MicahTiger

Re: Terrible Usage & Lack of Talent
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I don't always agree with Lester, but in my opinion and understanding of the game, I kinda agree here at face value. We knew Perkins wasn't going to be an everyday DE (If you did, you don't know ball - no disrespect). I think the year lost due to injury caused slower development at more traditional LB spots. He couldn't truly flourish last year, because we didn't have the talent and depth to allow him to...but to say that he was bad last year etc. isn't really true. He played the STAR really well, given how much he was in coverage. He was not a liability.

I think we're going to see him play a Jabrill Peppers type role in the NFL where he's going to move from hybrid safety to weak side LB, and you'll see his range on display.

You need dudes on defense, especially at the first two levels. Last year, we had guys, not dudes.

I want to push back on that Pirate. Nothing that is happening that's any different from when we were kids. It's just dressed differently.

And again, they are just a byproduct of the system - 7on7 tournaments that highlight personalities, being televised. Multiple recruiting sites jockeying for best in class rating services, podcasters wanting to moonlight as credible new sources always looking for the scoop. Maybe there are some bad actors out there, but I'm sure the overwhelming majority of people are trying to do this thing correctly with the cards they've been dealt.

We talk from a place of not knowing fully what happens during recruiting...the recruiting "game" has caused a lot of what we dislike with kids selecting schools...but we rarely talk about how many of these schools don't allow kids to commit, schools rescind offers, schools lose their coaches two days before work outs, etc.

The portal isn't killing the sports. It's the system being exposed, that's killing the sports. The NCAA governs poorly, coaches being poached, conferences being whores to TV deals, etc. The transfer portal may be a symptom, but it's not the diagnosable sickness.

Would love to get "something different" from the basketball team. We don't need similar tag lines. Be original.

what is TDV 2?

I just want us to call our coaches by their real names, and not some abbreviated version of it.

I'd love it if we are able to get Addai, St. Junious, and LaFell Jr.

LSU is geographically located in a nice hotbed of Softball. If we aren't good in softball, that is a problem. If we're not above average in softball, that is a problem. I think that Beth has been teetering on above average, with a sprinkle of Elite every so often.

I like her. Keep it going.

I have a sneaky suspicion that we look like Illinois next year. Foreign born pro guys. And sprinkle in a few lanky positionless players.