re: Not bidding for high end talent

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Sad part is, coaches across the country are begging for regulations on pay for play

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Didn't BK go with Saban to DC?

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This board is okay with a roster full of 3 stars and transfers

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Seriously, where is this made up narrative of a "roster full of 3 stars" coming from?

Since everyone is comparing us to UGA or Bama here are the numbers from last year and this year, per 247.

2023:
Bama:9 5*, 20 4*, and 4 3* #1 class
UGA: 5 5*, 20 4*, and 5 3* #2 class
LSU: 3 5*, 24 4*, and 13 3* #5 class

2024 (currently):
Bama: 2 5*, 11 4*, and 6 3* #4 class
UGA: 4 5*, 17 4*, and 5 3* #1 class
Lsu: 0 5*, 16 4*, and 7 3* #9 class

We took so many three stars last year because we desperately need bodies. Did you not see how gassed our top talent was by q4 of the game on Sunday? Kelly took over a depleted roster and he has to fill it quickly. Would it be great to get all 4* backups, sure but that really isn't an option yet.

We obviously have skill positions that need to be filled with better higher end talent and we do need to improve this class' high end talent before it's all said and done, but people on here acting like our entire roster is now 3*s and that's all lsu can get is just absurd.

Look at the 5* and 4* numbers. Lsu isn't light years behind in getting them when compared to UGA or Bama. We're just light years behind in experience and depth because of the mess of a roster we had when O left. I've said this before but we have not seen a full high school recruiting cycle from Kelly play on the field yet. These things take time to fix and if we do well again this season recruiting gets a little easier. If we play every game like fsu then I will be very worried with the program's direction as a whole.

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In 2022, the real gross domestic product (GDP) of Louisiana was 217.16 billion U.S. dollars. This reflects a decrease from the previous year when GDP totaled 221.15 billion U.S. dollars. In 2022, the real gross domestic product of Alabama amounted to about 213.26 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous year, when the state's real GDP amounted to 209.98 billion U.S. dollars. Kia, Mercedes, Thyssen Krupp, Airbus, Do you think any of these companies give to Alabama Football NIL? Yellawood is Auburn. We have 1-2 LNG facilities that cost more investment than those facilities you stated combined. With more coming thin the future. The topic is NIL.

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ETA: Not the GDP is the measure of athletic success, but LA is doing a surprisingly decent job at bringing in industrial and LNG work. If GDP equates to success, LSU will be in better shape as they have the share of that to themselves. Alabama must share it.

Yea it may not be companies with brand names like “Kia”, but there’s boatloads of money backing some of the work coming into LA.

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Seriously, where is this made up narrative of a "roster full of 3 stars" coming from?

Since everyone is comparing us to UGA or Bama here are the numbers from last year and this year, per 247.

2023:
Bama:9 5*, 20 4*, and 4 3* #1 class
UGA: 5 5*, 20 4*, and 5 3* #2 class
LSU: 3 5*, 24 4*, and 13 3* #5 class

2024 (currently):
Bama: 2 5*, 11 4*, and 6 3* #4 class
UGA: 4 5*, 17 4*, and 5 3* #1 class
Lsu: 0 5*, 16 4*, and 7 3* #9 class

We took so many three stars last year because we desperately need bodies. Did you not see how gassed our top talent was by q4 of the game on Sunday? Kelly took over a depleted roster and he has to fill it quickly. Would it be great to get all 4* backups, sure but that really isn't an option yet.

We obviously have skill positions that need to be filled with better higher end talent and we do need to improve this class' high end talent before it's all said and done, but people on here acting like our entire roster is now 3*s and that's all lsu can get is just absurd.

Look at the 5* and 4* numbers. Lsu isn't light years behind in getting them when compared to UGA or Bama. We're just light years behind in experience and depth because of the mess of a roster we had when O left. I've said this before but we have not seen a full high school recruiting cycle from Kelly play on the field yet. These things take time to fix and if we do well again this season recruiting gets a little easier. If we play every game like fsu then I will be very worried with the program's direction as a whole.

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ALL OF THIS