Sellout season

I'm not buying it. Every other team is dealing with the same problems we are but they're handling it better. Think you have some serious issues within the program right now that might take longer than an offseason to fix.

The only thing you can argue is LSU lost everything including coaches. Problem with this though is all the current returning players on this team especially on defense have regressed including Stingley. Somethings not right. Think it goes much more deeper than just Bo.

I think we recruited much worse than we think recently. None of the CBs on this team look like they belong outside Stingley/Ricks. Same with the safeties. LBs too. They have some serious fundamental issues on both offense and defense. Oline will not be fixed for a few more years.

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I'm not buying it. Every other team is dealing with the same problems we are but they're handling it better.

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Real tired of seeing this kinda bullshite.

There has literally NEVER been a title team lose as much as we did in a single offseason. Almost half the roster gone.
New coaches.
No offseason.
All SEC schedule
Late opt outs of big time expected starters.
QB injured Q1 of the 3rd game.

It’s not excuses, they’re reasons why this team isn’t doing well.

I don’t know why people can’t see this and just blindly spout shite off like one year wonder or ohhh well looks like they’re back in the dumps.

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I'm not buying it. Every other team is dealing with the same problems we are but they're handling it better.

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No they are not. We were great last year because most of the draft eligible players came back from 2018 and we did not lose much in production to the draft and graduation. Show me how many SEC teams are down 38 players from the previous year.

2021 sets up similar but not as strong as the 2018 team because we will not lose any body of consequence other than Marshall and maybe Ingram.

"There has literally NEVER been a title team lose as much as we did in a single offseason. Almost half the roster gone."

If my calculations are correct,, at present we have 43 Players that were on scholarship on last years team. Of that 43:

2 were injured all year in 2019.
3 were specialists.
9 were red shirted or did not letter.
8 that were pretty much Special teamers only.
22 of the 43

We only had 22 that played many meaningful snaps! Some not many at all.

I honestly don't believe any team ever lost that many!

Then 2 of 4 Coordinators are gone from staff and several other very key coaches and consultants.

I think you're missing the point. The program culture right now looks toxic for whatever reason. There's zero drive, zero leadership, and zero pride on this team right now. That's a locker room problem that extends much deeper than recruiting.

Complain all you want about players leaving you're still seeing all the players from last year regress. If you want to use Covid as an excuse every other team in the SEC is dealing with the same problem.

Oline is a direct result of poor evaluations and recruiting right now not just because they lost players but they whiffed hard on many players the past few classes. That's a recruiting and development issue. It extends outward in several positions on this team which is another reason you have a historically bad team right now right after a NC. It's a perfect storm of bad between covid, losing players/coaches, and poorly recruiting on top of development.

RBs look like a bust right now.

The DBs don't look good.

The LBs don't look good.

The Oline has major depth problems on top of lacking higher end talent.

I do agree that there is a disconnect for sure, but honestly I think its way deeper than Covid. The social justice issue was not handled nearly as smooth as some teams handled it,, but we also could be where Texas is with a much worse disconnect.
Not sure who is to blame for that disconnect but there ABSOLUTELY was one. Hopefully we never have those type situations again that are not handled better by all.

Not every team is dealing with it
Clemson Bama and Ohio St all had full teams come back with no major opt outs

I agree, the line sucks but these 2 backs don't have any vision. There's many times where they hit holes and can make big runs but they're not seeing the lanes. Emery would rather sit on the sidelines and laugh at our team than work hard to be a better RB for his team. Talented but right now they both look like busts. They have opportunities even on a bad line and aren't doing much with them.