Will O pull scholarship offers in order to bring in more linemen?

Not impressed with 2018 at class so far

No

He needs to find some blue chip running backs somewhere too because that's something he'll be complaining about next year.

"We need RBs, RBs and more RBs" is what he'll be saying. The current guys on the roster and what we have now are decent but not the type of guys who are going to be at the top of the SEC like we're use to seeing. Not really sure how this is being overlooked and why it's difficult for LSU of all places to go out and get an elite RB this class.

TBH, I'm not really a fan of this class he's putting together. It looks like they have a lot of guys who could turn out to be an all-american type but they're project players. Regardless what anyone on here will say, that error goes down when you're recruiting 4-5* prospects due to how high their athletic ceilings are. Nobody throw those stupid arse numbers out at how many 3* get drafted compared to 5* when they only have about 20-30 5* each year compared to hundreds maybe thousands of 3*. If you were looking at it from a per capita standpoint...you have a lot of NFL talent with 5*-4* rosters.

I personally don't think defensive line depth is as bad as it's showing this year. We're just unfortunate there with 1 guy not qualifying, several suspensions/injuries. O-line though, that's another story. Grimes has failed to recruit and develop enough proper talent here consistently. You can say attrition has hurt it but that's partly Grimes fault too for not recruiting the guys who can be maintained here. Be it they lack talent or just don't fit LSU. His lines fall apart in big games which is why I'm still confused as to how he's been here so long. That's the biggest need right beside RB that so far has not been addressed in this class. I'd put QB and dline next in line and I only put QB there because you should be taking a QB in every class until one looks like you hit gold his freshman year. I think Brennan will be a good one but I also believe it will take him about 3 years before the light comes on.

It's not so much pulling an offer as just don't contact the athlete much. Most guys these days want to feel the love and if they feel someone else is giving them more attention and feel like they are being ignored or taken for granted more than likely they will jump ship.

Agree totally on no rb unless Provens are Curry Decommit.

I do not like this rb class nationwide. It is weaker this year than some years in the past and next year is a much stronger year for rb (nationwide and instate both).

We should have taken 2 last year and they wanted 2 last year.
(Jmo- Mishandled T. Carter and T. Eintiene. Spell)
Also mishandled S. Guidry and the wr recruiting last year (I think that is part of why Jaluke and Craig are no longer here)

With 8 scholarships left my thoughts are

2 WR for a total of 4 this class.

2 CB for a total of 4 DB.

2 OT for a total of 5 OL.

1 DE (a 3 4 DE not another Buck linebacker)

1 DT.

Jmo

I think the most common tactic is to "back off" and let them drift away. Not pull offers.

"Not showing love" is not always a mistake. Better be in communication with the other kids, and better have confidence in your confidence [of signing]. But all that's nothing new.

Rb doesn't matter if you don't have a line.

I agree.

That is why I have 4 out of the last 8 as lineman.

We need wr also and should not let a strong La. Wr class go elsewhere.

Jmo.

Every year needs at least 5 OL.
Jmo

I'd like to see us take too many OT, convert them to G if necessary, instead of the other way around. If you have to choose, and with recruiting you sometimes do, that's the way to go. UGA (and Bama) usually go for 3 OTs a cycle if there's enough with talent out there. And they probably avg around 5 total OL a year, meaning 2 OGs and 3 OTs. It works for them.

Converting OTs to G or C, when you avg. 2 OTs a year is crazy to me.

Problem is, you can only "catch up" so much per year. If you're playing catch up with any group with 3 or more per position it's tough. OL are the toughest, you have 5 and OTs are a specialist. So if we went out and got 8 in '18 we'd be caught with pants down 3-4 yrs from now OR another group would suffer over the same time period, or both.

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We have quite a few players either offered or committed for positions that are not ones of need (like DB). Does O clear some of those guys out in order to bring in more OL and DL?

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Yeah, so in three years you can write...

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We have quite a few players either offered or committed for positions that are not ones of need (like OL and DL). Does Mullen clear some of those guys out in order to bring in more DBs?

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