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Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:16 am
Posted by KyrieElaison
Tennessee
Member since Oct 2014
2436 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:16 am
Period. Not what a coach or fan base thinks you are worth. Why is a small apartment in NYC so expensive and that same place in BR cheap? Market. Until we are willing to come to grips with that and pay what the market dictates we will not get players
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
32529 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:19 am to
Curious what Overton and Nolan got from their respective schools in the first window.

That would be interesting.
Posted by Forever
Member since Dec 2019
5956 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:21 am to
Thanks for the Econ 101 lesson, Professor. Except ~20 college football teams bidding on football players isn’t the “open market” and there’s strategy and other recruiting classes involved. This is auction pricing buddy, terrible analogy
Posted by HighRoller
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
4417 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:31 am to
Some fans can’t see the forest for the trees. Too lost in the weeds to make rational decisions
Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
1226 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:40 am to
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Some fans can’t see the forest for the trees. Too lost in the weeds to make rational decisions


Some of us hold CBK at his word that we’d be competing for championships by year three. Ed O and Miles won one in year 3.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
281616 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 7:59 am to
quote:

we will not get players


You don’t follow recruiting huh
Posted by Double Down
Mayor of St. George
Member since Dec 2007
6910 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 8:02 am to
I can’t help but laugh at the ill informed idiots that wanted to bring in a guy to be the highest paid player on the team that completely sucked when he played tough competition. That would have played well in the locker room for sure. You idiots can’t even keep the ice cream machine at MaDonalds up and running.
Posted by DCtiger1
Panama City Beach
Member since Jul 2009
9328 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 8:36 am to
You keep saying this dumb shite. You go “hold” BK accountable.
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
72025 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 8:39 am to
This isn’t an open market
Posted by southendzoneresident
Member since Jun 2013
1164 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 8:51 am to
Except say you bring in this player for a hypothetical 2 mil and let's just say hypothetically Perkins makes 750,000. What happens when a player like Perkins refuses to play until he is paid his new market worth. Which if you are going to pay a 3 star dt 2 million. What would you pay Harold Perkins? Also before you say not playing hurts his draft stock, Perkins wouldn't have to play this year and still would be a high pick. OK so then you pay Perkins and whoever else makes a fuss, now you have less money to pay the next recruiting class which if you have been paying attention has the potential to be the best ever. It's stupid but this is the NIL era and rules need to be put in place ASAP. There is a reason TX and LSU are out because they are not desperate and building for continued success and future runs. Ou Miama etc are trying to make splashes to stay relevant. Way more to it than just market value.
Posted by tenderfoot tigah
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2004
10892 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:18 am to
What don't you understand about the situation? If they pay a scrub $1m, 84 other people will enter the portal in 8 months all requesting the same payout.
Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
1226 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:24 am to
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You keep saying this dumb shite. You go “hold” BK accountable.


Not my job. Our AD will and should though
Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
1226 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:25 am to
quote:

What don't you understand about the situation? If they pay a scrub $1m, 84 other people will enter the portal in 8 months all requesting the same payout.


Then go after more realistic options instead of continually striking out. We could have gotten the Blidi guy for a fraction of what those two were wanting
Posted by TaderSalad
mudbug territory
Member since Jul 2014
24905 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 9:59 am to
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Some of us hold CBK at his word that we’d be competing for championships by year three


When did they start offering championships in the portal? That’s much easier than competing. Let’s just start buyin em thru the portal
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
33342 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:03 am to
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Ed O and Miles won one in year 3.



Do you think maybe they came into a better situation?
Posted by mpwilging
Punta Gorda Isles, Florida
Member since Jan 2011
7811 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:14 am to
The market always dictates. When I'm selling a stock, someone is buying it, and we both feel good about our deals...
Posted by Draco Malfoy
Member since Mar 2024
1226 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:34 am to
quote:

Do you think maybe they came into a better situation?


Definitely but there was no transfer portals in their eras. Their teams got progressively better over those three years too
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32020 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:45 am to
Williams was asking for an amount that exceeded what most of our coaching staff makes in a year. He already had a very generous offer and tried to get even more. Not worth it. Build via hs players
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
30041 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:49 am to
Markets fluctuate with variables. Supply and demand. 4 months ago the supply of players was higher. Now it’s not and demand is higher. But that doesn’t mean OVERPAYING because of limited supply is a good investment. When you start overpaying for average players you run the risk of significantly raising the market value of real dudes. The dudes who are the difference makers. You also raise the market for your other average players.

If you want to argue LSU should have taken steps to avoid putting themselves in an adverse situation, I’m with you. But throwing good money after bad isn’t the way to fix it.
Posted by Reeaholic
Moss Bluff
Member since Jun 2019
814 posts
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:56 am to
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Draco Malfoy


Just go away, you bring no value to this board. All you do is bitch and moan. No insight, no orginal thoughts just a whiney arse mentality. The season is 4 months away and you are defeated already, talking about holding our coach, who has two 10 wins seasons in his 1st two years, accountable.
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