re: Perspective on Howard

Amen brother! My thoughts EXACTLY!

I agree with you.
I get it that the rants are disappointed with an LSU players decision to transfer. Especially a highly touted, local guy who plays QB. However, trashing a teenager for a decision that he thinks will better himself is not warranted.

He made a pledge to a school and accepted a free ride after the school spent lots of time and money recruiting him. He then QUITS on the school and leaves. He was man enough to accept the offer, he deserves to be trashed!

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The kid is making decisions based on the position LSU and Kelly put him in. Not the other way around.

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False.

It’s his own fault he’s not good enough to be win the starting position. It’s 100% on him for failing LSU by not continuing to develop into the player he promised LSU he would develop into when they recruited and signed him.

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I am sure that when LSU recruited him and he signed Brian Kelly did not disclose that he would be signing an upper class man qb who would push him down the depth chart and create a 3-4 year window before he could start.

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Jayden Daniels hadn’t entered the portal at the time of WH’s signing.

JD didn’t stop Howard from competing and working his way up the depth chart. Howard could’ve put in the work and paid his dues. Instead he chose to run. No respect and no sympathy

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Are you also trashing the "quitters" who transferred into LSU from other schools?

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This is stupid. It’s college football, it’s tribal in nature and not logical. It’s all about allegiance to your tribe, now that the kids are less loyal, expect the tribal instincts to get stronger with fanbases, not weaker.

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we should wish him well

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I hope he has no injuries, but screw having success anywhere else. That leads to more of this entitlement and "it's a business decision" mentality. What has happened to our youth that they have no self pride and honor their commitment? And don't give me the "this was my life long dream to attend LSU" speech, either. I get these kids have to do what's best for their future, but spare me the placating to preserve your image. Man up and take your lumps and if you're not with us, you're TIGER BAIT!

If a kid leaves after a couple of years at a school, no.
If a kid leaves after one year as a redshirt freshman, YES

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start protecting the schools as well

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Protect the schools from what? A system they asked for or protect them from the decades of making millions off kids who received an education which was generally funded by the federal and state governments? The schools are just getting their just desserts after decades of what can essentially be labeled slave labor based on the amount made vs amount spent.

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if anyone lied it is LSU and Brian Kelly and the kid relied on the the coaches and schools representations to his detriment.

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If he were good enough to beat Daniels or Nuss he would've. Quit making bullshite excuses for a quitter. He came in to compete(allegedly) for a job not be handed one. If he expected to be handed one then good riddance. Kelly's job(and us as fans desire) is to win not coddle a kid who MAY be good enough to play here. Even if the staff blatantly lied to him, which I doubt, so what? It's boils down to Howard being good enough to play here and beat out the others competing. He chose instead to quit over competing. Just a thought, maybe Walker read the room and saw that he just doesn't match up. Blaming LSU for his personal inadequacies is bullshite.