Coastrashtiger

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Recruiting services are slipping if they didn’t even have a profile for him.

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The bottom has fallen out for CBB recruiting services. If you are not a Top-60 ranked guy going into just your junior year of HS much less a late bloomer as a senior. It’s becoming harder and harder to be recognized, scouted, build a relationship with a staff, and then sign on a dotted line if many college staffs are even looking. Many of the most well known big name coaches shave openly said we don’t recruit the HS ranks at all. Well that take a ton of money, influence, and attention away from the HS/travel circuit.

No offense being given to these young men at all, but you have legit what would have been “3 star” talented guys just five years ago, posting about D-2 and very low D-1 offers. God bless them because that is still an educational opportunity they worked hard for and may have some small NIL change to go with, whereas high mid major and even power schools would be recruiting very hard they just aren’t. Major events like the Peach Jam, even the EYBL type shoe circuits, I would say get less than 25% of the college coach eyeballs they used to. I like the add if for very little money or whatever it is, if he gives you 3-5 minutes in even a remotely moderate/high leverage situation in a game because he can guard multiple positions and plays hard as a freshman it’s a win. If he leaves in a year or 2 not out a whole lot. I liken this addition to an NFL team using a 6th-7th round draft pick. If a team by and large is hoping that multiple 6th-7th round draft picks every year who get paid next to nothing relative to a first or second round pick are going to come in be major contributors every year you are probably in trouble or rebuilding. More likely if they develop into anything in 3-4 years it’s with somebody else after they had been on your practice squad or barely making the game day roster for 1-2 years.

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Some of those guys have a lot more statistics than just receiving

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Juice, Beckham, and many others still talk about this fact. Most if not all of the best WRs this millennium played special teams, coverage and return, not just as freshmen, but as upperclassmen as well. Give Miles and Saban credit, helps differentiate a lot of our WRs in the eyes of NFL scouts. Jarvis Landry was one of the best gunners ever for a Tiger.

Not including Luis Jr. I would say 4/5, will be able to play.

Firmly staying in the 2027 class, which is the best decision. Kentucky is second to LSU in the race. I think LSU takes this one by the fall. UK thinks he will be theirs in the end. With Popes future in question now, Hampton’s relationship with not only Stoudemire but Wade think he is solidly us.

When I first talked, they had a skeleton staff of 5. They struck out on their Top 3 transfer portal targets that were the non McNeese, NC State previous connection guys. Really the day after Haggerty made a firm decision to go elsewhere, they pivoted to this strategy. I think had they gotten those 3, kept 2-3 guys from the previous LSU team then added Dioubate, Bashir, McNeil, Ugo that team is probably a middling SEC team that I would have put 8-11 wins. Probably a little above a bubble team, high floor, lower ceiling type team.

Fantastic recruiting staff Wade put together. I would put this staff among the Top-3 LSU has ever had, rivaling the best staffs Brady had (Tyndall, Kermit Davis, Butch Pierre etc..) or Brown (Abernathy, Tex Winter, Rick Huckabay, Johnny Jones year after). Which could be a great topic, I will post to the rant. Jones handling 27’ guys especially the Texas recruits. Stansbury foreigners, Hamilton and Stoudemire US transfers, high school grassroots connections, some foreign. All of the coaches based on positions will talk to every recruit and help.

To answer the question, they knew it would cause major waves with the number of guys they would go after. Where they are playing as in not getting guys from the second or third levels of the European basketball pyramid. Going after actual Euroleague pros that get above the expense/salary minimums. In the case of Luis (He will be ruled ineligible doubt there will be an injunction granted, still he could play 5-12 games off appeal and suits.) What I still do not understand or get is you have national media types, fans of CBB, even LSU local media and fans saying they aren’t eligible or will be ruled ineligible. They are not eligible because they haven’t even gone through the clearinghouse, applied for visas, or gone through the process.

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Staff thoughts they may or probably will be ruled ineligible by the NCAA which is silly and wild for a ton of reasons, in house counsel and defense firms finna eat. But like Dessert, Santos, Ruzik, in previous years they were recruited stateside by major college teams and were all but assured eligibility. But now even with new NCAA bylaws or rules, which many college coaches know and do not want because it could be fatal to their 2026-27 teams. The NCAA stuff will have no teeth. Excuse my language, f what the NCAA implements or wants. You cannot simply ignore 135 years of federal law and precedent. By the way tyfys to John Sherman for all you did for LSU and continue to do. So I think besides Luis if they all come over, which for Niang and Madar are still big ifs, they will be able to play at LSU.

Backup plan is this, go get 3-4 high school recruits that are not ready right now to go up against NCAA tourney teams, 2-3 JUCO guys they brought in one guard and a wing for visits not commitable offer guys good players IMO with 4 to play 3 I believe, maybe 4 to play 4 Idk or 3 for 3 idk, and 1-2 more transfers like Nunez that never reached their potential but have played major CBB. That team will struggle mightily but if LSUs guys aren’t able to play, a lot of SEC and major college basketball teams should and wouldn’t be able to play.

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This doesn't sound good Might not have a roster after all

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Go NCAA! They are really something man, that’s their answer to this???? :lol:

They still are so out of touch they won’t even craft or conceive legislation with Sherman in mind. Just an absolute clown show. They just paid in the 2025 fiscal year something like $28 million in legal fees not counting in house salaries and consulting fees. They still are going to write or come up with stuff at odds with antitrust federal law. Beyond me how Baker and that group can continue to say they need to be looked at for guidance or a real voice in any of this.

de Laurrea I would estimate at 25% he commits, 10% he makes it to campus. As we speak still no numbers discussed.

Really think it could be a MLB style high school draft pick approach at this point. I’m still worried about Madar or Niang coming over and actually making it to campus.

He just got another commitment and will sign a EURO that is that committed to Wade that he is taking his name out of the NBA draft! :doublebird:

I don’t know if he is trying yet, but if he ever tries really hard man better watch out right?

Glorious keep them coming. At this point I hope and I know he does just go and sign a current NBA player or have them commit. What are people going to get upset. Great add

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He’s not “signing” players who now automatically get to play and that no one else has access to. He’s recruiting players and soliciting commitments from players who he knows may not be eligible.

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Not trying to be argumentative at all, I still want to know besides Luis Jr. how could they when they apply for eligibility be ruled ineligible. Can show right now in the SEC 15 examples from last year and the portal this given moment, of the exact same situation. They were ruled eligible and are playing/transferring in. The only big difference was CWW cut out the middle men and didn’t wait. They went directly to pro teams with buyout money, and did nothing wrong. They just got so many at once directly from the second best league in the world. LSU doesn’t need permission or have the inclination to let people know what they are doing? It’s recruiting, I mean so when Mark Pope from Kentucky flew to Tel Aviv sat down with Santos and was told no by him and his agent I don’t want to play for you GTFO, LSU had been in co tact with him before during and after. What LSU should have called Kentucky and told them hey don’t give up he still might want to play. Or call Kansas about Dessert, like Desseet committed and was going to come over and play for Kansas last year, the reason he didn’t wasn’t because of eligibility it was the draft, Andalou coming in and offering a good deal and he didn’t wanna leave Europe at the time in his life plain and simple.