Tip of the hat to Orgeron and his recruiting staff

I feel like any time I do any post complimenting Coach O I have to qualify it by writing that I thought he was a fallback hire and would not have been my choice.

But I am a give credit where credit is due guy. And I hope Coach O proves me wrong and improves next year on a pretty decent season this year.

One beef I had last year was that Orgeron's main redeeming quality for me as a coach was his reputation as a top notch recruiter. Last year's class was average by LSU standards.

This year's class is very solid, especially after closing today on two big prospects at important areas of need. Getting Emery, Davis, Stingley and Thomas obviously checks a lot of boxes too.

Every coach has some relative strengths and weaknesses. The ability to recruit is a key skill for a coach to play in the SEC. Orgeron really needed to deliver this year on recruiting, his supposed strong suit. S far he has.

So a nice tip of the hat to Coach O and his staff on a recruiting job well done. There is still some closing to do on this class come February, but a lot of our big bellwether cows are already in the barn.