Why don't more players from the Acadiana area get recruited?

[Cajun90]

Dude needs to gain about 45 pounds.

He is definitely a stick figure. I was just really impressed with how he saw the field and the accuracy of his throws. He's still rough but I wouldn't be shocked if he found himself playing Div 1 ball somewhere in a few years.

[ZoomZoom]

It's a viscous cycle. The h/s coaches have to deal with the parents. Often a team will have a kid that is talent wise miles ahead of the team. Team is built around that player. Team is good, college coaches come around. Parents see their child as equal to the stud player, questions get asked of coaches. H/S coach then put in a position by parents and tells them what they want to hear not to upset the team. Throw in the local factor, there is the situation you described, little old UL. Rinse and repeat.

This happens across the country. Just look at the kids out of Barbe High School. Boat load of talent the past few years with the grades to go. Many end up back in high school at Ryan Street High. We are not and never desired to be a 1-AA/FCS program. Coming back "home" isn't always an option.

[LouisianaB]

He is definitely a stick figure.

Yea, but so is Hud, Jr.

[Cajunrunner]

He is definitely a stick figure. I was just really impressed with how he saw the field and the accuracy of his throws. He's still rough but I wouldn't be shocked if he found himself playing Div 1 ball somewhere in a few years.

Jared Goff is quite the stick figure as well. So was Montana.

[cajun4life]

Jared Goff is quite the stick figure as well. So was Montana.

Goff ain't 6'8" and 190 pounds.

[Cajunrunner]

Goff ain't 6'8" and 190 pounds.

No, but he is definitely a lanky guy, even for a QB. Even my wife noticed it last week during the Saints game.

[Turbine]

---so tired of all the negative and just no mention of what the hell we have here!

You and I should take a road trip to the Advertiser and demand they quit printing all these negative articles.

[Turbine]

Bump

[Tell The Truth]

The ull coaches have always missed on the local talent....Hud would rather get some thug from Miss. that I won't pay to go see play....same for Marlin....Robe only takes local private school kids whose parents can dump $$$$ into his program or their business can come up with some more "funny" $$$$ to build it....he has dumped on so many local kids it is sad but in the end they go elsewhere and get better educations and graduate....usl baseball has a terrible graduation rate...I personally know a former SS/3rd baseman that finished 5 years and still hasn't graduated 3 years later...while this player was in college Robe would not let him take a summer internship he needed to fulfill his degree requirements so he could play some summer ball in some god forsaken no name place....what a great role model he was for this kid...nothing but BS from him on education values...doesn't practice what he preaches....