Can we put to bed the idea that Kelly was bad in the portal?

or that he can't recruit?

the best players on the team are transfers and FReshmen and sophomores

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We use it to fill gaps. Other coaches are putting full teams together with it. It's why we look good and Ole Miss is losing again.

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that he can't recruit?

the best players on the team are transfers and FReshmen and sophomores

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It’s year 3. His first class, which he’s mostly inherited are only Juniors. His second are sophomores.

You could use the argument if he had been here 5+ years, but I don’t see how the best players being young is a direct negative reflection on his recruiting.

The Qb swan is a huge miss ! If anything happens to nuss its game over! Sean can’t throw it in the ocean

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The Qb swan is a huge miss ! If anything happens to nuss its game over! Sean can’t throw it in the ocean

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He’s thrown for 3000 yards and 22 touchdowns in the SEC as a starter.

As an emergency backup, I’m not sure you could expect much better. He’s third string.

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I have not seen media say that. I have seen a bunch of asshats on TD say that...

We have had a few busts and a few that got away. Nobody was real thrilled with Gio Paez versus Walter Nolen but LSU didnt pay millions for one year of Walter's time either... and Paez has been a steady participant in a group that needs some stability.

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I’ve certainly seen criticism in the media (and obviously here as well) about the DL haul this year. But that has mostly been due to Kelly’s NIL comment, which people have twisted to fit a narrative without actually attempting to understand what he was talking about.

The other thing I’ve seen criticized has been last year’s CB haul. But the best corner in that class tore his ACL, while others are a case study in precisely why the cultural fit matters.

I think overall he’s done an admirable job of:
1. Getting transfers who can play and benefit the team immediately, at a time when we had a depleted roster.
2. Targeting a lot of transfers with multiple years of availability, so that we didn’t have to replace them immediately.
3. Focusing on players who fit the culture he is trying to build.
4. Tapering off of the transfers as the HS recruits developed, so that we can get to the end goal of developing primarily through HS recruiting and supplementing from the portal.

The hit rate hasn’t been 100% obviously, but nobody has a 100% hit rate. And I don’t think it’s easy to smoothly transition back to more of a “home grown” roster. But I think it’s the right move, and will be more sustainable over the long run than relying on 15+ incoming transfers every year.

I think he can and should have done much better at LB and S in the portal. No complaints otherwise.

ETA.

Now i see what you were saying.