re: Lance Heard to portal

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Nick Saban managed these problem really well for years

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Was easy to do when Saban could tell them “I’ll see yo it you can’t transfer to another SEC school” or “I will guarantee you will not get an eligibility waver”.

NIL and the transfer portal have ensured the teams like Bama will not be able to hoard all the players.

Agree. The point was that we've done very well recruiting and developing the OL.

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The plan all along was to have him be the RT and kick Jones inside to guard.

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Where did you get that from? Not saying you're wrong, just would like to read about it.

No way he was coming back … you don’t recover from a selfish move like that

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flipping before a life changing commitment towards earning your education and playing for school you love is different than making a commitment to coaches, a university and teammates, enrolling, going through a season and then saying " after further review, I want out because I believe I should be starting at LT"

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Then you should be pushing for scholarships to be given as a 4 year deal automatically. As of now, these schools are handing out year to year scholarships. If they are not willing to invest in more than a year, then the players shouldn’t have to either. But you won’t see it that way I’m sure because of your own selfish reasons (even though you will try to hide it as something else).

Bitch move!

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Dude. Stfu. You are just a crybaby because he left your team. You didn’t say any of these about the players LSU GOT FROM OTHER TEAMS. Every generation has been about the bigger better deal. Get over yourself.

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You COULD NOT BE MORE WRONG! These last few generations are garbage. The parents of little kids from the late 80’s started this shite with that participation trophy bull shite.

This freaking entitled arse group doesn’t understand what it’s like to be committed.

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If they are not willing to invest in more than a year, then the players shouldn’t have to either.

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Heard wasn’t worried about this scenario

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Except he wouldn't be sitting next year. The plan all along was to have him be the RT and kick Jones inside to guard.

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Hard to say definitively he would be starting next season. LSU is set to return a VERY experienced OL next season. The only loss is a center...which was their weakest position. It's also hard to say Dellinger and/or Frazier played poorly enough to lose their jobs. Particularly in light of the fact each would have 20+ more starts than Heard. Then you throw in the fact that you will have a starting RT (Emory) who has nearly 30 starts at the RT position and played really well. The "plan" may have been to stick Heard at RT and move Emory inside. But that plan can change if the other players are playing well.

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another school filled his head with nonsense about being the LT and giving him NIL money he would have earned at LSU had he stayed. Sucks for him that no adult in his life can guide him properly.

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Presumably you are employed. Think of a scenario where you are at a job and getting paid relatively well. You boss has promised you that you will eventually get a promotion, but he can't guarantee that with 100% certainty. Then comes along a competitor who is telling you they will give you the promotion you want and pay you more money. Would you not at least consider it?

For better or worse, that is kind of the way in college football today. Every player is a free agent...every year. It's hard for me to tell a 19 year kid, who may not come from significant means, to turn away several thousand dollars simply to stay with MY favorite team.