Is CLK going to sign 15 to 20 every year and save places for transfers?

I would say yes. Around 20 high school and 15-17 ish transfers seems to the sweet spot.

Hold up, I’ll ask him.

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took this job to build the program through high school recruiting

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You can’t build a team through high school recruiting anymore

Only 30% or so of each class will stay

Sign all of the high school recruits you can, fill in holes with the transfer portal.

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Sign all of the high school recruits you can

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fricking stupid strategy
Sign all the elite hs guys you can that will be able to help you win as freshman and sophomores

USC signed 35 hs kids last year
60% will be gone in 2 years

ain't no pehaps... it will 1000% depend on the result

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That's why you fill in holes in the portal. Keep the HS recruits that add to the roster, let the ones go that don't.

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But you don’t need to waste time and money bringing developmental kids in here so they can just leave

Bring in 18-20 high quality hs kids then go to the portal

A 21-22 year portal 3*-4* is way more valuable than a 18 year old one

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He took this job to build the program through high school recruiting

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No that's not why he took the job, he took the job because LSU brand sells itself and LSU has money for players. All he has to do is not frick it up and he will have everything he needs to win a natty or 4

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I guess I am thinking saving money for proven college talent instead of spending a lot of money on HS kids.

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The modern (post 2019) era of football is vastly different in nearly every way. There is no more player development.

You're going to get most reps out of about 45 kids, including special teams. You will have another tier of about a dozen or so who will provide some meaningful situational reps (the pure specialists, mainly, including return men).

And the rest you're either overpaying for, are injured or will transfer. Every team will be a radically new roster with a few core holdovers from the previous year. That's reality. That's the situation on the ground. If we do not have the best coaching staff for that reality in 2026, I would be highly shocked.

But everyone will adapt to it. You have to be good, rich and/or lucky to succeed and hopefully we're all 3 "enough" to get to the playoffs in 2026.

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especially the transfer portal.

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Somewhat agree. But I think a lot of people underestimate the impact of player retention for important players and positions. This, more than anything else is key because of continuity.

You can see that in how hard he worked to get certain players that he valued to come back out of the portal after they had entered (Durham, Spears, etc.) and kept others from entering (Pickett, and others).