re: Who should we be watching in the transfer portal?

Miles closed better than Orgeron. The fact he was able to sell the bullshite he did to get the recruits he did by itself made him a better closer. He always had amazing finishes in his classes and usually came with a huge blue chip surprise by signing day. Sometimes it kinda came out of nowhere.

He wasn't a good coach but Miles could recruit his arse off with anyone. Arguably top 3 in the country for sure. Orgeron is a great one too but LSU has issues closing on recruits at the end of recruiting classes and being forced to go down their board to fill the needs. There's also a strange tendency to put all their eggs in baskets overstating a recruit's interest which also ends up on the failing to close argument.

I mean just look at this class...LSU sent several recruits off to division rivals thinking they had recruits in the bag...and they're not even going to sign a full class. Don't know what else to tell you dude. Doesn't matter how you spin it that's a misstep.

You seem to have a hard time with reading comprehension ability. I never said Orgeron can't close...I said Miles was a better closer. Considering how awful his offenses were with the mediocre performances on the field, I'd say that's a hell of a closer if you ask me. That's selling some nice bullshite to the recruits to get them to come waste their talents under him. He squandered a boat load of talent. In comparison, Orgeron just won a NC and steadily showed improvement with LSU every year he took over yet you could still make an argument Miles closed better than him. I'd say Miles is the better closer, IMO, when you consider the product on the field he coached.

And LSU absolutely does need to improve their staff. Part of it is staying on top of the competition because SEC isn't getting easier to recruit against when you look at who's on LSU's borders now. You don't wait until it's a problem and you get guys plucked from your border...you get ahead of now and get filthy on as many guys who can recruit their arse off on the staff now.

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You seem to have a hard time with reading comprehension ability. I never said Orgeron can't close...I said Miles was a better closer.

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It should be easy to make a list of guys that Miles closed on at the last minute then.

Landon Collins?
Cam Robinson?
Speedy Noil?
Gerald Willis?
Hootie Jones?
Kenny Young?
Tim Williams?
Shiro Davis?
Denzel Duvall?
Greg Robinson?
Trovon Reed?
Janzen Jackson?
Eddie Lacy?

These are all guys from Louisiana that LSU wanted, recruited hard, and didn't close under Miles. The point being that Miles wasn't some automatic closer like you are trying to portray him as. He missed on big time recruits just often if not more so than O.

You also believe we need better analysts who can recruit. That pretty much shows your level of competence

Btw when we have a solid transfer LB shoring up that corp next fall, you’ll be glad we saved a spot

"Closer" doesn't really describe what I think the OP is talking about. It appears he is talking more about undecided signing day adds.

I agree O has not had a lot of signing day surprises go well. There have been a few as mentioned above.

Trend on O appears to be if he is gonna get you...he's gonna lock you up and "close" early.

I mean...if Arik Gilbert signed out of nowhere tomorrow as opposed to early on would it make O a better "closer"? Nah.

Personally, I prefer locking kids up early and holding on to the them. O has been great at getting commits early and holding onto guys he really wants. That isn't an easy thing to do.

The question was who should we be watching in the transfer portal? Anybody got any ideas? Also is there a list of all college football players in the transfer portal at any one time?

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We've whiffed big time on our finishing runs and they also have a tendency to exaggerate a recruit's interest leaving us out in the cold.

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I definitely agree with you on this. Not with you on the rest of your post.

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I mean just look at this class.....and they're not even going to sign a full class. Doesn't matter how you spin it that's a misstep.

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It’s currently the HIGHEST rated class in LSU history.....

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It’s currently the HIGHEST rated class in LSU history.....

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That's only because Lorando and CamRon are both still on the list. Once their names are removed from the list, it won't be any more unless we add a couple names to replace them.

They can recruit a lot, actually. The only thing they can't really do is leave the campus and sit in their house. They can text them, talk with them on campus, etc. You can get good recruiters as analyst if you want. Wouldn't hurt to get at least 1 guy who can recruit there since Meatball left. Don't know about the few guys they just signed maybe they can who knows.