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It's constantly stated that Eaux is a GREAT recruiter - now the SOB makes single moms cry
Posted on 12/4/17 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 12/4/17 at 3:57 pm
Jamie Fantroy isn’t a crier. In fact, McKinnley Jackson pegs his mother as the strongest person he knows.
Fantroy works multiple jobs, including one with Forest County and two others on the side to help raise Jackson and her daughter, Kennedi. Jackson labeled her as the fighter of the family and his main source of motivation.
In between three different jobs, Fantroy is helping her son, a 4-star defensive lineman in the Class of 2020 and a top-40 prospect nationally, with his recruitment. The two returned to Baton Rouge for a third time since Jackson was offered by coach Ed Orgeron during a June prospect camp,
After the game, when Jackson and Fantroy met with Orgeron, the tough-minded Fantroy shed a tear.
She was touched by the connection between her son and LSU’s head football coach.
Two days later, Jackson looked toward his mother and told her that his mind was set on LSU. As strong as Fantroy had been throughout the process, she began to cry … again. Her son was the first piece of the Tigers’ 2020 recruiting class and he had found a home away from home in Baton Rouge.
“The way they recruited me, they treated me like family, especially Coach O. When we were there, it made my mother cry because it made her so happy,” Jackson told SEC Country. “Wherever I landed, she’d be happy, but this was the best place for me to be a better man, a better person and a better player.”
Not only did the team’s dominance on the field appeal to Jackson, but the postgame conversation left an impression, as well.
Orgeron approached Jackson and Fantroy with a sincere message, which triggered an emotional response and a boom within 48 hours.
“We’re going to take care of him and love him just like you do.
The lessons instilled by the LSU coaching staff were reinforced by high school coaches, which led to a breakout sophomore campaign in which Jackson recorded 81 tackles (57 solo, 24 assists), 10 sacks, 20 quarterback hurries, 7.0 forced fumbles and 3.0 fumble recoveries.
More from the article here:
https://www.seccountry.com/lsu/4-star-dl-mckinnley-jackson-decided-lsu-right-fit
Fantroy works multiple jobs, including one with Forest County and two others on the side to help raise Jackson and her daughter, Kennedi. Jackson labeled her as the fighter of the family and his main source of motivation.
In between three different jobs, Fantroy is helping her son, a 4-star defensive lineman in the Class of 2020 and a top-40 prospect nationally, with his recruitment. The two returned to Baton Rouge for a third time since Jackson was offered by coach Ed Orgeron during a June prospect camp,
After the game, when Jackson and Fantroy met with Orgeron, the tough-minded Fantroy shed a tear.
She was touched by the connection between her son and LSU’s head football coach.
Two days later, Jackson looked toward his mother and told her that his mind was set on LSU. As strong as Fantroy had been throughout the process, she began to cry … again. Her son was the first piece of the Tigers’ 2020 recruiting class and he had found a home away from home in Baton Rouge.
“The way they recruited me, they treated me like family, especially Coach O. When we were there, it made my mother cry because it made her so happy,” Jackson told SEC Country. “Wherever I landed, she’d be happy, but this was the best place for me to be a better man, a better person and a better player.”
Not only did the team’s dominance on the field appeal to Jackson, but the postgame conversation left an impression, as well.
Orgeron approached Jackson and Fantroy with a sincere message, which triggered an emotional response and a boom within 48 hours.
“We’re going to take care of him and love him just like you do.
The lessons instilled by the LSU coaching staff were reinforced by high school coaches, which led to a breakout sophomore campaign in which Jackson recorded 81 tackles (57 solo, 24 assists), 10 sacks, 20 quarterback hurries, 7.0 forced fumbles and 3.0 fumble recoveries.
More from the article here:
https://www.seccountry.com/lsu/4-star-dl-mckinnley-jackson-decided-lsu-right-fit
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Posted on 12/4/17 at 3:59 pm to Tiger Ree
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:04 pm to Tiger Ree
Win the mom, win the kid. Except in Landon Collins’ case.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:21 pm to phantom70815
Lol he gone
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:24 pm to SaintLSU
You can tell a phrase is overused when dumbasses use it even though it doesn’t even make sense
Grow up
Grow up
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:29 pm to SaintLSU
I may not believe a word he said about having a QB competition this past season, but I have a hard time finding anything else this man has said that he didn't mean.
He said the penalties would be cleaned up, they were immediately cleaned up. When most fans gave up and said we wouldn't win and SEC game, he said we would and you will see a different team. We did. He said the team was focused and growing before our eyes. They did. For the beating he's taken and for the re-emerging daily threads with fans made other coaches didn't come here and now somewhere else, he's really got us in a very good spot right now with not a lot to complain about.
I don't know where we'll be next year or the year after, but for right now I'm buying in until I see a downturn.
He said the penalties would be cleaned up, they were immediately cleaned up. When most fans gave up and said we wouldn't win and SEC game, he said we would and you will see a different team. We did. He said the team was focused and growing before our eyes. They did. For the beating he's taken and for the re-emerging daily threads with fans made other coaches didn't come here and now somewhere else, he's really got us in a very good spot right now with not a lot to complain about.
I don't know where we'll be next year or the year after, but for right now I'm buying in until I see a downturn.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:31 pm to Tiger Ree
Glad to see Moms is both proud of her son and comfortable with his path!
And good job Staff; you're doing something right when Moms feels this way about her pride & joy's choice of school.
And good job Staff; you're doing something right when Moms feels this way about her pride & joy's choice of school.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 4:37 pm to LuzianaFootball
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I may not believe a word he said about having a QB competition this past season,
man, you don't seem to be like some of these whiners on here so please don't misunderstand my comments. what do you expect the HC at LSU or any school to say about a QB competition? and, since the coaches see all of the players every single day do you not think they are much more qualified to select who starts? a football team can't play revolving QB's every week; Etling was selected for one reason and one alone.....he represented the teams best chance to win the game.
next year will be totally different.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 6:14 pm to Tiger Ree
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McKinnley Jackson pegs his mother
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 12/4/17 at 7:20 pm to Tiger Ree
He is a slim 300lbs; and he has two years to grow! 
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:08 pm to LuzianaFootball
You know, most people don't have the self security to do that. I mean, there's a lot of people who bashed Orgeron after Troy and regardless what the team has accomplished since then they are still bashing him. It's like their ego won't let them admit they were wrong. So, I'm with you, I will be on the O bandwagon until he proves he can't get the job done. What that team did after that Troy loss was amazing, IMO. It would have been so easy for them to just fold and quit on the whole season, but they didn't, they came back and played better and got the win's. To me, that says something positive about the coaching staff and the players. Maybe it's just me, but did anyone else get the feeling the title to this thread was worded in a way that it was saying O made this woman cry in a negative way instead of a positive?
Posted on 12/4/17 at 9:03 pm to LuzianaFootball
Very well stated.
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