re: LSU 2026 DL commit Richard Anderson’s recruitment is still open

“I’m not happy with my offer, I want more, and I’m open to the highest bid.”

I say go prove it on the field next year and we’ll revisit things in the final week of the cycle. Just don’t let your agent over play your hand. The longer term still matters.

I’m not worried about the DL one bit with Bo on duty! Bo knows!

“I’m better than yall think”. Who is yall? And what is this referencing, skill or the offer?

I’m not for letting the states best leave, but certain characteristics have proven to be a huge red flag.

If there's one thing I've learned is that HS talent is still good but the transfer portal is where you wanna spend the bulk of NIL. The more portal players that perform devalues HS demands. You build the core of your team with players who wanna be here and fill depth with mercs.

“I’m better than what y’all think”.

Ok, good. Glad he’s proved this against top notch SEC offensive linemen. Pay this man his worth!!!

There is value in investing in HS talent if they are going to stick around and develop. Otherwise, someone who is older and has bee in a S&C program as well as played D1 snaps is going to be surer ROI. Definitely need both but need to also need to distinguish who the Zalence Heard's are going to be and focus elsewhere.

Why pay big money for an unproven player regardless of stars, use that money on the porter for a proven player instead. That big money high school kid might not be with the team next season, it’s just the NIL era.

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Why pay big money for an unproven player regardless of stars, use that money on the porter for a proven player instead. That big money high school kid might not be with the team next season, it’s just the NIL era.

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Because the pool of established players that are proven is pretty small and fluctuates year to year. There are a lot of guys in the portal who are unproven and left because they couldn’t get on the field, or have been asked to leave. Then there are guys who got in trouble or had issues with their previous staff. Then you have guys from the lower P4 and G5 looking to move up, but you don’t always know how they will translate. If you build the bulk of your roster from the portal, you could end up with a bust of a team that immediately quits on you, like FSU this year.

If you want to have any depth, you still have to put a lot of time, effort and money into high school recruiting. Look at the top 6 teams in the playoffs- ALL of them have been recruiting at a consistently high level over the last 3-5 years. That’s still how you build a real program. Then you use to portal to fill holes with experience.

We are fortunate because LSU is sitting on a gold mine in Louisiana. There are a lot of kids who grow up wanting to play for LSU and the state generates enough talent to keep this program stocked as long as we handle our business. The current staff is heavily invested in in-state recruiting, so we should always be able to recruit at a top 10 or better level.

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And the he puts a cross in his message. I guess he doesn't know greed is one of the seven deadly sins.

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Being a “Christian” while literally never living your life as one is a pretty popular thing in todays world.

I appreciate this tweet. Honestly, the lack of transparency is damaging the relationships we've formed throughout his recruitment. So please understand if we bring in other players and don’t focus as much on you.

As soon as a kid says this, LSU should retort with “as are we”

“Geaux Tigers”