re: Recruiting classes revisted

quote:

---

Was it though? All those positions had contributors that were recruited under Les.

---

Lets look at 2017 depth at each:

QB: Etling, McMillan, Narcisse, Brennan. - Behind Etling were 2 freshman and McMillan who transferred to Tulane which was a place that was more appropriate for his talent level. Narcisse left and didn't really pan out. Brennan gets his shot this year but it was clear that he was not ready in 2017 or 2018. WHo knows how he'd have done in 2019 if we don't get Burrow.

WR: Chark, Gage, Dillon, Anderson, Sullivan, Davis, and Jefferson. - Russell Gage was a great person and an amazing STer but should never have started at WR on an LSU team. Chark was obviously good. Jefferson was the only person on the list that would truly pan out. The other 4 all were beat out by guys recruited after them so...

OL: Listing all the players would be exhausting but lets just know that Charles and Ingram both started at true freshman so the depth here was laughable.

Inside LB: DW was a beast but the other ILB was Alexander who was invisible at best. Behind them were 3 true freshman in Queen, Taylor, and Phillips. So not a lot of depth there.

Outside Lber: We had Key but he didn't play for a while which forced Chaisson to play as a true freshman at the buck so... no depth there. Divinity and Thorton battled for the F Lber spot but that position barely plays so I don't really consider it a starter.

Yeah... there were depth issues in all of these spots.

Na lester, we had depth everywhere....enough to compete with Bama!!!

Dunno why some of you are arguing, look at the depth chart, look at the hit ratios. Having a bunch of incoming freshman is not depth.

And Dave aranda was the one that made the comment about more scholly kickers than linebackers. Guess he is just a dumbass too huh?

LBs in 2017:

Corey Thompson 6th yr SR
Devin Voorihes SR
Donnie Alexander SR

Arden Key Jr

Devin White Soph
Michael Divinity Soph
Sci Martin Soph


Chaission Fr
Phillips Fr
Queen Fr
Taylor Fr
Thornton Fr
Anthony Fr


So you had only 1 Jr LB on the team. That is insane. 2 of the 3 SRs are garbage. One is a converted safety.

But still as good as White and Divinity were, they were the only 2 Soph that remained in the pipeline after that year.


Thats just poor roster building.

What really happened was Alabama went on a recruiting run that is unprecedented and LSU didn't /couldn't keep up. These classes were solid, but not good enough to beat Alabama.

It's not about the numbers, it about recruiting great players every year so that there aren't gaps in talent like shown above


Those SR sucked

Arden Key left after 2017.

Sci Martin transferred.


A lot of those freshmen turned into good players, but then all being in one class is troublesome.

It's not about the numbers, it about recruiting great players every year so that there aren't gaps in talent like shown above

quote:

---

I'll take White, Divinity, Philips, Queen and Chaison whith no complaints.

---

I can't tell if you are dumb or you are just missing the point.

In 2017 all those players other than DW and Divinity were freshman. Divinity was not a very good player in 2017 which is why he rarely saw the field. To rely on freshman as your depth is not good. Sure there are exceptions like Stingley but most freshman need to develop. This includes every single one of those LBers not named DW. These guys aren't the 2019 versions of themselves, they were all raw as hell.

quote:

---

And while Miles knob slobberers can never admit it, recruits had figured him out. And, he was having to reach.

---

This is the truth. Miles was a lazy recruiter compared to Saban and Orgeron. And he atrted reaching for highly rated guys who were personality problems. Some panned out, like Frank Heron, and others didn’t like Tre Valentine.

College football has a 3 or 4 year rotation. LB depth was getting low so LSU signed 3 future NFL lb's in 2017. This is pretty simple. If they had depth at LB they would have focussed on other positions. Job well done - evidence = National Championship and NFL paychecks. But stick to your guns regardless of contrary information.