owned LSU since he arrived at Bama, and wins national championships every other year. It’s not because he’s buddies with someone’s baw cousin who can give him a leg up with certain recruits.

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Tell me more.

Tell me about Lacy, Sentimore, and Bell. Was it the crushing defeat to Utah to close out the 2008 season that made them commit to Alabama. I know about Lacy's grades, but you don't think Saban's Louisiana connections helped Bama in getting him eligible?

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How you can even loosely compare Billy Napier to Saban in terms of recruiting advantage is beyond me. Napier is as far away from LSU as basically any other SEC school, he wasn’t well known or highly regarded nationally or locally as the head coach of a G5 program, and he generally can’t hold Kelly’s jock strap in coaching acumen. Saban is the only coach in the country who’s had consistent success stealing top Louisiana talent, Napier is not that guy.

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Napier is no Kelly, and he is no Saban. But you are sticking your head in the sand if you don't think his time here will help him recruit here.

Why do you think Kelly hired Wilson, Hankton, and Sloan?

Are they the best coaches in the country for their positions?

Or were they hired because they have contacts in Louisiana?

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Saban has had a huge advantage recruiting Louisiana as the Alabama HC because of the contacts he made as the LSU HC. That sucks. Napier will have a huge advantage recruiting Louisiana as the Florida HC because of the contacts he made as the ULL HC. That will also suck.

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You are seriously overvaluing the frick out of past connections. Saban didn’t start regularly pulling star players out of LA until he won a title at Bama. Saban’s old LA connections aren’t what made him so effective here. It’s the fact that he’s the greatest coach in college football history. That cannot possibly be overlooked.

The fact that you compare Napier and Saban as equals in your post is beyond ridiculous. Napier isn’t going to regularly be a threat to pull top LA players away from LSU, Bama and A&M unless/until he competes for and wins the East.

FL talent is top-notch, they don't need LA boys at UF. They need to focus on locking down that state.

Napier is a poor man's Saban. He's doing everything Saban did including trying to weaken an SEC rival.

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You are seriously overvaluing the frick out of past connections. Saban didn’t start regularly pulling star players out of LA until he won a title at Bama. Saban’s old LA connections aren’t what made him so effective here. It’s the fact that he’s the greatest coach in college football history. That cannot possibly be overlooked.

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Saban pulled Davis, Lacy, Sentimore, and Bell before he won a title at Bama. Saban wasn't the "greatest coach in college football history" until he started winning titles at Bama.

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The fact that you compare Napier and Saban as equals in your post is beyond ridiculous.

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Strawman much? In no way did I say that Napier = Saban. I said only that they have an advantage in recruiting Louisiana because they were HCs in Louisiana.

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Napier isn’t going to regularly be a threat to pull top LA players away from LSU, Bama and A&M unless/until he competes for and wins the East.

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Fisher won the West?

Napier must know that the freshness of his Louisiana recruiting will wear down quickly, he better concentrate on Florida where he’s at. If not Mario will own the state. In 3 years or less Nobody will know Napier even was in Louisiana.

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He would be stupid not to try to get the kids he built a relationship with while at UL.

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He coached at Louisville? I had no idea. Thought they grabbed him from USL....

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I also think Napier just doesn’t know Florida recruits and high school coaches as well yet.

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This is why you hire recruiters with that experience with the current Florida recruits.

Napier focused on his boys, trolling LSU, and got stuck with a LA-focused staff. He needs to hire a "recruiting common sense coordinator"

*ETA: it's hilarious b/c LSU was criticized for hiring Kelly and his alleged "culture fit issues" but Kelly goes out and hires Frank Wilson and retains Davis to ensure his ignorance in LA is covered. UF gets their dick sucked for hiring Napier who is clearly having cultural issues immediately in Florida so he has to use a crutch of LA recruiting.

We like to turn a blind eye to the fact that Saban takes top recruits from fricking everywhere.

Maybe his connections help.

Being considered one of the best coaches in the game and winning nonstop helps more.