re: Notre dame starting center Demeter portal

I'm afraid Davis having any input in recruitment is not positive for LSU going forward. He has proven to me he can't evaluate or develop players. Any coach that runs #65 on the field at this stage in his development either doesn't have any other option, which is another issue, or he has no idea what skills win at this level. I have no confidence in him whatsoever.

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Davis is a stud recruiter

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but not a good oline coach

God dang man,every time I look at a dumbass super pessimistic post I look above the post and it says semaje

We can't have too many ND level starting Olinemen. Find the money!

You’re speaking of Paul Mubenga “#65” and while his first couple games were bad if you paid any attention his last couple were actually pretty good. I think giving a freshman a couple games to get his feet wet is warranted. I suspect if they don’t add anyone else on the OL that he might be the favorite to be the starting LG when we play Clemson assuming Moore is at C with DJ Chester moving to RG and Thompson at RT, Adams at LT. Also don’t sleep on Bo Bordelon winning one of the guard spots. He played awfully well in the bowl game at RG.

Good post. I think could also see a lineup of Adams/Chester/Moore/Thompson/Davis depending on how Weston looks in spring.

I was concerned our o line would have problems in our bowl game without our two starting o linemen who are destined to play pro ball and one being a first round choice and possibly a top 10 pick. Brad Davis coached up plug and play guys and we looked fine in a matter of weeks. Hard to listen negative rants when they are warranted. In fact, as has been pointed out our o line room is good but I would take any of those starting o linemen if it is possible but I trust the coaches.

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They saw the look in Freemans eyes when it mattered the most.

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This!

We all have our own perspective. #65 w65 hen he went in to replace Dellinger is exactly when LSU offense began to struggle. Halftime against A&M.
I have literally watched #65 every plan in slow motion replay since that game. I have done that for years following every game.
While I wish #65 was improving as you state, I have to say #65 is and remained the entire season, the most unaware and slow reacting, slow moving OLineman I have seen at LSU in a very long time. Since it seems Davis has no one any better, presuming they would be starting, my assumption is that if #65 is in the lineup against Clemson, LSU will have a very difficult time winning that game. That will mean that Davis either has no one any better, or he is playing a 'favorite', who he is unable to coach up to the level we need to succeed. Any Oline is only as good as the weakest link, because opposing teams will surely exploit the weak link, and we saw it for 3 consecutive game losses. I hope #65 figures it out, and Davis can coach him up to the level we need, but from what I have seen in him physically and in spatial awareness, I remain doubtful. We will see come Clemson. Watch #65, if he is on the field and you will get a sense of how successful our offense will be in 2025. Just my opinion. We all have one.

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Since it seems Davis has no one any better, presuming they would be starting, my assumption is that if #65 is in the lineup against Clemson, LSU will have a very difficult time winning that game. That will mean that Davis either has no one any better, or he is playing a 'favorite', who he is unable to coach up to the level we need to succeed.

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Adams would have played in that spot if he hadn’t just had surgery the week before. Him going down in practice was a huge blow. He has experience and was long recognized as the next man up at any Guard or Tackle position.

The other guys you are looking at besides Mubenga then are Echols, a true freshman, or Bordelon, a career Tackle and occasional blocking TE. Now you have Thompson at one Guard with an upgrade at Center and Chester, Mubenga, Bordelon, Thomas and maybe Curne battling to fill the other spot. You didn’t have anything close to that kind of competition for any OL spot last offseason.

I think we can all tell by the actions this offseason that the staff know they miscalculated trying to rely on younger, unproven players st Center and for depth on the OL last offseason. They should have looked for a starting Center in the portal. They didn’t, we had two or three guys hurt (Delly out, Adams out, Frazier playing hurt for two games) during our worst stretch of play and only underclassmen available to fill in.

You can keep crying about what happened, but we can all see how the actions changed this offseason. And if things don’t look solid at Tackle this Spring, you can bet the staff will go back to the portal again. It would be one thing if nothing changed, but that’s just not the case.