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re: McKinley Update
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:24 pm to Lester Earl
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:24 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
Kyle Williams was a poor hire. It's not shocking he had no momentum in recruiting, either.
Other than him being a successful player that people are attached to from his playing days (for understandable reasons) I don’t get why people on this board acted like he should have a spot set aside for him with the new staff.
The DTs were clearly better under Bo Davis.
I appreciate him stepping up in what was a terrible spot that we were put in making a hire that late but it ain’t show friends it’s show business.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 12:26 pm
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:39 pm to burreauxxx
quote:
The DLine version of Kaleb Jackson
fricking moron. Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:42 pm to bengalmd
quote:
Kyle Williams saved a situation that was not good. Got the most out of a Dline that was just not that talented.
The interior had solid talent and decent depth. The issue was the lack of a true star to elevate the unit. I’m sure they hoped Gooden would be better and more disruptive than he was. Like most of our guys, he was good, but not great. His lack of size didn’t help in some of our games, either.
DE was the bigger issue after Reliford went down. We were very average on the edge and didn’t have much depth at all.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:48 pm to misey94
Should have let Frank coach the DL. He was the best coach on staff
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:49 pm to Shanks A Lot
quote:
LSU spent a lot of money in the portal bringing in the top ranked d-lineman.
Not one of them was a star where they left. They were just the best available in a weak portal class. Gooden was an undersized G5 guy. He was good, but no star. Payton was a huge bust at FSU in 24. He was better here, but still just average. Pyburn was athletically limited and a run specialist. Again, just average.
The interior had solid depth and talent. But there wasn’t a single top recruit or portal player in that bunch. Guillory and McKinley may have been 5 stars, but neither is a star player.
None of this is giving Williams a pass. It’s just the truth. We DID NOT HAVE ELITE TALENT ON THE DL. The good news is that this incoming class should start to change all that.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 12:52 pm to Lester Earl
Going into the season, DT was easily our worst position on paper but ended being our strongest position group.
Guillory made a massive jump under him.
He also signed the best DT unit out of high school that I can remember.
Guillory made a massive jump under him.
He also signed the best DT unit out of high school that I can remember.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 1:01 pm to Underteaux
quote:
Poor take
Oh are you just meeting burreaux?
He made an arse of himself all of last baseball season.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 1:03 pm to 304tiger
Guillory made some money with his improvement this year. Not sure how much was Kyle Williams vs. Guillory just putting in the work, but he definitely stepped it up.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 1:03 pm to 304tiger
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Going into the season, DT was easily our worst position on paper but ended being our strongest position group.
huh? really?
quote:
He also signed the best DT unit out of high school that I can remember.
if by HE you mean Frank Wilson, yes.
Anderson committed under Bo Davis, and Frank Wilson was the main guy that was able to hold his commitment.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 1:21 pm to TigerBait2008
quote:Yeah, he’ll be right one day.
Oh are you just meeting burreaux?
He made an arse of himself all of last baseball season.
Maybe
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:01 pm to grich31
Kyle Williams was brought in to bail out Kelly’s super hire bolting after one year.
He did LSU a favor and never really wanted to be a college coach at this point in his life. He did great with it and of course he stopped recruiting the players when he was already being told he’d been replaced. It was mutual, but guy did a lot for his alma mater and we should be grateful and not bitching and moaning about him.
He did LSU a favor and never really wanted to be a college coach at this point in his life. He did great with it and of course he stopped recruiting the players when he was already being told he’d been replaced. It was mutual, but guy did a lot for his alma mater and we should be grateful and not bitching and moaning about him.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:04 pm to Adam Banks
quote:
The DTs were clearly better under Bo Davis.
No they weren’t. They were at best equal to this season’s play and that doesn’t account for the fact all the injuries at DT and DE this season.
Bo Davis was an overrated coach, a very good one, but overrated.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:05 pm to 304tiger
quote:
Going into the season, DT was easily our worst position on paper but ended being our strongest position group.
They stepped up well considering the lack of a star leader, but CB was the best position group across the season BY FAR. Safety was close behind. Not sure what you’re talking about here.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:07 pm to Demonbengal
quote:
Guillory made some money with his improvement this year. Not sure how much was Kyle Williams vs. Guillory just putting in the work, but he definitely stepped it up.
As long as he hung in here- good for him. Really appreciated him coming back and finally putting together a good full season when we needed it. I hope he finds a good spot in the league where he can be a rotation run stuffer.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:09 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
Kyle Williams was a poor hire. It's not shocking he had no momentum in recruiting, either
Bingo… not sure why people are surprised a guy who all he wants to do is hunt and fish and golf more than BK was bad at recruiting
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:17 pm to Lester Earl
No, Kyle Williams just wasn't used to these entitled, I need attention all the time kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was old school and was raised right. He wasn't raised the way kids are today. So, he wasn't used to how ridiculous parents raise their kids today.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:36 pm to Shanks A Lot
Well, the coaches may not have been up to par but McKinley hasn't lived up to his hype. He's been good but not off the charts good. Gooden was your most disruptive DL. Everyone else was either average or just above average.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:56 pm to KyrieElaison
400 rounds golf, enough said.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 2:57 pm to des4271
quote:Nobody on the DL has been. Guess that what’s happen when you have a new DL coach every year.
not off the charts good
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