re: Would you be happy with this Oline class (22) from O and Davis?

You are the angriest poster on here. Chill out and stop talking to people like they’re worthless.

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how does an OL class with at least 1 5* and 1 4* equate to mediocre?

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Because from a depth standpoint, a typical OL class should have 4 or 5 guys (you get 25 total spots for 22 total starters, so you should be relatively close to filling out a full starting lineup in a normal year). For us, though, this year is NOT a typical OL class--this is a desperation attempt to do everything in our power to fill the currently-barren cupboards. And from a quality standpoint, the absolute bare-minimum we should be doing is >50% blue chippers (i.e. 4 and 5 stars). So by that math, an average to below-average OL class should have at least 2 4 and 5 stars. Given how the past several OL classes have shaken out for us, we CANNOT afford an average to below-average OL class this cycle.


The absolute bare minimum expectation for this OL class should be at least 5 total kids with at least 3 bluechippers. If we finish the cycle with 2 bluechippers and 2 3*s, we're going to start REALLY feeling the effects of our piss-poor OL recruiting over the next few years.


As of now, we're in a spot where we still have a chance to turn it around before it costs us. We got lucky with everyone coming back this year, so we were able to push the timeline back a year. But after this season we will be absolutely RAZOR thin at OL. We cannot--CANNOT--afford to carry that razor thin depth chart into the future. If we can nail the 2022 OL class, we can scrape our way thru the next couple years with transfers and stopgaps. If we don't nail the 2022 OL class, we're going to be hurting badly for the foreseeable future. The OL class listed by the OP here would NOT be nailing it.

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most important thing I want to see out of Davis presently is good coaching that maximizes the best performance out of the talent we already have.

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But we don't have nearly enough talent--that's the point. We have landed 5 **TOTAL** offensive linemen in our last 2 classes--only 2 of whom are 4 or 5* players. To make matters worse, those 2 razor thin classes came on the back of a third razor thin class in the 2019 cycle. That means that we have to have an almost impossibly high hit rate--among players who are not even all that talented--in order to even *field a competent starting lineup*. In order to avoid catastrophe, we HAVE to land at least 5 dudes this cycle and multiple of them need be capable of contributing as underclassmen.

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His name is mike norvell and he is a really good coach.

His o-line coach alex atkins is a star in the making.

If brad davis wasn't from b.r. i think atkins would've gotten the job.

Except for the fact that none of those schools (unless OK did but i doubt it) has signed multiple 5 stars on the OL more than once since the beginning of 247 let alone consistently. You know what other school has signed multiple 5 star OL players once? LSU. Lets not let facts get in the way of your argument though. Which, by the way, is also b.s. You dont need 5 star OLs to win nattys. Wisconsin gets them and they dont win championships. You need to develop the players you do get

Magi2, wanna have a lifetime ban on this site bet regarding your comment that "Wisconsin has never had a 5* OT commit ever."?

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That's 2. And YOU, on June 29, have decreed that LSU cannot, in no way sign at least one of:

3. Banks
4. Dewberry
5. Agbo
6. or even D Campbell

OK then. Guess everyone can shut recruiting down! The "Magician" SMU fan has spoken!

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I said LSU's own insiders on 24/7 are stating that's who we finish with.

They are saying the ship has sailed with banks, dewberry, agbo and Campbell.

Darn, LINK /

sorry folks, i tried.