re: O Line is a weakness and we don't seem to be improving it with this class

Every year Bama (& UGA to a lesser extent) stack the big ugly hogmollies across the OL. Bama routinely gets 2 of the Top 5 OL (#1 & #2 for 2021 Class), top OG, and OC whenever they want. It’s a HUGE (pun intended?) part of their success.

A lot of good posts in this thread.

3 per year is not enough.
I would prefer 4 to 5.
15 to 16 total OL.

Because you will miss your evaluation on some and some will not pan out for a variety of reasons.

WR should be about 10 imo.

One thing in recruiting that I think that Coach O is struggling with is maintaining overall balance in the 85 man roster.
This is also due to a variety of reasons: early entry into the NFL draft; other transfers; etc.
The main thing that I fault Coach O far is the decisions regarding numbers.
1 cb plus Kelvin Joseph was not a good decision at all.
Imo we should be signing a minimum of 2 cb yearly and a total of 4 to 5 total db yearly.

I honestly think that the current roster is not very well balanced.

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honestly think that the current roster is not very well balanced.

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LSU faced an unprecedented number of underclassmen leave for the draft as it was.

Since then, they’ve lost 8 guys that were slated to be starters. Whether it be from Covid opt out, transfer, or expulsion/suspension.


It’s impossible to plan for that.


So yea, the roster balance is off, for sure.

I'd say as good as this class is it's not targeting depth problems in certain positions. I'd say DT, OL, CB, and LB are all major concerns. S isn't really an issue right now because they have 2 in this class plus 2 more coming in already. I suppose they feel like Sage Ryan could fill a CB need if absolutely necessary so he's kinda like an option at CB/S if they want.

Keep in mind they're not going to sign everyone in this class. People are going to decommit especially the way this season is going. They're really skirting it tight on some depth positions. There's fluidity that needs to happen in our recruiting. As the season progresses they have to identify guys who are not panning out or players they know will leave early. They don't see to balance this out well enough and readjust who their priority is in recruiting. They identify it before the season starts and that's not going to work when all of a sudden LB becomes a need for reasons.

This is absolutely true and what I was getting at above. You can't sign 6 lineman in 2 years. Even if by some miracle they all pan out as you said it's just punting the ball down the line waiting for it to become trouble. You don't fill the gaps like this every class. If you continue to recruit like the way he has we're going to have "rebuild" years like this when LSU is capable of being a steady consistent NC contender with their level of recruiting capability.

We'll never be on Bama or even Ohio State's level as long as they keep unbalanced recruiting like this punted down the line.

What specific player(s) are you attributing to a culture problem? I’m just curious

My interpretation of deuce statement is not necessarily any particular individual players but the leave early for the NFL culture that seemed to be going on even under Les Miles.
It is not a trying to blame certain players but how can the team that we root for become more stable and consistent.
Clemson and Alabama both seem to be able to get more kids to return for their senior season.

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Xavier hill is not a project player. He was a 4* that was committed to Bama

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Just because he’s highly rated doesn’t mean he’s not a project player. Plenty of 5 stars are rated there purely based on potential

None. I think it's just a problem within the entire program itself at LSU. That's why get these mass exodus situations. Sure, other players sitting out this year didn't help but we've ended up with problems in the past with way too many players leaving early.