re: The reason for a down season? No simpler than the 2012 recruiting class...

Jeez, that class looks awful when you put it that way.

This thread can be summed up thusly. It does in fact appear as if HS recruits have started to turn away from Les. And, before you tell me about our class rankings, let me remind you of how often it is pointed out in this board when talking about other teams that often, players are viewed more favorably depending on the schools after them. Bottom line us that apparently, not only are the best of the best DL and OL choosing Bama over us, they appear to view a few SEC west schools as better these days.

I'm also going to point out that everyone is nuts if they don't think the asinine handling of the QB situation in 2011 isn't used successfully against us in recruiting. You don't have to agree with the reasoning but you can't pretend that many of the views expressed in here aren't shared by some recruits and their parents.

Recruiting classes should be re-evaluated every 4 years and adjusted to see if the rankings really hold true.

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We should go back in time and fire 2012 Frank Wilson

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How dare the staff not understand the incentives created by the 2011 collective bargaining agreement.

I think its kind of funny that everyone just assumes that in 2012, LSU should have known the new dynamic created by the NFL's CBA that hadn't even been in effect for an entire calendar year.

Good post by the OP. I had just looked up the DT signees the other day and noticed the 1 DL signee in 2012. Add that to the early departures and the busts and you end up where we are now on the DL.

We need to sign several Claude Wrotens from Juco this year. Guys who can step in a dominate next year.

You're spot on with the 2012 recruiting class being a big reason why this team is struggling, but you're definitely downplaying the contributions of several guys.

Like it's already been said, Hunter being labeled as a disappointment is just wrong. Maybe his expectations were high due to his physique, but overall he has been a really good DE for LSU.

Mills saw significant PT as a true FR and has been versatile enough to move to S and nickel when needed. He was a good, underrated pick up, IMO.

Vadal Alexander started as a true FR and has been a solid contributor since then. That's about what you want out of a mid level 4 star recruit.

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Danielle Hunter- Only DL prospect this class. Disappointing so far. Seems to be workout warrior with a major body but not major skills.

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Dude leads us in most tackle categories from the DE position. Not sure why people are so down on the guy. He has looked decent, but he can't play all 4 positions on the line at once.

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collins

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He's tearing it up

I think LSU just hasn't hit on recruits as your excellent work shows. I don't agree with all your evaluation but it is well done. Look, LSU has been fortunate and had some 3 and 4 stars develop into 5 stars,i.e., Honey badgers, Reid, Claiborne and Mingo. The great defenses made up for the lack of an imaginative offense. And now this team is in a funk, i believe they know other teams, like MS, Ole Miss, and Auburn with their spread offenses are passing them up. This team is not as bad as 0/13 on third downs, and it reflects the lack of inspiration and confidence throughout the team.