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What do UGA and Texas have in common that have made them so successful?
Posted on 12/9/24 at 11:59 am
Posted on 12/9/24 at 11:59 am
Neither of them have relied on the portal as much as LSU.
Dandy Don laying down the truth:
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LSU has had more roster turnover than both of these two teams the past several years and Kelly will once again have to rely heavily on the transfer portal. This is not the blueprint for long-term success and it isn’t sustainable. We need 5-star HS recruits and an NIL donor that can pay to retain them for as long as possible.
Dandy Don laying down the truth:
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Georgia’s success isn’t built on transfers. Over the past four full recruiting classes (2021–2024), Georgia brought in just 19 transfers compared to LSU’s 41. During that span, Georgia never ranked below No. 3 in recruiting (per 247Sports), while LSU finished 12th, 7th, 5th, and 9th. In short, Georgia out-recruited LSU and relied far less on the transfer portal. Of course, Brian Kelly had to lean heavily on the portal early on to rebuild a depleted roster. And remember, Kirby Smart is in his 9th season at Georgia and has won two national championships since Kelly’s arrival at LSU. Success breeds success, and Georgia certainly has it going on. As for Texas, they’ve also recruited at an elite level, with nothing but top-five classes under Steve Sarkisian.
LSU has had more roster turnover than both of these two teams the past several years and Kelly will once again have to rely heavily on the transfer portal. This is not the blueprint for long-term success and it isn’t sustainable. We need 5-star HS recruits and an NIL donor that can pay to retain them for as long as possible.
This post was edited on 12/9/24 at 12:06 pm
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Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:01 pm to RockinRobin1955
Sorry but Kelly appears over his head coaching in the SEC.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:02 pm to RockinRobin1955
Difference is we need the portal next year to be competitive
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:02 pm to RockinRobin1955
Well whenever all of your commits are getting offered over a million $ it’s kinda of hard to build solely through high school. And other schools like Texas and UGA keep upping the offer until our commit flips to them so frick them.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:03 pm to RockinRobin1955
Texas also has the easiest SEC Schedule of any SEC schedule I’ve seen in 10+ years and lost their 2 biggest games.
Texas has that over LSU
Texas has that over LSU
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:03 pm to RockinRobin1955
Both of those schools are better schools with better facilities and more money.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:03 pm to RockinRobin1955
Texas and Georgia have more money to spend.
Period.
Period.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:04 pm to PUB
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Sorry but Kelly appears over his head coaching in the SEC.
I am not here to defend Kelly but what I see is the LSU is a bit in over its head in the NIL era. I am not saying Kelly has been perfect or even that hes been good but there isn't much any coach can do if they can't match NIL offers dollar for dollar. No matter who the HC is, we are stuck bargain bin shopping in the portal until we get the NIL side figured out.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:04 pm to RockinRobin1955
The issue is that kids aren't staying in the program long enough to develop the skills needed to play every Saturday. We have athletes leaving because they didn't get to see the field as freshmen. The only way to prevent kids from entering the transfer portal is to compensate them for sitting on the bench.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:04 pm to RockinRobin1955
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an NIL donor that can pay to retain them for as long as possible.
We need this, UGA and Texas already have it.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:06 pm to ATLTiger
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quote:an NIL donor that can pay to retain them for as long as possible.
We need this, UGA and Texas already have it.
I guess we have to sue each other more.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:07 pm to RockinRobin1955
Consistently signing a top class with multiple 5 stars is pretty clear
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:08 pm to RockinRobin1955
Neither program was down to 39 scholarship players 3 years ago???
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Neither of them have relied on the portal as much as LSU.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:08 pm to RockinRobin1955
They also both have fast cars.
Can lead to issues for the UGA players
Can lead to issues for the UGA players
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:09 pm to RockinRobin1955
Yet LSU is still not in a position to do this as I'm sure many schools are not. You simply can't build out of high school recruiting alone when you can't keep a recruiting class together. Look at our 2023 class! Can't build out of HS recruiting when the 2023 class happens. Need to work the portal, no way around it.
This post was edited on 12/9/24 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:10 pm to OzChuffnugg
Portal is the future. HS recruiting isn’t as important as it used to be.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:10 pm to RockinRobin1955
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:10 pm to RockinRobin1955
Why has Kelly had to rely on the portal?
Pretty easy to see this was the only way for lsu to be competitive the last 3 years due to the state of the roster inherited
Georgie is also like prime Saban at Alabama. You can’t compare what they are doing to anyone
Pretty easy to see this was the only way for lsu to be competitive the last 3 years due to the state of the roster inherited
Georgie is also like prime Saban at Alabama. You can’t compare what they are doing to anyone
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:12 pm to RockinRobin1955
Even before NIL started, Georgia was spending twice as much as any other program in the nation on recruiting. We can compete with Texas and Georgia money.
Posted on 12/9/24 at 12:13 pm to Lester Earl
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Why has Kelly had to rely on the portal?
Because of highly ranked recruiting classes that didn’t work out. He hasn’t really helped out with that yet, considering 50% of his 2023 class has already transferred out or is in the portal. And the majority of the ones that are still here haven’t really shown much.
You have pointed to the class of would be juniors this year that haven’t worked out as a reason for LSU’s shortcomings. That class of would be juniors next year is going to be just as bad.
This post was edited on 12/9/24 at 12:18 pm
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