re: LSU being played

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Wickline sees film on a 5 star recruit. He visits this recruit and then begins to grind him to see how he'll react. The fans are all in a flutter. We all hear that Texas is interested in a 5 star! Wickline's questions and attitude turn this player off somewhat. He is used to coaches coming in and fawning over him. What's with this Wickline dude, anyway? Joe rubs the kid the wrong way. Arms are crossed across the chest. The kids begins to stare out the window while Joe is talking. Later on that day he verbally commits to another school. The fans are gnashing their teeth and cutting their wrists. Reporters are shaking their heads and rattling their keypads. Meanwhile Joe heads out to a small school in the middle of nowhere where his old friend coaches, to see an unknown kid that the friend sent Joe film of. Lots of things Wickline saw on the film jumped out for him. The feet, the quickness, the violet punch, the balance, the relentlessness ..the mean streak. Joe sees his old friend at the corner of the football field. He is dwarfed by a raw boned rangy kid with a huge head, tree trunk neck, wide shoulders, and feet the size of kayaks. Wickline smiles and put out his hand. As they shake hands, Wickline notices that the player's hands are far larger than his own catcher's mitts. Joe says something nice about the kid's film. The kid nods. and then Joe says something derogatory. He looks up quickly. The kid has reacted by ripping his hand away from Joe's grip, and now the kid has a menacing look about him, staring darts into Joe's eyes. The kid has just taken a step closer to Joe, and is noticeably angry. Joe laughs and begins to calm this volcano down, and then begins establish a warm and friendly relationship with this kid; he's worth his weight in gold. By the end of the day Joe has seen enough. He is now addressing this kid as "Son", and sees that the kid responds. He offers this kid. He has a low 3 star rating with only one offer from a small college down the road. Reports come out. Fans leap from bridges. Reporters might bother with a paragraph of basic facts; nothing more.. while Joe Wickline drives to yet another backwoods empty space on the map. Joe has a wide grin on his massive "hit with a shovel" face. He is singing an old song from Ray Price he remembers from long ago. Life has never been better. He reaches for the phone to tell Charlie the good news. "Crazy Arms. that reach for somebody new"

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Man I almost got sucked into reading this wall of text

On page 217 of Lindy’s College Football Magazine. Texas transfer DE Ovie Oghoufo was asked why he transferred to LSU. His reply:

“I wanted to go somewhere that had an opportunity to win the National Championship, and I felt like Coach (Brian) Kelly was on the verge of that here.”

I guess since he’s been in both programs, he knows who has the better program.

You don’t think that other schools get played by recruits who in their mind know they are going to LSU? This cuts both ways and has been going on forever, it’s just in the open now.

Lawd! We need some football to start some people think we should get everyone we offer. Lol No team gets everyone they offer. These people got to much time on they hand. Lol

I wish more of us had your patience, understanding and most of all, wisdom.

Yall should listen to LSUDad. He brings objective truth to this board.

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You sound very negative on everything, that’s not a good position to be in going through life. I usually sit back and watch as to how a team and recruiting class finishes.

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I appreciate your advice. However, you say in this post you are a coach and scout by trade. I value your opinions in those regards. My mental health isn't your concern or area of expertise. Ed Orgeron is of the same ilk yet we don't go around asking his advice on mental health. And we are discussing my mental eptitude.

But while doing so ill explain, my "negative" tone is purely conversation driven. I enjoy this place and the conversations that it has the potential to have(and used to). We've always had posi and nega Tigers. Never has it been so one-sided that the negas were essentially told their opinion isn't welcome(generally not individually). Even moreso than a Texas fan(who's been civil) despite current events. What in the Lester Earl is that all about?(no knock just an example of one that has been on both sides over the years)
Maybe the negative examples the country has shown in that regard has bled into my being but things certainly seem familiar. You know the saying, "opinions are like assholes". Everyone has one and they all stink to somebody. We still welcomed them.
If I post an opinion(it is just mine) and it's not to your liking, pass it up. Or, if you choose, respond to mine with one of your own. I don't care which. I move on until the next post I see that catches my eye. Just know, no matter how.much you dissent from mine or how much mine is unwanted, it's my right to give it. I will continue doing so and generally make points that are clear, irrefutable(when facts are presented) and not based in LSU bias, just personal(everyone is guilty). I'm an LSU fan that isn't blinded from our faults. Faults are by definition negative. My question to you, are any of us without faults? Then why do so many act is if they don't have them and that our football staff doesn't? Failure to see our faults is far more negative than having them called out. Talking into an echo chamber is always a loss over time(post 19 has learned us nothing). History has shown as much. Its the blind leading the deaf. Those that can't see it leading those that refuse to believe it.

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you say in this post you are a coach and scout by trade.

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I never said I was a coach or scout. I’ve been asked to scout players over the years. I’ve often recommended players to a coach and school. Coaches may get an interest from a player in a city I may be close to. I’ve made games all over the South. Saw Rohan Davey play in a High School All-Star game, in Atlanta, before coming to LSU. Watch Russell Shepard play in a Spring Game before his Sr year of high school.

I enjoy what I do. Been doing this for years.

Who do think always gets the last laugh? If they are good enough and can start at LSU in a year or two then they will transfer. I mean LSU on a down year last year accomplished more than A&M has done in the past 60 years. When do you think A&M will win a west tittle? When will A&M win one national championship? Much less 3 in 20 years? Probably not in my life time or in the next 300 years. So who is being played spending money and getting cucked in the process? Then doing a cool yell cheer on Fridays nights to top it off with?