Disingenuous to say "Nick Saban took xyz years, give Lane time"

It's the same as Deboer having the same record as Saban at this time in his career.

Saban was handed keys to an F150 and Deboer was handed keys to a Bugatti.

Ok.

Get started on your “Fire Lane” poster.

I’ll get your crayons.

You are free to do whatever you want, but I am cutting Lane some slack this season. Next year is a different story though.

I'll believe it when I see it with respect to Texas and Tennessee. These games will tell us everything, I suspect.

Why is there no time?

Last time I checked they are going to a 24 team playoff next year & the natty is in New Orleans on 1/24/28

I don’t get the sense of urgency this year but next year is our year with a favorable schedule

ok how many coaches have won it all in their first year in the NIL era? There are other teams, without new coaching staffs and far less portal players, that are paying top dollar like LSU that won't win the title this year.

I think building expectations in a program are still important.

You can get guys and thats great but at the end of the day you need to have a culture that embraces winning. This is not something LSU has had since 2019. It is something that should be in every part of the program. From the practice field maintenance, to the diets, to the workouts, to the coaching, to the equipment managers, etc...

Yes, the transfer portal makes it easier to make changes, but it should not be the sole thing a program relies on for success... otherwise you are always actively trying to fill every position. You have to have guys in the program that can create not only stability but also depth.

Our biggest hole last year was QB... we got the top one in the portal but he was unable to even practice till the fall.... thats a problem... But he has improved every week, unfortunately growth will many times come through failure.


Guys i expect to return which will make things much smoother next year.

Leavitt, Dilin Jones, Jackson Harris, Malik Elzy, Phillip Wright, Watkins, Tre Brown

That alone should make next year better from an offensive standpoint.

Go spend money on some OL

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Each team year after year is so materially different due to NIL and transfers that THIS TEAM, THIS YEAR, has one shot

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This isn’t remotely true and way over stated. The best teams aren’t doing it 100% from the portal like it’s made out to believe on here.

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Each team year after year is so materially different due to NIL and transfers

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Yes that's true now but that's always been the case to an extent. How many times did you see an entire starting 22 return even in the old days? You always had players graduating or leaving for the draft that needed to be replaced the next year.

And on that note, yes there will be players leaving but you act like there will be nobody returning and will have to replace an entire starting 22 next year or something. Kiffin's staff places emphasis on retention and target transfers that have multiple years remaining and are likely to stay more than just 1 year. Even in the NIL/transfer portal era Kiffin's staffed managed to improve the roster year over year at Ole Miss to the point his last 2 seasons were his most talented rosters. That was by design. It does take time to stabilize as much as you don't want to hear it but his method of roster construction and year-over-year retention and improvement was as much of a reason he was hired as his offenses. Because BK bled recruits and transfers every year and kept taking 1 year guys and kept us in a never ending treadmill cycle that wasn't sustainable. I much prefer the Kiffin strategy.