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did we not recruit Christian Harris? or push for him?

No. We did not

He’d be a project at best in our system. Too small and inexperienced to play LB for us, not what we’re looking for at DB or WR. Good kid, wish him luck at A&M. But we’re still trying to find a spot for Jacoby Stevens who was a 5 star. What waste this kids time?

I grew up a mile away from U-High and had a bunch of friends go to U-High.

I chose not to go to LSU because I wanted to experience something new outside of Baton Rouge.

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How are we recruiting Devonta Lee? as OLB? I knew that Harris was a tweener when it came to position

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I think we're telling him he can play whatever the frick he wants right now.

And yes, eventually he'll be an OLB and be an awesome talent at that spot.

247 mentioned character concerns at that time

Yep 100% true. LSU had concerns about Williams’ character

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I was going to call this out and say you were full of shite but when I saw you posted it I questioned myself because you seem to know a decent amount about recruiting. That said, why in the hell would LSU have not taken his commitment? I don't remember this at all.

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The OP is right, 2 reasons to answer your question:
1. Miles was HC and Chavis was DC. Chavis ran a 4-3 with 235-265lb DEs, like Mingo, Montgomery, Hunter, etc. And Tim was a 210lb OLB, and not only that, he was a 1 trick pony. Nothing but an edge rusher, couldn’t drop into coverage. He did not fit our system.
2. He was a pain in the arse of a kid. You had to light a fire unde his arse every single down. I have a very good friend who coached him in HS at Glen Oaks before he moved to U High who told me this. Miles style was not to lights fires under asses, Miles recruited talent and let them compete at practice and he put the best out on the field. Whereas Saban is slave driver so Tim Williams was a perfect fit for him and worked out well there.
Hope that answered your question.

Those character issues with Tim Williams manifested themselves at Alabama. For better or worse, th ends justify the means at Alabama and he wallowed to remain on the team, maybe got a one game suspension here and there against rent a win opponnents.

LSU under Miles seemed to take abroader view with regard to the ultimate well being of the players beyond winning and losing, the Tyrann Mathieu dismissal being the most prominent example. Maybe in 2012 if the Honey Badger had been in the game instead of freshman Jalen Mills the game winning screen pass to T J Yeldon is stuffed and LSU holds on to win.

That seems to be changing to some extent based on a recent report the drug policy is being changed, apparently to be more in line with the more tolerant policies of their major opponents.