Louisiana gets commitment from Neville High's Mitchell

[Cajunfanatico]

Wow. What a difference a coach makes on people’s outlooks. We have been getting recruits like this for a while with less than stellar results. Hope this staff can turn some of these lightly recruited projects into players.

I'm betting winning is going to make you go away.

[MetryCajun]

Wrong Metry. We’ve cheered on lots of projects. The big difference is this kid needs 25 pounds of muscle instead of shedding 50 pounds if fat.

Can you give me some examples of kids being 50lbs overweight when they were recruited? Look, this is not a knock on the guy. Both of our OT’s were projects who put on significant weight to become viable D1 OT’s. Most of our LBs and DE fall in the same boat. This is not a new strategy for UL. I just hope it works better under this regime.

[MetryCajun]

I'm betting winning is going to make you go away.

It never has before.

[cajun_lannister]

Can you give me some examples of kids being 50lbs overweight when they were recruited? Look, this is not a knock on the guy. Both of our OT’s were projects who put on significant weight to become viable D1 OT’s. Most of our LBs and DE fall in the same boat. This is not a new strategy for UL. I just hope it works better under this regime.

We also have 2 P5 OL coaches on this staff ..

[Cajunfanatico]

It never has before.

Any ideas on what would?

[MetryCajun]

Any ideas on what would?

Several... paying players, ticket packages that become as expensive as the Saints and someone on RP becoming AD.

[MetryCajun]

We also have 2 P5 OL coaches on this staff ..

This probably falls more to strength and conditioning coach. Those guys will play a very important role in our success or failure.

[Cajunfanatico]

Several... paying players, ticket packages that become as expensive as the Saints and someone on RP becoming AD.

We already pay players. Could you go away for a third of the year?

[CrappDaddy]

Leger was hiding him while he was at ULM. He has an offer from them.

Makes sense. Looks like he has a Long athletic frame that can add 25 lbs easily.

[Irishcajun]

Cole Prudhomme came in at about 265 lbs

[basinbear]

Cole Prudhomme came in at about 265 lbs

Yep.....I'm not going to comment on the Comments.....I agree with the Coaches on the Mitchell kid.....

[Cajunsmike]

Wow. What a difference a coach makes on people's outlooks. We have been getting recruits like this for a while with less than stellar results. Hope this staff can turn some of these lightly recruited projects into players.

BasinBear has provided valuable insight into how we can be successful. That is to find players that have ability to significantly improve with proper coaching. Find the 2 star that plays like 3 and 4 star guys after they develop. Key is to recognize that potential and the willingness of the player to work hard. Think of someone like Bryce Washington. He was a decently rated recruit when we took him but not thought to be one of the top players in the state by any means. No experts predicted he would be one of the nation's leaders in double doubles as both a junior and senior. Basketball was able to project when they took him and then he was developed. We need to do the same in football. I could care less if we took all two star players as long as they project to be contributors in their 2nd or third year. Don't worry about where we rank when recruiting is over. Recruiting is very important but recruiting rankings at our level are meaningless.