re: Monday Recruiting Bits

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Was not intended as a link...Chuck Wiley was one of the DL coaches at the Dallas event this past weekend. I said since CW played at LSU, maybe he could put in a word for us.

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I didn't know that. Thanks. I kept thinking hard about that link.

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THE NO.1 PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY IS ALWAYS WORTH MORE THAN 2 4* PLAYERS.

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Sincerely,

Ronald Powell, Bryce Brown.

not really. some no.1 guys don't pan out but we PROBABLY would have won 2 NCs if we had gotten BARKLEY when he was no. 1 recruit.

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THE NO.1 PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY IS ALWAYS WORTH MORE THAN 2 4* PLAYERS

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Why do people view everything like it was a poker hand? In poker it doesn't matter what the 2nd best hand, ranking players doesn't work that way.

When will people realize that stars don't mean shite and the coaches don't even look at that. Quote from Brick Haley last week,"we don't give a shite what rank the kids get from a nerd who never played the game, all it does is make these premadonnas feel entitled to playing time."

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Quote from Brick Haley last week,"we don't give a shite what rank the kids get from a nerd who never played the game, all it does is make these premadonnas feel entitled to playing time."

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fricking awesome!

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current system is a REASONABLE tool to compare classes between different schools. to say stars have no meaning is a bonehead statement.

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I guess that means one of the most productive recruiting programs in the nation such as LSU are just a bunch of boneheads.

My thought process is why turn away a better talent and better candidate for future contributions for a borderline kid that will be processed in a couple of years? That makes no since. I've said before that when looking over the 85 it's easy to say "offer Kamara to get Nkemdiche" because the reality is that there are likely 15-20 kids on the roster that will never be major contributors. In a yearly 25 man class it's entirely different. Why do you think schools oversign? It isn't for fun. It's because in a given year those 25 are all kids with a blank slate and the staff has high hopes for all of them to be future contributors. It's hard to digest a "package offer" in a 25 man class knowing that a better talent was turned away because of it. Every recruiting class is like the NFL draft. You want as many 1st rounders as possible and taking a 7th rounder just doesn't sit well or make since. If Kamara wants to camp and earn an offer then fine but not otherwise. It's not going to work anyway. You don't see Bama offering Kamara do you? That's because they've got him wrapped up nicely with a bow. Offering Kamara is a sign of desperation and I personally don't want my LSU Tigers showing desperation over a recruit. Trust me Nkemdiche is that big a playmaker. He can be taken out of a game just as easy as any other kid. Football doesn't work like basketball where one player can make the difference between winning and losing. QB is the only position even comparable to that and even they're rare. Cam Newton's don't come along that often. Even with his greatness without Fairley blowing people up along with the rest of the defense, Auburn wouldn't have won the title.

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When will people realize that stars don't mean shite

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Define don't mean shite?

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the coaches don't even look at that.

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and they shouldn't since they should do their own evals and have greater access then the recruiting sites do.

Now do you think its a coincidence that LSU, Alabama, UGA, USC and pretty much every big school is recruiting Robert Nkmdiche aand he is 5 star and the #1 player? They are not recruiting him because the is a 5 star on rivals, he's a 5 star on rivals because apparently everyone that has seen him play thinks he has great potential including the LSU coaching staff and the "nerds that never played the game" that scout players for a living.